Whatever happened to the zap group buy thing? Did anyone build a bike with it?
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Mine is on the list. I need to finish rewiring the pair of d-a 7970 levers I set aside for it first. Iāll probably do it this fall when Iām on no-bike rest for 3 months and wonāt be able to find so many excuses not to do framebuilding.
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Siiiick. How are those brakes?
Honestly, they probably suck. I donāt have other cable discs to compare to, but they take a lot of grab to stop.
A friend of mine who is not on this forum did
Replaced the last of the components that came with the āfreeā bike. The Tektro 340 levers feel nicer than the vintage Shimano 105 1050 series green gunmetal colored brake levers from before. Also drilled and reamed the head tube that was only partially finished so now I can insert the stem another inch or so. Best part is I did this after the kids went to bed, which mean my body must be catching up on sleep if I had the energy to do anything other than crash after their bedtime.
Pretty sure I routed the brake cables wrong but cāest la vie. First time using these little jagwire brake cable ex flex extenders into the hoods. They seem nice I guess? Not sure Iāll ride this bike enough to ever need to replace the housing or the bar tape but I get the gist.
Looking forward to wrapping the bars and taking it out for a spin. And then being happy that I started my #bikelife after fat tires, indexed shifting, and disc brakes were the norm.
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Are you running 10 or 11 speed? My X9 one on my road bikes clutch was crapping out today, jamming in forward position.
wat
heās on another forum
I swear she goes to another school
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11, somehow have two GX10s so I guess this is deadending
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Excellent. Thatās the one I need.
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I built mine up and distributed all the groups. I had it on two different bikes and itās still waiting for just the right bike. Just like the sram 2 axis brake levers.
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Repacked my oldest rear hub today; Shimano Deore M615. Impressed at how good the cones look after ~10 years/20,000 miles with lots of rain, dust, and full-submersion at least three times.
This wheelset has been through three pairs of rims and is on itās fourth bike. I wonder how long the hubs and spokes/nipples will go?
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Upgraded my sonās bike to sram 10 speed. I left the old front DR and shifter on for now. We are considering going 1x so I just left it on for now
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after True Confessing that i havenāt done anything to any bikes this year, i replaced the brakes on my singlespeed MTB. the XT brakes on that thing leaked from day one (i bought it used). now the new ones (M8100 i think) seem lovely.
i will ride this bike soon. itās lighter than my road bike.
also, i learned you can use a bunch of BDSM metaphors to describe setting up a brake. see as follows:
internally routed rear brake was easy, i just slammed that hose into the hole by the bb area and forced it all the way up through the gut so hard it it popped out by the head tube. it didnāt even drip any juices along the way. i did forget to plug the bottom, though. then i bled it and it spewed out all over the driveway. i rode it hard and it squealed a bit but then it finally shut up. damn that thing got the kung fu grip now, though. anyways, itās back in the garage on a hook waiting for me to ride it again.
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SUYSS!
