What did you do to your crosscheck today?

[Rusty_Piton]

New grips and shifter on the country road rambler.

[LASER_BEIGE]

Are you becoming rivendell

[Rusty_Piton]

I’ll tell ya, these dia comp cantis sure ain’t what I’m used to wrt the brakes’ ability to stop the bike! Yeesh!

[wickedwagon]

Put flat pedals on the bmx race bike. Got the cruiser as ready to race as it’ll ever be

[frank_doktor]

Can’t stop; won’t stop

[scrub]

Futzed with the kid’s new bike a wee bit, seat up, bars down and rotated forward a wee bit. I think they’ll need a wee bit more futzing. Got the bottle cages and frame bag on, looks like she could fit a bigger bag on there. I wish I could actually ride the thing and see how it feels but alas I’m not clear to ride until the end of October.

I also need to put her clipless pedals on.

[Rent-to-own-Faxmachine]

Refreshed the Jones drivetrain:

• Generic 34t x 0mm offset chainring (was 30t)
• Shimano CN-HG601-11 chain
• Shimano CS-M5100 cassette (11-51)

The chainring was a tad noisy at first, but it quieted down after 30 miles or so.

[featherduster]

new cartridge into my dropper to restore functionalities and skinned an SLR for the bare carbon experience—it’s slippy!

[Rent-to-own-Faxmachine]

[panda_heavy_metal]

Got given some Grand Bois Cypres a while back, finally got around to fitting them. Measure out to 32mm and ride just lovely. Had to take the fenders off but we’re heading into summer anyway. Data point: they’re 60g lighter each than the schwalbe one 28mm that were on there.

[akasnowmaaan]

I rotated the tires on my mountain bike 180º. I got sick of seeing the ‘Schwalbe’ upside down next to the ‘Spank’ on the rim. Nobby Nic in Super Trail is a MASSIVE pain to get off the rim. Holy hell that bead.

Ugh - wanted to swap on some Challenge 4 Stagioni tires on Snowaguchi, and see they have a peak PSI of 45. Yeah, not clydesdale worthy. Back in the box to return them, back to the drawing board for a slick 38c.

[cousinmosquito]

@cousinmosquito

…thing came into my coop so im refurbing it for a workmate. Shes not a cyclist at all but I told her its peak hipster. Swapped out some bits from my own collection too. The fork still works but will probably swap it for a steel one. I barely got it out of the car and a neighbour wanted the pedals and someone else wants the bullet brose chain tensioner. Probably someone wants the Clubroost bars too.

Final state of the GT when I handed it over yesterday. It scrubbed up alright. Recipient loves it.

[emory]

Carbon fork:

[akasnowmaaan]

Added long flaps to my fenders on the city bike.

Winter is coming.

[cheese]

thought you had low rider herbs for a moment

[yonderboy]

itshappening.gif

[frank_doktor]

good things take time.

[BicyclePears]

God damn I’m such a sucker for a thin tubed frame with a big old bulbous carbon fork.

[drandalls]

@drandalls

I picked up a carbon road fork, something I haven’t held in my hands in almost a decade, and it was like I was jolted back to reality from a waking dream. I had to stand there looking at it in surprise, waving it around and feeling the nonexistent weight. As if my hands held nothing at all, a whisper.

Shock realization I’ve pushed too far into the past and need to return to modernity. It’s time…

This stupid fork has fucking RUINED me. I was perfectly happy with steel bikes but had to go and swing this thing around and decide to get a carbon fork, and then an aluminum and carbon cross bike. Now my steel bikes are giving me none of it. I should have thrown the stupid thing away 11 years ago when the frame cracked

[cheese]

if I ever come across a steel fork in the same weight ballpark as a carbon one I am in… until then I’m happy on cabron