What have you done to your bike today?
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TommyF
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Dropper serviced, headset cleaned and greased, lower legs done, new shorter stem and tossed on a new Diety carbon bar with chrome graphics. Still waiting for the new metallic silver wheel graphics to complete the look. Now if only I could ride it, still a few more weeks of PT before I'm out on the trails.
Put the gravel bike on my kickr. Going to try and dial in my fit better.
Bikeworks
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Good call on the fender. Those Wahoo KICKRs throw up a shitload of flywheel crap. 😁
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
Sweet Infant Baby Jesus.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
I haven't seen a plastic UDH yet. Where are you sourcing them?
tonyride
Don't piss off the red guy
I'm not sure where I got it from but I could be wrong about the material. They do feel like plastic, or maybe it was another hanger I replaced in the last year. I think I got it when I got my Nukeproof from the UK.
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Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
If it's an actual Sram hanger, it's aluminum. The Wheels one is definitely better, especially with AXS.
qclabrat
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Where did you get this painted?
Mr.Moto
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https://www.coast2coastpowdercoating.com/
They had done another frame for me before. @serviceguy had frames done by them too. Overall they do a good job on a single color. The fade on this frame didn’t come out as I would have liked but I figured you can only get the right look with paint which would be out of my range for the level of restore I’m doing.
serviceguy
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I can confirm. Personally, I don't think the specific media (powder coating) is ideal for multicolor / fade paint schemes...on single color Coast2Coast always did a killer job for me.
serviceguy
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So, my motto being 'why use a perfect day to ride if you can do something else instead...' I ended up swapping the 2.6" DHRII/DHF combo on the Honzo for 2.4" Conti Xynotal/Kryptotal F Endurance as per @Ryan.P specifications...can't confirm the ride improvement yet because...you know, I did not actually rode them, but the installation was the easiest I ever experienced so far. They went on with no tools and popped right away with a regular floor pump, sealed perfectly with no leaks when dry. Only used the tire levers because I installed the Kryptotal F in the rear and had to take it out, other than that it was a piece of cake! If they perform as good as advertised and as good as they look I'll be a happy camper.
johnbryanpeters
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Karate Monkey
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I would say that [blank] (was going to say Spectrum, but that can't be right...maybe @Steve Vai cum Elsa von Summit-er remembers who it was). Would change your mind as far as what a powder coater was capable of doing, but they're long out of business, now.
Their prices were as eye-watering as their work, though. 10 years ago, it was something like $1000 for a multi-color powdercoat job. Kind of silly when a good painter could do the same thing with Imron for half the price, but they did turn out tip-top work.
Powder has it's place...but I really lean more towards a good wet paint now. When done well, they're 9/10 as durable, lighter, and don't suck all the detail out the of the frame...which could arguably be why many builders/manufacturers do powder in the first place.
Mr.Moto
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It was Mosaic Cycles that took over Spectrum Powder Works. I had sent a frame to Spectrum right around the time they sold the business. Didn't hear from them for weeks and reached out. Turns out they were winding down the bike business and were training/transitioning to Mosaic. My frame was probably one of the last to come out of the original Spectrum. Top notch powdercoat, pinstriping and paint. Spectrum's website is up and you can get work done by them, but it is now part of Mosaic (same address).
Added some of @rick81721's formula sealant!, and put the rigid fork back on.
Dropped the front rotor down to 160 - cause i couldn't find the longer bolts.....
Might even ride it soon.
Was going to weigh it (should be 29ish with the minions) - but can't find the scale atm.
Dropped the front rotor down to 160 - cause i couldn't find the longer bolts.....
Might even ride it soon.
Was going to weigh it (should be 29ish with the minions) - but can't find the scale atm.
Robin
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Been riding my Roubion while the Furtado was being serviced. Noticed that I couldn't shift into biggest cog (lever wouldn't even budge).
Mentioned to a friend who wrenches and he said check my chain gap before touching limit screws. Sent me with this handy tool.
Followed SRAM YouTube video and was fine. Onto low limit screw. With some adjustment it now moves and stays. While in the stand. Will try riding around neighborhood tomorrow.
Question is...did I fix it or will I be back at Halter's to fix my mess??
Mentioned to a friend who wrenches and he said check my chain gap before touching limit screws. Sent me with this handy tool.
Followed SRAM YouTube video and was fine. Onto low limit screw. With some adjustment it now moves and stays. While in the stand. Will try riding around neighborhood tomorrow.
Question is...did I fix it or will I be back at Halter's to fix my mess??
tonyride
Don't piss off the red guy
Sounds like you have it sorted out. Take it around the block and keep shifting in and out of that gear and see how it goes. If it goes in that gear without overshooting it then you're good to go.
Kaleidopete
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On trail maintenance, fixed my drivetrain problem.
