Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Various Items

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I now have around 200 miles on frame 090105. It continues to please - its an all day riding bike. Speaking of which, Sunday afternoon at abo...
Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Misc Thought

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We'll get back to Tri/TT Bikes and frame design soon, but for now I'm still stewing about the loss of a big bit of word-smithing. Me...
Saturday, October 15, 2005

Tri and TT bikes.

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I tend to have a contrarian analysis of much of the world. If you haven't yet figured this out, than consider this your warning. I think...
Friday, October 14, 2005

Noodling

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Well, I think that I've found the Achilles heel of my new bike. I find myself noodling on the bike. By that I mean pedalling right along...
Thursday, October 13, 2005

Mafac Rack Attack

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So, the faithful reader knows that frame 090105 uses old Mafac centerpull brakes. The cons: hard to fit/adjust (or at least hard to maintain...
Tuesday, October 11, 2005

More little bits

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I've been concerned about rear-end alignment because of some shifting problems. A full check-out of alignment on Saturday indicated that...
Saturday, October 08, 2005

Cool Ride - Cold Riding

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Got up at 5:15 this morning and went downstairs to get ready to ride. Daylight Savings time ends in two weeks which means it was dark out. I...

Profile

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Here you can see the unresolved steerer/stem and the need to finish paint. This is fresh off a morning ride, so there are still road boogers...

Front end view

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Here's what the front end looks like complete with NOS Mafac brakes!

Long Steerer

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The final layout of the stem and steerer are yet to be resolved. You can see the system here that is used to hold the headset together while...