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Decided my gravel bike wasn't RAD enough for where I live. Sold the frame, built a new frame, transferred the parts over. Introducing the 'peak gRADvel'. 2.1" tyres, 70.5 head angle, 435mm chainstays using a chainstay yoke. Columbus Zona tubing, HT, BB, dropouts from Bear Frame Supplies. MINI Hot Orange paint with Interlago blue text. Did 5km of local singletrack before feeling like death from vaccination, but it rips pretty well. And yes, I've since fixed the fact that there's no handlebar end (whoops). 
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May 20, 2021 18:05
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rad indeed. nice bike
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May 20, 2021 18:21
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 From SE Tennessee this weekend. 13500 ft of climbing on day one, 12000 on day two, then a gnarly end to my ride: Bottom Liner posted:I had a doozy of a mechanical on a bikepacking race this weekend. 240 miles in at 1 am I hit a big rock on a long gravel descent, bounced around pretty good, and ended up catching a branch in my wheel. It bent the valve stem about 60 degrees and caused an air leak. We tried to bend it back and the plan was to hopefully add sealant/super glue to hold the leak but the stem snapped. Upon unseating the bead, the inner rubber of the valve stem had popped off in the tire and the root of the stem was pulled down into the hole and was seemingly too big to fit back through or be pushed through the other side (tried using an allen wrench to push it through both ways). Had a 5 hour walk down the mountain that night and it didn't help that it was 40 degrees and I was sweating from the previous 9 mile climb when it happened, so I had to just keep walking to keep from getting hypothermic. Towards the end of trying to fix it I was shaking so bad I couldn't even get the thru axle back in . Currently waiting to hear back from the shop about their plan to extract it.
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May 20, 2021 23:37
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I can’t even comprehend climbing 25k in 2 days. You are a machine.
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May 21, 2021 04:49
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dang, that's a crazy situation, glad you made it back to your car safely would a spare valve stem have fixed your problem or did the hole get damaged too?
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May 21, 2021 04:59
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BraveUlysses posted:dang, that's a crazy situation, glad you made it back to your car safely Had one, but couldn't get the old one out to replace it or use a tube! We actually tried stuffing a tube in there and pumping the valve under the bead but it was clear that wasn't going to do anything. Anza Borrego posted:I can’t even comprehend climbing 25k in 2 days. You are a machine. Let me introduce you to Brian Toone, the guy that set a FKT for the course at 36.5 hours (1000ft of climbing per hour with no sleep) after riding over 200 miles from home to the start, then riding back through GA to another ultra the same weekend for 1000 miles and almost 100k climbing in 5 days. https://toonecycling.com/2021/05/20...uqkEt_evf8kSvRs quote:Here is the map of my 928 mile route with 85,000 feet of climbing! He's insane.
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May 21, 2021 05:21
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May 23, 2021 06:12
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That's a short looking chainstay. Nice wheels
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May 23, 2021 21:30
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Cannon_Fodder posted:That's a short looking chainstay. Nice wheels The chainstays are typical length. Look at the distance between the end of the crank and the tire.
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May 23, 2021 21:43
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May 23, 2021 23:30
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So insanely jealous. Living in NZ has its perks but also it's a lot harder to get sick bikes.
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May 24, 2021 01:33
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LoudPipesSaveLives posted:So insanely jealous. Living in NZ has its perks but also it's a lot harder to get sick bikes. Paul regularly ships his frames all over the world.
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May 24, 2021 03:02
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hot paint
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May 24, 2021 03:21
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TobinHatesYou posted:Paul regularly ships his frames all over the world. The issue with that I have found in the past is extensive shipping fees, gst on imports, and also I can't test ride anything like that. I'm leaning toward getting something made custom by a guy a couple of towns over. It's about as expensive if I add it all up plus I can have some input into the way it fits and I'd be supporting someone local.
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May 24, 2021 03:57
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May 24, 2021 11:44
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spf3million posted:N+1 spf3million posted:90s MTB drop bar conversion project is moving along. I decided I'm going to get it riding again on the relative cheap using as much from the parts bin as I can, just to prove out the proof of concept. If it rides well, I'm planning on prettying it up to be more in line with the quality of the frame and bling bits that came with it. spf3million posted:The 90s MTB drop bar conversion project has been in hibernation, finally moved the needle again today.   
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May 30, 2021 14:21
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single speed exploded last sunday. i built this bike from all locally sourced parts in 3 days because i was supposed to lead a ride last night that got cancelled.  bikes are stupid: 
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May 30, 2021 15:07
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spf3million posted:Fiiinnnnalllyy finished this guy. Can't believe I got it back in rev 4 of the megathread. It's an old joke that gravel bikes are just 90s mtbs with drop bars but drat if you can't buy something like this at a shop in a few years. Bike looks good.
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May 30, 2021 16:07
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Here is my new Tern Link D8. I have had it for about a month. Really like it so far.  
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May 30, 2021 21:10
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What's that stem dealie? And where is that steerer bottle cage in the folded position?
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May 30, 2021 21:43
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kimbo305 posted:What's that stem dealie? And where is that steerer bottle cage in the folded position?
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May 30, 2021 22:14
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kimbo305 posted:What's that stem dealie? And where is that steerer bottle cage in the folded position? Here is a video on the Andros Stem 2 that my bike has. https://youtu.be/HgFobqKoBac And new folded picture with everything installed. First picture is when I first got it. 
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May 31, 2021 01:24
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spf3million posted:Fiiinnnnalllyy finished this guy. Can't believe I got it back in rev 4 of the megathread. I've got 2 of these conversions on the mind. A friend wants a Gary Fisher converted and I have plans for a bianchi peregrine from 95. So you have your parts list for converting the threaded fork to something modern?
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May 31, 2021 02:21
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 2013 model year Project One Trek Madone 6, was traded in at the local shop. Got a 110mm-17-deg stem to replace the 90/7 that came on it get a bit less aggressive position and to stretch the reach just a little bit, it's a 54" frame which was just a bit undersized. The seat mast cap is close to maxxed out, so I'm debating getting the 175/20 cap to stretch that a bit too, but it is of course out of stock everywhere I've looked, even though my local Trek store says it's in stock. Also got a Garmin 530 to make use of the integrated DuoTrap, and I've put ~200 miles on it in the 4 weeks since I got it. It rides like a dream. After having put some miles on it, I'm assuming the guy who traded it in didn't ride it much. It still had the custom order sticker on the underside of the bottom bracket, a little faded, but with the serial, order# and date still legible. After my fairly minimal outdoor riding and a good wipedown and drivetrain scrubbing, everything but the adhesive layer dissolved right off. I don't imagine it would have survived 8 years of regular riding. Also the minimal riding I've done has opened that gap on the grip tape, which is otherwise clean but faded as hell. Going to rewrap the bars once I decide on new tape.
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May 31, 2021 14:45
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 Just finished this project I started half a year ago.  It's a late-seventies Bridgestone Submariner, made in Japan with a stainless steel main triangle. The idea was that it wouldn't rust on a coast. The grey box on the chainstay is an electric automatic gearbox for a Nexus 3 hub from early 2000s.  The bike (and the frame are heavy) but the ride is smooth and stable as you'd expect from a touring bike. It got new wheels, basket and a cockpit besides the Nexus 3 thing but everything else is original. They made several different versions of the automatic Nexus in the 2000s and this is the most basic one, it barely has any adjustments. I still have to figure useable gear ratios for it since it mostly likes to stay in the hardest gear even uphills. The gears now run on batteries but I'm hoping to figure out how to power them with the dynamo hub. Havana Affair fucked around with this message at 18:23 on May 31, 2021 |
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May 31, 2021 18:19
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Havana Affair posted:
I heard that the Nexus 6 model is really nice and powerful but breaks down after four years for some reason...
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May 31, 2021 18:43
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Cannon_Fodder posted:I've got 2 of these conversions on the mind. A friend wants a Gary Fisher converted and I have plans for a bianchi peregrine from 95. Cool bike, enjoy! Havana Affair posted:
Really nicely done.
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May 31, 2021 20:43
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The box has a speedometer and it will change gears automatically according to speed. The front rack is all original, the bend is so the rack is not in the way of the front light.
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May 31, 2021 20:47
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 A simple little dream finally realized, I've got myself a nice bike and now I get to be on the receiving end of jokes about being sold a half-missing fork.
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Jun 3, 2021 21:24
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Getting some foster freeze with electric trailer: More details here: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3933074&pagenumber=16&perpage=40&userid=0#post515221274
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Jun 3, 2021 21:37
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It's alive!  
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Jun 4, 2021 05:47
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Holy poo poo that is amazing
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Jun 4, 2021 09:13
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Havana Affair posted:
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Jun 4, 2021 10:17
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evil_bunnY posted:That's pretty AF but that shifter has Got to Go. Oh, the shifter goes very well and makes a cool sound while going. Thanks for asking 
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Jun 4, 2021 14:36
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it looks like a lil mouse riding along with you
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Jun 4, 2021 16:09
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More like a giant CueCat.
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Jun 4, 2021 16:22
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TobinHatesYou posted:The chainstays are typical length. Look at the distance between the end of the crank and the tire. In the other thread you mentioned something about some small flaws or mistakes you have with your custom build, would you be able to elaborate? I ask because I have contacted the frame builder and am going to meet with him in a week or two to discuss things, maybe get something started, and I am just wondering if you or the other guy who posts regularly (can't remember the name but his bike was made by Steve Rex) who have had custom bikes made have any tips on how to go about it? I am fairly confident I know what I want, basically it's a copy of a Crust Bikes Disc Romanceur but taller than their XL so it measures more in line with my main bike and with a couple of other little tweaks. I imagine the frame builder will be able to streamline this and tell me what's dumb and what's good.
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Jun 6, 2021 01:21
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LoudPipesSaveLives posted:In the other thread you mentioned something about some small flaws or mistakes you have with your custom build, would you be able to elaborate? I ask because I have contacted the frame builder and am going to meet with him in a week or two to discuss things, maybe get something started, and I am just wondering if you or the other guy who posts regularly (can't remember the name but his bike was made by Steve Rex) who have had custom bikes made have any tips on how to go about it? I believe it's nm you're looking for with the Steve Rex.
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Jun 6, 2021 05:05
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If I buy another Rock Lobster, I'm stealing this paint scheme.
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PolishPandaBear posted:I believe it's nm you're looking for with the Steve Rex. That's the one! He kept breaking bikes and parts before then.
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