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Got in a second ride this weekend, first time for that in a while. I was also able to meet up and ride with forum member telephd. We did a turnaround ride on the SART trail and had a really good time. Great weekend and I ended up with almost 84 miles, which is really great. Happy, but tired...

Humble Pie Another opportunity to deal out some fredness on the local bike club today. The weather man promised warm temps, so even though it was only a little over sixty degrees this morning, I left the house with bare arms, bare legs and my Shimano sandals. The sandals garnered a few...

I was parts shopping and came across some ads for Microshift products. I looked into them a little bit and was shocked by what I was reading. I seriously expected folks to say it was junk, but not even an inkling of that. The road groups look like they would work pretty good on a Cruzbike...

I tend to agree with your logic, where it comes to wheels. I can build a bike, no problem, but wheel building is best left to magicians. Mistakes get expensive quickly and any money you save doing it yourself, you throw right back into it... I don't know, maybe I should suck it up and give it...

I fail to understand what skewer length has to do with where the telescoping top tube ties into the steering. That's what I was talking about, anyway. Mark

I saw that mod. Glad somebody picked up on the play on words. My point is, even on the entry level bikes, the triangulation of the higher end bikes front ends is just the way it should be. You can really tell the difference and I think they are easier to ride. I'm sure it comes down to...

I'm hoping, though, that the front end will be more like the higher end bikes than the Q series. That's probably a pipe dream, but a guy can always dream. Mark

Good morning, folks! I love the chatter on wheels. I forgot to add “inexpensive” to my qualifications on wheelsets. When I rode uprights, I had a tendency to be a little hard on wheels and seemed to have my best luck with 32 spoke hand-built wheels. Gosh, I always wanted to build my own and...

All this talk about balancing wheels has me on a task. What's a decent, light and strong wheel that will stand up to a clydesdale? Currently running 32 spoke open pros. Not exactly cheap, but been bulletproof. Mark

Just a guess, here, but I think it's safe to assume you don't open that roll-up door too often! Mark

I'm glad that she's doing better. You will do better, too, in time. Mark

I like that.. I may have to steal that from time to time. Where I live in Southern California, we're right at the foothills of the San Bernardino mountains and right along the Santa Ana River. No matter where we go, we get a mixture of uphill and downhills and a fair amount of river grade...

I hope we're not going to see a "My Little Pony" themed Vendetta with tassels on the handlebars. That's all I'm going to say. Mark

I haven't used my triple much, recently, but when I'm in fighting trim, I use it a fair amount. On the other hand, my biggest cog is a 23, I believe, so there's that. Campy cassettes are a little limited in what you can find these days. I'm probably going to have to quit fighting it and just...

Wait, bike frames wear out?o_O

OK, I will keep my eyes peeled for the tests. How do the SRAM brifters hold up? I was looking at the parts manual to determine if they are rebuildable. It looks like they are modular, to a degree, but not necessarily rebuildable. Mark

In my current state of rotundness, I've been avoiding the climbs that would cause me to need my 32. I can safely say that I am currently using my 52 way more than my 32. I'm still willing to pack it around, though, just in case I might need it! I know how it is having an idiot for a mechanic...

Southern California roads are something less than chipseal. They may have qualified as chipseal at one time, but heat and many years in between repairs have left them alligatored with large chunks missing. The repairs oftentimes make the road worse than it was before to the point finding a...

I've been reading up on 1x and I have to say, that does intrigue me, some. I mostly ride on my middle 42 tooth ring, with an occasional turn on the 52 on downhills and an occasional shift to he 32 on bigger climbs. From what I've been reading, though, is that the bigger hops between shifts in a...

Since I've been riding fairly regular again, I'm starting to think about upgrading bikes. I love my Silvio 1.0, but that S30 is a beautiful machine. I like the Vendetta, too, but I think for the kind of riding I do on the surfaces I do, the Silvio is still the best bet. I'm not really in...