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  1. ratz

    Getting Off the Fence

    Only difference between the 350 and 240 is the weight; same guts in both. Very good hubs. PITA to change the bearings but that's the price you pay for having the supper strong shouldered axle which is one of the keys to that hubs stiff lateral feel. For the Cruzbike rear wheel a j-bend radial...
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    GPS speedo accuracy

    GPS speed is highly suspect and depends on sky visibility. It's good for a simple start; and is a fine way to go for casual riders. What you see on the Phone depends on the app and how it's written. If you look at the RAW data coming off the GPS it's ALL over the the Place in real time. A good...
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    Vendetta on a Turbo Trainer

    Yeah that takes some practice. Solving it will smooth out your pedaling actions. Ride with your hands off the handlebars; sometime helps on the hard stuff to place hands behind your head for better breathing. If you need to do something really hard push on the handle bars instead of pulling...
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    Crank Brothers Eggbeaters vs Speedplay Pedals

    Actually I'm more concerned about making people aware of the need to neutralize any "spring" which allows you to twist you foot to the proper natural position but then leaves the spring always pushing against you trying to return you to it's ideal center. That leads to people not setting the...
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    Crank Brothers Eggbeaters vs Speedplay Pedals

    Yep the half float makes no sense unless you know why it was that way in the first place then it's a "duh" moment. Perry Butler over at BROL gets the credit for the hack; that's who I learned it from.
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    Bend It Cycling Products

    Had a pair of the Performance Recumbent Shorts; the leg elastic was too tight and the rear seam was....let's say.... incompatible with the glide and slide technique when combined with the Ventisit seat. Not worth the price. On the other had I have a pair of their Intrepid Shorts and they are...
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    Crank Brothers Eggbeaters vs Speedplay Pedals

    With pictures... http://cruzbike.com/forum/threads/vendetta-v20-build-diary-2016.10189/page-2#post-119653 You really don't need the grease gun there's plenty of grease in the pedals even after the swap; that was included for completeness.
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    Hands-free

    The best practice is to work on one-handed riding with a really light touch and the other arm hanging limp. Eventually it just comes with mileage.
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    Crank Brothers Eggbeaters vs Speedplay Pedals

    IF you can ride eggs beaters they are the most efficient pedal I have seen tests results for. The speed play referred to above is the Zero which is a road pedal. The frogs work as you expect. Your knees will usually prefer any pedal without return to center springs in the MTB lineup...
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    Shine on you crazy diamond

    Right now the "flash to pass button" dims the lights; I'm going to have to see if that can be reverse to make it function like a car does; flash for high beam. I've had good luck getting the cars to dim their lights but it could be optimized if that was reversed. Blink mode on a 5200 mha...
  11. ratz

    Testing Dérailleur Pulleys

    How do we measure to determine the optimal number of donuts; when does 1 donut too many or too little cost 4 miles....:p
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    Shine on you crazy diamond

    I need to figure out how to do that; it's just not something that I have gotten to. I'm not 100% sure you can do it with the wireless remote; so it might require stopping to get to the light if it's mounted down by the feet.
  13. ratz

    Testing Dérailleur Pulleys

    There's the stuff they do for individual components then there is the practical side of when you start combining stuff how does it work; how does it shift etc; and then the important test of durability. AKA can I power wash this part. So yes but the Stuff I purchase from them in-terms of info...
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    Testing Dérailleur Pulleys

    Basically yep.. :confused: In all seriousness though; someone like larry going for the 1 hour record; or the RAAM team I do think there's some benefit. And for someone with a low end APEX derailleur their might also be some benefit; gotta remember that was the best that SRAM currently ships...
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    Testing Dérailleur Pulleys

    That was the main reason for doing the video. There's a big difference between the Stock SRAM Red22 Ceramic and both the Enduro and BBInfinite. But I always felt the BBInfinite spinning free with little to no grease has always been a bit deceiving; because once you pressure the pulley axle with...
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    Testing Dérailleur Pulleys

    And here's your video Demo
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    Take-aways from Portland retreat

    It was a bulk email that went out; then about half way between the email date and the event I posted it in a thread; and there was a 2nd email that came out about a month before. If you are getting the the Loyal-Z email then you are on the list; if not there is the newsletter sign up on the main...
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