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  1. ratz

    Q ring upgrade - Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh......

    Reasonable; if the knees baulk then do it sooner.
  2. ratz

    Q ring upgrade - Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh......

    Yes that looks good; #5 or #4 are going to be very friendly to the recumbent position. If you want more "spin" and "less" mash you might want #4 to be your test case. Even though those holes are close together they represent 3-5% clocking change and that's quiet a bit. And #5 There looks very...
  3. ratz

    Q ring upgrade - Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh......

    It means go find some rollers to go up and down; and if you have the patience try and get about 200-250 miles on that configurations. The theory is that you will climb with less exhaustion and descend faster with a smoother spin. If you can make a slow motion video of the crank turning with the...
  4. ratz

    2016 Mid-Atl Century reports and videos

    Yes but we get to wave at them each time they lap us; I see strong riders all the time; I wave as they go past. Probably the most focused that it was a race as well.
  5. ratz

    2016 Mid-Atl Century reports and videos

    Healthy respect isn't targeting, it's situational awareness. It's Racing that *is* targeting Indeed. Now we just need to teach you that pulls are 60-90 seconds; then rotate. Save the 5 minutes pulls for the team time trials.... Jesse did a nice job of capturing the competitive and...
  6. ratz

    2016 Mid-Atl Century reports and videos

    Yes yes yes we need more people's data, with the little we have now I am changing some thoughts on how structured training applies to recumbent riders, ERG data Versus road data is very interesting.
  7. ratz

    Q ring upgrade - Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh......

    Besides price? These are migrating towards double oval. Giving you potentially an osemetric ring with adjustable clocking. The osemetric brand won't work on a recumbent, and Nor will the ones from absolute black as both assume a DF position/orientation in their design so no clocking adjustment...
  8. ratz

    Q ring upgrade - Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh......

    I agree with Jeremy, that looks a lot better. The crank arm marking is a for a diamond frame. What I could not tell from the videos that were in Chinese was whether moving the adapter was going to cause you to have to install the ring on different holes which it appears you had to. or whether...
  9. ratz

    Q ring upgrade - Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh......

    You may have to unmount them change it and play with it to see what I mean. I found some videos but the are not in English and the only cover the default. Similar discussion on slowtwitch where it baffled people until they fiddle and the bulb went on. Still looking for better guide.
  10. ratz

    Q ring upgrade - Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh......

    I see your crank arm align with the "crank arm" marking on the ring for a DF bike. That biases you about 5 degrees counter clockwise into a mashing configuration. you have a micro adjuster screw; it's currently set to 3 (I had to go read their manual). I move that screw to hole number 5 that...
  11. ratz

    Q ring upgrade - Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh......

    Is that oval or osemetric? No matter....: For those find the Tallest tooth. by rotating thorough 360 degrees and use the derailleur as the reference point to find it; if it's oval there will be 2 equally tall; if it's osemetric their might only be 1 tallest tooth. Once on you find the tallest...
  12. ratz

    2016 Mid-Atl Century reports and videos

    End of the day I'm far less "aggressive" to the encore rides than some of our regulars have been playing at, John and his crew have done great things for the sport, Vite racing and now Schlitter Racing is Awesome in what it represents for all of us. If you get everyone to stop goofing around...
  13. ratz

    Converting Quest 559 to 406

    11-36T is the max the Dual Drive derailleur can handle so 11-32T is fine. You could switch to a short chain stay to make the bike more packable ( have a couple in the spares bin if you can't locate one) Smaller wheels equals lower gearing equals better climbing fork doesn't change
  14. ratz

    Even the pro's use what just works

    Next time you wonder if that part are you bike is good enough... remember this photo from today's Vuelta a Espana. Multi thousand dollar team TT bike in the team time trial; with a $8 wheel skewer. Yes I notice these things while watching.....:confused:
  15. ratz

    Hawkeye Downs HPRA Weekend 2016

    Some times you have to bring you own corn cob to Iowa...... New rubber for the wheels and the bikes will be ready The engines are still under development.
  16. ratz

    Q ring upgrade - Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh......

    Kline, Looks like you have a 130bcd; so you have all the holes usable your 53T; that's very handy. You are on the hole marked #4 but your #1 aligned tooth is the first fully engaged at the dead spot (assuming that's your dead spot). So that would make your #4 = #2. So I would consider that an...
  17. ratz

    QX100 vs Silvio

    This goal places you in the S30 territory. I've done a century on a Quest the fore-runner to the QX series; you need to be in pretty darn good shape to keep up with casual df riders on a century if you are riding on a QX.
  18. ratz

    2016 Mid-Atl Century reports and videos

    Looks like training and execution of the plan was spot on; and now that there is some competition it's going to be about strategies and tactical decisions in the moment.... Finally this is really "racing" I didn't realize that it wasn't a closed course ; that really messes with things if you...
  19. ratz

    Q ring upgrade - Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh......

    Close very close; Staying with the factor etching I suspect: That OCP#4 may function more like #3 normally would. OCP #1 will be massy OCP #3 will probably spin like #2 normally would. OCP #5 will probably spin like #4 normally would. I would suggest testing #5 on that bolt; it should spin...
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