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Our rear brake is going into the top position. This leaves the lower triangle free for cargo. But the upper slot makes cabling really hard for just plan old cable. Due to the bend, It likely won’t brake smooth and the cable will wear on the frame. So we are going to make a flexi adapter. There...

Ok now we have drive train to make us go fast, we need to get those brakes hooked up so we can stop. I find setting up brakes on the Vendetta to be simple to do but challenging on getting the correct parts. Since we are using road brakes we need road cables. But more and more road bike cable...

Next up brifters. Nothing elaborate here; place on the handle bars at the correct position. Mostly likely a temp position for now and tighten the clamp bolt. SRAM has a reach adjustment screw on the side so you can find tune how far out the brake leavers stop. Very handy for people with...

So it was time to make the switch to 155mm cranks. This was no small switch over. We have 4 bikes with 2 on trainers and 2 on the road, and you can’t really train on different crank geometries. So this YAW problem had a really large impact. (You want to run the new-stuff? Want your spouse to...

So we have to stop our build and blow things up. First we are going to need a new and different crankset and power meters. Second to make things more fun. During all the futzing we discover that the lower limit screw on one of the front derailleurs had too much blue Loctite on it from the...

Where Rear derailleurs and me always get along. Front Derailleurs and me have a love hate hate relationship. I love a good working front derailleur; but I hate installing them and I hate tuning them. Perfectionists and Front Derailleur are a challenging combination. The SRAM e-Tap is a Yaw...

Mounting the Rear Derailleur was completely straight forward. First the derailleur hanger has to be installed. I left this step until now as it made the frame easier to work with and set on the ground without the hanger protruding. Simply unbolt the wheel; spread the fork and change stay apart...

The brifters are very much like all standard SRAM brifters; with two notable exceptions. First, the long throw mechanical levers have been replaced with large plastic buttons. The other change is that the obnoxious wide flare of the brake levers has been reduced to something tolerable and less...

So at this point I could probably start a new thread call Seeing RED for a number of reasons. Nevertheless, a long last it is time to get our E-TAP install under way. In case you are not the a big bike and gadget nerd, E-Tap is Sram’s entry in the electronic shifting game. What makes E-tap...

They (catalyst) have a bit of a challenge getting the dishing right when getting covers for a front wheel. I have one; and it's just not quite perfect but you can get it settled on with a little work and some electrical tape. Mount on a 40-60mm rim is about the easiest; as you got more tire area...

Rumor is that WiFli will be next year. However, just as an experiment...... Right now with the RD if you crank out the B screw you could run a 32T; you just couldn't cross chain beyond 28T because you won't have enough chain to get into Big/Big. The derailleur only has a 31T capacity so...

Goes on the hub works with any wheel and pretty darn cheap.

Well at least you thought to think about it; I just took it on blind faith. :oops:

Hmm never thought it through; but 100 rpm = 1.666667 revolutions per second. 50 Hz = 50 measurements per second right? So that's 50/1.6666 = 30 measurements per revolution. 360/30= 12 So at 100 rpm power2max is taking a reading every 12 degree of rotation. Meanwhile P1 40/1.6666 = 24...

If you get bored hit some of the video in my signature; especially Summer Cruz and The Ride of the Vroom. You will see various members of my family from age 16 to 67 learning to ride; doing laps in the parking lot practices. Summer Cruz is like day four of them diligently doing their laps; while...

IF that's a clamp for a waste disposal hose I'll have to mark this thread NSFW :eek:

We need to get you some design-shine lights and see what you can do with them.

Teach on Q tempt with S. Most people do really well on the Silvio after getting comfortable on the Quest.

Yeah work; I had multi days with 5pm-11pm projects. I haven't been getting off the trainer until 1-2am this week. But today is a rest day.

Color me impressed the replacement derailleur is back at the shop; in 3 days. *GASP* they must have airfreighted that explosive battery. Ok so +1 SRAM for quickly getting me back on the project. New Cranks will be ready on Friday, power meters arrive a week from today. Game On; time to get this...