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Day two - Tear down Remove the bolts Quarantine the rusted parts Apply Rust Vaccine (perhaps it could cure Ebola too) Fire up the crank puller Open up the non drive side BB sleve Borrow Dad's toys to remove the drive side...

I do believe that someone had --- Deteled: Not needed the correct and official answer is in the next post.

Good info SS, That's good info; I had a heck of a time getting BB5's to fit on a Quest v1 frame Left Right spacing was a tad too much inboard compared to the Tektro. Brake upgrades are on the winter list the 5's got on my nerves this year; I was wondering which of the TRP's to try sounds...

For that it's good. In that case get the Stava premium or the PowerCal; those will work good for your goal of analyzing the 2-8 hour window. You'll find that really good in-fact. The advantage of PowerCal is you can upload it to trainingpeaks.com if you like; far better analysis there IF you...

All the majors players now All the majors players now have offerings. HED, Mavic, DT Swiss, Bontrager, ZIPP, Velocity ........ all have road disc wheels now that you can buy pre-made. You can also buy you own hubs and have wheels made. Gary and Larry have been using wheels from io9 I...

Alas November is here; and so is the cold. Snow can't be far behind. But not before I finish a milestone for the year. This isn't mountain land here but it's hilly enough and windy enough. As of today I'm at 99,449 FT of climbing on just Cruzbikes this season. Tonight I will go out and...

Looking forward Nice work Ivan, Looking forward to a rider on the bike picture. That was one of the better options with the high BB, if it wasn't such a tight fit for me at the boom that would have been the option I went with. I could probably ride with the drop-horns with a...

Strava is The Strava power estimates work very similar to the PowerCal from Cycleops. It makes an estimate based on instantaneous changes in heart rate. The better your HR strap the better the estimate. The longer you time sample the better the estimate. So it depend on how you want to use...

Almost went Di2 for that same reason; Almost went Di2 for that same reason; Eric suggested those early on, Shimano has a set too. The only concern is breaking power from the small levers. After many hours the hands might get tired on the small levels. The ones I road all summer are about mid...

You forgot one.... You forgot the I smoked a roadie thread; that would get a conversation going; but since it's the Vendetta what's the point; that's pretty much 5-10 times per ride, more if there is a head wind. But then we'd have to listen to Waltk explain how we'd never be able to keep...

Good Bones Frontal Attack Connective tissue. Good Bones. From a Version 1. Anesthesia, or liquid patience. depending on your perspective for the sanding and painting phase.

Well it's really really cold out now; probably 5 or 6 more potential riding days before it's just too stupid cold to bother. So it's time for project Quickr, parts are arriving; leftovers from last winter's Silvio builds and this summer's upgrade have been dusted off; a few things need to...

Good point, This is also true Good point, This is also true of the Quest version 1 frames; double or triple on the the front. Adding an extra barrel adjust in the line helps make the adjustments easier without a wrench on those older frames.

LOL Moose is always comes off LOL Moose is always comes off as exasperated, If you stick around awhile you'll find he is delightfully insightful with a fondness for the counter point / devil's advocate. I might like the bikes a lot but I'm not exactly known for holding my tongue if I think...

Yes they do. Jeremy, that's a good point. The reason is; that YAW is design specifically to allow you to cross chain and ride in Big/Big and Little/Little. When you down shift Big/Big under load you'd very often drop the chain without the spotter. On a traditional derailleur you'd be rubbing...

Fickle fronts I have to concur with Moose's salient point. Front Derailleurs are more fickle than my 4 daughters. There are a lot of kids in our neighborhood that know zip about bike mechanics and I'm frequently fixing their front derailleurs and a host of other things on their mass market...

Breath taking and not because it's cold I usually don't get on the road until after the sun is already down; but sometimes the early bird gets the photo

Late season test ride - possibly. Scott, We can hook you up with a test ride but probably not until the snow comes and goes; with the kids off to school I just packed away all the quests until spring. We usually unpack again by the end of March. Shoot me a PM and we can review how tall you...

Kickr; walking, and weights. We've got an old Quest 1.0 Frame; the plan is to get a Kickr and and mate that up as a permanent trainer. Just need some to update the ancient derailaur controls and save up for the Kickr. For the winter it'll be 30 minutes a day on the stationary bike; hard...

Tis the season for leaves Tis the season for leaves Yes most of the MUPs here are not rideable over 8 mph; most run through wooded areas and they are a solid blanket from now until spring. That's annoying as it cuts off all the easy north bound get out of town routes.... Surprisingly...