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Hydration - Dialed in Been slowly working on hydration for the Vendetta rides. The showerpass system setup on our Silvio really convinced me that I would prefer to drink out of a hose based system. Since the showerpass unit doesn't fit on the Vendetta I had to keep refining it. I've finally got...

They makes special tools for you Lief That's hilareous.... We have special rules for guys like you .... You need one of these 5nm torque wrenchs in your tool box. All cables and non load bolts are usually around 5nm so these work great; and it's cheap. Until you get a big fancy...

Aero... Rick, To your comment about side winds. Interestingly, so far I find that the Vendetta with the 50mm Aero rims handles the cross winds equal to or better than the Silvio with traditional RIMs. I was not expecting that, Jim suggest to me that it would be the case but I had to try it...

Fair question Larry.The Fair question Larry. The Vendetta in a sprint segment of any length is indeed about 4-5 mph faster. I don't do a lot of sprinting, but I've got a few of those that I use from time to time. The stiff frame just lets you get more power to the road. I've been looking...

Lief; Well it's not a lot of Lief; Well it's not a lot of fun to get to those FORCE and RED bolt. The correct way is to use a "slotted" chain ring bolt. The ones that look like they have screwdriver indents. Then you can use a slim 90 degree tool to slide in and hold the bolt on the...

Better Angles on hydration More angles and photos for Kim on the water bottle setup.

norback on version 2 hydroform frame. Robert, I see that's a version 1 Vendetta, I tried the Norback on a HydroForm Vendetta 2 and it didn't work so well; it likes to slide into the tire. I didn't spend a lot of time trying to get it to work. Just a heads up for anyone that wants to try...

Mrs Ratz found this tonight. http://flip.it/fqjbY If that doesn't just make you want to mount an iphone on your handle bars pointed it forward and to the side at 45 degrees and then just ride and ride, then you probably don't ride with a camera.. Bike porn from the wife. Yup I...

Speaking of rides You vanish for a month and then torture us with a pop-rivotor. Eeee-gads man. Serious that's pretty clever. Any idea how to make the o-rings hold up to UV from the sun? They are going to dry and crack at a pretty high rate. Now that you done one hole you might as well...

Hills smills I do believe the Vendetta holds the road better on a hill because there is no suspension in the fork. Also helps to not run max pressure on the tires; I'm running about 95psi on tires rated for 125psi; but also running tubeless so not much risk. I do admittedly go out twice a...

34 seems to have a benefit. Jeremy, Here's a useful point of reference. Mrs Ratz could not climb B*tch valley (as she calls it) in either direction; (it has two sections that climb out of the basin with 14-16% grade at the crests . With her round 50/34 she always has to walk a short...

That's interesting Larry; I That's interesting Larry; I know you are a lot stronger rider than the Mrs. Ratz. I wonder if you shifted that one hole counter clockwise from #2 to #4 if that would make a difference. My gut says "no" because you are probably just already strong enough to climb...

52x34 does work Jeremy, Tanya (aka Mrs Ratz) is also running 52/34; it shifts good; it does Shift "late" going to the big ring which means tuning it up is a little more work as you have to have a good "Long" push from the derailleur to the right, but not so much that it over-shifts...

If I recall I seem to recall Eric mentioning in the past; that teams of 4 and 8 typically split into two squads. one Squad rides on the nut while the other Squad rests. This allows for more a bit more recovery time for the resting squad. A descent understanding of sleep cycles and recovery...

Gotta Believe Well.... if I didn't think the unaired Bacchetta record wasn't obtainable It wouldn't be much fun now would it. Anything is possible; and the bikes are fast. Not to Mention I accidentally left TimG and Ivan off my brief list, and there is also John and Jackie Schlitter who...

Here is the 70 degree photo Ok Here here is the 70 degree photo. If John's calculations are correct (no reason to doubt) That would be the strongest moment of my pedal stoke. The way the bike feels in my legs; that would be correct. The QRing engagement at that moment is at the...

Now to set the hook Now to set the hook. Well I put it out there because I plan to do it in the future; solo in about 5 years. So I wanted to see if that got anyones attention, but that's a few years out kids need to get older and we need to get a few out of the house before I can finance...

Can do I can do those big ring photos on Sunday, sounds like a good exercise..

Yep wordy John, Yes wordy with a goal... I appreciate that blog post; and I did read that first. I consider myself somewhat technical and that just made my eyes glass over. It was just a little to much science/engineering and not enough tangible. From a "do it myself" standpoint it...

Reset hub range Go here http://hubstripping.wordpress.com/atc-nuvinci/ and watch video 9. My guess is they didn't read manual fully and the range of your hub is not reset correctly. The other videos may be helpful too, they are very straight forward.