DavidCH
In thought; expanding the paradigm of traversity
It's a sad day. My days of glory are curtailed ... I have been refining the engine since February... from which I had a terrible virus that had kept me low and in quarantine for weeks and consequently overweight. So what did I do in quarantine... well I upgraded the vendetta and put a TRP spyre hy/rd disc brake on the front wheel with a 160 ultegra rotor.
My goal for this year is to be able to hit 50kph on the flat and sustain it. Yes I am pretty sure the air flows better with the disc brake but the hub change really allowed the rd to be ripped off the deuralleur hanger. Thank God I had the disc brake to give me an instant stop. I was sprinting up a bridge at 40kph and half way up changed down a couple of gears and then slipped down into the little chainring "BaM#&#*@*, crunch and metal bits flying around". The good thing I came to a stop pretty quickly with the 160 rotor. Hate to think what it would have been like on a DF bike.
One of the spokes on the new wheel got buckled and I noticed that the hub has gone out of alignment as the disc brake rubs on one part of the wheel.
I had the derailleur for years so it might be a time to get a new one (its minus the cable bolt... that sheared off).
So what caused it? Looking at the hub, I did notice about 3mm of freehub play. When the wheel was delivered it was without caps so I went to the local bike shop and asked them if they could fix it for me. They charged me €70 for 2 caps for the drive hub so I naturally thought it was the business. Until I looked today... if you have too much movement in your freehub then you can share the sad moment with me. I will now always check my freehub play when I get back from a LBS and if it moves I will take it back.
(The lame Vandetta)
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