Bicycles

[BloodnThunder]

@motojobobo Thanks!  Just a cheap camera trick.  iPhone is set to 0.5x zoom which gives it a bit of a fish eye effect.  Looks like I'm not close to the bike at all but I'm standing just outside of view to the left.  Hand on the saddle, pull hand off, click photo, hand on saddle.  Bike has to stay upright on it's own for maybe 1-2 seconds.

[Nik]

Another vote here for disc brakes on the basis of the safety of better stopping power.

[henry_david]

Retrogrouch checking in:

[seawolf]

Look at that beauty!!

[mclaincausey]

Yeah I like to feel shifts as little as possible and for them to occur as quickly and decisively as possible. Clicking into a gear versus sort of pulling into it is great. Hydraulic discs retain the dynamism required to feather and modern drivetrains seem to support more of a quantized all or nothing feel and less dicking around between gears.

This is the song @seawolf

[henry_david]

@seawolf:

Look at that beauty!!

Yup, I love riding this thing. 2011/2012/2013 (totally unclear) Ritchey Swiss Cross canti with Paul brakes and HED Belgium+ laced to White hubs with Sapim spokes. This thing shreds. 40T with 11-42 in the rear.

[motojobobo]

@BloodnThunder:

@motojobobo Thanks!  Just a cheap camera trick.  iPhone is set to 0.5x zoom which gives it a bit of a fish eye effect.  Looks like I'm not close to the bike at all but I'm standing just outside of view to the left.  Hand on the saddle, pull hand off, click photo, hand on saddle.  Bike has to stay upright on it's own for maybe 1-2 seconds.

Cool trick! Never thought of it, I’ll try it soon. Thanks

[seawolf]

@mclaincausey:

less dicking around between gears.

This pretty much sums it up. When I tap the shifter, it shifts. Period. Less dicking around. No stretched cables. No barrel adjustments. No tweaking. Just shifting. It's heavenly, to be honest.

Thanks for the song! WP has always intrigued me, but I've never really dipped my toe in the water.

[BloodnThunder]

New crank for the S5 came in yesterday.  Absolute work of art, is super stiff, and weighs half as much as a Dura Ace crank.

[Nik]

Whoa. Looks really good. What power meter are you using?

[BloodnThunder]

Switching to Assioma pedal based power.  I've been using them a bit on my Exploro and they work really well.

[endo]

Need some help: I'm looking for STI-type shifter/brake levers for the Shimano Alfine 11 gear hub. Only found a link to Versa VRS-8, which doesn't seem to be available (on the european market). Has anybody experience with this problem, any suggestions?

[endo]

anybody?

[ddtrash]

@endo

is it a drop bar lever you are looking for?

https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/gear-shifters/11-speed-microshift-inter11-sti-levers-for-shimano-internal-gear-hubs/

Microshift make an Alfine compatible lever set.  They are in stock at St John Street cycles in the UK.

[ddtrash]

The Pinion build is nearly done.

Looking forward to the shakedown ride.

[endo]

@ddtrash:

Microshift make an Alfine compatible lever set.

that's it, great - thanks a lot @ddtrash  !!

[ddtrash]

Pinion build completed.

Test ride next!

[mclaincausey]

Beautiful @ddtrash ; I hope to hear more once you've ridden!

[BloodnThunder]

This dream bike has been years in the making.  Outside of a possible upgrade to the brake rotors it’s finally complete.

[henry_david]

1. Those handlebars  ??? Beyond insane.

2. That bike looks like it's going insanely fast just standing still

Congrats on the build and making it happen, @BloodnThunder. That's a special one.