Patrick, step away from the Dremel tool. We're your friends and are here to help you.
Cheers, David On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 5:13 PM, Ron Mc <bulldog...@gmail.com> wrote: > Patrick, my buddy had a 1x-crankR click last weekend and he was ready to > turn around until we saw he had a pedal leaking grease. It was clicking at > the bottom. I'm friction-shifting 8 on my Moser and loving it, Later this > month I'm going to help my daughter set up a Shimano 9 using Microshift bar > ends. I went with the 9 because the only sensible wide cassette with a > road crank is changing 3 cogs on a Miche to end up with > 13-14-15-17-19-21-23-25-29. Otherwise all the available cassettes are made > for a compact cranks. > Have more than 100 on my Parigi tubulars and no flats or even marks in the > tread. I've been inspecting for cuts at rest stops. But I'm heading way > out to the hill country this weekend (Fredericksburg-Harper) and will be > riding much rougher roads - I'm bringing Stan's and Zap-a-gap > > > On Friday, June 7, 2013 6:49:34 PM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: > >> Well, I've been riding the Ram/Parigi Roubaix and ya know what? No flats >> in a hundred miles! >> >> In other news: the Ram feels really nice -- as good as my customs. I >> continue to tweak the saddle-bar-height relationship -- we're looking at >> about 1" difference right now, and that could decrease -- but with our warm >> weather winds I've been riding recently 8 miles at a stretch into headwinds >> and it feels quite good. I use no gloves, but the very sensitive heel of my >> left hand is surprisingly comfortable. I may have to raise the brake bodies >> a wee bit on the bar's curve. >> >> I think I've got the saddle where it needs to be -- perhaps a wee bit too >> high, but the position is the wonderful (and on some bikes, elusive) >> perfect spot where you feel you are perfectly far behind the bb so that >> there is no awkwardness either while spinning fast or while torquing hard >> to gain momentum. >> >> The 7-speed Dura Ace system, in indexed mode, requires an annoying fine >> tune between over- and under-shifting: reminds me why I've not used >> indexing for 20+ years until now -- hell, even derailleurs are newish. I >> use it now because, dammit, I have a 7400 indexing system and it *will* >> work for me. There is a very mild rattle once a crank rotation that must >> come from the rear derailleur because it's not from the front; but it's >> mild enough that I attribute it to default derailleur behavior and not the >> indexing. >> >> I find that, unladen, the Ram cruises nicely in the 74" gear and that the >> 70" gear feels "light", proof to me of pedaling efficiency, something I >> don't find with every bike. With some bikes, ~75" feels overgeared. I >> assume this has to do with very many things, but perhaps among them are the >> tires and the fit/position. >> >> Funny, I tend to do most of my riding in the 16-17-18 range: 74", 70", >> and 66", with a drop to 60" for steeper uphills. >> >> The Ram has carried up to 47 lb in the rear (Fly) with just a bit of >> stress, and it handles rear loads of 35 lb without any qualms. Overall, for >> me, that very nice combination of unladen spriteliness and rear load >> capacity. I managed to bust one of the "Y" struts holding the single rack >> strut to the seatstay braze ons, so I scavenged another single strut from >> the Logo to replace it as shown. The other seatstay braze on can hold a >> bracket for a rear light. >> >> I think I'm going to convert it into a fixed gear (though that will mean >> Dremeling off the shifter braze-ons and the derailleur hangar). >> >> Patrick Moore (That last sentence is just to get a rise out of Steve.) >> >> -- >> >> http://resumespecialties.com/**index.html<http://resumespecialties.com/index.html> >> patric...@**resumespecialties.com >> >> Albuquerque, NM >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
