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Tinea Pedis
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by Tinea Pedis on Tue Dec 22, 2015 11:58 pm
kgt wrote:China...
Give it a rest.
But if you're going there, here's a tale for you. An Aussie 'team' of cyclists all got their custom bikes earlier this year. The rear brake bridge was so far out of alignment (it also varied across the four from "bad" to "even worse") that standard brake callipers would not come close to the pads aligning with the rims.
All frames made in Europe.
So lets dispense with the passive aggressive swipes at Asian manufacturing and go back to the discussion at hand.
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prendrefeu
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by prendrefeu on Wed Dec 23, 2015 12:43 am
Thanks TP, excellent response.
Does anyone know what the claimed (avg) weight of the CAAD12 fork is, uncut (or as supplied with a 54/56 frame?)
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euan
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by euan on Wed Dec 23, 2015 2:11 am
Tinea Pedis wrote:All frames made in Europe.
So lets dispense with the passive aggressive swipes at Asian manufacturing and go back to the discussion at hand.
The difference between the good and bad manufacturers are always in the unseen details, processes. Bad processes are everywhere.
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kgt
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by kgt on Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:40 pm
Tinea Pedis wrote:kgt wrote:China...
Give it a rest.
But if you're going there, here's a tale for you. An Aussie 'team' of cyclists all got their custom bikes earlier this year. The rear brake bridge was so far out of alignment (it also varied across the four from "bad" to "even worse") that standard brake callipers would not come close to the pads aligning with the rims.
All frames made in Europe.
So lets dispense with the passive aggressive swipes at Asian manufacturing and go back to the discussion at hand.
You may reveal this 'made in Europe' company with shity quality control. Why keep it secret?
BTW I ask you to examine up-close a hi-end Time or Colnago fork. Then we talk again...
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noyade233
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by noyade233 on Wed Dec 23, 2015 7:58 pm
Anyone else having noise coming from the headset of the 2016 evo hi mod? Its a random click like a pebble hitting the frame, usually when I'm going over rough roads or even more seldom when putting a lot of weight on the bars while riding . I have pulled apart the headset and cleaned and greased everything a few times now and the noise still comes back to haunt me. As a last ditch effort, I cranked down the compression top cap as hard as I could and the two minute test ride I took felt promising but I'm not going to say the issue is solved until I really get some time on the bike. Just a little worried about the amount of force I had to use on the top cap if in fact that was the issue.
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goodboyr
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by goodboyr on Thu Dec 24, 2015 9:02 am
If you could do that and not lock up the headset bearings with excessive preload, then something is wrong. Either steerer tube is cut too long ( not enough spacers) or you need a few microshims as described in this thread.
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lwrncc
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mpulsiv
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by mpulsiv on Sun Dec 27, 2015 8:27 pm
lwrncc wrote:Tour mag test results:
Can you please upload screenshots of Specialized and Trek? I'd like to see the pentagon as how they perform in acceleration and downhill.
Thanks.
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mpulsiv on Sun Dec 27, 2015 10:12 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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lwrncc
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by lwrncc on Mon Dec 28, 2015 1:10 pm
mpulsiv wrote:Can you please upload screenshots of Specialized and Trek? I'd like to see the pentagon as how they perform in acceleration and downhill.
Thanks.
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superdx
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by superdx on Tue Dec 29, 2015 12:52 am
Just got back from a trip to Tokyo, Y's Road in Shinjuku had the 2016 SS EVO HM frames for sale individually. They were around 460,000 yen which is approx. US$4600. That's retail list price, I'm guessing that there would have been some holiday discounts. There were signs everywhere saying 20% off etc and some credit card incentives too.
Almost pulled the trigger but wife was beside me so my hand would have been chopped off along with my credit card
It was the silver/black frame with the green highlights. Seemed to include the 25.4mm FSA seatpost as well.
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prendrefeu
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by prendrefeu on Tue Dec 29, 2015 5:00 am
The Cannondale BB "standard" BB30a is a bit different than normal BB30...
So is a SRAM Red BB30 crankset compatible with it?
Internet search hasn't provided a clear answer, or example - the closest I could see was a mention of a Force22 crankset compatibility, or conversions down to GXP, but I'm interested in taking a SRAM Red BB30 crankset to the BB30a standard.
Any help?
Thanks.
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CamW
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by CamW on Tue Dec 29, 2015 9:04 am
The one with the integrated carbon spider? Not the removable one for a powermeter?
The powermeter one should fit fine but the integrated spider I think would be really tricky. It doesn't really have extra axle space to spare for the wider BB. You might be able to bodge something by removing the bearing preload adjuster (which is roughly 5mm thick) and just using a wave washer or similar for preload but I suspect it will end up a mm or two on the wrong side of fitting.
