Today I did something to my bike thread...
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My advice on a shed would be go as big as you can, I went 5x4 and wasn't long wishing I had more space.
Back on thread, new chainrings finally arrived from alugear and fitted, haven't been put on bike yet, waiting for few bits to do all at once.
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@CramCycle have done a few spins with them now, can't say I notice any performance difference really, shifting is as good as it was, have had one or two times it's jumped going from small to big ring but gears need to be looked at anyway. Looking online some lads said they have had issues with flex when sprinting but they seem to be using a 54 and putting out big watts, not something I have to worry about!
And how it looks on the bike, cos that's what's most important really.
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So the wheeltop eds(Rim) arrived. Paid 513 euro on aliexpress and customs came to a whopping 13 including anposts fee 😎.
The setup/install wasn't the easiest. The android app on the android playstore is ages old, so use the QR code in the box to get the latest. The english translations in the app and documentation on the site are fairly shite. I mainly just used some youtube videos for reference. I ran into the same issue as TranceVelo, where the FD got stuck in the smallest chainring and attempting to get to the largest would just go back and forth. It just needed to be recalibrated.
Once everything was paired and on the bike my only main issues was the FD. I dunno if its my frame (traitor exile) and the braze on adapter. But I had to use the adjustment screw a lot to mainly to dial in the FD.
Before making the adjustments above the app/shifters also wouldn't allow you to go to the last two gears of depending on the FDs position. What ever dialling in I did has seemed to overwritten that. Maybe it can be re-enabled within the app. It also doesn't seem to auto drop the FD as you move along the cassette, as I've seen in some videos. Maybe it can be enabled in the app.
Few other points
- FD auto trims as you go along the cassette.
- Indexing adjustment within the app isn't very intuitive.
- Can't get it to connect to my igpsport igs630s
- Shifters feel solid.
- Shifting can be set to competitive/casual
- Shifting is pretty smooth(first wireless groupset)
Bar tape arriving tomorrow, so hopefully give it a proper spin outside or on the trainer.
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Rear wheel felt weird leaving to go home yesterday. I stopped and had a look and couldn't see anything. Felt like it was wobbly or bouncing a bit. Checked it again and nothing jumped out so headed home
Same this morning but no time to check so had a good look when I got a chance during the evening and the firewall was failing and bulging slightly. Tyre did about 12kms and had two punctures in its life. Tread was getting low also.
So a pit stop in Cycleways coming in the quays for a new tyre. They didn't have the Schwalbe Marathon Racer so went with the stiffer marathon plus. Time will tell if it's a better tire.
Washed it all and fitted it. Off work till Monday so will test ride it when I have more time and hopefully it's sorted. It's a great bike but it's a pain to clean. Tight and fiddly areas and it seems to attract a huge amount of dirt.
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Not so much but to my bike tools and I did this a few months back. Bought some toolbox foam (not the branded shadow foam expensive stuff) and one of the Halfords empty cases
to try organise my bike tools. Cutting the foam was a balls with a knife (hence the rough edges on the cassette holding tool slot on the left) until I got the bright idea of using a wood router. Still have to finish it with tyre levers, spoke keys etc. to go in.
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