Team Gallagher is in the house–Congratulations!Selected for RAGBRAI–1 of 10,000 Reply
Team Gallagher is in the house–Congratulations!Monthly Archives: April 2008
Team Gallagher is in the house–Congratulations!Received the replacement boom today 2
Thanks Dana!
I‘ve taken it to my LBS to have them switch the crank and will pick it up after my weekend ride.
Received the lower gearing components today Reply
Installed the 11-34 cassette and 26t chainring. I made a brief check-ride and will ride the Eastwood Ave. Hill tomorrow morning. Such, I may as well ride the Cape Fear Trail. My initial observation is the 20-gear inches is better than 25 and that I’ll have improved climbing ability–less knees strain. This is GOOD!
Sunday’s Route for the 2008 Face of America Bike Ride Reply
Saturday’s Route for the 2008 Face of America Bike Ride Reply
I’m_Bent & Jack99 [BROL members] offer good carbon fiber setup advice Reply
Use Tacx Dynamic Carbon Assembly Paste when install carbon fiber components–good advice.
Product Info: [from Competitive Cyclist Website]
With the advent of carbon fiber components has come the awkward change of a time-honored detail of bike building: In the past you always put a nice dollop of grease on pretty much everything when you installed components. How things have changed! Nowadays grease — especially on a carbon seatpost — can sometimes be a surefire path to heartbreak. The slick clearcoat on many carbon components makes it so that if they come in contact with grease they’re all-but-un-tightenable. The result is that people overtorque bolts in a futile attempt to keep said components from slipping, which ultimately wreaks carnage through snapped bolts, cracked clamps, and sometimes dented or crushed components.
Inserting components dry isn’t an ideal solution. Dry components make noise, they corrode, and they too sometimes slip. Tacx invented their Dynamic Assembly Compound to cure these very problems. Think of it as Oil of Olay for your expensive bike gear: Use it for anything threaded or anything carbon on your bike. Its adhesive effect on carbon/carbon interfaces (i.e. carbon seatpost/carbon frameset) will allow you to reduce the amount of tightening torque you’ll need by upwards of 30%. Beyond this, not unlike using Ti Prep on a titanium frame, it prevents the seizure of carbon/carbon interfaces. It’s an antidote for corrosion, noise, over-torquing, and slippage. Comes in an 80g jar.
Silk will be gaining 5″ 1
Five gear inches, that is. Given hill to climb and my observation that Silk does not spin. Given my questions and the advisement of the dealer, Dana, Bent Up Cycles, I’m changing my cassette from an 11-32 to an 11-34 and reducing the granny gear [small chain-ring] from 30-teeth to 26 teeth]. This yields a 20% lower gear. That is 20-gear-inches versus 25-gear-inches. For those who may ask, “what am I talking about”?
One rotation of the crank will move the cycle 20 inches, where before the change, one rotation of the crank would have moved the cycle 25 inches. So, it takes more rotations to move a given distance. That is called spinning. My question is, will my pedaling feel like spinning for my MTB or like mashing. Hopefully, I can main a 70+ cadence.
We shall see…
How good does it get? 1
Dana, Owner, Bent Up Cycles, has responded to my e-mail. [BROL Thread]
Simply, a replacement boom ships this afternoon. The new boom has a thicker wall. Although there were failures of earlier VK2 booms, I purchased mine in November 2005, Dana is not aware of any failures of the new boom.
I look forward to riding the VK2 again with no boom flex–Power on!
Thanks Dana! You continue to give me reasons to continue to do business with you. I appreciate it as i know you other customers do.
Now, we’ll have to see how this speed machine looks with a black nose or do I get it painted. For now, I do not know. Anyway, I’m a happy camper.
