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The cat 3 near me is 642ft bottom to top, which is just short of 200m, so you'd have to climb that 43 or so times to "Everest" it :eek:

I wonder how many times I could climb that hill before it wore me out. I doubt I'd even make it to 5.
 
arknor said:
probably one of those fame seeking people that demand their 5 minutes in the local rag.

BTW managed to index my front derailer :D
I think it was more luck than anything else though lol...

Managed to set the limit screws because they were off...

tried 2 times to get the cable tension right but it kept dropping the chain between the middle and small chainrings :|
I don't know what causes that, I would have assumed the limit screw was off but I had no idea which as they looked perfect to my eye....
amazingly after sticking the cable in the derailer 3 times I somehow managed to get the tension magically spot on with a slight tweak of the shifter :O
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The limit screws won't affect shifting between the middle and small chainrings, that comes down to the cable tension. (Unless you mean it was dropping off the small chainring on to the frame when you were shifting down.) Best thing to do is to set the bike in the smallest cog at the front and the biggest at the back and adjust the low limit screw until there's just a hair between the cage and chain. Then connect the shift cable to the derailleur.

It's also worth making sure the inner plate of the derailleur cage is parallel with the chainrings.
 
SkodaMart said:
PMSL!

With 77,004 subscribers and over 55 million video hits, I don't think its the local rag he's after!
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I agree with arknor (maybe, depends if he's completely re-edited his post by the time you read this :p).

He's maybe not targeting the 'local rag' but he does seem to be motivated by the attention. I'm sure that there are loads of people doing similar distances but they generally go unnoticed because they dont upload videos telling everyone how great they are.
In fact, i know there is. Every time there is a big mileage challenge on strava, you notice these guys on the leaderboard. A quick look through their history and you realise that they are not just targeting the challenge either.
 
Mate at work has an Echo with Campag Record and an Etape with Campag Centaur with mudguards......really nice bikes.

Replaced the gear inners and outers on my DA9000 today along with re-taping after the Zipp tape, although lovely feel, was stuck down and took ages getting off....was hoping i could just unpeel it and reuse but no chance.

Got rid of the DA gear outers and Jagwire slick stainless inners as i had used light grease on them last year but over time that has proved to be a bad idea as it solidified and dried up and made the cable run a bit sticky, down shifting was getting hesitant on the rear.

Using Jagwire inners and slick stainless outers and a small amount of GT85 this time, much much lighter action than before. :)
Bought a 3 meter length of outer from Starcycles on ebay as well as 3 inners, highly recommended source!

Got some black PRO SL tape from Ribble, seems nice stuff with a similar feel (tennis racket handle tape) to the Zipp (which was out of stock) and matches the PRO handlebars and post i have as well.
It was also easy to fit, stretched nicely and the backing was only slightly tackey and gel like so could be removed and repositioned as required (inc in future). Nice.

Also dropped my DA9000 cassette at Ribble due to the creaking, i'd replaced it with an Ultegra and it has solved the problem so its definitely that (also the creaking is all over the internet so a known issue).
They are sending it back to Shimano so we'll see what comes of that....

Called in at Evans at Preston, its a new store so had a look round. could have got some Lizard Skin tape, but already had the PRO so maybe next time.
They had a nice BMC Time Machine SLR01 with DA9000 and DA9000 C24 (same as my Scott) but this was £6k!! Didnt pay anywhere near that for my setup!!!!
 
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touch said:
I agree with arknor (maybe, depends if he's completely re-edited his post by the time you read this :p).

He's maybe not targeting the 'local rag' but he does seem to be motivated by the attention. I'm sure that there are loads of people doing similar distances but they generally go unnoticed because they dont upload videos telling everyone how great they are.
In fact, i know there is. Every time there is a big mileage challenge on strava, you notice these guys on the leaderboard. A quick look through their history and you realise that they are not just targeting the challenge either.
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Of course it's attention he's seeking.
He is using his fitness to champion the vegan cause, and a noble cause it is too.
Got a fair bit of respect for the guy, despite his extreme views and aggressive pushiness.
Yes I know he's a nut job, but boring follow the crowd people are not my cup of tea thanks.
 
SkodaMart said:
boring follow the crowd people are not my cup of tea thanks.
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Yes, but you can also be interesting and different without having to make youtube videos to tell everyone how interesting and different you are.

Either way, he can do some impressive stuff on a bike!
 
touch said:
Yes, but you can also be interesting and different without having to make youtube videos to tell everyone how interesting and different you are.

Either way, he can do some impressive stuff on a bike!
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It's not the 'different' he's 'selling' though, it's the veganism
I'm borderline veggie, I'm not keen on meat, it turns my stomach cooking it for the family.
Modern farming methods are horrendous, due to overpopulation, and unhealthy diets.

He makes many good points, and many bad ones too.
 
bcjames said:
Before I change jobs, I want to make use of my Madison account discount!

Can anyone comment on the sizing of Shimano shoes? I'm thinking about the R170. Looking on Wiggle, I need to go up a half/whole size, in to a 44, whereas my current specialized shoes are 43.

I can exchange them if I get the wrong size, but I'd rather get it right first time!
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Even Shimano themselves are all over the place, I vary between 46,47 and 48 in different pairs I've had.

As for an Everest ride I'd prefer this:
http://www.hardcoere100.com/ not sure I'd want to tack on the extra 9000ft of climbing for their Everest challenge route though.
 
6thElement said:
http://www.hardcoere100.com/
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Ha, i was just thinking about you and your crazy races today.
One of the lads i was out riding with has entered the Highland Trail race. A 560 mile off-road time trial around the highlands. He tried to get me to sign up for a shorter 180mile loop around the cairngorms that he's doing as a warm-up. Dont think i'd even manage that one.
 
InQ said:
Called in at Evans at Preston, its a new store so had a look round. could have got some Lizard Skin tape, but already had the PRO so maybe next time.
They had a nice BMC Time Machine SLR01 with DA9000 and DA9000 C24 (same as my Scott) but this was £6k!! Didnt pay anywhere near that for my setup!!!!
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Sounds like the bike they've got in their Deansgate store in Manchester. Beautiful thing.
 
One More Solo said:
The limit screws won't affect shifting between the middle and small chainrings, that comes down to the cable tension. (Unless you mean it was dropping off the small chainring on to the frame when you were shifting down.) Best thing to do is to set the bike in the smallest cog at the front and the biggest at the back and adjust the low limit screw until there's just a hair between the cage and chain. Then connect the shift cable to the derailleur.

It's also worth making sure the inner plate of the derailleur cage is parallel with the chainrings.
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Yea I think the limit screws are perfect there's a slight rub in some gears but I don't wait to change the limit screws in case it messes it up again lol.

By the chain dropping between the small and middle ring I meant instead of going back down to the small ring it was not going down far enough and dropping down the gap between the 2 lower rings.

I managed to get it sorted the 3rd time with the cable tension though like I said.

I'd imagine it's far easier if you have a bike stand but I was doing it with the bike upside down so it's kinda hard to see where exactly the derailer is over the chain when I try to get the tension right.

I guess it's easier with a compact chain ring?

I always found indexing the rear gears terribly easy because just adjusting the barrel can make it change up or down a gear so there's a huge window to hit but with the front it's like there's barely any margin for error and sram gears are supposed to be one of the easiest to index?
 
I can never get my front right :) the main reason is my chainset.. it just flexes so much that uphill etc I can still manage to touch the derailleur!

annoying but I'll get a newbike/groupo soon anyway and hopefully it'll be a bit stiffer.
 
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