How many times do you think you could get away with reusing a 11 speed shimano quick link? Going to give my chain a boil in some water and immersion wax as I've just been topping it up with the Silca drip on wax but I'd like to give it a full wax before I take it back out. Think I've only used this link the one time since getting this chain.
Should be good for 5-6 times at least, really depending on wear and how heavy handed you are with it. Basically as soon as it's 'easy' to clip back together the more danger there is of it coming undone by accident when you don't want it too... Quick links are a little weaker than chain links due to their nature but think I've only broken a few more than I have chain links through the years. Even then the number being small enough not to be concerned. I probably use mine 2-3 times but I'm not taking chains off to clean/wax them. I'll generally re-use a link unless it's filthy when I take the chain off.
I’ve been ill for a week too with some crazy flu that took me out, not been this unwell since my first taste of Covid.
I've just had it too, it's been working it's way through my office but my other half caught it 10 days ago and still not shaken it, typical it was just before half term so she's had a miserable one. I felt full of it thursday last week (didn't even Zwift!), took friday off work, slept most the day. Saturday pretty rubbish, bounced back sunday and yesterday. Feel pretty good today, thankfully mine stayed nasally and snot based without getting to my chest like the other half. Still sleeping a bunch more but 5-6 days should be through it as I rested & didn't try and ride through it!
I would like to figure out if I can get rid of the Di2 Y cable which hangs down under the bars but I'm not sure if I can do that without moving the junction box into the bar end.
You don't need to replace the Y cable with the junction box into the bar end to get more connections... The
4 way junction box is the easy solution and just put it/feed it into the bars wrapped in something to stop it rattling.
But check your Shifters, as they're DA they likely have spare ports on them, so you can plug the satellite shifters into each of the STI's without needing any extra junctions?
It's only really the 105 level STI's which don't have extra ports, most the others Ultegra & certainly DA have extra ports. My new 105 12s STI's have ports for shifters which are not junction ports as they're battery powered, but I think everything non-battery they're all junction ports. You can have any number of junctions in a Di2 setup 'everything just works'.
Couple of wiring ideas on here and I'm sure there's a page with others. I recall a page where he showed the alternatives to having the Y cable and still having an internal option to disconnect your bars...
Building a Di2 bike yourself starts with selecting the right components, cable lengths and then finally connecting them all together.
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The Shimano SW-R9150 remote satellite shifter can be positioned anywhere on the bike's handlebars. They're used for quicker shifting during climbing when the ri
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Aero bars can be comfortable (depending on the width I guess though) if you're in the really crouched position, so hands on the hoods, but your wrists or forearm reasting on the bars (might need to turn your hoods in a bit to make this really work). If it's not too windy I sometimes ride in a simulated TT position with my wrists on the flat bits of the bars (so hands are on nothing).
I do these too, on my Tarmac a lot more as I have a more aero position rotated over the front more. I ride the tops or forearms on them with a couple of fingers on each shifter. I'm pretty aero there but also not flexible to ride the drops enough to spend a long time in them so it is more of a compromise...
I have changed from SPD to SPD-SL pedals for my indoor bike and will do the same for outdoors (spd shoes broke). I went with cheap pedals for the indoor trainer as weight doesn’t matter. Is there any difference between the 105 and ultegra version? Or is it just a slight weight saving?
Sorry wrote a longer reply and lost it. Slight weight saving, but most of the Shimano pedals are made from resin so it is marginal, the saving is generally from the spindles used which are usually still metal. The Ultegra ones even have a metal plate on them so might be slightly harder wearing. But yeah really not much to worry about, go with 105 to save some money.
I rode Look Keo 2 Max for ages, did get some Blade, but then cheap Classic pedals on the Turbo. Ended up gradually changing everything over to the Classic as I couldn't justify the price difference for a couple of grams. Maybe if the bearings where changeable/replaceable it would be worth investing in better pedals, but they're generally not. Barely even 100g difference for £40 more.
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