I got back yesterday from a slightly drama filled trip to the Lake District. We got there the night before and the guy that drove me up had an accident and is still in hospital now! I think he's fine, but started things off a little odd. (I drove his camper van home for him)
Then, having had great weather the weeks before, the rain came for pretty much every day we rode. We did a few great climbs though, really challenging. Given I've never ridden more than 5,000ft of elevation and only over 80 miles twice, we did 150 miles and 14,000ft of elevation in the first two days. The third day was reduced to 57 miles and 3,500ft, thank god... then on the fourth day I woke with a dicky tummy. I tried, but only managed 6 miles before deciding I just couldn't do it, felt crappy.
Some quality miles and climbing Andy, even considering the weather! Sure hope your friend is all ok soon, what a way to start the trip!
Having not actually ridden it yet, i'm not sure. The bike guy suggested the main issue was that the chain struggled to move out of the smallest cog at the back and so i would ofter need to go up 2 and then down 1 to get that gear. He mentioned this was a sign of the chain being an issue (along with a huge amount of play in the chain). He also gave me some chain link things incase the chain snapped on an outing which can't be a good sign!
Did he mean lowest or highest gear? Big end or little end of the cassette... Either way is likely more a problem/age/wear on the cable, shifters, derailleur and not the chain itself. A worn chain stretches, not refuses to move sideways (unless it's really gunked/rusted up). Skipping and rough sounding due to the extra length, yes, but not generally an issue shifting. Cables are an easy/relatively cheap swap but takes a bit of tweaking. A good skill to learn (replacing cables and indexing) but also a steep learning curve. Cables are inexpensive, certainly compared to other components. A RD's springs pull it 'outwards' to the smaller/higher cogs, cable tension pulls it back 'inwards' or down the cassette. So the chain struggling to move out of the smallest (highest gear) is more likely to be related to the cable tension.
The rear shifter seems fine, but I struggled to get it back onto the bigger front cog when I had dropped it for a hill.
Again, likely the cable leading to low cable tension. Tight FD cable moves it outwards to the large ring. The springs pull it into the small ring. So a stretched/old cable will need more tension to move it to the bigger cog.
Just sounds like it needs a good clean and new cables fitting. I probably change mine annually unless I see any damage or need to change them. Usually a job for the spring so they're nice and new in the better weather so the winter can be as nasty as it likes to them...
What a rubbish system! Decided to not cancel my order and hope that when it's time to dispatch the order will throw up a flag and they let me just use credit card to finalise it.
Seems a bit archaeic for them not to be able to change a payment method on an order. Also pretty rubbish your Employer can change things like that after giving you the infor to order from it!
I'd do as you've said. Surely the Canyon accounts department will have flexibility when actually trying to take the payment. Even if it's cancelling it and putting it though again - at least the bike will have been made/provisioned to you so shouldn't see another wait!
My buttery smooth smugness is short lived as the chain started to slip on low cadence / high power efforts (so in 50x12) yesterday and this morning's turbo was even worse. Time to spend an age trying to find a reasonable price but in-stock 50T chainring and 12-28 cassette
I've just found PBK have a Tiagra 4700 chainset in 172.5mm for £79.99 but it's a 52/36. Would the chain be to short to go from a 50/34 to 52/36? Tempting to buy that as a new outer ring is £40.
You might find it's ok, or just won't go into 52*28 - so just don't use that extreme on your turbo. As it's a turbo then really not much need for a 50t on there anyway!
I remembered i have some Halfords vouchers from a Confused.com insurance policy and figured i would use them to change the chain on my bike. I figure that a newer chain would presumably help to prolong the life of the cassettes?
Would this fit? The guy had mentioned that SRAM would be fine, i'm just not sure how to work out the number of links required without taking the chain off? Would you try and mark one of them and then count around?
https://www.halfords.com/cycling/bi...-powerlock-chain-114-links-silver-422629.html
No problem fitting SRAM 11 speed chains onto Shimano 11 speed drivechains. I only ride Shimano, but actually prefer SRAM chains. The 1170 is a great chain.
Just check you can use the 2 Halfords vouchers on 1 purchase/item.
Given the cassette is ~£45 online i'm fairly happy with that!
Yup, result!
Garmin / Wahoo is whole can of worms...
Always a can of worms. Like AMD vs Intel, AMD vs Nvidia etc etc.
I went through a Garmin Edge 500 and an 810 in around 2.5 years. Lots of fiddling and hassle with them, rubbish support and was really disappointed once I started to get issues. The hardware is glitchy at best. I used a phone before with Strava and IPBike apps for a couple of years.
So took a punt in 2016 and switched to a Wahoo ELEMNT, cheaper than both the Edges, loads less hassle and currently more than twice the age of both of the Edges combined. I'm a Wahooligan convert and really glad I took the 'risk' going for a new headunit before they'd been out very long and didn't just get another Garmin. The 'problems' with Wahoo are really non-issues for me. I'd easily get the BOLT as a replacement when this dies. I was afraid I'd miss the configuring/tweaking/colour screen/touchscreen and I haven't.
I posted a couple of passing comments on 'tweaks' on some
Element owner google group years ago. One of them being a battery percentage % as the device is turning off. Thought nothing of it and noticed one of the recent updates enabled it and now my ELEMNT shows it. I've no idea if it was my comments, but awesome they're still updating and adding features to my original ELEMNT 5 years after I got it!
I've never had issue and any time I've ridden with someone that's had an issue, I don't think they've ever been Wahoo's... 
