somehow still around lol.
that's what I was thinking.. or just get a whole new bike because n+1 right? saddle height is fine, followed a million guides etc to make sure it's fine. It's the reach that's odd so a longer stem may-be the way forward as this one is 80mm..
never really been down to look at any beaches around eastbourne, west wittering beach is where we usually go down to but it'll be crazy busy if the weather is nice on sunday! enjoy either way..
'Somehow' haha! Tell me about it...
N+1 could work... Although I'm considering it overrated at the moment - It took me 8 years to eventually do it, then 3 months later I was N-1 and injured
I've got 100mm stems, cheap alloy worn/battered ones admittedly if you wanted a low cost option to try out (just cover postage), but 80mm is short. You're no dwarf so someone before you likely put a shorter stem on that bike.
It's going to be a great weekend away, lucked out with the weather! Now just need to find somewhere nice for coffee, ice cream, sandcastles and a beer or two. Hoping the crowds will be at Brighton, or the other side of the country for Boardmasters in Cornwall!
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I'm unsure if i need to adjust my FD. It keeps dropping when switching from the big to little chainring. I've done ~3000km with the bike pretty much all in nice conditions, although maintenance has been slack to say the least. The rest of the changes are still excellent.
It's not every time, but not sure what could be causing it.
If it's slightly over shifting inwards it is the inner (Lower) limit screw. Sometimes when it is at extremes on the rear, the chainline difference can cause the chain to do different things when the front changes.
I feel like it's option 2 for me. It'll be much more fulfilling i think and by trying to make the decision before hand, it'll help my pacing during the event rather than trying to kill myself keeping up with the pack and blowing up.
I'd probably say keep entered for option 1, it's highly likely on the day (or even the week leading upto the event) you'll be able to drop down... Highly unlikely they'll let you 'move up' short notice. You can decide then - less pressure!
And get riding! You need some long rides, climbing doesn't really matter. Time on the bike is key - even if it's a 'test' by getting your Turbo under some AC and scheduling to ride 'as long as you can' on it.
It can seem a black art and even at times I have "WTF is going on" moments on the winter bike. Don't start 10 minutes before you're heading out on a ride, it's one of those jobs to do without pressure IMO.
Park Tools have good videos to walk you through eg
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Mechanical is the best way to learn - but also to start from 'nothing'. A derailleur without a chain, see how it moves and how the tension affects it. See how the limit screws work. That mindset of understanding what each bit does - before then throwing the complexity of indexing on top of it. The limits of the chain are a first step and more important to get right to avoid dropped chains. Indexing is a lot more fiddly and take 'tweaking'.
The problem I always had with mechanical is that everything would be perfect in the stand but as soon as power was going through the drivetrain it wouldn't behave in quite the same way and 2-3 rides later I would be frustrated again. I think there was a problem with the internal cable routing causing friction or something.
Luckily Di2 doesn't have these issues to the point where I don't really think about it any more.
It's usually stretched/old cables & outers... But flex of the frame can be a 'cause' (alloy tends to be worse than carbon) but a loose or bent hanger can also be it. Agreed Di2 is 'easier' (cables don't stretch) but frame/hanger flex obviously can.
Just tweak and fiddle, you can tweak an index anywhere at the roadside - that's why it doesn't need tools. But you have to understand it to get the confidence in fiddling with it - which is far easier with lots of time to learn with no pressure at home!
