Thursday 13 March 2008

day13

too much to do tonight, so only time for a roller session. scampered up from station, on with bibs and into the roller room.

was planning on watching a sunday in hell (again), but think i've lent it out as part of an outreach programme. only bike related dvd i could see was restless natives, a classic scottish film of the mid-1980. on with the dvd, onto the rollers, on with the big country soundtrack. braw.

next up is three days living in a forest, helping out with the specialized/giant demo at carron valley. taking two bikes to ensure that i can ride everyday, no matter what those fcking dropouts on the voodoo, er, do.

6 comments:

simondbarnes said...

Only a hamfisted monkey would have any problem with the voodoo dropouts :)

martysavalas said...

i've tried, i really have. but i'm on my 2nd sent of £45 dropouts and bolts are at creaking level to keep them from shifting. fear is that something needs adjustment in the arse end of beyond and i strip the bastarding things and have to walk out.

new frame with track ends and slotted disk mounts to be sorted shortly...

Anonymous said...

>new frame with track ends and
>slotted disk mounts to be sorted >shortly...

The way our share price is going, your choices may be limited to Something cheap and something **really** cheap. You can't get a Spot, seeing as both Jac and I have one now. ;-)

Simon - I've seen Marty's bike in action and lets just say that I'd have been infinitely more fucked off than he appeared after so many re-adjustments in the space of a 2 1/2 hour ride.

I've had no issues like with with my Kona and it's a similar set up.

dRjON said...

ive been thinking about that again. use a bigger cog front and rear. may change the peak force applied to rear wheel ....

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I'm toying with getting rid of my Rig frame, spookily enough...

Alas, it's a geared one (run as SS with a tensioner)