Craig Brossman
October 8th 03, 02:35 AM
Since sometime around Memorial Day weekend, my ride has been in various
phases of .. well upgrading ... sort of.
I've rebuilt the shock ... then did it again, added new brake levers,
bought new wheels with disc compatable hubs, first added the rear disc,
recently added the front, rebuilt all the pivots ... then did it again.
The catalyst to almost all of this was repair, blow free hub, bent brake
levers, so on. I decided to go to Avid mechanicals since I needed a new
rear hub anyway, well, the rim is wearing, might as well get a whole new
wheel, you get the idea.
Finally, today, after replacing the cable housing on the rear brake
because it was cut too short the first time, after truing the rear wheel
that was re-tensioned in the field, but done poorly, after doing a
better job of aligning the front disc, after making some front shock
adjustments, the bike feels right.
I usually like to work on my bike, but this summer, I've made the right
choice; wrench or ride, I've always picked ride; I can live with some of
the issues till tomorrow.
Oh yeah, and being a big New Belgium fan, I bought a sixer of Tripple,
so after a nice climb of about 1500 feet, no dinner, and 2 12 ouncers,
I'm feeling pretty good about the whole thing.
Thankyou sir, may I have another ... I think I will!
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Craig Brossman, Durango Colorado
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phases of .. well upgrading ... sort of.
I've rebuilt the shock ... then did it again, added new brake levers,
bought new wheels with disc compatable hubs, first added the rear disc,
recently added the front, rebuilt all the pivots ... then did it again.
The catalyst to almost all of this was repair, blow free hub, bent brake
levers, so on. I decided to go to Avid mechanicals since I needed a new
rear hub anyway, well, the rim is wearing, might as well get a whole new
wheel, you get the idea.
Finally, today, after replacing the cable housing on the rear brake
because it was cut too short the first time, after truing the rear wheel
that was re-tensioned in the field, but done poorly, after doing a
better job of aligning the front disc, after making some front shock
adjustments, the bike feels right.
I usually like to work on my bike, but this summer, I've made the right
choice; wrench or ride, I've always picked ride; I can live with some of
the issues till tomorrow.
Oh yeah, and being a big New Belgium fan, I bought a sixer of Tripple,
so after a nice climb of about 1500 feet, no dinner, and 2 12 ouncers,
I'm feeling pretty good about the whole thing.
Thankyou sir, may I have another ... I think I will!
--
Craig Brossman, Durango Colorado
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