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re:Building a touring drivetrain
In category Tech issues
Written by abbsci420

I have a Gunnar Crosshairs that will be on touring duty this summer, pulling a Burley Nomad trailer thru Spain. Right now, I have a Shimano
600 series gruppo on the bike, with a 48-39 crankset up front and an
8-speed Shimano Hyperglide cassette in the back, all road parts. At first, on the advice of a friend, I was planning on simply swapping the rear cassette for a MTB cassette, perhaps an LX o

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re:Disk road/cross bike for winter training
In category Tech issues
Written by thersupermikey

I'm thinking about a disk brake cross bike for primarily winter road riding. I've read the previous related threads. My reason for wanting disks is that it rains fairly constantly here (Hood River, OR)
in the winter, and daily riding involves significant climbing and descending. The roads are covered with cinders or sand in the winter, and rim brakes work poorly, eat through rims and pads, and

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re:help, tripple conversion
In category Tech issues
Written by udippel

So I 've gotten the bright idea into my head to try and do the Mt.
Washington hillclimb this summer. my current setup is a double chainring and I'd like to convert to a tripple. what is the bare minimun I need to change out? my assumption is:
-Left Ultegra STI lever -> STI tripple (or add a downtube friction shifter cause I've got one on hand, whoo hoo)
-Bottom Bracket (I assume an ultegra d

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Singlespeed MTB Chain Troubles
In category Tech issues
Written by Bureiku

I recently built up a ss mtb. I got an old Marin Frame and fork for 10bux.
I used an old derailleur for a tensioner. I cut the bottom jockey wheel off and it acts as a push down type tensioner. I rode 2 rides this past week (about 12 miles each) and did the RI NEMBA ride Sunday (21miles). I had some slight slippage/noise on the first two rides under force. Sunday at about mile 15, the chain s

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