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Ryan Cousineau
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1) I went out for an MTB ride yesterday, and a chain incident culminated
in the chain getting stuck between the cassette and the spokes, utterly
destroying the plastic spoke guard in the process (the chain came back
out no problem with some backpedaling).
Does this prove the effectiveness of spoke guards, or their irrelevance?
2) I have committed to buy a Shimano Alfine gearhub for no good reasons
other than its mechanical neatness, tolerable price, and the magic words
"Ultegra-grade." In theory, my ultimate excuse will be to use it in my
mud-proof cyclocross bike experiment.
It looks like the thing will go into a wheel which I will then slot into
a late-80s Pinarello road bike. I will use the twist-grip shifter on a
flat bar, and add a clip-on aerobar.
I'm thinking about using some MTB bar ends finish off the bar, and then
sticking some aero-style brake levers (for bullhorn bars) in the ends,
making a sort of pseudo aerobar with bullhorn base setup.
Will the brake levers fit into any existing MTB bar ends? Am I nutty?
Should I just go with flat-bar brake levers and the aerobar? Am I a
loonytune? Any other suggestions for what to do with a bare Alfine hub?
3) the Alfine wheel: I plan to build it up with a deep-section rim,
partly for aero, partly for cyclocross, partly because I am clearly a
nut. Any of those available in a 32h drilling?
4) which anti-turn nuts come in the standard Alfine package?
I thank you for your patience.
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Ryan Cousineau [email protected] http://www.wiredcola.com/
"In other newsgroups, they killfile trolls."
"In rec.bicycles.racing, we coach them."
in the chain getting stuck between the cassette and the spokes, utterly
destroying the plastic spoke guard in the process (the chain came back
out no problem with some backpedaling).
Does this prove the effectiveness of spoke guards, or their irrelevance?
2) I have committed to buy a Shimano Alfine gearhub for no good reasons
other than its mechanical neatness, tolerable price, and the magic words
"Ultegra-grade." In theory, my ultimate excuse will be to use it in my
mud-proof cyclocross bike experiment.
It looks like the thing will go into a wheel which I will then slot into
a late-80s Pinarello road bike. I will use the twist-grip shifter on a
flat bar, and add a clip-on aerobar.
I'm thinking about using some MTB bar ends finish off the bar, and then
sticking some aero-style brake levers (for bullhorn bars) in the ends,
making a sort of pseudo aerobar with bullhorn base setup.
Will the brake levers fit into any existing MTB bar ends? Am I nutty?
Should I just go with flat-bar brake levers and the aerobar? Am I a
loonytune? Any other suggestions for what to do with a bare Alfine hub?
3) the Alfine wheel: I plan to build it up with a deep-section rim,
partly for aero, partly for cyclocross, partly because I am clearly a
nut. Any of those available in a 32h drilling?
4) which anti-turn nuts come in the standard Alfine package?
I thank you for your patience.
--
Ryan Cousineau [email protected] http://www.wiredcola.com/
"In other newsgroups, they killfile trolls."
"In rec.bicycles.racing, we coach them."