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GYXU > Cycling > two more questions 18 April 2008 09:51:31
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Nate Nagel 18 April 2008 09:51:31
 ...and that's it, until I get some quality seat time, I promise. (bike
is an '05 Cannondale CX)

Spent the evening obsessively-compuls­ively looking for install
instructions, etc. on all the various components on my bike to
familiarize myself with what I'm going to need to do to get it in the
shape I want it. (you think that's bad, you should see how I restore a
car. It gets silly. Just accept that that's the way I am and let's
move on.) The brake situation is under control, I've already got some
cantis on the way (love the internet!) picked up some new brake cables
at LBS on the way home from work.

Questions:

1) pedals - I still need 'em. Is clipless the way to go? I've never
ridden with them, are they worth the investment? LBS seems to think so,
as I think they may have had one or two platform/clip type pedals...
I'll just throw some junkers on there to get it out and about, but I'm
used to riding with clips, and let's be honest, I look like a fred
enough as it is without riding a halfway decent bike with crap pedals :)­

2) For the first time, I think I may have inadvertantly screwed up, or
at least made a purchase that might not be as good as it was cracked up
to be. I thought I'd inspected the bike fairly well before flashing any
green, but while playing with it after I got it home I noticed a little
squeak when rotating the crank backwards. Figured "no big deal, I'll
just slap a new bottom bracket in there. Done." A little more OCD
style research turns up the news that the overwhelming opinion seems to
be that ISIS BB's all suck. This is bad news to me as I have not one
but two cranksets, both Truvativ, both ISIS. What's your call - slap
another gigapipe in there and hope for the best, or swap to...? I'm
trying to keep the expenditures to a minimum, I know that sounds silly
after dropping a couple hundred bucks on a new bike that I technically
didn't need (but am sure I'll enjoy riding) but I've also got a couple
other toys awaiting my attention (and cash infusions...) like the house,
car, etc...

thanks again

nate
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Mike Jacoubowsky 16 April 2008 19:33:09 [ permanent link ]
 Questions:
|
| 1) pedals - I still need 'em. Is clipless the way to go? I've never
| ridden with them, are they worth the investment? LBS seems to think so,
| as I think they may have had one or two platform/clip type pedals...
| I'll just throw some junkers on there to get it out and about, but I'm
| used to riding with clips, and let's be honest, I look like a fred
| enough as it is without riding a halfway decent bike with crap pedals :)­

You'll get used to clipless faster than you think. Don't be scared of them.
http://www.chainrea­ction.com/pedalfaq.h­tm

| 2) For the first time, I think I may have inadvertantly screwed up, or
| at least made a purchase that might not be as good as it was cracked up
| to be. I thought I'd inspected the bike fairly well before flashing any
| green, but while playing with it after I got it home I noticed a little
| squeak when rotating the crank backwards. Figured "no big deal, I'll
| just slap a new bottom bracket in there. Done." A little more OCD
| style research turns up the news that the overwhelming opinion seems to
| be that ISIS BB's all suck. This is bad news to me as I have not one
| but two cranksets, both Truvativ, both ISIS. What's your call - slap
| another gigapipe in there and hope for the best, or swap to...? I'm
| trying to keep the expenditures to a minimum, I know that sounds silly
| after dropping a couple hundred bucks on a new bike that I technically
| didn't need (but am sure I'll enjoy riding) but I've also got a couple
| other toys awaiting my attention (and cash infusions...) like the house,
| car, etc...

I'm replacing an ISIS crank in my bike that has 20k+ miles on it. Not
because of a bottom bracket problem, but rather because the crank arms
themselves are failing (on the left side, the carbon surrounding the
aluminum that mates to the BB is separating). The ISIS bb is still running
wonderfully smooth, despite it being the Ti version with smaller bearings
(due to a larger spindle). Don't assume that things are bad simply because
it's an ISIS setup.

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBi­cycles.com


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Michael Press 17 April 2008 00:21:01 [ permanent link ]
 In article <fu406i0ab4@news2.n­ewsguy.com>,
Nate Nagel <njnagel@roosters.n­et> wrote:

1) pedals - I still need 'em. Is clipless the way to go? I've never
ridden with them, are they worth the investment? LBS seems to think so,
as I think they may have had one or two platform/clip type pedals...
I'll just throw some junkers on there to get it out and about, but I'm
used to riding with clips, and let's be honest, I look like a fred
enough as it is without riding a halfway decent bike with crap pedals :)­

The MKS GR-9 platform pedals are excellent pedals
should you choose to go with straps.
<http://sheldonbrow­n.com/harris/pedals.­html#platform>

Otherwise Shimano SPD. Get smooth sole, recessed cleat shoes
for walking: SH-TO92
<http://www.roadbik­ereview.com/mfr/shim­ano/shoes/PRD_320092­_2512crx.aspx>

Be sure to get the shoes large enough. Too tight restricts
blood flow to the feet. A bit loose does not hinder
pedaling efficiency.

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Nate Nagel 17 April 2008 02:51:19 [ permanent link ]
 N8N wrote:
On Apr 16, 1:28 pm, landotter <landot...@gmail.co­m> wrote:
On Apr 15, 11:44 pm, Nate Nagel <njna...@roosters.n­et> wrote:
2) For the first time, I think I may have inadvertantly screwed up, or
at least made a purchase that might not be as good as it was cracked up
to be. I thought I'd inspected the bike fairly well before flashing any
green, but while playing with it after I got it home I noticed a little
squeak when rotating the crank backwards. Figured "no big deal, I'll
just slap a new bottom bracket in there. Done."
nate
Probably a dry chain or did you try rotating with the chain dropped?
You need some Dupont Teflon/Wax lube from Lowe's in your arsenal to
take care of that chain!
Hmmm...
chain appears nice and greasy, but it probably is worth a check. I
did not try it with the chain off, it just sounded like it was coming
from the BB but I very well know how a noise can fake you out as to
where it's coming from. Thanks for the idea...
nate

Well, got home from work, went straight to bike, spun cranks backwards.
No noise. I will do what I usually do in a situation like this, which
is to try not to worry about it until the issue reappears :)­

Grabbed POS bike out of garage. Dang is that heavy. Removed pedals.
Installed on new bike. Hefted new bike. Mmm, light. I like.

Thought for about 30 seconds. Realized that it was still light out, so
I could either a) go ahead with my original plan of mounting the lights
or b) take it for a spin and see what happened.

changed clothes, grabbed bike, did a quick and dirty seat adjustment,
took off down the road. I liiiiiiiike it. :)­ Only got maybe 1-2 miles
in, tooling around residential and lightly traveled roads. Brakes
sucked just as much as I expected. Squeaky, too. (this is why I didn't
want to get too far away from home; I didn't want to get onto a busy
road and find I needed more brakes than I had.) New brakes can't get
here soon enough. Didn't take too long to get used to the brifters,
they work almost idiot-proofly well although I need to do some fine
tuning on the rear, I got a couple phantom shifts when getting on it
hard up little hills. Oh, yeah, holy crap does it feel so much faster
than anything I'm used to. Even with the "road" chainrings on the front
(guy told me the big 'un was a 50T, I didn't count) I felt like I could
spin it out if I really wanted to. Niiiiiiiiice.

Oh, yeah, I need new shorts. I completed the fredly image by catching
the crotchal area of my (cargo) shorts on the front of the seat while
attempting to get going from a stop sign. Wupsie.

Did I mention I like this bike? I really like this bike. I can't wait
to get it dialed in and go for a real ride.

nate

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Tom Sherman 17 April 2008 08:37:11 [ permanent link ]
 joseph.santaniello@g­mail.com aka Joseph Santaniello wrote:
[...]
Clipless is great. But maybe don't mix getting used to your new bike
with learning to use clipless pedals. Use what you have until you get
settled into the bike, then go clipless. Platform/combi type clipless
are lousy if you ask me. More difficult to clip inot than regular
clipless.[...]

I find that on sided platform, opposite side SPD pedals such as the
Shimano PD-M324 hang at the perfect angle for easy entry.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful
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Michael Press 18 April 2008 02:30:11 [ permanent link ]
 In article <fu6k5q$l2d$1@regis­tered.motzarella.org­>,
Tom Sherman <sunsetss0003@REMOV­ETHISyahoo.com> wrote:

joseph.santaniello@­gmail.com aka Joseph Santaniello wrote:
[...]
Clipless is great. But maybe don't mix getting used to your new bike
with learning to use clipless pedals. Use what you have until you get
settled into the bike, then go clipless. Platform/combi type clipless
are lousy if you ask me. More difficult to clip inot than regular
clipless.[...]
I find that on sided platform, opposite side SPD pedals such as the
Shimano PD-M324 hang at the perfect angle for easy entry.

We get it.

--
Michael Press
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Michael Press 18 April 2008 09:42:00 [ permanent link ]
 In article <fu993o$eph$1@regis­tered.motzarella.org­>,
Tom Sherman <sunsetss0003@REMOV­ETHISyahoo.com> wrote:

Michael Press wrote:
In article <fu6k5q$l2d$1@regis­tered.motzarella.org­>,
Tom Sherman <sunsetss0003@REMOV­ETHISyahoo.com> wrote:
joseph.santaniello@­gmail.com aka Joseph Santaniello wrote:
[...]
Clipless is great. But maybe don't mix getting used to your new bike
with learning to use clipless pedals. Use what you have until you get
settled into the bike, then go clipless. Platform/combi type clipless
are lousy if you ask me. More difficult to clip inot than regular
clipless.[...]
I find that on sided platform, opposite side SPD pedals such as the
Shimano PD-M324 hang at the perfect angle for easy entry.
We get it.
Progress.

But you do not.

--
Michael Press
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Tom Sherman 18 April 2008 09:51:31 [ permanent link ]
 Michael Press wrote:
In article <fu993o$eph$1@regis­tered.motzarella.org­>,
Tom Sherman <sunsetss0003@REMOV­ETHISyahoo.com> wrote:
Michael Press wrote:
In article <fu6k5q$l2d$1@regis­tered.motzarella.org­>,
Tom Sherman <sunsetss0003@REMOV­ETHISyahoo.com> wrote:
joseph.santaniello@­gmail.com aka Joseph Santaniello wrote:
[...]
Clipless is great. But maybe don't mix getting used to your new bike
with learning to use clipless pedals. Use what you have until you get
settled into the bike, then go clipless. Platform/combi type clipless
are lousy if you ask me. More difficult to clip inot than regular
clipless.[...]
I find that on sided platform, opposite side SPD pedals such as the
Shimano PD-M324 hang at the perfect angle for easy entry.
We get it.
Progress.
But you do not.
Nonsense. I am continuing the evolutionary trend of rotation of posture.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful
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