TZ Cycling/Bike Appreciation thread!
I've also been trying to learn maintenance starting from a zero base. I have the titanium Burls referenced above but also a 2012 Specialized Secteur Elite on which I am practising maintenance. In the last 2 weekends I've stripped the headset and replaced the horrible mindset system with a new sealed bearing headset, stripped front and back hubs and cleaned/regreased/replaced worn bearings, taken off and cleaned cassette and chain. I'm moving onto bottom bracket and recabling this weekend. I've made a few errors (spewing rear hub bearings all over my gravel driveway being a beauty) but with YouTube and the right tools I am getting the hang of it. Well worth doing. The idea is to use this new found knowledge to keep the much more expensive Burls minty.
Edit: I decided to do this maintenance as I fell off the Burls on black ice 2 weekends ago damaging my rotator cuff in my shoulder, shredding a goretex jacket and bib tights. More worryingly it made me realise that I wouldn't have been able to repair the Burls had it been more damaged (luckily just an Ultegra brake lever scraped up and pedal scratches, I took the brunt and the bike landed on me).
Been away for a while focussing on bicycles rather than watches
The cycling bug took me again when I was asked to do a charity ride from Pembrokeshire to London in May of 2013. Since I was last hear I've bought / built and sold a few bikes. I no longer race, (ex-Second-Cat) but instead prefer the gentle sport of Sportifs (this year will include Carten100 / Velothon Wales / Prudential Ride London-Surrey 100). I'm also about to embark on formal British Cycling Level 1 Coaching which should be the start of a new hobby... Any way I hope you enjoy these:
1993 Stumpjumper (almost NOS) - gone
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2001 Explosif (scandium) - self build - gone
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...psa1f29c75.jpg
2007 Isaac Force - self-build - gone
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...ps390744cf.jpg
1997 GT Lightening Ti (almost NOS) - sunny days
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...ps2uzlxgwr.jpg
2013 Sintesi Seven7teen - self-build - muddy days
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...pslfjpv7u8.jpg
2014 Wilier Centor Air 1- sunny days
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...pstugwnjyp.jpg
2006 GIANT TCR - self build - daily commute
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...ps6wyyfayf.jpg
Pru Ride London-Surrey 100
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Originally Posted by
marcus fenix
Yes I did! How did you fair?
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And today I've had notification that I'm in again this year
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