UBI April 14-25

[DebW]

The middle weekend I'm at UBI, there is an open club ride by the Siskiyou Velo Club: 50 mile moderate ride to Rogue River and return, tandems welcome. What more could I ask for?

[DebW]

I arrived yesterday around 1 pm to warm sunny weather. Checked into the hostel, bought some groceries, and took a 20 mile ride on the Bear Creek multi-use trail. Today it's rainy. UBI is loads of fun. My only complain so far is that they give you too many breaks (10-15 minutes every hour). Today we learned to use vernier calipers and thread pitch gages, then overhauled hubs. I learned 1 new thing about Shimano rear hubs (a rubber washer that can bind if you don't watch it). We did Campy hubs too, and they were very different. I used a torque wrench today too.

Only 15 minutes per day of internet time at the library, so have to go. Bye.

[KnottedYet]

Hi, Deb!!!
(ok, you've only got 15 minutes, move along!)

[Starfish]

Rogue River

Oh, I have such happy memories of this area! Enjoy!!!

[DebW]

Hello again. Only 5 minutes left. I'm loving the class. Overhauled 4 different hubs, built 2 wheels, 3 different bottom brackets, two shifter systems. We do both road and mtb bikes. Today I road 5 miles up Dead Indian Road, a good climb with nice views. Then stopped at the Earth Day festival. Supposed to rain today but hasn't yet.

[sgtiger]

DebW, I'm glad you're enjoying the UBI classes. They sound like they're a lot of work, but a lot of fun too!

[KnottedYet]

Hey, Deb!

My offer still stands of flying you out here for a TE wheel-building party!

[DebW]

At UBI, they use boiled linseed oil on spoke threads and grease on nipple seats in the rim when wheelbuilding. I learned that optimum spoke tension is 110 kgF on the drive side, or 100 kgF on both sides for symmetrical front wheels. But they made us build disk brake front wheels so we had to dish front wheels too. One guy in the hostel has the textbook for the advanced wheelbuilding seminar, so I've been reading that. Laced up a 3-cross/2-cross rear wheel this morning.

DT/Swiss star-ratchet hubs are very cool and very easy to disassemble. DT/Swiss Onyx are a pain to overhaul. New Campy hubs have a side-access pinch-bolt that tightens the cone locknut, making adjustments super-easy, even on the bike. But I wasn't fond of their cone design.

When you take a class here, you get to buy tools from their supplier at wholesale+10%. Yes, I have discovered tool that I don't have! Must buy torque wrenches.

Tomorrow we do brakes, caliper, canti, and disk. Tuesday headsets, front shocks, some facing and tapping. We even spend some time on bike fitting, and then a whole day on shop operation, writing repair tickets, etc.

[Popoki_Nui]

Very cool DebW! Sounds like you're in your element.