musing about my equipment.

[smilingcat]

Well, I had a pow wow with mechanics, my friends and another knowledgeable person.

Two of the people suggested to tighten down the rear skewer really tight so that the rear drop out is "stiffened" and keep the rear deraillure hanger from being wobbly.

Mechanic also adjusted the deraillure. He is so much better than me. (well I would expect that since he does this every day and moi? maybe once or twice a year).

I first tried the fixed bike on a rollers at the shop. Except that the mag unit was broken and its resistance was pretty weak. I ended up spinning out to my max without much load even on the highest gear

Rode on the road for only 15 miles and 860 feet of climb in the evening. The overtightend skewerer and the fine adjustment made by the mechanic did the trick. I forgot to ask if he had oiled the nipples on the spoke or not. But I didn't hear the pinging sound of spokes on uphill climb, I did push pretty hard honest but no pinging or the plucking sound of the spoke.

STill I think I could use a new frame. The gal who owns the shop is trying to sell me a Look carbon frame. Very nice... my other favorite LBS wants to sell me either a Griffen, Guru, or the Storck.

So flimsy deraillure hanger attachement point is the cause of all my troubles.

Oh today, I manged to ride most of my ride in the big chain ring. Something I haven't done since the last crash. yipee... I only dropped into the 39 chain ring on greater than 6% grade. I also got passed by a cat 3?? guy near the top of a long hill. He was in 53/18ish gearing. What a monster...Helps to be in your late 20's I guess.


The bike also feels sluggish compared to my specialized transition pro.

Thank you to my other LBS: Two Wheels One Planet (one with LOOK frames)

smilingcat

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Just a note on my own experiences- last year when I got new tires on one of my bikes, I pumped enthusiastically them up to max pressure. (I usually don't do that). I got a lot of pinging spoke noises, it was creepy. I reduced the tire air pressure by about ten pounds and the pinging immediately was gone, never to return. Can't hurt to keep that in mind if it comes up again.

[boy in a kilt]

Glad you got this resolved, or at least found a hack that'll work until you can get the new frame.