Recent content by ratz

Opinion: Stick with your aluminum one and put the money into the thick ventisit seat pad, and you should be very happy in the long run.

You couldn't get me off the Tacx Neo now a Garmin product: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/701670 Last years model is on sale $400 off right now at $99; no need for the latest and the greatest when you have the best :) I have two of these version 1.0 and they are going strong 7 years later...

Hi Alan Yes we will be in town and if the weather permits id be able to teach you to ride a cruzbike. It usually takes about an hour to save some 2 months of acclimation. We has asecial q20 for teaching as far as shipping I‘ve done a bunch of those and would be able to do the minor dissemble...

Yes, The bike would easily accommodate 5'4"

I am looking for ideas from people at this point because it would be fun to make it; it's the dreaded two-bikes-to-transport problem. Humans are easy; we have plenty of Airline miles in the bank, but the airplane bike cases are so flipping expensive; the best I find that I trust is the B&W...

155 mm because the bikes on the trainers have matching cranks

It's called "bridging" dig shoulders in; lift butt; and PUSH; just watch the knees it's the one thing that makes what you are thinking about a bit hard on the body.

It's the getting the bikes on the plane costs + rental car cost that adds up quickly. Rent a truck with unlimited mileage and drive may be the ticket. Right now I'm just grossing about the 40 days of no training I allowed because of work. Didn't stop me from building new plan and starting today...

That's the end of the base build, but I have more coming as we work through water bottles, bags, lights, radars, etc. But up to this point, it is enough to build the bikes. The only really slow part was the hydraulic brakes. Throughout the process, I really regretted doing the hydraulic as I had...

Day 10 - can we get this thing on the road? The last thing to do is install the derailleur. This was a bit surreal for me; not having to deal with wires or a front derailleur made this part almost anticlimactic.... almost. First the derailleur: The GX-APX is a beast. It's gigantic in the...

Day 9 - Time to Bleed. (cont) Again the videos are your best education on how to do this; but here's the photos of how I pulled it all off. First install the hose finger tight into the connector Use two open-face wrenches to tighten it together. After this step, the Olive can't be reused...

Day 9 - Time to Bleed. Ok, disclaimer: brake bleeding is ...ummm...... fun; it got easier as I went, and I can do it with confidence now, but this is something you should reserve an entire day to learn and go slow. Here are two useful videos for learning the process. Please watch them a couple...

Day 8 - Don't Brake anything. Next up is the basic brake setup. This has been documented many times, and while this is a hydraulic setup, this part is the same normal process at this point. In order to get the cable lengths close to the correct starting length, we need to get the boom into a...

Day 7 Continued - Loose ends. After the crank arms are on, you should check for left and right slop in the install. If the assembly slides back and forth (it will), you will need to add more pre-load. You do that by turning the right below until there is no more slop. If you turn it too much...

Day 7 - Don't be cranky (save that for the brake bleeding) Ok, time for the crankset. Both bikes are getting Rotor Aldhu cranks; as discussed in the engineering thread, these are simply my favorites, and the 1x I'm even more impressed with than the 2x stuff. One of the bikes is getting a Road...