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Speaking of which: you could pre-bend your straddle cable to reduce compression loss in the system
I generally use shift cables and Mafac knarbs to do the same, but the Mafac bit wouldn’t mesh with the XT canti. Anywho since the bars and brake lever were a temp fix I didn’t bother pre radiusing the cable, I have now however :)
I’m 90% sure I’m gonna swap out the Inniscycle adapter for a quill and different bars, I just think it’ll look better.
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I just prefer modern V brake pads so much for ease of assembly. But what works, works right?
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Temp build as I suss out if I want to keep the adapter or run a quill stem. Also discovered that there is not enough clearance for my Paul brakes, so luckily I have these NOS XT cantis!
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Readers wife
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I do indeed, we're at 7 ladies and two chicks who may soon be pullets. One of the chicks however may be a rooster, so a chick name Susan may soon be a boy named Sue.
Our rooster got huge last fall, watched him stare down a hawk with his brood behind him, I was mighty proud till he started attacking my 2 year old (Jack). He has gone to live on a local permaculture farm with a promise that he will not end up in the stew pot.
- our ladies are good down to about -15c, after that they come in the house.
- scraps are a supplement, definitely not a substitute. Oatmeal soaked in bacon grease is a favorite. Brussels, strawberry greens, and peanut butter toast are all favorites.
- if you put bricks around any plants they are destroying it will generally help.
- hold them as much as possible to aclimatise them to human contact, Elsa has gotten so used to me she will nap with me in the sun.
- our ladies are good down to about -15c, after that they come in the house.
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So the Hot Tubes is a Verge/Hot Tubes team issue from 96/97, there's a most definite chance that I saw this bike raced when it was new! Shows up today, excited to get it built!
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So the Supah Sex is (mostly) finished, and I got a flat on the first ride :(
Gonna need to sell it however to finance the incoming Hot Tubes.
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Probably gonna use a record headset and 3TTT quill stem, but it is kinda neat technology.
When I’m not silly with hay fever I’ll write up a little blurb about Hot Tubes and their importance to the US bicycle culture as a whole, it goes way beyond the frames.