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• Road fixed / fixed road

  in Bikes & Bits • 3 days, 7 hours

  

  Very good. I’ve always appreciated curved seat stays.

• bdhu

  in Bikes & Bits • 4 days, 12 hours

  

  The little wedge is installed in the levers. Mostly wanted to know if I correctly understood the intent of this thread.

  Also, spacer stack stays.

• bdhu

  in Bikes & Bits • 4 days, 23 hours

  

  Removed.

• Hacks / Bodges

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 week

  

  Nope nope nope. And with ‘suspension’ so that vise-grip seatpost clamp is getting wangled about throughout the ride. Shocking.

• bdhu

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 week

  

  It’s like a little kid learning to dive into the pool. “Did you see me dive?” “Yup, you totally did it.”

• bdhu

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 week, 3 days

  

  I think the most recent is most good, and you’re wild with the left bar end shifting the rear derailleur. Aint nobody gonna tell you how to do bikes.

• bdhu

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 week, 3 days

  

  One observation from experience, is that BDHU on compact drops often shortens the stem clamp to hoods distance, necessitating a longer stem. Which, to my eye, often makes the bike look better anyway.

• Flat pedals thread

  in Bikes & Bits • 2 weeks

  

  You’re spot on. The flats I occasionally swap on and off the bike have a very different stack height than the SPDs/shoes combo I use. If for more than a ride to the park, I need to adjust saddle height. The fore-aft has never been an issue for me, but height for sure. Cleat position, combined height of pedal/cleat/shoe, type of flat pedals, thickness of shoe sole, etc., all contribute.

  I tend to position myself based on what ‘feels right’ for pedaling. Seems to work OK for me.

• Surly Bike Owners

  in Bikes & Bits • 2 weeks, 2 days

  

  Thanks for the kind words, all. It’s a good bike to use for going on bike rides.

• Surly Bike Owners

  in Bikes & Bits • 2 weeks, 2 days

  

  Shifters are Shimano 7sp, moving that LX derailleur back and forth across a 12-30 7sp cassette.