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Aero bike bike with flat bars and slow-arsed gearing WTF

I was like, chain in big ring but DT lever flush? Then I realised the FD is resting on the chain. Very surprised to see valves not aligned, given that faff.

Pretty sure that design of cutter will die on metal.

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Reckon it needs a black stem, slammed, and a 130BCD crank for full porn, also not sure what's up with that head tube treatment. The big disagreement between HT and ST angles isn't really working for me either, but these are all pretty minor niggles aside from the stem.

Pretty porny.

Not happening in a world without a Shimano Hack Development Kit

A, why wouldn't you, if you know one end of a spanner from the other? Can't remember if I've ever even seen a cartridge bearing hub with adjustable preload and angular contact. They often have crap sealing too.

ii) Shimano are the only ones aside from cheap copies like Alex and Joytech who make proper freehubs which employ the cassette body as a stressed member to put the drive side axle bearing where it belongs.

3, Shimano is like Giant or Toyota; a huge company with engineering resources to burn. They invented almost every major improvement to road bikes in the last forty years, and continue to kick arse.

Since Shimano have finally brought out some rims in a modern width, the answer to what wheels you should buy probably just got a whole lot simpler, unless you want full weenie spec.

For real world kit that's better engineered than anything else, now it's Shimano hands down.

Instead of us having a thread about the latest DA and Ultegra, I'm supposed to talk about it in a miscellaneous thread hundreds of pages long where there's already fourteen different conversations going?

I don't understand this joint

https://cyclingtips.com/2021/08/new-shimano-dura-ace-di2-r9200-and-ultegra-di2-r8100-everything-to-know/

Doubling the cassette splines like that was clever, and the new e-tube plugs are impressively slim. Wiredless makes a lot of sense; a bit surprised FSA didn't patent it. Surprised to see fully wired is still an option, nice one. HyperGlide+ is cool, wonder if it'll trickle down? Might try a 12s chain to see if it's any quieter... Took em a while to bring ServoWave to the road, that's gotta suck a bit less.

Cranks, couldn't be more meh, but at least the huge right arm is gone. Annoying to see no backwards compatibility for chainrings too. And the Di2 button on the RD? You have to get off the bike to change shift modes or put it into adjustment mode? Seems a bit whack.

Would really like to see someone hack the firmware one of these days; it'd be nice to make my 9070 12s... If 12-28 12s cassettes are ever a thing.

Suspension, you say? Somebody tell the UCI to let beam bikes back into the fold.

Mental

Sharpen the guillotines

Yeesh. Reckon that's a little more concerning than tiny holes in carbon

I've got the earlier version of Empire with the plastic bit in the RD and in the shifters that should be metal and was changed to metal. Did an early YouTube vid about it that got a bunch of views.

Haven't used it much so it hasn't gone bang, but the FD broke my hanger because its nose didn't extend down far enough to go past the end of the slot in the hanger, bit fucken shit.

Got another hanger (not easy for front) and made a spacer to go between.

It's pretty incredible value, but rough edges, which I gather have mostly been fixed (dunno about the FD though), but the main annoyance is large shifter throw. Could be a real contender in future generations, I love how they ripped off Shimano's actuation and SRAM's escapement and combined the two to give you a single lever for braking and shifting (although bumping the right lever easily puts the bike in a taller gear, which can be a problem).

Anyway, I'd say it's not there yet, until lever throw is reduced and the FD doesn't break your bike.

I use one of these, and I reckon it works great.

Holy crap!

Is that a threadless quill adapter? Know about these?

I'd like to see how the RD fared when the chain jammed on a front shift, lol.

Seen some parts around, but I'll probably never get a chance to ride this system...

Why's the Seven not porn, not enough drop?

L-cranks boggle my mind. How they ever got beyond the sketch on a napkin phase... /headdesk

If you really wanna step it up a notch, go mismatched rims, pedals and grips.

Oh, and crank arms :)

BITD I had a couple of 7s Shimano bikes rocking 8s Ergos (the first one was my first brifted bike), with the Campy RD. Third Shimergo bike I've had since '99, 7700 with a Shiftmate.

Only drama I've had was the third bike; the 9s rear lever had some overshift built in by way of a little float between the lever body and the spring cage, which was causing the chain to catch the next cog. I can't understand why the same thing wouldn't have happened minus the Shiftmate and Shimano RD and cassette - it's really strange if you think about it... Anyway, stuck a couple of ziptie offcuts in the shifter and it felt just like the 8s, except the relative crispness of 9s. I love the way G-spring Ergos feel on a Shimano drivetrain.

Been trying to get hold of a 10s index ring for that shifter for ages : (

Just realised I need a bike like this to go with my Mapei jersey, Carrera shorts and white DMTs

My Knipex pliers came in the mail today. Wondering how long it'll be before they have a chance to get me out of a tight spot at work...