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Canti’s and 700c?

Refreshing.

My Space Horse.

Current project thread here: https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/268363/

Realised I have spent too much time on this forum when I instantly recognised this bike on the Rapha page.

This is cool. What rack is that?

Looks like it might be a common problem...

https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/13060960/campagnolo-veloce-problems

https://www.velonews.com/gear/tech-faq-fixing-campy-shifters-and-converting-drivetrains/

My wife has 10 Speed Campagnolo Veloce on her bike. I think it’s the 2011 groupset. Everything was bought new at the same time.

Having issues with shifting. It shifts up fine, but when you shift down, it either skips one or two sprockets (particularly when you’re in a bigger sprocket), or dumps it right down to the smallest sprocket (especially when you’re in the middle of the cassette).

The cables have never been replaced, but I pulled it out and it looks fine, no fraying. Tension seems okay.

I’m thinking the thumb shift lever might be gummed up a bit? But I really have no idea. First step I guess is to replace the cables, but I’m not sure that will help.

Randonneur rack with a cut/half Wald zip-tied on it. Then you would be able to rotate your bars down and still be able to carry stuff.

Fabric?

https://fabric.cc/products/tape/silicone-bar-tape/

Looks great. In my experience swapping out the Tektro brake pads for Kool Stop Salmon will improve the stopping as well.

The Hungry Big Lunch.

Australian made hip pack/bar bag/saddle bag/bum bag/fanny pack.

https://bikepacking.com/bikes/miles-flat-bar-trek-520/

Also, is there any app that will show the grade of a climb in %? That’s one thing I’m interested in.

When I try and save a route on RWGPS on my phone in the app, it sends me to a subscription page. Can routes be saved on a computer for free? I’ll have a look tomorrow I guess.

As I said before, I only really used Strava for route building and tracking of rides, so I don’t need to pay to see some leaderboard.

I have always used Strava for route planning, which is now a paid feature. I just signed up for the free 60 day trial to be able to make a route. I don’t really care about KOM’s or leaderboards or kudos, so I wish I could pay less. Just tried Komoot and Ride With GPS on my phone. I don’t like how Komoot does the route for you, I like being able to draw it myself, and I’m not going to pay for RWGPS. Looks like I’ll be staying with Strava. I’ll play around with Komoot on a computer tomorrow, but I’m not really feeling it. I’m too used to Strava’s route planning now.

@hp93 @Vbulman I run all my bells like that... however why it isn’t next to the left brake lever is beyond me.

https://instagram.com/flynnsaw

Ha! Those climbs are over in about 5 minutes. To be honest, I’d rather push my bike up a hill for 5 minutes, than grind up a steady hill for 15. And it was maybe 5? 6 times I had to push in total. Once was at the beginning, which I probably could’ve done if I knew it was coming and went towards it faster.

This is the same spot. It goes down, under the freeway and back up. Both sides would be about the same. I walked up both on the way there and back. Some of the climbs and descents were a bit sketchy on the way back because there was three guys on dirt bikes that had torn up the track in parts and made it quite soft.

Found an old post on Gravel Cyclist. Turns out some of the climbs are 19% and 21%! No wonder I struggled.

Exactly. Turns out this route is called the “Dirty Expressway”.

My Paconi from yesterday (see Current Projects thread for more photos of the ride). I think this is finally finished. Maybe. I think I need a new headset.

That is nice!

More photos.

Also, my canti’s worked fine. Even with the crappy stock Tektro pads on the back.

Went on an 80k ride yesterday, about 50/50 gravel and road. Most of the road riding was on bike paths which was cool. Long story short, where I live we have a bike path (known as the Patrick Jonker Veloway) that follows a freeway (aka The Southern Expressway). That bike path is okay, kinda boring and a bit of a pain to get to the start of. When I’ve driven the Expressway, I’ve seen a gravel path on the opposite side of the Veloway. I’ve often wondered if it is rideable. Did some google mapping and a Strava route and it turns out the path exists and it can be ridden almost the same length of the Veloway. All up I think I did about 40-45k’s of gravel. A bit of steep climbing, some both-brakes-on-sitting-over-the-back-wheel descents, a bit of mud and some single track. So happy I explored this path. I’ll be able to use it to get to my parents house for an overnighter. The other cool thing is it’s mainly back streets and bike paths from my house to get to the start of the gravel track.

On that note, I thought I would be okay Witt my gearing yesterday, but even a 34t chainring and a 11-42t cassette caught me out on a few of the climbs and I had to walk. Some of the climbs I could feel the front wheel lifting when I was seated, even with weight in my basket. I’m also pretty unfit. I also had a full change of clothes in my basket because I thought i was riding to my mother-in-law’s house afterwards, so that didn’t help.

The Walmer bars are so good.

I think I wrote elsewhere what happened, and it’s not a very exciting story, but...

Just after I had it powdercoated and I was building it up for the first time I ended up snapping a bolt off in the canti post. I over tourqued it trying to tightened it. I stupidly forgot to chase the threads. I spoke to a frame builder friend about fixing or replacing the post and he replaced it for me. As I just had it powdercoated, I didn’t bother painting. It’s just clear coat spray painted.