Powerful Pete
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Powerful Pete
ParticipantOff-topic: Thanks! It’s good to be riding again. 😎
Completely recuperated from the fall. Had guests in town for the Turkey day weekend. Not recuperated from the additional 200 pounds in weight I gained over the second half of last week. 😡
ParticipantA counter argument: I preferred (before BAFS, that is) using a training tire when riding on a back-wheel type resistance trainer. I found that using a regular tire resulted in abnormal levels of wear and plenty of little black bits of tire all over the area where I used the trainer.
It could have been poor user set-up on my part, but I vote for a spare trainer only wheel.
ParticipantUpdate on trollheim: this morning at around 10AM the trail had been closed off (right at the intersection for the MVT vs. the Teddy Roosevelt Bridge path) and workers were replacing several of the wooden planks that had become damaged/warped. Not certain how much work is planned. Maybe others who will ride on Trollheim today can provide updates.
ParticipantOk, americancyclo wins. I was staying away from the exotic stuff. Campagnolo C-Record Deltas are the mostest, awesomest, hyper supersonically coolest brakeset in the world. Although each one weighs about 36 kgs, they are overengineered to heck and are not very good on long downhills unless you know what you are doing.
Although I would doubt your sanity if you descended on an alpine road on a fixie… but I digress.
The Modolos are an excellent proposal. They were a childhood dream. Modolo only made brakesets and handlebars, IIRC. The pads were “sinterized” and Did. Not. Function. At. All. In. The. Wet. But I lusted after them. Read about them here: http://www.veloaficionado.com/blog/ben-smiths-modolo-bicycle-brake-collection
A picture of their Master Pros (from the same website linked above):
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As I could not swing a set of Modolo Master Pros, I bothered my parents to no end for something almost as nice. As a birthday and Christmas present on my racebike as a 16 y.o. I received a Galli brakset. I suppose my dad felt guilty – he built up a aluminum Alan frameset with full Campagnolo C-Record at the same time. :rolleyes:
Galli was a company from Turin that made high-end components and attempted to outprice Campagnolo on the high-end of the market (no, not kidding). I had the Super Criterium model, IIRC. Sublime and rare. Look for’em and impress your classic bike buddies! I could only find one full brakeset on Ebay (this is not the Super Criterium, what is in the add was a higher falutin’ version that was “aero”!)
A picture of the full group from an Italian website selling a NOS group (Must. Resist. Buying. This.):
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I had a poster of a Sannino steel specialissima with a full Galli group on my wall as a young teenager… ah those were the days!
ParticipantCampagnolo. Yes. Excellent choice.
Without going super vintage (brake performance was not the same then…), consider something recent, like a pre-skeleton Chorus brakeset. They are shiny, work very well and have yet to cost too much monies on the intarwebz…
Now if you want a wee bit more discernment, a set of Record brakesets (the nicer stuff, dual pivot up front and single pivot on the back) are only slightly dearer:
As for the levers, not certain the lever pull ratio changed, but my all time favorites remain C-Records, which, if memory serves me, should work (but you should check with a knowledgeable Campagnolo mechanic just to be certain).
ParticipantOk, let me rephrase things. Steve O’s setup is the best solution. Mine is fine for the mere mortals amongst us.
Dyno-hubs are uber cool.
ParticipantBest solution:
1. L&M Urban; and
2. L&M Vis 360 on the helmet.Happy, able to see and able to seen Pete.
ParticipantI explain my feelings in Italian. Makes me feel better. And I do it with a smile. Little does the driver know about my comments on his great-great-grandmother’s interactions with the opposite sex.
But outwardly I try to remain very calm. I try to ignore or politely wave.
ParticipantNice to be riding after a week off to nurse a sore post-crash body and too much work.
Smiling Pete in the office today!
ParticipantOooohhh… great report!
Keirin! Track awesomenes!
ParticipantAs wheels&wings is a good friend who I commute with occasionally, I decide to join her in crashing this evening.
Right in the middle of the 15th Street & Constitution intersection (heading towards the Washington Monument) I wiped out. Fortunately I was not run over and two good samaritans helped me hobble out of the intersection. I have no explanation beyond slick conditions and what looked like a bit of oil on the road surface. One moment I was out of the saddle trying to get up some speed to climb the little hill (15th Street towards Wallenberg) and the next moment I was kissing the tarmac.
I came down hard on my rear end and although I barely scraped my butt, elbow and knee on the left side, it will be a fitful night as I am rather sore (my lower back is not happy). Ouchie.
Happy news – I made it home under my own power (pitifully slowly, with walkers passing me on the Custis, LOL). Bike damage only seems to be a scuffed saddle and a ground down rear quick release.
So the point of the story is to be extra careful out there, especially in the slick conditions and in the dark.
October 27, 2015 at 9:29 pm in reply to: Baltimore Bishop to be charged with Manslaughter in Cyclist death #1040149ParticipantNot certain how to feel about this. Honestly don’t know what to say.
ParticipantAnd yes, it was a pleasure riding into work with Mr. Cannon this morning.
Also, in a related bit of news, I happened to notice that his bike is GREEN.
October 15, 2015 at 2:09 pm in reply to: while we’re talking tires…good compromise between gravel and slick? #1039577ParticipantDon’t go with the Gators. Cycling is meant to be fun. Honestly, a less enjoyable riding tire is yet to be invented.
Another vote for fatty Schwalbes. I am impressed with the regular 32 Duranos. Not great, but not half bad either.
I would put in a vote for the tubeless set that hozn mentioned, if your wheels are tubeless ready.
ParticipantOr, do frequent it and confuse drivers and other road users by being polite and respectful!
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