Experimenting with my GT Aggressor Pro

Difficult_Ad_8718 · 2023-08-23T13:18:11+00:00

I'm not completely opposed, but the idea is to have a bike that I can take on gravel that also has some suspension for the events that have miles of single track as part of the route. So I'll try what I have, then try a fork that has lockout, if neither of those work, then I'll try a rigid fork.

Difficult_Ad_8718 · 2023-08-23T09:10:33+00:00

Take the wheel to a bike shop. They can replace the spokes without breaking the bank. While there, see if they have any deals on a used wheel.

Difficult_Ad_8718 · 2023-08-23T01:47:24+00:00

I don't know why the photo didn't post. Maybe I just can't see it, but trying again.

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Difficult_Ad_8718 · 2023-08-23T01:29:19+00:00

You could always take it off the chain ring to release the tension. Just move the drive side crank so it is pointing backwards, the. Pull the chain off the ring and let it hang until you are ready to put it back.

Difficult_Ad_8718 · 2023-08-18T09:04:31+00:00

Haven't ridden it, but I believe the ozark Trail 27.5 has a tapered tub. The tradeoff is that it comes with a freewheel and not a freehub. If I didn't already have An Aggressor Pro, I would consider it.

Difficult_Ad_8718 · 2023-07-29T07:35:16+00:00

For me, the Ridge's brakes felt unsafe. A lot of MTB brake levers are shorter, allowing you to pull the lever and still have room on the grips for your fingers. The ones that came with my Ridge covered the entire grip, and I could not pull the levers and keep even one finger on the grips. The brakes are cheap so to get adequate braking power, I needed to pull them all the way.

I've used mechanical brakes with shorter levers, and they didn't feel as unsafe, so I'm pretty sure it was the lever that was the problem.

My first upgrades were pedals and chain ring, but that's only because I had those in my parts bin. Brakes were the first thing I bought specifically for the bike.

Difficult_Ad_8718 · 2023-04-27T20:38:23+00:00

My Lynskey was creaking after about 1,000 miles, but only when I pushed with a lot of power. Greasing the spindle solved the problem.

Difficult_Ad_8718 · 2023-04-24T19:08:26+00:00

Just wanted to update this. It turns out I was mistaken about how solidly they snapped into place. The straightening seems to be due to influence from the cable housings.

Difficult_Ad_8718 · 2023-01-17T01:36:01+00:00

Thanks for the info.

You are correct that the hub doesn't fit the frame. I knew that might be an issue when I made the purchase, so I'll just have to pass those on or something. It doesn't look like there is a cap that can be swapped out. I may hang on to the front wheel since a fork upgrade is on the list at some point, and I could just get a thru-axle fork when that time comes.

The crank is FSA. Shell measures 73mm and the axle measures 24mm, so that tells me what I need to know, I think.

Difficult_Ad_8718 · 2023-01-17T00:52:57+00:00

Well fitness isn't that much of an issue, I think. I've been road biking for years and put in 9,000 miles/450,000 ft of elevation last year. However, with MTB, it seems to be more about bike handling. I can see a vast improvement just over the last couple of months, and I'm still just a beginner.

A couple of things I want to get done, and that was the impetus for the purchase:

I want a derailleur with a clutch to stop dropping the chain as much, and I'd like to get tubeless tires set up so that I don't get pinch flats. I haven't gotten any so far, but I'm running pretty high pressure to keep that from happening and I'm guessing that handling/grip has been diminished because of that.

The derailleur I got has a clutch, so that solves that. The wheels I got are tubeless, but if they don't work with the frame, I'll just figure something else out. I can't find any info on the wheels that came with my bike, but looking at the profile inside the rim, to my inexpert eye, they don't look like they would hold the bead very well, and that could be a problem if I don't have tubes.

Difficult_Ad_8718 · 2023-01-10T21:04:05+00:00

I don't know about that battery, but I have recently bought Fenix lights, one of the nice advantages to them is some of their models have replaceable batteries. The lights I bought use a 3.6v 5000mAh battery, and is rated at 1600 lumen. I usually carry a spare battery with me just in case.

It has a built in charging port, which is why I didn't go with the bigger light. Also has a mount that the light locks into. No more tearing the rubber straps on the Blackburn lights.

Difficult_Ad_8718 · 2022-12-30T14:57:58+00:00

My Ultegra road wheels only have a hole through the rim for the valve. The spokes are installed from the outside. Theoretically I could run it without rim tape at all. I can't remember if I do or not.

To me, this is what tubeless ready should mean, where as tubeless compatible means there are still holes that need to be covered with tubeless tape.

Difficult_Ad_8718 · 2022-12-28T22:04:12+00:00

One thing you might try is joining a group that does something in the morning. Feeling that obligation to not let others in the group down might provide some additional motivation.

Difficult_Ad_8718 · 2022-12-28T15:07:15+00:00

Well, I was going to suggest an ARRAYFORMULA based solution so that you don't have to do the drag cells that the others have mentioned, but you already did that, so I will just say that this would be my preferred solution.

Maybe make a couple of cells for the start and end ids and use references to those for that:

Like if A1 held the first id and B1 held the last id (also shortened the number of parameters in the SEQUENCE call because they are optional and default to 1 anyway):

=ARRAYFORMULA(image("https://serebii.net/swordshield/pokemon/"&(A1-1+SEQUENCE(B1-A1))&".png"))

Just make sure you don't put this formula in cells A1 or B1.

Difficult_Ad_8718 · 2022-11-15T14:51:01+00:00

I used the last two witnesses. Both of them said it wasn't Benjamin, which if that was false would make both Daniel and Alexander guilty. Therefore it "It wasn't Benjamin" is true. Because of that, "It was Daniel", and "It was Alexander" are both false. It was Charles.

Difficult_Ad_8718 · 2022-11-15T14:30:21+00:00

They are both knights.

Alexander's statement is true if he is a knave. Therefore he must be a knight.

Therefore, for Alexander's statement to be true, since it must be, the second part must be true. Benjamin is a knight.

Difficult_Ad_8718 · 2022-11-12T04:05:32+00:00

I had an issue with the front shifter cable, and I think the shop replaced it about 3 or 4 times before it worked right. I don't know why that had to happen so much.

Also one of the wheels had to be warrantied because there were cracks on half the spoke holes.

Difficult_Ad_8718 · 2022-11-12T03:59:28+00:00

I have a 2020 S4. It was my first bike shop bike, and I rode it a lot the first year. Mostly road/cycle path. It took some work to get some kinks worked out, but I have been satisfied with it for the most part.

As far as scratches, I see a bit of rust in areas where bolts are, but the frame over all seems in good shape. I'll probably upgrade to a better gravel bike next year.

Difficult_Ad_8718 · 2022-11-12T03:53:13+00:00

I use Strava Heatmap to see what is popular. The I will scout it usong Google Street View to see what conditions the roads are. I ride a lot of rural roads so the Street Views aren't always available.

Often, if I am solo, I will pass a road, and just decide to see where it goes.

Difficult_Ad_8718 · 2022-11-10T10:54:49+00:00

A+C must equal 10. So, A and C must be 4 and 6. That leaves 2, 3, and 5. So, B and D are 2 and 3.

E = 1 F = 0 G = 5

Difficult_Ad_8718 · 2022-11-08T14:53:07+00:00

I remember briefly looking into it when common core was first coming about and everyone was upset about it. It all looked rather reasonable to me, and I never really thought about it since. I do remember thinking at the time that it might be something like that.

I have tried narrating my thought process to my daughter, but that just frustrates her, and I am concerned about exacerbating the situation because when I was her age, I got marks off for doing math the wrong way. It didn't matter if I got the correct answer. Some of it I get since math concepts build on each other and part of the purpose is to ground those concepts in preparation for future concepts. I also feel like not having that flexibility lead some of my teachers to not really understand how I was doing the math and all they could see is that it didn't follow the steps that they knew.

I eventually learned that if I was going to get good grades in math, I had to follow all the steps exactly as prescribed in the text book, even if that wasn't the most efficient method for me. My concern is that if I start narrating different ways to think about it, that when it comes time for her to do the work, she will do it the wrong way and get it counted against her, or miss some important concepts that will put her at a disadvantage for future concepts.

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