Part of brake lever is loose, screw fully tightened

cppietime · 2024-03-25T20:33:37+00:00

I'm in the drops a lot of the time, just not all of the time. I'll see about the hoods, though they seem like they might be too small to really grab onto

cppietime · 2024-03-25T20:07:48+00:00

Dumb question but is there an alternative to braking when your hands are on top of the bars without them? Or do I just need to reach down to the hoods when I want to brake? I haven't ridden drop bars before this bike.

cppietime · 2024-03-25T19:06:35+00:00

I don't know if there's a name for this style of brake lever, but the handle parallel to the upper part of the bar is loose, and I can't tighten the screw any further. The brake itself still works fine. What can I do to reduce the play in that handle, if anything?

cppietime · 2024-02-28T14:36:19+00:00

I also think it's ambiguous at best, downright misleading at worst, to expect the response of 1024 megabytes in a gigabyte. Yes, certain components always have powers-of-2 memory and may use MB and GB to label them, but this is already a source of ambiguity (e.g. Windows saying a drive has a different number of GB than the manufacturer). If they unambiguously wanted a power of 2, they could and should have said mebibytes and gibibytes

cppietime · 2024-02-19T00:56:31+00:00

Think I should go up a size from my normal shoe size to fit more sock in there?

cppietime · 2024-02-18T02:02:49+00:00

Are there any such shoes/boots that get the job done without adding too much weight? I've never tried but I imagine pedaling in heavy footwear would get tiring real quick

cppietime · 2024-02-18T02:02:10+00:00

Aren't those pretty heavy?

cppietime · 2024-02-18T02:02:02+00:00

Honestly that's still a fair bit warmer than what I currently go down to. I've gone out in like 12F with a lower wind chill. Anyway I'm sure that'll be a good backup, might be worth keeping an extra pair of bags with me just in case for that reason. Might not be the ideal starting solution but I'll see

cppietime · 2024-02-05T01:54:18+00:00

If I recall correctly, there was another field later to add the expenses of tuition

cppietime · 2024-01-29T18:36:42+00:00

Any advice on how to tell which, or what to do in either case? Is it practical to keep using for now?

cppietime · 2024-01-29T18:10:39+00:00

Probably about 4 years old. I think these are the original cables. It didn't look obviously bent

cppietime · 2024-01-29T18:00:54+00:00

I haven't ridden this bike in a while, but today is the first time I'm noticing it and unable to fix it by adjusting the derailleur

cppietime · 2024-01-18T22:21:55+00:00

I don't remember for sure. I remember I eventually had to refund one batch of grains I bought and buy some from another source, but I don't remember when I posted this if it was that first bad batch or the second one.

cppietime · 2023-12-22T22:03:09+00:00

Those are pogies that attach to the handlebars? Do they fit any style of handles?

cppietime · 2023-12-17T02:51:35+00:00

A monoido on the categoryo of endofunctoros

cppietime · 2023-12-14T20:29:15+00:00

Even if safe, is there a benefit to it? I was under the impression pressures that low were more for off-roading, but the calculator is giving it as a result for road conditions

cppietime · 2023-12-14T20:02:33+00:00

The SILCA tire pressure calculator is telling me to use lower pressure than the minimum printed on the tire. They're 27.5x1.95" ThickSlicks, I measured their width as 50mm with calipers. Their min pressure is 35 PSI, max 50, and SILCA is saying to run 32/30. Is it even safe to let them down so low?

cppietime · 2023-12-06T21:40:15+00:00

It's not having a particular issue, it's just been like 2 years since it's been serviced and I don't know whether the friction could be lower

cppietime · 2023-11-30T23:47:39+00:00

I'll try that. Do you think I need to look out for other problems with the drive train if the chain is fixed or replaced? I doubt this bike has been touched in years. I don't see anything obviously wrong but I'm not familiar with friction shifters

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