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MisterMikkel
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Lil update:
One month ago I rode my dad’s 2000ish Canyon Ultimate AL, which, despite its age, still sports some very fine details.
Also despite its age, it still runs very smoothly in all aspects, be it drivetrain or brakes.
however, i realised that during all these years my dad had basically not invested any TLC into it, except from fixing a puncture (or maybe two).
hence, my assumption was, that despite the good feeling, the bike must have been in a very sorry state given this maintenance absence over two decades.
so I decided that it would be a great opportunity to give my dad something back without being asked to do so…
I saw big potential in replacing the bulky DA 7800 shifters with the mor elegant DA 7900 shifters with internal shifter cable routing. The price for a used but goid pair of Those fucking shifter went up from 200 to 300 within the last four years so i acquired a mini group instead and sold all the other stuff leaving the shifters at less than 200.
Second big aesthetic potential were new wheels, with mavic ksyrium being the stock ones from back in the days. And with his weight being more than one feather in conjunction with zero maintenance, the brake surfaces were in a pretty poor state, too.
Carbon wheels were not within the budget plus I saw some decent matte black vision alloy rims two weeks ago. Of course, the black brake surfaces will tear down subsequently but what can you do
Then, an awesome coincidence occurred when I fetched another bike near my parents place on the weekend (more in that later 🙄). A bike I would have never been able to buy, had I not planned this particular trip to my parents! This bike sported the exact wheels in like-new-condition so I did not hesitate giving them to my dad.
I also was slightly suspicious about the bottom bracket, so i brought a spare da 7800 i had spare. Turned out this was a great idea because after closer inspection of the bb after removing the crankset, it turned out that it was just imploded or so. It felt and sounded like there were edgy stones in the bearing cups
I also ordered all the usual spare parts like cables, brake pads etc.