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I bought this Graham Weigh off here 10 (!) years ago off @dglshrn , and it’s pretty much been my only geared road bike since.
It’s always had a shitshow mishmash partbin special group set. The cheap Planet X wheels seem to keep going (bearings replaced and they’re still running great), the seatpost is well and truly stuck, and the headset is on its last legs.
Randomly last year I put some extensions on it as when I was riding over to the in laws, it just felt like getting out of the wind would make life a lot easier - and it did. Nothing remarkable there. But a year or so later, with a new job and 11 mile commute, I’ve found myself on the bike a lot more and that meant I wasn’t running as much. So rather than being frustrated about not running (and therefore racing), I thought I’d enter a time trial as a stupid way to compete and keep myself entertained. It also seems fringe enough that I won’t be too intimidated when I show up with shit gear and awful fitness.
Here the event: https://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/race-details/25517
A 25m TT in Yorkshire on one of the hottest days of the year.
I’ve just tonight (with much effort, frustration and perspiration) swapped on some new 28c GP5000 and latex tubes. I put some slightly less cheap profile extensions on. I put an ISM Adamo on courtesy of @Sainsburys_Ed. I bought a Bell Javelin off EBay for cheap. And to top it all off, @Aldosterone sent me a LFGSS skinsuit to compete in. I have the weight of the forum on my shoulders now!
I’ve got the bits to properly convert it into a TT cockpit if tomorrow goes well enough that I don’t retire from the genre instantly.
Nothing left to do now other than show up and try hard. Hoping to go under 1:10, but the heat may have other ideas!