Cupcakes' Surly Cross Check

Just replied to your pm Cupcakes but hadn't seen this. Hope the shoulder is alright.

I put the lowrider onto the Muddyfox this morning and it looks alright. My main concern with the clamp on mounts was actually security/rigidity but it all seems ok.

I fell over this morning and dislocated my shoulder so bike building is off for a week or so, as is the planned warm-up camping mini expedition this weekend. So frustration, many delay, very sore, wow.

Dang man, hope all is alright. How does it feel to dislocate a shoulder?

I put the lowrider onto the Muddyfox this morning and it looks alright. My main concern with the clamp on mounts was actually security/rigidity but it all seems ok.

Show and tell?

Thanks for the sympathy - it feels painful and strange as you might imagine. Once it's back in its just soreness and restricted movement for a while. So not the worst injury imaginable but very unpleasant all the same.

I'll get some pics soon.

Cupcakes, glad to hear it's no too bad.

Cheers. I'm keen to hear what the doctor/ physio says about rehab and how long I have to take off cycling. At the moment I have no idea, they dont tell you anything until the follow up appointment. For now, rest and typing left handed !

You can still ride with a dislocated shoulder if you can obtain an upright bike, like those dutch one that required almost no weight on the handlebar.

Cool. Good to know thanks.

Posted some pics of the Muddyfox in its current state in my Surly thread.

Sorry to hear about the shoulder, don't know your case of course but just so you have some rough ideas about timing; normally looking at least 12 weeks to fully recover from a shoulder dislocation (simple dislocation, ie no tendon rupture, damage to the cartilage etc) however from about 2 weeks you can use the join OK-ish, wouldn't recommend going into road bike like position for at least 4-6 weeks myself, and in clinic would be probably more conservative then that with advice.

Thanks for sharing your view. A bit depressing (though not your fault obvs) as that sort of recovery time would puta stop to my upcoming Scottish tour, as well as the summer CX league and the best summer riding months. I'd be out for a spin this evening on my road bike as well; instead I'm sitting on the sofa with arm in a sling. Still, I'll do what I takes to recover properly of course. Its just frustrating to say the least.

I can't work on this now, or indeed ride it. And a package of bits including my lownrider rack, chain, and cable stops has just been delivered to my work address but I'm sat on the sofa at home...

In lieu of progress here's a picture of the 'check hung on the wall. I can't even lift it down since its high up and the heavy. Moan moan, first world problems I guess! When I do finally finish this and ride it, it will be sweet.

http://www.lfgss.com/picture.php?albumid=3008&pictureid=17849

^ oh what wall thingy is that? custom made?

I forgret the name of it just now but it's a German made item. Cost about £7.50 from Amazon. They work really well - some tyre marks to the walls but the overall visual effect is excellent in my opinion.

"Point 13600001 Wall-Mounted Bike Rack Pedal Hanger" apparently.

Indeed. Any feeling that the bike might fall down unexpectedly? Looks like a very nice solution. Thanks for the name.

No prob. They seem secure enough to me but I'd imagine you could destabilise the bike if you bumped into it. I've got them above a bookcase so they're out of the way, and I've had no issues.

Crosscheck frame ordered. I hate you all ;)

Ya dislocations are annoying things, but as you say worth taking the time to rehab correctly. Rush it and due to the laxity in the tendons and ligaments you can do lasting damage to the joint. Hope you heal up soon.

Crosscheck frame ordered. I hate you all ;)

Excellent. What are you plans for building it up?

Sorry to hear about your shoulder Cupcakes - H(eal)TFU!

Crosscheck frame ordered. I hate you all ;)

Hahahaha

Excellent. What are you plans for building it up?

Like most it will become my 'do everything' bike.. I have a few ideas but i'm hoping for some advice regarding components.. groupset, wheels etc.

Sorry to hear about your shoulder mate !

Looks like I'll definitely be postponing my tour which means I have some time to think about this build and get it right.

Gearing is on my mind today. On the bike so far is a sram 10speed compact double crank, shimano 10spd brifters, and a shimano 10 speed 11-25 cassette with short cage rear mech.

Any thoughts on increasing the gear range? I'm tempted by a mtb cassette and long cage mech, so my smallest gear will be 34x34, or even 34x36.

When the brifters finally give out i'm tempted to go for DT shifters, so I guess I should stay shimano for all the gear-y bits (other than cranks which I already have). But inter-compatibility between Shimano and Sram is a mystery to me when its 10 speed or above.

A bit of googling suggests I'll need to use a 9-speed mtb mech with the 10spd road shifters...

Using 105 rear derailleur on mine, short cage will take a max of 32t, mid cage a max of 37t. Or so the tech bumf says.
I'm going for sram rival compact, xt hubs, 105 derailleurs and dura ace dt shifters.

Yup, new 10 speed MTB derailleur have different pull.

Personally, 11-32 would be more than enough (and you can stick with road derailleur) 34/32 is pretty low, 11-34 will have too big a jump between each gear.

If you want less of a jump, 12-30 would be a good start.