Sparky's murdered-out road bike

You're right. I'll send this frame back and dig out my granddad's bone shaker.

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All together now: 8.4kg

Slightly disappointed.

You got heavy wheels, why do you think the Donhou was heavy to begin with?

It will be fine, there's a lot of room for spoke dokeys in there

Gravity?

Knock a kilo off and get some decent tyres, all for $600: http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=179913&highlight=202

Click, click, click....

That's the noise my BB is making. Is it time to ditch the adapters and get one of these?

https://www.evanscycles.com/praxis-works-pf30-bb30-to-shimano-bottom-bracket-adaptor-73mm-EV190092

dat mtb tyre lurkin ..

Oh, you mean my proper bike? This road business is just to help me get fit so I can be 15% more gnarly on the MTB this year.

You probably want the 68mm one, no?

Don't ride it, and take it to a LBS to make sure it's installed correctly.

@edscoble I had the correct tools, read the instructions and installed them properly. They were fine for the first ride (40 miles or so) but later started creaking. It seems to be a common issue, which many people say is solved with the Praxis. Fuji spec the Praxis on the Transonic models that use Shimano cranks.

@Howard You're quite right. Had measured the BB shell to check but linked to the incorrect one. Nice spot. Could've potentially saved me some bother.

I'm not 100% sure that this'll solve the problem but it seems to be the way to go.

Didya put some copper grease in the BB shell? Do you think the bearing is snugly pressed in?

Was it easy to slot the little plastic washer in the non drive side cranks into the crank axles?

Yes to all three; it all went together nicely. No problems.

You pressed the barings in with anti-seize?

did you remember to bless the BB? if it's not blessed in the name of Saint Eligius, pressfit BBs can have a hell of a time.

Not on carbon frames tho, that's Saint Maurice.

I've also offered him 'press fit BB sucks" sticker .. he refused.

I've got one of them ones on the Cannondale.

'press fit BB sucks" sticker
Dibs!

Just go to SBC cycles :)

Mines next to the BB90 decal on NDS

Fucking amateurs

I pressed it in with a bit of 'spensive Phil Wood grease.

At least that's not anti sieze

Thanks, I used this and am really impressed with the front shifting with the new lever-arm. Still took me longer to read/figure out which way to attatch the cable, than do all the rest of the set up of the derailleurs