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Would be much nicer with a quill stem

With the SPD knock offs that I tried, they always were terrible to clip in. The metal bit that is under spring tension is lacking some profiling around the notch. If you would look at pictures of f.e m540's you can see there a flat profiling around the notch. The Wellego's seem to be missing it.

Fixed gear times are definitely over on LFGSS.

I've recently sold quite a similar bike, as well Airplane tubing, just better parts for 600€. I suggest to post somewhere really fixed gear focused.

SOLD

Not sure if the right place, but I'll give a try. After last crash I found some hairline cracks on the top tube of my S6, it's in the place where handlebars hit the top tube. I'm fully aware that identification via phots is very limited but perhaps you have some tips for me. I can barely feel the crack line with fingernail. I tried to stress the crack point and around it but it doesn't 'give' or makes any sound. The coin test doesn't indicate any difference too, but there's a chance I'm a tone deaf monkey.

Does it require some test at local carbon repair shop, and what would be that test? Or should I just ride and observe for now?

The tape leaves did not work well. After I tightened the bolts the tape got squeezed to side and the tilt wasn't so significant.

I later replaced the tape with few plastic shims glued together. That didn't work too. The plastic shims had rough edges and were slightly sticking out of rails and with that rubbing against my inner thigh.

I ordered an inline seatpost, that has to be yet tried out. Although I'm not convinced wether this is the solution.

As well, I've inserted a second pair of insoles into my shoes and i think that has helped greatly. Generally, it's seems that's very true that we should start our balance at the fundaments, starting with feet. No more one sided pain. Now, only pain in my lower back.

On the other hand, I've been to a first group ride of my life and I've seen people so crooked on their bikes that I stopped worrying about my position on the bike that much. As long as I feel bit uneven but still without pain, it is fine.

I read the whole thread, amazing project, beautiful bike.

Who ships the spokes so slow?

Can somebody explain to me, while not using words like 'capitalism' and 'marketing,' why an knock-off alloy frame from unspecified tubing costs that much?

I'm just thinking, but, would you consider shipping this to Poland or Germany?
I have a spare set of pedals, bars, stem and seatpost so it totally justifies building a Liquigas CAAD.. you know

3d printed, anodised titanium from Sturdy bikes

Silk road travelers, do you have any recommended TPU tubes sellers? Same would go for a CO2 adapter.

Framset?

Madness turned into utility. I did not expect how comfortable it is to ride risers on a road bike. Still need to decide which front ring will go. I rather keep it 1x for easier maintenance. Rapid-fire shifters were unexpectedly easy to set up, took like 15min, even for such a noob like me.

Still need to source offset seatpost for it and some 25/28c tires, pending what will fit. The current 22c(!) in the back is just so much against the new nature of this bike. Probably will add second layer of bartape as I'm anti-grips. 60cm wide bars + 15cm stem is a completely new sensation.

I don't have enough of spacers but want to test comfort with slammed stem before deciding where to chop. Luckily the Dales's cone space has a tube inside.

It feels like I should utilise the cup for something, perhaps pour there a shot of espresso for caffeine top ups without stopping?

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Hi,

Recently, I've taken cycling more seriously. I've spent more hours riding, longer rides meant an exclamation of all discomforts. In particular pain in the left hip caused by, I assume, asymmetry of my body or some other issue with my left hip. At this point, I should write how I went to a doctor and got it figured out, but well, madness in the title of this thread doesn't stand for nothing :)

Previously I've experimented with the placement of cleats, but that was largely for nothing and only caused discomfort. So, I took a trip into the depths of the world wide web and started to 'educate' myself on the topic of bike fitting, hip pains caused by cycling, and such. I've stumbled upon a story of a man whose motivation is something I strive for.
https://www.meld3d.com/blog/A-Tale-of-Pelvic-Asymmetry-in-Cycling

Thanks to, a plethora of doctors, large amounts of money that Ken spent on them, and thanks to some wonderful person that shared the whole story online, I could avoid the money and doctors part and take the destiny of my hip into my own hands.

Their solution was to put a 5mm shim on Ken's saddle.

Later that was developed into a custom asymmetric saddle to accommodate Ken's arse.

..and here comes my approach to the problem.
Adding a shine to the saddle is something that I would like to avoid for simple aesthetic reasons, as well I believe that such shim would either not last long or if meant to last long ruin the saddle. I decided to create leverage at the point of seatpost's canals fitting the saddle rail.

Here comes the Pythagoras from the title. By adding 7 leaves of duct tape I created a tilt of 3 degrees. Assuming the sit bones width at 10cm, I know a bit low but I tend to sit on the frontal part of the saddle, we created a difference of 5mm between the left and right side, as calculated below. Look for 'a'.

The first trial is tomorrow after work, keep your fingers crossed.

I just paid 1k€ for 2014 non Evo on Ultegra, in Germany. This excellent opportunity to get banging bike at great value.

It looks like 5 bricks of drop between saddle and bars but it is actually just two, awesome.

Oh yeah, actually already at the time I was surprised how ahead is Germany in sense of life quality. At the time I was working roughly half-time, drop-in drop-out from Deliveroo shifts whenever I wanted, cycling whole days, cracking beers with other rider and still quite comfortably supporting myself. I can't say that I struggled in Brighton, but there wasn't a chance to have a similar life if working same amount of hours.

Wow, I'm back in this thread after 7 years. I lived in Brighton for 3 years and moved to Berlin month after the Brexit vote came out. Lots of friends' tears at the time, I was quite bummed but at the same time happy to move to Berlin as the 'exit' was clearly a terrible decision for Britain and painted its future in grim tones.

I remember a night around that time that there was some football cup too, I was working in a cinema and from basement club there was buch fans leaving, I think England lost that night, being out of tournament (?) and one guy shouted "England has to go out and do a reality check". Some prophet that man was.

Anybody planning to take part? @Sig_Arlecchino @bsb @c.h.e @Rodolfo
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You forgot about the saddlebag.

I recently got a 2014 or 2013 S6, the non Evo. I had only few hours to play with it as the same day I was leaving for a work trip.

It has QR wheel in the rear, and while setting the wheel to sit in the dropout when bike stand on ground, the wheel doesn't sit symmetrically in the frame. I read in internetz that some S6s suffer from misaligned rear dropouts.

I can set it straight after some easy fiddling but I'm worried that after some riding the wheel will drop in fully into drop-outs, in the process eating dropouts and causing wheel rub on chainstays.

Is there some forum recommended way to deal with it? How about filling away a bit of dropout to bring symmetry?

Hello,
Have you tried any of the Siroko clothing? I just ordered a pair of bibs and a jersey. The base version of bibs(44€) and their "premium's" SRX line jersey (55€).

They provide pretty wide range of sport clothing, gym, lifestyle, snow, but I learned about them from the 'less expensive cycling' youtubers. Some of the content creators are pretty fond of them.

As soon as my order arrives I'll share my views.

Moving the stem that once spacer up could help a little.