Recent content by winkybiker

This wasn't my issue in the end, but I did suspect that creaking from the spokes touching might have been it. I have never been able to understand why wheels are laced so that spokes touch where they cross. Spokes are simple tension-members and should be allowed to be straight. Bending them past...

My CLX50 began creaking from the freehub ramped-stepped engagement rings. The clue would be that freewheeling for a second would silence it briefly, but the noise would return under sustained pedaling like when climbing. They pull part easily without tools and are dead easy to clean and...

No need to apologize. It's a fair challenge. I buy the high-end stuff because I've worked my whole life to be able to afford it. I am not totally shocked that I found the limit of DA on a gravel bike that has seen some very hard miles. The comparison of the XTR and DA crank is interesting...

The XTR is also two-piece bonded. It looked like it had done a LOT of miles, but was fine for the remainder of the trip. Bike shop fitted it for $15.00 all-up. It's 175mm rather than the 172.5 it replaced so I had a mismatch. That was less of a deal than you'd think. I could barely notice the...

Thanks. Yep, not the best decision in hindsight, perhaps. The bike is pre-GRX, so the main alternative at the time was MTB. Having said that, it's done a lot of miles, including 2 Unbound (back when it had a different name). But yeah, consider me schooled. I have a gravel new bike coming this...

So I've had my first Shimano crank failure. It was on my gravel bike. The bonding between the main forging and the smaller c-cross-section insert along one edge of the left-hand crank failed, causing the hollow "torque tube" become structurally incomplete. The crank went flexy as a noodle...

I'm loving PG's new career as a super-domestique.

Moscon, unfortunately.

What snapped in Geschke's brain all those years ago when he decided the beard was a good look?

Time gap is screwy. Has that motorbike stopped? It is going out 10 seconds every 10 seconds.

"If we chase, the Dutch might win, so lets soft-pedal and let the Dutch win." All riders in the peleton.

Re: Actually pretty disappointing. So many good riders basically just gave up with a couple of laps to go.

Re: Oops. Spoke too soon.

If Rivera can stay with this group, I'd love to see her get bronze. Gutsy ride.

Re: Yep, the Men's race has the potential to be total snooze-fest until the last climb. The course looks hard enough without it.