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thirdraildesignlab posted a photo: View of my Walnut portage strap, as stitched onto the frame of the wrongbike fixed- gear conversion project in it's second incarnation after a recent tear-down.Wrongbike is a fixed-gear conversion of an old Vista road bike. The current set-up is:1. Vista original frame and fork, sandblasted and powdercoated nuclear trigger yellow-orange, with chrome fork accents2. Nitto Tecnomic quill stem3. Nitto Moustache bars4. Toshi leather bar wrap with cork bar end plugs5. Original Vista headset6. Walnut portage strap7. Mavic Pros laced to a White Industries Eno Eccentric hub8. Sugino cog and Messenger crankset, 72 inchgear9. gumwalls, for science10. Brass Universal Sound Bell on Velo Orange retro bell headset mount.More on the build can be found on www.teamlopetyreclubbe.com

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The Past, Both Glorious and Fleeting

Villain Report: Pull Your Weight!

04/11/11

Posted in: TLTC Items to Amuse by TRDL thom | Comments (0)

r3sramdead Villain Report: Pull Your Weight!

You may recall I built up Villain a proper road bike on my KG381 Team Look frame, my first true road build. I had some shop help in lining up the derailleurs but overall it was me. But despite that, I had some problems on the road. Climbing up Tam, I locked up the rear derailleur twice trying to get into the big 27 in back on steep sections. I filed it away for further adjustment closer to my next road ride, assuming I had more micro-adjustments to do.

Well, Eric took a look after our ride an had two keen observations. One, despite me measuring the chain exactly per SRAM specs, using biggest rings front and rear plus extra, etc, he noted that at full extension, the chain was very tight. On a multi-geared bike with a derailleur, you should never be tight. So despite my efforts to do it up right, he recommended 1-3 more links. So I’ll have to give that a try.

More importantly, we were going through the gears, and noting the difficulty getting to 27, again, tight chain etc… and he noted with a keen eye (on black matte parts in a basement) that my derailleur pulley was effing CRACKED APART, and a whole two-prong section was sheared wright off. I guess that’s helping, huh? He’s always amazed at how much damage I do to my rear detailers. I blame my big gun pistons, but really…