What you done t' your bike today

[redefined_cycles]

Looks absolutely lovely. Never owned a Cotic but always had mega respect for them and Si... Well done at getting it ready.

[Rapideye]

Haven't ridden my hardtail for months but started prepping it for a trip to Scotland this week. What an absolute pain! Re-did back tubeless tyre, re-taped and new sealant and that went well. Thought I'd do the front too...it gave me such a hard time. Re-taped and added sealant before making a school-boy error trying to get the tyre on. Broke 2 levers until I moved the edge of the tyre from the rim to the centre to allow it to fit over the rim. What a mess that was. Once that was done, realised the valve was bunged up with sealant. Removed core and still no air coming out. Then tried to remove stem but nut was stuck solid! Ended up getting the angle grinder out and chopped it off until I can get a new valve tomorrow. Hopefully, that will be a quick and easy job. Heading around Cairngorms from Friday and really hoping not to have any mechanicals. It'll be fine, right?

[fatbikephil]

Finally finished hammering the latest bolide together.....



Salsa Stormchaser. I'd ruminated on this since Lyon started selling them for 700 quid but figured the short top tube would lead to horrible toe / wheel overlap. Anyway I read a report where the 6'1" tester stated his toes were miles away from the front wheel, did some measuring of the Straggler and calcs and worked out I'd have 20mm more toe clearance on this. It would also be shorter than the strag and the top of the head tune 40mm higher so no horrible upright stem. Also a slightly slacker head angle and more tyre clearance should make it ideal. Currently sporting mudhugger guards but will probably gain a pair of full length guards for the winter. Still a lot lighter than the Strag - bare bike 9.25 kg with pedals and bottle cages; with guards and frame bag, just shy of 10kg so happy with that.

Super skinny chain stays look a bit feeble and the coke can down tube won't be idiot proof so I'll try not to crash it... Not ridden yet (this weekend!) but looking forward to it.

[redefined_cycles]

Hapynew bike day Phil. Sorry yo see hear abou your woes Rapideye. I usually throw a bit of lube of some sort through the tubeless valve after getting everything working. Then redo the core. Always seems to work wonders at stopping any gunging.

[Rapideye]

Nice bling tyres, Phil.

Shaf...I'm my own worst enemy and bulk of issues are of my own making. Rode around Cairngorms over last weekend and there were some annoying issues that I should have sorted sometime ago. Nevermind, the loop gave her a bit of a hiding and she needs a bit of TLC before embarking on her next trip. TBF, she handled it well...she just liked grumbling about it throughout the trip. Much like myself.

[faustus]

Really like the colour of the Stormchaser, looking good!

[fatbikephil]

Really like the colour of the Stormchaser, looking good!

Green tyres were cheap from Banana industries!
I thought the grey / gunmetal / whatever would look a bit dull but the polished cranks and seat pin set it off. I'd rather have stainless spokes rather than black but the wheels were nicked off the Straggler so I didn't have any choice...

[redefined_cycles]

Got the train home towards the end of the ride. Saved a good twenty minutes. Best get home and service the rear hub and pedals. Then maybe bleed the brakes to get some fresh Putoline in there. Bet it's burnt fluid in the rear as the bite point wandered after a long down.

[Hyppy]

While heading out for a pre-BB200 shakedown ride last weekend my shifter stopped shifting: the cable had ripped through the spool. I've grabbed a replacement CNC'd spool from the guys at Ratio Technology and fitted it this afternoon.

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