It's rest week, so I did what you do during the final rest week prior to cross season... I cleaned last year's tubular wheelset, spending two hours prying off bits of glue and tape and gunk with my fingers. Once I was finished - "the end" is denoted by bleeding fingertips rather than any set level of stale glue on the rims - I stretched the new Challenge Fangos over the rim, and proceeded to struggle with inflating them using valve extenders. Why can't the tire manufacturers realize that many riders use deep section rims of one type or another for cross?
Yep, I love cross because it hurts me so.
And what am I doing up late? Funny you should ask. I'm trying to get my brakes toe'd in properly. Gotta love the cantilevers. Man, I knew I should have studied geometry harder in school...
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Here's the tip for tidying up tubulars before the start of season re-gluing... put a wire brush fitting in your power drill. Just remember to wear safety goggles.
Unless your tubs are carbon, in which case you've got so much money you should pay the LBS to have bleeding fingers on your behalf.
As for using geometry to set up brakes... there was a study published last year that shows a direct correlation between working in the public service and a diminished dexterity of the opposable thumb.
In the discussion it was also recommended that further research be done into a possible link between lawyering and big tipping. Rather than big tips it’s miscalculations; a link between the legal brain and a loss of mental numerical agility.
Pythagoras can fix your squeaky brakes, you can’t.
I know the geometry and can do the canti's Jim.
I just bought a house and property this week. I wish I studied law.
-B
Mike - Pythagoras was a pussy.
Bluenoser - what you just said falls into one of three categories, either: 1) Oh, if you only knew; 2) Oh no you don't; or, 3) I don't think that word means what you think it means. Seriously. I *so* would not go to law school if I had it all to do over again. I would ignore my pathetic need to feel important and just become an artisanal woodworker. You probably think I am joking. I am *so* not joking. There are things a man would rather not know. Practicing law with an open mind, and being aware of your own failings and the failings of others, reveals many of those things. You wind up either really cynical, or one of these martyrs who knows how the client is screwing up, and you just sit there cringing. It's physically painful. I think I'd rather be hand-carving dovetails.
It's not too late Jim to be the woodworker.
I can fix the house after the lawyers get through with me.
I really liked the Stevil food comment.
Good luck with the course design.
-B
When it comes to valve extenders there is only one option. Pony up for the only decent product that Tufo makes. It allows you to remove the valve stem and put it at the top of the extender. No more trying to open the valve way down inside the extender with 2.5mm Allen wrench or tiny ass Phillips head screwdriver. Plus it's sealed to the valve using a wrench flat for good torque and an o-ring so you can kiss the plumpbers tape goodbye.
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