jimilee
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Oh very nice!
What’s on *YOUR* workbench?
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derevaun
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Thoughtful of the previous owner to mount one holder for coffee and another for beer
Pauleo1214
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Came with aerobars too which I removed since I can not achieve a stable position. Maybe the beer helped?Thoughtful of the previous owner to mount one holder for coffee and another for beer
joeyd
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That looks like an absurdly small cassette on the back.
Feral Feline
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It's all about ... balance.
Beer smooths out the sudden steering input (over-)reactions while the coffee enables you to make those mandatory sudden reactions in time...
Quite the rise on the short stem, you may need to swap that out for something better suited to the riding-without-aerobars approach.
Pauleo1214
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It runs real fast and is a pain to get up steep hills. The problem is there is some leaning back and forth when the wheel turns because the cassette was not actually made for the wheel. That said, it does not affect gear changes.
I'm a recreational rider at best. I love how drops feel on the handlebar currently.
vigilante398
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I got new pickups for my bass, but I was so excited to order them that I didn't measure to make sure they were the right size. Fortunately 3D printing is a thing, so a couple hours later I had a perfect drop-in fit. Super stoked to get these wired up tonight. Bass is an Ibanez SR900FM, new pickups are "Dingstrand Nordwalls", Nordstrand's take on the Dingwall pickup.
Very cool! Love the graphics!
Nice work! Did you use the EL34 or did you go the KT66 route (I believe the Mojo transformer has taps for both)
Feral Feline
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You're out there riding with wind in your face — that's all that matters.
Talk to your local bike-shop about swapping out the cogset for something that'll make hills a bit easier to get up, and get a fitting (saddle-height/ride-position/etc) — your knees will thank you. Too many occasional riders are running their saddle too low, which makes the muscles work harder because the mechanical advantage of leg-leverage isn't being taken and therefore lactic acid builds up more quickly and it's harder on the joints and ... Your knees will thank you.
May you ride only with tail-winds.
I have spoken.
joeyd
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I keep spotting people on ebikes with their seatposts completely slammed. Even with the pedal assist I can't imagine their knees are escaping unscathed.
I've got to bleed the brakes on my bike. I completely lost pressure the other day right as I was going way too fast into a corner. Just managed to pump them enough to slow down.
I've got to bleed the brakes on my bike. I completely lost pressure the other day right as I was going way too fast into a corner. Just managed to pump them enough to slow down.
Silver Blues
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What model year is it? Old school Trek and the Dura-Ace 7800 crank is telling me... 2004? 2006? Probably an 11-23 or 11-25 cassette which were very common in those days. Made for pro racers, definitely a pain on climbs, lol. Probably featherwight though! Nice score.
I picked up a 2013 model Felt F5 a few years ago that weighs ~18lb with a very not-optimized-for-weight-savings component set (courtesy of the sub-1kg frame weight) that is a cool ride and an absolute rocketship, but currently considering flipping it as the geometry is feeling a bit too aggressive for me, even after several cockpit modifications (the frame is also a 56 and I suspect I should be on a 54).
PREACH. Seeing people riding around with their knees hitting them in the chin is infuriating. You could be having a much more enjoyable experience!!
Pauleo1214
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2007 I believe and it's a 11-25. It's not too bad on the hills. The worst is having to come to a stop and to start again because of a red lights. A couple of lights are on hills too.
Will do! The frame is a 54, I'm 5' 10" and I have the saddle set so when the pedal is at the bottom of the crank my leg is fully extended. I saw my niece on a bike the other day and her seat was way too low, it made me wince.
joeyd
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I think my road bike has 11-32 and maybe a 40t (44t?) chainring up front. It's unusable where I'm living right now (there's like 750m of elevation between my house and our downtown). I can't put myself in the mental frame of mind where an 11-25 isn't that bad. My main bike has a glorious 10-51 cassette (for all those tedious fsr climbs and brutal, steep singletrack). I'll never go back.
Pauleo1214
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Let's doom, baby.
Nostradoomus
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tegendemuur
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Had a bright moment, and grabbed my flightcase foam leftovers that I used to line my music gear storage chests, to organize these unsorted bags of Fuzz Dog kits (dual Echo Dream 2)
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UtilityBeltFX
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My friends well loved Russian Big Muff desperately needs some TLC.
To be continued...
steviejr92
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A little late night bending session!
This time the aim was to try something a little more unique than the norm! The body is 18ga steel while the walls are 4mm 6061 aircraft grade aluminum. I messed up one of the walls
I ended up hitting the return to zero instead of homing the machine…if you know you know 
I’m intending to house the Acrobat Parametric Distortion circuit in here!
This time the aim was to try something a little more unique than the norm! The body is 18ga steel while the walls are 4mm 6061 aircraft grade aluminum. I messed up one of the walls
I ended up hitting the return to zero instead of homing the machine…if you know you know I’m intending to house the Acrobat Parametric Distortion circuit in here!
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benny_profane
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@steviejr92 oh my god dude.
steviejr92
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Im thinking of anodizing the walls on this one for a different look.