ACE Cycles Posted August 17, 2021 Posted August 17, 2021 On 8/17/2021 at 7:25 AM, NotSoBigBen said: Thanks man, the frame is done and flatted again ready for the logos ... a bit of a delay getting them ???? Hopefully today then clear coat latest tomorrow. Busy painting the front wheel, dérailleurs and crank black ... Expand Have you played with the idea of not having a front wheel at all? I'd like a stand to replace my front wheel in my indoor bike.
NotSoBigBen Posted August 17, 2021 Author Posted August 17, 2021 On 8/17/2021 at 7:30 AM, ACE Cycles said: Have you played with the idea of not having a front wheel at all? I'd like a stand to replace my front wheel in my indoor bike. Expand I hadn't till now ???? Would need to find some kind of stand though ....
ACE Cycles Posted August 17, 2021 Posted August 17, 2021 On 8/17/2021 at 7:42 AM, NotSoBigBen said: I hadn't till now ???? Would need to find some kind of stand though .... Expand It will eliminate the process of rotating the front wheel to ensure even spoke fatigue
NotSoBigBen Posted August 17, 2021 Author Posted August 17, 2021 On 8/17/2021 at 8:17 AM, ACE Cycles said: It will eliminate the process of rotating the front wheel to ensure even spoke fatigue Expand I'd never heard of that ... I've certainly never rotated wheels on a trainer ???? Duane_Bosch 1
ACE Cycles Posted August 17, 2021 Posted August 17, 2021 On 8/17/2021 at 8:19 AM, NotSoBigBen said: I'd never heard of that ... I've certainly never rotated wheels on a trainer ???? Expand It was a theory that did the rounds during lockdown and extended times riding indoors. It made enough sense for me to adapt, but to be honest, I'm not sure if it's a must ????
Thomo Posted August 17, 2021 Posted August 17, 2021 (edited) I thought front wheel rotation was just to get the valve in the right place. ????♂️????♂️???? Edited August 17, 2021 by Thomo ACE Cycles and Long Wheel Base 2
Dexter-morgan Posted August 17, 2021 Posted August 17, 2021 On 8/17/2021 at 7:25 AM, NotSoBigBen said: Thanks man, the frame is done and flatted again ready for the logos ... a bit of a delay getting them ???? Hopefully today then clear coat latest tomorrow. Busy painting the front wheel, dérailleurs and crank black ... Expand Cool, please post pics of the final product. NotSoBigBen 1
Dexter-morgan Posted August 17, 2021 Posted August 17, 2021 On 8/17/2021 at 7:30 AM, ACE Cycles said: Have you played with the idea of not having a front wheel at all? I'd like a stand to replace my front wheel in my indoor bike. Expand It will be super easy and cheap to make a stand if you are tight fisted like me but otherwise just bite the bullet and buy the Kickr climb. Kom 1
AccidentalGenius Posted August 17, 2021 Posted August 17, 2021 (edited) On 8/17/2021 at 9:20 AM, Dexter-morgan said: It will be super easy and cheap to make a stand if you are tight fisted like me but otherwise just bite the bullet and buy the Kickr climb. Expand I was thinking of going to a local engineering firm and asking them to manufacture a stand from steel for me. Should be easy. Edited August 17, 2021 by AccidentalGenius
warrencharlesza Posted August 17, 2021 Posted August 17, 2021 On 8/17/2021 at 8:52 AM, ACE Cycles said: It was a theory that did the rounds during lockdown and extended times riding indoors. It made enough sense for me to adapt, but to be honest, I'm not sure if it's a must ???? Expand that explains why I have three broken spokes on the front. I had considered looking for a mount for the front wheel but was concerned about standing and having zero give from the stand. I ride an old MTB frame with just the bare minimum on to get by. Looked at putting a road bike on to have more gears etc. but decided not to. I have a dedicated setup so it removes the excuses for not training. When I didn't have this setup it was easy to look for any excuse not to train. If you look for an excuse, you will find one. The colors you are going with are great, similar color to my road bike! NotSoBigBen 1
Mountain Bru Posted August 17, 2021 Posted August 17, 2021 On 8/17/2021 at 7:10 AM, madmarc said: I'm one of the fortunate ones who have been access to Adaptive Training beta testers ???? - Its taken TR to a whole new level Expand Is it like SMART workouts on Xert? (On Xert, there are "smart workouts" where if you're doing a workout with a certain power target, the interval timer moves slower if you're not maintaining sufficient watts, and in the most cruel punishment imaginable, the timer moves faster if you slack off too much in the recovery intervals)
NotSoBigBen Posted August 17, 2021 Author Posted August 17, 2021 I've applied the decals, now just wait 'impatiently' for the clear coat to be done and dry Chadvdw67, DJuice, Ispeed_V and 12 others 14 1
corrie.kuilder Posted August 17, 2021 Posted August 17, 2021 Wow, looks awesome???????????? NotSoBigBen 1
Mongoose! Posted August 17, 2021 Posted August 17, 2021 I bought an old CAAD frame and powder coated it / new decals. No brake calipers and standing permanent on my Kickr with an old cracked Mavic front wheel. Frame almost identical to the Supersix that I ride outside. Kom, ChrisF and NotSoBigBen 2 1
ChrisF Posted August 17, 2021 Posted August 17, 2021 On 8/17/2021 at 4:59 PM, Mongoose! said: I bought an old CAAD frame and powder coated it / new decals. No brake calipers and standing permanent on my Kickr with an old cracked Mavic front wheel. Frame almost identical to the Supersix that I ride outside. Expand Julle manne krap nou .... The white CAAD on my trainer has a few scuff marks ..... Mongoose! and NotSoBigBen 2
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