140 mm Rotor

It is small, about the size of the 34t cog.

Cool Concept, Short Life

SRAM Matchmaker, on its second ride. I probably hit the shifter on my leg when I tried to unclip in a hurry. This thing snapped instantly, left me an unusable front shifter. Luckily the part holding the brake was intact so I could still finish the ride. No I seriously worried about the Matchmakers on my Titus. Definitely don't want the same thing happen during SM100.

Edit: Originally I called this "Poor Quality" but then changed to "Short Life" just to be objective.

TRX Update

XTR 970

ESI Chunky

Ti Bolts Upgrade

 

 

Titanium Bolts

From left to right:
M6x30 - stem cap, brake caliper mount
M6x25 - brake caliper mount, seatpost clamp
M6x20 - brake caliper mount
M6x18 - brake caliper mount
M5x30 - seat clamp
M5x20 - stem
M5x18 - stem
M5x15 - brake/shifter lever clamp
M5x10 (torx) - bottle cage, rotor

Total weight saving: negligible
Bling factor: zero
Rust-proof: priceless

Edit: I created a spreadsheet to record the types and sizes for various components.

Fizik Blink

Sleek, light, convenient, easy to use, and completely useless during daytime.

DT RWS

Ratchet Wheel mounting System, by DT Swiss. Solid 5 mm wheel skewers. No worries about loose QRs any more.

Broken Saddle

Date: 7/28/2009, 5pm-ish
Place: Knuckle buster
Saddle: Fizik Arione
Bike: Seven Verve SS
Rider weight with gears: 150 lb


The plastic frame cracked all the way across in the middle. The cover was intact and held up fine for the next two hours ride in the Shed. Too bad the saddle didn't even last for a year.

Ti Bolts

King Headset top cap: 1x M6x25
Thomson X4 stem: 6x M5x20
Thomson seatpost: 2x M5x35
RXC seat collar: 1x M6x25
XTR front derailleur: 1x M5x18, 1x M5x10
Disc rotor: 12x M5x10 torx
Elixir brake lever: 4x M5x18
Elixir brake caliper: 4x M6x20, 2x M6x18
Matchmaker: 2x M5x18
Bottle cage: 2x M5x15

Shock bolt upper: 2x TBD
Shock bolt lower: 1x TBD
Links: 4x TBD, 2x TBD, 2x TBD
Raceface Dues chainring bolts: 8x TBD, 4x TBD

Does anyone know the bolt sizes for a 08 Racer X carbon frame? I'm too lazy to disassemble everything.

Popped Spoke

I started to hear the "cling-cling" sound coming from the rear maybe around lap 7 . I couldn't figure it out until Sunday when I was cleaning the bike. A spoke was popped out! That was only the second ride on the wheelset, I'm under 150lb, and didn't even jump anything. The lack of robustness got me a little worried. I would certainly hate to see it happen again in the middle of SM100...

Tire

Continental Mountain King Supersonic 2.2 - actual width 2.05. Actual weight: one at 460 grams and one at 520 grams.

Project X Update

Found out the SRAM FORCE 10-spd rear derailleur didn't work with the SRAM XO 9-spd shifter (they both claim to be 1:1). I wasn't happy with the SRAM 970 9-spd road cassette either, so I went out again to source some more good parts. The project is slowly moving ahead.

In picture: a beautiful Dura Ace 12-27t 9spd cassette on a CrossMax SLR.

Project Seven v0.3

Fork: Fox F100 RLC (white) or Vicious rigid steel (black)
Crankset: Middleburn RS7 singlespeed square taper crankset (silver)
Bottom Bracket: Phil Wood
Wheelset: Cane Creek Zonos (Black) with King SS cog
Tires: Continental Vertical 2.3 tubeless
Brakes: Avid BB7 calipers and ultimate levers
Stem: Thomson (silver)
Seatpost: Dean Ti
Seatpost clamp: Salsa Liplock (silver)
Handlebars: Easton Monkeylite
Saddle: WTB Rocket V or Fizik Arione
Chain: SRAM 8 speed
Pedals: Time ATAC XS
Grips: Oury
Headset: Chris King (silver)

Disc Cog

Fix It! 2

To test the disc cog, I bolted it on the Surly/Mavic 717 wheel and set everything up. I took the bike, now with front brake only, outside the garage and planned to give it a try. At first I couldn't get it started, because I was so much used to coasting. Once I figured it out I rode around the community a couple loops. The ride felt different but it was definitely interesting. I'm going to ride on the pavement a little more before venturing into the wildness.

Fix It!

Ti, 17t, 19 g.