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06-25-2016, 11:39 AM
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Used Chain-L for the first time. We'll see how it goes. Combine its claims with those of YBN, and I shouldn't need to lubricate this chain again ever.
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06-26-2016, 06:49 PM
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Took it out for its first real ride this morning, a little more than sixty miles in central Florida's hills; 63 miles with just shy of 2k feet climbing is pretty serious for Florida - especially considering the temperature (my GPS claimed 109 fahrenheit as I rolled back to the car)
The frame has a great feel to it. Which isn't particularly surprising. Markedly more comfortable than the CAAD12, or any other road bike I've had recently. First impressions would leave me hard-pressed to choose between it and my GT Grade with skinny tires for a century+ ride. The frame is comfortable without being noodly, as I feared it might be. I really think the Praxis cranks/bb combination really helps stiffen up that area. Or at least gives the sensation of extra stiffness. Zero flex when you jump on the pedals and go. Also, hand't had the joy of a Campagnolo front derailleur for a long ride until today. I enjoyed the performance by the front derailleur. Works quite well, especially with the praxis rings. The ridiculous amount of gears in the rear with a single lever throw saved my fat  today several times when the roads tilted up, too. Few things to fiddle with on fit, and as soon as I track down my alligator housing I'll swap that out, and order a final stem - some kind of Ritchey C260.. Good ride, better bike. 
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06-27-2016, 10:58 AM
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11speed stuff is all indexed the same. Built those wheels up when I had a shimano bike, and it makes them easier to sell locally if I wanted to.
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06-30-2016, 11:48 PM
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#38
07-07-2016, 06:08 PM
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This is either the best or worst thing I've ever done. Or somewhere in the middle. Taking my not quite complete sets of alligator housing and combining. It's killing my hands.
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07-07-2016, 09:21 PM
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This perhaps has the worst time spent to outcome ratio of anything I've ever done. And yet I'm pretty stoked on it for absolutely no reason. And my hands are raw from unsnapping the damn things.
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07-15-2016, 09:17 PM
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Nice build. Purple is not a color I would have gone to but it goes well with the Ritchey gray paint! And glad to hear you are enjoying the steel ride!
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08-21-2016, 03:12 PM
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Dude, you're running too thick a spacer stack under and over the stem, according to the fork instructions, potentially putting too much stress on the steerer. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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08-21-2016, 04:03 PM
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man this bike looks so nice, I would have not gone with the checker pattern cables, too busy. you already got the purple which is already different, don't need more pops IMHO
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08-21-2016, 05:50 PM
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I had a Ritchie a few years ago, I did like the ride but it had a steel fork and I just needed something lighter. It hard to image that Florida has that many hills, but I'm in San Francisco and 3,000 feet of climbing is a flat ride in a 50 miler. And it looks like you've built up your bike with some lightweight parts! enjoy the ride!
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08-21-2016, 06:21 PM
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#45
08-21-2016, 09:05 PM
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I've trimmed that down since. Thanks for your concern for my teeth.
As far as the alternating on the housing being too much with the purple. I somewhat agree. However, I don't hold on to wheels for very long, so that's likely not to be an issue for much longer.
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