Pale Rider
Legendary Member
What are your thoughts on breaking in a new bike?
There's been quite a lot of tinkering - and learning - to get my latest acquisition where I want it to be.
In no particular order, I have:
Chopped the bars/done some handlebar junk rearranging.
Changed the tyres - complicated by tubeless ready rims with tubes in.
Learned how to disconnect and reconnect a Rohloff hub - simple enough when you know how, but there was some head scratching at the roadside while fixing a puncture.
Changed the choc in the Thudbuster seat post.
Applied Proofride to the Brooks saddle - once I'd worked out which side to slap it on.
Worked out how to use the Suntour Q Loc thru-axle - still not sure I fully grasp that, but the front wheel remains attached to the bicycle so it must be about right.
Then there's the usual ride position tweaking, and generally getting used to the new bike.
Happily, all appears well, I've done several hundred miles which is enough to reveal any insurmountable problems and there are none of those.
I have also been lucky in that the bike arrived properly built, and nothing has gone wrong with it.
Seems to me the process has been nerve wracking at times, and only enjoyable when the end came into sight.
What's your attitude to breaking in a new bike?
Is it part of the fun of having a new bike, or a necessary task to be tolerated?
There's been quite a lot of tinkering - and learning - to get my latest acquisition where I want it to be.
In no particular order, I have:
Chopped the bars/done some handlebar junk rearranging.
Changed the tyres - complicated by tubeless ready rims with tubes in.
Learned how to disconnect and reconnect a Rohloff hub - simple enough when you know how, but there was some head scratching at the roadside while fixing a puncture.
Changed the choc in the Thudbuster seat post.
Applied Proofride to the Brooks saddle - once I'd worked out which side to slap it on.
Worked out how to use the Suntour Q Loc thru-axle - still not sure I fully grasp that, but the front wheel remains attached to the bicycle so it must be about right.
Then there's the usual ride position tweaking, and generally getting used to the new bike.
Happily, all appears well, I've done several hundred miles which is enough to reveal any insurmountable problems and there are none of those.
I have also been lucky in that the bike arrived properly built, and nothing has gone wrong with it.
Seems to me the process has been nerve wracking at times, and only enjoyable when the end came into sight.
What's your attitude to breaking in a new bike?
Is it part of the fun of having a new bike, or a necessary task to be tolerated?