fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
£225... bargain
Parts bin Shimpagnolo turbo trainer build.
- Thread starter Gunk
- Start date
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- Tags
- turbo trainer
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12boy
Guru
- Location
- Casper WY USA
You do such clean and meticulous work. Impressive as usual.
It’s called obsessiveness, not always a good thing.
It arrived this morning, so I got on and fitted it (whilst I should be working!)
It was very straightforward to fit, I removed the old inner cable (as it would have been too short) and cut down the outer loop.
Once fitted it, took about 15 minutes of fine adjustment using the barrel adjuster on the mech to get it indexing up and down the cassette properly, but it does work, the drivetrain noise is quieter because the chain is now in the right place and the indexing is so much smoother. So really pleased, for £35 a really nice easy well engineered solution. So that's it, all finished. On to the next one
It was very straightforward to fit, I removed the old inner cable (as it would have been too short) and cut down the outer loop.
Once fitted it, took about 15 minutes of fine adjustment using the barrel adjuster on the mech to get it indexing up and down the cassette properly, but it does work, the drivetrain noise is quieter because the chain is now in the right place and the indexing is so much smoother. So really pleased, for £35 a really nice easy well engineered solution. So that's it, all finished. On to the next one
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A few minor jobs today, I swapped the saddle, as I need the Selle Italia for another project, but the Syncros I have fitted is far more comfortable than it looks.
Just for a bit of fun, I made up a small sticker for the chain stay.
And finally managed to find one of these on Gumtree for £20 posted, should be with me tomorrow.
Just for a bit of fun, I made up a small sticker for the chain stay.
And finally managed to find one of these on Gumtree for £20 posted, should be with me tomorrow.
It's been almost a month since I finished it, and I've not felt the need to make any further modifications. It now lives in the garage and is permanently attached to the Tacx. it's in constant daily use, we all ride it and it has been faultless. Now it's set up properly with the Shiftmate it changes gear perfectly, I'm really pleased with it, one of those bike which is better than the sum of its parts.
Proto
Legendary Member
- Location
- East Devon/West Dorset
Euros wheels? Bit extravagant isn’t it! 🤣🤣
I've had them in the shed for a while, a mate of mine gave them to me, he was going to chuck them away! The braking surface on the rims are completely worn out so perfect for a turbo!
