DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Yesterday evening I took a bit of time to work on a couple of bikes.
Firstly, the Peugeot 653 had a new 7-speed freewheel onto the Mavic rear wheel and new Bontrager Hard-Case Lite tyres onto the wheelset so it could all be finished off with a little bit of mudguard adjustment:
Then attention turned to the Giant FCR which had a new Octalink V1 bottom bracket, new chain for the first time in nearly 20 years, and an Ultegra triple crankset. I'm happy with the silver, rather than black chainrings on the old Tiagra version, saving about 150 grams. It's all set for local rides plus commuting when I have to use the Park and Ride rather than a full commute:
Both of these give more options than just using the Merida Cyclo-Cross when commuting and I've a couple of bikes - the Peugeot 653 and Carrera Vengeance Magnesium - set up for bad weather road use. Probably only one will stay and I'll decide that over the winter, although the Carrera's frame is already showing some signs of the magnesium corrosion issues that affected them all (in reality it's a re-badged Merida 909 magnesium).
Firstly, the Peugeot 653 had a new 7-speed freewheel onto the Mavic rear wheel and new Bontrager Hard-Case Lite tyres onto the wheelset so it could all be finished off with a little bit of mudguard adjustment:
Then attention turned to the Giant FCR which had a new Octalink V1 bottom bracket, new chain for the first time in nearly 20 years, and an Ultegra triple crankset. I'm happy with the silver, rather than black chainrings on the old Tiagra version, saving about 150 grams. It's all set for local rides plus commuting when I have to use the Park and Ride rather than a full commute:
Both of these give more options than just using the Merida Cyclo-Cross when commuting and I've a couple of bikes - the Peugeot 653 and Carrera Vengeance Magnesium - set up for bad weather road use. Probably only one will stay and I'll decide that over the winter, although the Carrera's frame is already showing some signs of the magnesium corrosion issues that affected them all (in reality it's a re-badged Merida 909 magnesium).
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