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According to some websites a
According to some websites a few Mavic wheels in the early days were made with a freehub a few 10ths of a mm too long, and were originally supplied with a spacer. Maybe yours is one of those?
I just picked up some
I just picked up some magnificent Syntace Racelite 2 carbon bars on Ebay. Can’t even see they’ve been used. I have them on another bike and the difference they make – especially on the drops – is miles more than 25c tyres!
I have the Ultimate AL and it
I have the Ultimate AL and it is BETTER than just about any carbon bike I have ridden (that’s not a lot, but some of them were good).Get better wheels – how about 1300g handbuilts – and a top end groupset of your choice, and laugh all the way to the bank!
Carbon handlebars will make a difference too, comfortwise.
I put the latest generation
I put the latest generation of Fulcrum 5s – with the large drive side flange – on my Ultimate AL for the winter and they are brilliant wheels. I paid £138 for mine and though they’re 170g heavier, these are miles better wheels than even my Shimano RS80s. Stiff, and efficient, and I felt that on the climbs more than the weight. Absolutely no problems with the seams. In fact, I’ve not even noticed them tbh even when cleaning them. Actual weights were 770g front, 950g rear, 1720g total with rim tapes.
Beautiful bike drbilly46!
Beautiful bike drbilly46! Very tasty celeste paint job 😀
There’s some experimental
There’s some experimental data that shows shorter cranks are better for power output… because we ‘should’ be spinning at a high cadence I guess. Here it is:https://www.powercranks.com/cld.html
The research quoted there – about 3/4 of the way down the page – shows that cyclists produced the most power with quite short cranks. Very odd.
Also if you have sore knees then go shorter, others say.
I think the principle is, whatever works for you.
I quite like shorter cranks as I used to hit the inner pedal on the ground when pedalling through corners. Your experience may be different.
You don’t need a torque
You don’t need a torque wrench to take it off. Use a big open ended or adjustable spanner. Hit the end of the spanner gently with a hammer. That should budge it, unless someone’s used loctite (why?)..
Cables don’t need
Cables don’t need maintenance! I’ve got over 4000km on my old 10-speed Ultegra winter bike with zero work ever needed on the cables. Still shifts like a knife through butter.
Two layers of gaffa tape at
Two layers of gaffa tape at right angles will do the trick. I’ve done hundreds of miles on a Vittoria Diamante Pro that hit a rock on the sidewall on a corner. It’s so strong. Probably too strong, might make a flat spot, ish.But as others said, do put it on the back!
Sard Wonder Soap worked for
Sard Wonder Soap worked for mine. Not sure what’s in it, but it works miracles:http://www.sanza.co.uk/Sard_Wonder_Soap.asp
Really does what it says on the tin! Just rub a little on to the damp mesh and then leave for 30 minutes or so and rinse. Repeat if it hasn’t all gone.
Also gets grease off jeans, t-shirts etc.
Go with the celeste, if just
Go with the celeste, if just to stop everyone you ever meet on the road saying ‘why didn’t you get it in celeste?’!
The two groupsets are both excellent, weigh exactly the same (c. 2,275g), but for mine it would be the Campag, because it’s Italian.
But ultimately, get the one you want!Good call about Epic cycles, Fulcrum 3s are well worth having.
Sounds like the OP may have
Sounds like the OP may have bought a set of those Shimano wheels with the deep spline from about 10 years ago. Sheldon Brown talks about them here:“Dura-Ace 7800 and 7801 10-speed hubs (and Ultegra wheelsets) with the aluminum Freehub body and tall splines only accept Dura-Ace 10-speed cassettes.” (http://sheldonbrown.com/k7.html)
I’ve never seen a cassette that fits them, but then, I’ve not been looking.
I was going to suggest
I was going to suggest plastic ferrules. Or use Jagwire cables, they’re ever so slightly thinner overall, and have very fine alloy ferrules.
They are nice looking wheels,
They are nice looking wheels, like the old 90s Shamals, so a perfect complement to an Athena build. Hmmm.
My wife did her ACL skiing
My wife did her ACL skiing and was treated via NHS. They didn’t replace it but gave her a tough programme of physio for about 6 weeks. She kept up the exercises for months and to cut a bit of a story short was skiing again 12 months later – in fact she is stronger on that leg than she was before. So it will be ok! But give it time, you can always do the century next year.