Hop, Skip, And A Jump

Welcome to “What Did Tan Tenovo Do Unsuitable?,” the sport the place you get to try to work out what I did incorrect when engaged on my bicycle!

By the way in which, I requested the AI to generate a emblem for the sport and that was the outcome. Clearly the reply there may be that I put in the rear rack by way of levitation as an alternative of utilizing struts. However the true disgrace is that when a serious streaming community buys the rights to this sport it’ll prove the AI truly owns them because it generated the brand for me and I’ll get nothing.

Anyway, right here’s how the sport works. As , I do most of my very own bicycle repairs and upkeep, and as you additionally know, I’m fairly unhealthy at it. In consequence, one thing invariably goes incorrect after I work on a motorbike. So it is a likelihood for YOU, the unbearable bike dork, to diagnose the issue and inform me how precisely I fucked up.

That’s the AI’s tackle “An unbearable bike dork who’s inordinately happy with himself.”

Okay, so the opposite day I put new tires on the Roadini:

Oh, talking of tires, somebody yesterday requested if the streets round right here had been paved with damaged glass or phrases to that impact, and the reply is YES:

I simply figured everybody knew that about New York.

Anyway, subsequently, I made a decision I wished to take the wheels off once more and reserve them for one more challenge. See, these wheels are 11-speed appropriate, and I’ve acquired just a little one thing in thoughts for the Milwaukee:

As for the Milwaukee, it was sporting a stunning pair of wheels with Campagnolo hubs that I’d lately Shimano-ified:

So right here’s what I did this morning:

Exchanged the tires and tubes between wheels

Put the 11-30 8-speed SRAM cassette from the 11-speed wheels onto the Shimagnolo wheels and put the 12-26 9-speed SRAM cassette from the Shimagnolo wheels onto the 11-speed wheels

Exchanged the brake pads between bikes as a result of the Shimagnolo wheels have what I assume is a ceramic braking floor and so they work higher with sure pads

Then I went for a journey:

I used to be instantly happy with the outcome. The Shimagnolo wheels are lighter than the 11-speed wheels, and whereas it might simply have been the very nice climate we’re immediately having, I felt like I seen the distinction:

Additionally, the silver spokes look higher. It shouldn’t matter nevertheless it does.

One thing else I actually like about these wheels are the old style pre-tubeless rims:

Now that the majority rims appear to be tubeless appropriate, I’ve gotten used to the very fact you now should inflate a tire to a gazillion PSI and/or wrestle with it for awhile to get the bead to pop into place, and it was an incredible reduction to not have to try this. Sure, there was a very good 20 years there in between the tubular period and the tubeless period when altering your tires was nearly as straightforward as altering your socks, however alas, most cyclists have little tolerance for simplicity.

As for the ceramic (no less than I assume it’s ceramic) braking floor, it’s very sturdy, and it enhances the stopping energy of the brakes fairly a bit:

Nevertheless, I’ve discovered that with sure pads you’ll generally get some squealing. Sure, I do know there are ceramic-specific pads, however I don’t even know if anybody even makes these anymore (within the age of disc brakes nothing is much less related than rim brake floor therapies), and anyway I swap wheels loads so I don’t need to use a pad that’s meant just for a ceramic rim. Sure SwissStop pads appear to work significantly nicely, in order that’s what I’ve been utilizing, although on the Roadini they do appear to be making some noise. (I don’t know why that might be, however possibly it has to do with the longer brake arms.) It’s solely generally, and it’s not too unhealthy, so possibly I’ll simply wait and see if it goes away.

By the way in which, I can not use these wheels in any respect on the Cervino, as a result of below onerous braking they’ll vibrate sufficient to open the fast launch on the classic Campy brakes.

In any case, apart from the occasional moan or squeal from the brakes (and who amongst us doesn’t moan or squeal often?) the wheels felt unbelievable, and all the pieces was shifting fantastically–till I hit a descent and upshifted all the way in which to my high gear, and located that the chain was hopping leaping round on the 11-tooth cog like loopy. So on the backside I finished to test it out. Right here’s what it wasn’t:

The derailleur restrict screws

Something with the shifters

Something having to do with drivetrain adjustment

Something with the chain, like a sticky hyperlink, or something like that (it’s a 10-speed chain)

It was significantly unusual since I’d already been utilizing this very same cassette on the opposite wheels, and I had no drawback utilizing the 11-tooth cog.

Finally I used to be in a position to determine it out, and I fastened the issue after I acquired house.

However can you work it out? What did I miss?

Come again tomorrow for the reply.