Hey Brad - no, no food co-op for me...haven't actually seen another Cheviot around, to my surprise. I guess it's scary to lock up a riv in the city, if I had my way I'd get mine sand-blasted and let it get a little rusty to potentially deter thieves (and it looks beautiful, I think)
CT Cyclist - I haven't tried any of these solutions thanks for the tips. I already junked my old outer ring, but since I may be due for a new crankset (my cranks aren't even matching) I'm considering getting one with a chain guard. In other news, here's my little dog on my bike! The big blue bag is *not *perfect, as the sides fall down, but it's better than just the basket. She's usually OK for the first 10 minutes, then gets fussy for the next 20, but we're working on it. :) The Surly 8 pack rack is super sold. <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ptz5r7VeHrw/WcHi0tMG6mI/AAAAAAAAEK8/uXDM8UuNv1AkroEbW1spwKLCQlPZ2hq9wCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_6324.JPG> On Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at 11:17:12 PM UTC-4, A CT Cyclist wrote: > > Wow, nice job. I never thought the five boroughs ride was a century but > makes since when I look at the GPS map you posted. > I had the same trouble with my chain dropping to the outside when I made > my triple crank into a 1 x 9. I'm running a 36 tooth chainring that I > picked up at the LBS it's probably off a 10 speed compact. I looked into > getting a narrow wide chainring but Race Face (the other maker) doesn't > make a 36 tooth 110 bcd narrow wide and Wolf tooth is kind of pricey at > $75. I tried the Sugino chainring guard that Riv sells but the chain would > drop and get stuck between the chainring and guard. Wolf Tooth Components > recommends using a 10 speed chain with the narrow wide chainring even if > you have 9 speeds so I tried that. It helped for a while but the ultimate > fix for me was using my outer chainring with the teeth filed off. It also > looks nicer than the plain sugino chainring guard. > > On Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 12:13:25 AM UTC-4, Antone Könst wrote: >> >> I did my first organized Century through the beautiful and not so >> beautiful 5 boroughs yesterday on my trusty steed (or, ewe?), and enjoyed >> it immensely. >> >> https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6KOXijRK3VRRXNDeTNjc0U3eG8 >> >> I am a bike commuter, I don't get to do many rides, and typically the >> most adventure I have on the Chev is taking trails home through Prospect >> Park...nothing crazy. But, I love biking so I figured 'what's 100 miles? >> Sounds easy'... I didn't train or prepare in any way besides indulging in >> more calories than usual the night before, and I bought a padded bib (thank >> god). In retrospect I'm glad I didn't spend a bunch of time doing long >> rides in preparation for this (well, doing more long rides sounds good but >> I'm glad I didn't 'train'), because my Chev kept me comfortable all the way >> back to my front door over plenty of crappy roads, while the lycra guys >> next to me were complaining about their arms. I think I was somewhere in >> the back of the front, only because I was the odd man out on my steel >> frame, everyone else was on carbon and clipless taking breaks and then >> catching up and passing me again as I steadily chugged along trying to keep >> up! I couldn't find the end so I just did the last 5 miles back to my >> apartment. >> >> It was super great to do this around the Boroughs, especially as a >> resident...it's a massive massive city and every part is beautiful. Would >> highly recommend to city commuters and visitors who are willing to run red >> lights and weave through traffic...otherwise I think it would be even >> slower than it was which could be frustrating. >> >> *The screenshot of my map has one glaring mistake - that it took 16 >> hours! We left Prospect Park at 6:30 and I finished at 3:20, so I'm >> guessing I left 'Ride with GPS' on during the night before after checking >> the route. But at 9 hours it still probably seems very slow in comparison >> to a non-urban century where you're free to ride for more than a few blocks >> before stopping, I hope to do that soon. >> >> BIKE: >> My set-up was very comfortable - I'm 6'1, 220, and like I said not >> training or doing long rides often, it was still comfortable the whole time >> thanks to the bike's set-up. >> The 58cm Bosco's hand positions were useful at different times and my >> Compass tires kept the road noise at bay on the park paths that were >> slowing the road bikes down. I started first 30 miles at a very low PSI, >> around 25, by accident (it was early!) and pumped up to 60 later. Was glad >> to have a dynamo front and back light set-up with all the traffic. My Big >> Blue Sac in a Wald basket on a Surly 6 Pack held more coconut water and >> bananas than I needed, but had there not been checkpoints I would have been >> well prepared :-) >> My Paul Racer's seemed to get less effective as the ride went on - can >> someone explain? I hadn't adjusted them prior. >> I'm running just one chainring up front and my chain fell off 3 times - >> how do I avoid this? I haven't adjusted my rear d. since taking off the >> larger chainring. >> >> Anyhow, I certainly wouldn't have done this ride if I wasn't looking for >> ways to get on my Cheviot for longer, which is partly how I justified the >> Rivendell. Now I'm just very sore. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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