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Finishline Ceramic lubricant








After using Prolink and Parktool PTFE lube , I have now on test is Finishline Ceramic wet lube. It seem to be roll better under torque and stays on way longer than any additive based lubricant ive tried so far and its easy to get off. Put in bearings and your golden...

at Thursday, July 09, 2009 0 comments  

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Pedros Ethik bag



An awesome idea Pedro's has to be one of the coolest companies around this bag name of super strong, recyclable HDPE fabric (for those outdoor peep, your camping ground sheet) being use for this seat bag. Got this shot at the LBS , somehow i believe it is the rejected version of this Ethik bag

at Thursday, April 02, 2009 0 comments  

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Bang for the buck groupset: Rival

Was looking through the current list of componetry , in such frugal times one will need to decide on a groupsset , I'd choose Sram Rival. over 200 gram lighter than Ultegra Sl ,using the same braking and shifting mechanical ( zeroloss) internals as the Force. With Force only 100gram lighter.Just by up-rating the crank and pedal , you;d be able to close the gap on the 100 gram differences, and that is on rotational weight.

i'd think its a good groupset for an entry/mid level bike with some good weight property there.

at Thursday, January 08, 2009 0 comments  

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Custom Aero



The best aerobar is the one you customize yourself.

enuff said.

L bend or S bend both works fine for me. Will test the best configuration , perhaps a mantis?

at Tuesday, November 18, 2008 0 comments  

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Cracked handlebar



This is what happens , if you put on a aerobar on a non aero-bar compliant carbon bar.Its a damm good handlebar with anatomic bend,weighted at 210 grams by OEM Giant Racing Component .Found the crack on the morning of KL open. Replaced it with an Easton EC70.

at Monday, November 17, 2008 0 comments  

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Bridgestone Extenza tire





Very curious on how is this compared to michelin P3R. same durometer?

Approx 220 gram with f1 technology durometer!

at Friday, November 14, 2008 0 comments  

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spokeholeplugs




Shimano Pseudo "veloplug" which is made in malaysia , now being recalled. too much sharp ridges on it. touched it felt it. felt blade like paper cut.

http://techdocs.shimano.com/media/techdocs/content/cycle/SI/Wheel/SpokeHolePlugs/0058A-001_En_v1_m56577569830630976.pdf

http://cycle.shimano-eu.com/publish/content/cycle/seh/nl/en/news___info/corrective_action.html

at Wednesday, October 15, 2008 0 comments  

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Glue




Sometimes its sure hard not to sniff to much glue with your preping em tires..it gets even worst when the head of the brush drop into the spokes hole and you cant get the damm head out....( when the damm brush head dried and glued in there )

at Monday, September 29, 2008 0 comments  

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Rock racing replica jersey



Can say it ain't the real deal, but for a price of tubular tire it is my 1st replica , these threads sure is value for the money , and the colour itself is as good as the original. For dynamic weather and inflation factors , i seriously do not mind going for replica jerseys if i like the design.

Fabric wise , sweat wicking it is as high end as any original from castelli to santini. no itchy nor pokey edges.Seriously i ve got no complaints..it looks very "versace".. This guy has further details email him at phenomenon.el@gmail.com

at Sunday, September 21, 2008 2 comments  

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Kinovea video analysis




Above is just a screenshot sample i did on a video analysis using Kinovea video analysis tool and its free! use it for bike fitting analysis of cleat , saddle stem , handlebar etc etc ( heck, even C of G ) pretty useful if you know what your doing.

Got a long torso thus it felt comfortably right on a 17.25 lenght crank

www.kinovea.org

at Wednesday, September 17, 2008 1 comments  

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Ceramic bearing

yeah yeah...silicon nitride here nitride there... no difference if you ask me ( @5000 rpm maybe it would.)...perhaps it just last longer that's all.. Better to save for light weight wheel or low RR tire and 50 gram tube.



at Friday, September 12, 2008 2 comments  

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EuroBIke 2008 update

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tfj77/sets/72157607097009297/
http://www.velogessien.com/article-22591864.html
http://picasaweb.google.it/ilguslo/EurobikeGiorno2#
http://picasaweb.google.it/ilguslo/Eurobike2008FirstDay#

Enjoy!!

at Thursday, September 11, 2008 0 comments  

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Shimano 7850 CL .. nice wheel



23A = carbon reinforcement for nipple inserts
27A = Applied epoxy
24 = carbon layering
Process B = Vacumming heating and drill for nipple

without 23c & 23b

ITS A very smart design

at Thursday, August 07, 2008 0 comments  

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Smart Truer








This is Holland Mechanics SMT , a semi-automatic hand truer that perfectly fits the digital control network of the modern wheelshop. ( hmm.. Rj45 cable?) Apparently Mavic and Campy Xerowheel Gigantex/Equinox , Novatec and DT uses this. Not too sure About Shimano though.


Hand trueing is indispensable with today's exotic high-end wheels. Wheel manufacturers try to distinguish their products with new technologies, for instance inverted spokes. The nipples fitting the hub are beyond reach of today's most sophisticated regular trueing machine, and these wheels have to be trued by hand. Special spoke wrenches are needed when there is no room for the traditional key ring or the robot's arm. The old race mechanic could do the job, but with today's young generation it will get more and more difficult to find the skill and the experience to true a perfect high-end wheel to exacting tolerances.





Not entirely true....Here in Malaysia, We true it !!!





That's why Holland Mechanics have built the SMT (SMart Truer). On the SMT, special wheels from 12" to 30" with any number of spokes up to 48 can be trued up to +_ 0.05 mm tolerance. The trick is, that the jig's sensors and computer offer the trueing directives for each nipple and for each trueing round. The operator only has to perform according to the SMT's instructions. The necessary skills are limited to reading the instructions, and giving the tool the required number of turns.

Of course, the SMT can also be used for any other high-end wheel where a high standard of precision is required. That may be the race service of a professional race team, or a small factory of exclusive high-end bicycles. Or it can be an excellent first step in mechanical wheel building in regions where labour is cheap and infrastructure is expensive.
(malaysia labour must be really cheap.....besides its in Segamat, Johor.. things are cheap there..the underground wheelsets too... :)

Spoke stabilizer

Check it out http://www.hollandmechanics.com/2007/pdf/HMToday_10.pdf

Spoke acoustic Analyser?

at Thursday, July 17, 2008 0 comments  

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Road tubeless gaining ground

The two biggest player has already put in their money on tubeless, so did corima and in the near future mavic following suit to Shimano and Campy...with Hutchinson and Michelin on the rubber spectrum.

http://www.roadtubeless.com/


http://www.gotubeless.com/road-tubeless-a-look-at-shimano-dura-ace-hutchinson-combo/


http://www.velonews.com/article/77895


http://www.trifuel.com/product/10639/overview


http://thisjustin.bicycling.com/2007/06/new_mavic_wheel.html









conversion with Stan's no tube road tubeless system.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wdfswl3Apo


Damm, i just got myself a set of tubulars,should have went with this instead..










at Sunday, June 29, 2008 0 comments  

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Campy Ergopower Shimano Sram compatibility ( shimsramnolo )

One of the "integration" project which i have in mind and always wanted to do is an integration of Shimano and Campy ergopower brifters together and having to used them will be quite nice having the precise "clunk" instead of the "click" from the Japaneses counterpart. If it wasn't for the "pull factor" which is different, we could have used a roller pulley that act as a cam to pull more cable but that aint sleek to built up with a campy rear derailleur. With a lil investigation from Zinn http://www.velonews.com/article/73404/can-you-run-campy-shifters-with-a-sram-drivetrain-sure-why and a email back proves the concept that it can be done and might be worthy of an project.As being mention in the article that SRAM having the same width as SHIMANO's cassette , decision is that to use the existing cassette i have lying around.


Taking on the challenge to get it done. And faced some difficulty obtaining the parts as required. Ordered a Sram Force but it wasn't delivered wasted 3 weeks for that. (lost/stolen along the way, freaking pissed over it...) thus order a RIVAL instead which i think can get the job done since its the same and it took another 2 weeks to come. Meanwhile ordered the shifters which took a week to arrive from BIKEPRO.


Now putting it together wasn't as easy as pure pedigree grouppo. This combination require some of the "touch" as both component and its cabling is very much different. Tried for several hours to get it fine tune but the pull isn't the same as for the bottom high 5 to the top low 5 , the increased tension to further tighten the top 5 shifts well but not the other lower 5 ring and vice versa. And usually this is what happens with shimano and campy combi. In a gauge estimate , the top 5 requires more pull thus i had a lil idea to solve it. Finally ending this tuning at 2 am after 4 hours , i had to throw in the towel.

The next day , only way to know if it works is to shift it under pressure, using the Tuesday's nite climb route i expect miss shift or missed down shift but none happened and i am seriously pretty happy it works. Its nice to know after all the frustration , wait , grease and sweat and tired fingers.They preformed flawlessly.

at Wednesday, June 11, 2008 1 comments  

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On a highway to hell....( play air guitar....)

fking cool wheels.....

at Tuesday, April 29, 2008 0 comments  

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Early 90's Tech : UNi Disc


One of the unique product I've encountered is the UNi Disc ( that in the pic aint mine ) but i had a UNI disc back then and it work remarkably simple for a aero wheel.

All you need was your regular 32 spoke wheel and UNI Disc. it works on being a circular tarp with draw string anchored by a round wire frame. Once you tighten the drawstrings it resembles a nylon Frisbee with a hole in a middle. Holding this "Frisbee" is located at the end of each nipple , made of plastic hooks snapping it in hooks this "Frisbee"

And you got a rear disc wheel. which cost 150 ringgit and weighting only 190 grams+- and the sound is amazing. I've used on my mountain bike back then. Cant find it no more mate.

at Thursday, April 17, 2008 0 comments  

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Saddle tuning

Got a cracked Selle Italia SLR Saddle laying around noticed it during spring cleaning, so it got me wondering ...if cheap saddle can be tuned.

Got myself a cheap 230 gram "Velo" saddle with so call TI-Alloy railing





Left: Ti Railing from SLR (45 gram )
Middle : Ti Railing from Flite (79 gram)
Right: Ti Railing from Velo (89 grams)


After some elbow grease, got the railing fitted in and it came to 163 grams.




COST: 100rm + an old slr railing :]

at Tuesday, January 29, 2008 1 comments  

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Psychedelic ride

This guy must be on LSD ....but hey .. who am i to say... it's his poison...

at Friday, November 23, 2007 0 comments  

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