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Setting up my bike for hill training!
May 3rd, 2009, 3:19pm
 
First step for training is pf course to put on your ~20 spoke racing wheels.
Setup with no return idler to save a few precious grams.

 
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Carry your 4.5 lb without tubes/tires rando wheels as a spare on your seat bag for when you taco your race wheels.
Carry spares tubes and tires because tacoing wheels tend to ruin them. Probably would have been better to have them premounted on the spare wheels for quick changes Smiley
Figure you need more weight so go to ***mart and put half a gallon of milk, 5 15 oz odwallas and a few other things completely filling the aerotrunk to the brim.
Oh and then you have to Carry a 5lbs lock to protect your spiffy wheels while in the store/
Head over to a really steep hill and just power up it a few times.
Go home and drink some odwalla  Smiley
 
The hill climbing monster:

 
Total bike when as pictured above.
70.5 lbs  Smiley
Total weight of same model tested by BROL 35lbs.
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Re: Setting up my bike for hill training!
Reply #1 - May 3rd, 2009, 5:13pm
 
there is something deeply wrong with you.   Smiley
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Reply #2 - May 3rd, 2009, 7:48pm
 
Quote from aikigreg on May 3rd, 2009, 5:13pm:
there is something deeply wrong with you.   Smiley

What me? Who wouldn't love an ice cold
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Re: Setting up my bike for hill training!
Reply #3 - May 3rd, 2009, 7:51pm
 
what? no ice chest to keep the milk cool!  come on man! Grin
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Reply #4 - May 3rd, 2009, 8:01pm
 
No ice chest but I do have a reflectix sleeve in the front panel where I put the milk and I usually keep the water bladders in the summer. It keeps the water ice cold and after a couple hours I still actually have ice in there so works great for short grocery trips.
I probably will have dual ice chests mounted on my xtracycle for the big shopping days and if I can find another avid rollamajig for the local ride next weekend. Now that'll be some tough hill climbing for sure.
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Re: Setting up my bike for hill training!
Reply #5 - May 5th, 2009, 11:20am
 
I'm a little surprised you're not encountering spoke problems....  Why not stay with the bombproof wheels, just for peace of mind?
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Reply #6 - May 5th, 2009, 12:32pm
 
Well that whole story would actually be
-Months ago washed the bike with soap/degreaser/water and lost tension in spokes all over
-Tensionmeter won't fit because spokes are too short
-Tightened by tone which I suck at which eliminated all but spoke ticking noise under power
-Finally fed up with it so switched wheels and took them to a pro
-Bike shop took a look and said they couldn't do better then I did and to just try lubing the nipples and crosses. Next step would be rebuild since they are unlaced and should be laced.
 
I put my "race" wheels on to get to/from the store thinking I'd leave my bombproof ones. On the way home went to ***mart and then hit some hills which with the added weight made for some good hill training. Carrying the bike up 3 steps into the house was alot harder then pedaling up the hills!
 
The only reason I have those ~20 spokers at all is the previous owner got them thinking they'd speed him up over the 4.5 lbs bombers. I have commuted on the low spoke wheels before and did that 330lbs test run with them this weekend and they faired really well. I don't feel confident to run them without a sag, at high speeds or to lean hard in turns so they will be off the bike before I commute tommorow.
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Reply #7 - May 5th, 2009, 2:02pm
 
Those should be your wife's wheels...
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Reply #8 - May 5th, 2009, 3:09pm
 
Quote from Bud_Bent on May 5th, 2009, 2:02pm:
Those should be your wife's wheels...

 
Yeah unfortunately she has dual drive and discs front and rear so we can't share  Sad
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Reply #9 - May 5th, 2009, 7:12pm
 
Quote from evblazer on May 5th, 2009, 3:09pm:
Quote from Bud_Bent on May 5th, 2009, 2:02pm:
Those should be your wife's wheels...


Yeah unfortunately she has dual drive and discs front and rear so we can't share  Sad

 
Pardon me, I meant that should be your wife's bike.
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Reply #10 - May 5th, 2009, 7:22pm
 
Here's some heavy hauling -- 160 pounds of salt!!!
 
http://www.ransbikes.com/ITR77.htm
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Reply #11 - May 5th, 2009, 8:39pm
 
Quote from Bud_Bent on May 5th, 2009, 7:12pm:

Pardon me, I meant that should be your wife's bike.

I think that might be consider abuse by some  Smiley
 
Stripped down to nothing my bike would still weigh more then hers in rando mode.

 
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