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dd5339 Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 526	Re: W.I.B.T. Thread Reply #360 - Jan 1^st, 2014, 7:04pm Both Vicky and I got ADEM headrests for our singles. I might even try mine out tomorrow morning if I can get the spiders evicted off my bike.. Semper Fi
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FlyingLaZBoy Moderator '16 ICE SprintX fs, '16 Rocket, '12 KHS Mocha Posts: 5803	Re: W.I.B.T. Thread Reply #361 - Jan 2^nd, 2014, 8:22am Got Terrie some new chooz at RBM... the ratchet strap broke on her 6-yr-old Specializeds, unrepairable. Got a nice EOY discount...
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Phantom Rider

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Reply #362 - Jan 2^nd, 2014, 9:03pm

Rans Rifle
Kudos to Rat Rider on an excellent build

Mavic Aksium Wheels
Panaracer 700x25 tires
Shimano 105 front Derailer
Shimano XTR rear derailer
Dura Ace Bar End shifters
Sram Apex 50/34 compact double
11/34 10 sp cassette
Tecktro rear brake
Shimano 105 Front brake
Avid SL brake levers
Rans adjustable handle bar
XL Hoagie seat
Terraycle Idler
Easton EC 70 Carbon fork

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FlyingLaZBoy Moderator '16 ICE SprintX fs, '16 Rocket, '12 KHS Mocha Posts: 5803	Re: W.I.B.T. Thread Reply #363 - Jan 4^th, 2014, 8:44am Sweet, nice to have one in the DFW area... my Rocket build should be finished in mid-January.
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rcko rbent member Posts: 99	Re: W.I.B.T. Thread Reply #364 - Jan 4^th, 2014, 2:06pm that's a nice build!!! Congrats!
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Reply #365 - Jan 11^th, 2014, 5:22pm

Today I added the Rans Hoagie seat bag to the rifle, my goodness I believe you could haul a small child in that thing. I am very pleased with the bag size, compartments and mount assembly. Very well designed, my only complaint is there is no slot to bring a tube through for the water bladder that I will be carrying around when it warms up some. One can use the dual zippers to create a slot for the tube but I would much prefer to have one fabricated in the bag itself, this will probably get done before long after I give it some more thought. Seems to me I remember someone already doing that to theirs - fess up please(pics).

also added two water bottle cages to the seat as well.

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Denman

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Reply #366 - Jan 12^th, 2014, 9:44am

Replaced the trigger shifter on Bonnie's FS26 with a Shimano bar end & derailleur. She's one step away from tunnel carpal and with controls generally designed for medium to large sized hands (not that being mounted upside down on trikes doesn't add to the challenge) the bar end seems to be a significant improvement for her.

The DD3 3 position twisty is now mounted at the top of the left bar; the left bar is 4" taller having the extended bar mounted while the right bar is standard length. Front derailleur was removed. Hopefully the top-bottom spread will be wide enough.

I haven't figured out a reliable way to convert a bar end end into a 3 position clicker with 5 mm cable pull yet. I'll wait until we know if the ratio is wide enough, or if we need to extend it. I have a set of SRAM TT500 shifters that have a star wheel cam system that's easy enough to machine new stars for to alter click ranges, so if we end up jumping to a 10 speed cassette & rear derailleur that may be the solution.

One of the reasons I enjoy this trike stuff is it gives me a great outlet to engineer and fabricate solutions!

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rmillay Five Star Member rbent member; go Clowns! Posts: 2179	Re: W.I.B.T. Thread Reply #367 - Jan 13^th, 2014, 9:47am I've never had trouble with an unindexed bar-end shifter for my front derailleur (well, once, but that was because it shifted so easily I hadn't realized it had done it). The derailleur is right in front of you, so you learn to gauge and trim it quickly.
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TXdaveski rbent member Posts: 5	Re: W.I.B.T. Thread Reply #368 - Jan 14^th, 2014, 9:55am Finally found a pair of shoes to fit my big feet, Shimano XC-50 in size 50, at Bicycles Inc. of all places. Cheaper than I could order online! Now I can ride the Eggbeater pedals I got last month. Life is good. I was surprised to find they had bigger sizes, most everyone else has an upper limit of 48.
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Denman

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Reply #369 - Jan 14^th, 2014, 6:43pm

Quote from rmillay on Jan 13^th, 2014, 9:47am:

I've never had trouble with an unindexed bar-end shifter for my front derailleur (well, once, but that was because it shifted so easily I hadn't realized it had done it). The derailleur is right in front of you, so you learn to gauge and trim it quickly.

The 3 position clicker is for the DD3 which is a 3 speed hub. Its something like 5.3 mm cable pull so nothing commercially available fits it. And worse if you don't hit it precisely it likes to jump. For now it works OK with the twisty I've never been one to leave something that just works OK alone.

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Denman rbent member Posts: 350	Re: W.I.B.T. Thread Reply #370 - Jan 18^th, 2014, 7:17pm Took advantage of Performance Bikes sale on wear. Got a pair of $90 Giro helmets for $40, and a pair of shoes for Bonnie at half price.
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rcko

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Reply #371 - Jan 25^th, 2014, 10:16pm

Rans adjustable high racer handle bar.

Pros: very adjustable! Can lengthen and rotate handgrips to achieve desire fit.
Light weight. Has centering and handgrip extensions lenght markings

Cons: very flexible due to thin walled tube used. Stock bacchetta bar though heavier it was more torsionally stiff. I might try fill the inside of the tubes with expanding insulation foam as a way to increase bending/torsion stiffness without increasing the weight.

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FlyingLaZBoy

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Re: W.I.B.T. Thread
Reply #372 - Jan 28^th, 2014, 9:22pm

Quote from rcko on Jan 25^th, 2014, 10:16pm:

Rans adjustable high racer handle bar.

Pros: very adjustable! Can lengthen and rotate handgrips to achieve desire fit.
Light weight. Has centering and handgrip extensions lenght markings

Cons: very flexible due to thin walled tube used. Stock bacchetta bar though heavier it was more torsionally stiff. I might try fill the inside of the tubes with expanding insulation foam as a way to increase bending/torsion stiffness without increasing the weight.

Uhhh, why are you torquing on the bars so much? Just curious...

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FlyingLaZBoy Moderator '16 ICE SprintX fs, '16 Rocket, '12 KHS Mocha Posts: 5803	Re: W.I.B.T. Thread Reply #373 - Jan 28^th, 2014, 9:23pm Bought a new "removable sleeves" windbreaker from the Performance store up in Plano... Discovered they have all their "winter" stuff at 25% off... Win!
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Phantom Rider Five Star Member Posts: 1056	Re: W.I.B.T. Thread Reply #374 - Jan 28^th, 2014, 9:29pm Quote from FlyingLaZBoy on Jan 28^th, 2014, 9:23pm: Bought a new "removable sleeves" windbreaker from the Performance store up in Plano... Discovered they have all their "winter" stuff at 25% off... Win! So what did you get, I've been looking but not at performance......
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