Carbon fiber.
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Count Arthur
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Carbon fibre by the looks of it.
Yep.
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My weekend bike
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Anyone waxing chains? What d'you think?
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It works well if you can do regular maintenance on your bike. On a tour it is not ideal since even the best wax will need some topping up after a couple hundred kilometers. (200-400, depending on the wax)
It did make cleaning a bit easier when the entire bike was covered in a thin layer of sand, clay and dirt. Including the chain.
I lived in a desert area of Canada for years and used wax. It was very good, kept my pants clean of oil and black tarry stuff. It required reapplication via a small paint brush about every 2 weeks. It was a bit noisier than oil and otherwise for a desert environment it worked well by shedding the dirt rather than forming a sludge.
Too much work, altho I do use a paraffin based lube (Boeshield T-9).
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Yeah - just not as often as I should.
It is easier in a group as by the time the crockpot comes up to temp, then doing a few chains, and having a coffee and friends over makes it a monthly task.
The other bike has a belt drive
An updated status of my new bike. Getting there.
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Oh I love the anticipation of building up a new frame. So how do you intend to equip it?
I hope to have a built bike this week.
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Be sure to show it off here when finished.
Just received this update.
So Shimano Dura ace set Di2?
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I just started waxing recently.
It's a bit of a palaver to start with, but it does seem to work quite well and the drivetrain doesn't get as grotty as it does with wet lubes.
I bought a cheap wax melting pot, that's meant for hair removal, and a kit with some paraffin wax beads and some PTFE powder. I also made some "top-up" lube following this guys instructions:
Love a Rossin. Is that them all with 11 speed Centaur? How is it? Considering swopping out 8 speed Chorus on my 90's Colnago for it, as I'd ideally like a lower bottom gear than 39-26. I do like the shifting action on the old Chorus though...
Yes. Shimano Dura-Ace Di2. Even though the manufacturer is Italian and they get you big deal on Italian components, they themselves recommended Shimano, fewer "issues" they said.
Because of my age, I think this will be my last "expensive" bike. I got it built as close to "velo-fool" as I could without crossing the line. Nothing outside of norms. No special trinkets, even though the bike is way over what I "needed". Of course, the arguments here are close to audio regarding spending against returns. I take care of my bikes very well. I have a 20 year old Trek and a 10 year old Pinarello. This will be the first one with disk brakes. I chose these Campy wheels as they allow a wider tire, in my case 30 mm. The new fitting is slightly less demanding as my current one as this was done around 11 years ago and my expected flexibility is unlikely to remain the same.
I brought the Trek to Belgium when we moved from the USA, and it sill rides very well. Rim brakes and aluminum wheels with gator skin tires is "robust" and sort of weather tolerant. But I found riding in Belgium torturous after sunny CA. Also, getting to biking roads from the city is iffy as well, too many tram lines to cross and I am not used to riding in city traffic. Experience was frustrating.
I will get finished pictures this week. The bike is getting shipped home but I won't see it until the end of October when we get home. Bummer.
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I came across this the other day:
I thought the SARTO name was familiar.
It's great that they can build something so unique:
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