Busy week
Had a busy week and it's not even over yet :)
Sat - Hot as hell club ride. It was going to be a century but ended up around 80miles, it was too hot, we decided to cut the end off instead of suffering.
Spent Sun-Mon drilling walls, crawling around under the house laying my 4th(!!) ethernet cable in the living room. It is supposed to be used as a inwall usb cable for the soundcard for the TV computer. Unfortunately my passive usb2ethernet dongle didnt work with that particular computer and that particular cable run. Going to try with an active usb thingy next. This is frustrating because other computers work fine in that situation as do other cables. Still, had more fun than I expected laying down this cable. I spent a few weeks planning this. Was amazing to see everything go according to plan, especially given how hot it was while I was working.
Carbon Tub
On Tuesday my spokes arrived =D. I love danscomp. I spent Tue-Wed building up my carbon wheel. Contrary to internet wisdom, building up the carbon wheel was the easiest wheel-build ever. The rim just did not fight me with funny kinks and unevenness like a typical aluminum rim.
I wanted a strong wheel, since no factory wheels fit my budget + fatass-surviving requirements(without being some sluggish Ultegra/OpenPro combo). I chose to lace the 50mm rim to a duraace hub(for some reason there was a shitstorm of cheap duraace hubs last month, price dropped from $200 to $60). I was amused that I beat shimano at their game. My rear wheel cost <$250 has 8more spokes and weighs 10g less than the equivalent Shimano wheel(note the price difference).
Thursday
Today I'm kinda burned out. Hot weather means I'm not sleeping as long as I would like. The biggest event of the day was that I got a second tubular flat of my life while riding to the dentist. I didn't put in enough sealant :(. Once I got home I put in 7ml of Stans's sealant and the tire fixed itself :) Spent the rest of the day with fun activities ranging from swapping cassettes on various bikes to laying down initial tubular glue layers on the cf tub.
I'm gonna take it easy tommorrow. I think on Saturday I'll do a ride across town to restock my supplies of salo.
Sat - Hot as hell club ride. It was going to be a century but ended up around 80miles, it was too hot, we decided to cut the end off instead of suffering.
Spent Sun-Mon drilling walls, crawling around under the house laying my 4th(!!) ethernet cable in the living room. It is supposed to be used as a inwall usb cable for the soundcard for the TV computer. Unfortunately my passive usb2ethernet dongle didnt work with that particular computer and that particular cable run. Going to try with an active usb thingy next. This is frustrating because other computers work fine in that situation as do other cables. Still, had more fun than I expected laying down this cable. I spent a few weeks planning this. Was amazing to see everything go according to plan, especially given how hot it was while I was working.
Carbon Tub
On Tuesday my spokes arrived =D. I love danscomp. I spent Tue-Wed building up my carbon wheel. Contrary to internet wisdom, building up the carbon wheel was the easiest wheel-build ever. The rim just did not fight me with funny kinks and unevenness like a typical aluminum rim.
I wanted a strong wheel, since no factory wheels fit my budget + fatass-surviving requirements(without being some sluggish Ultegra/OpenPro combo). I chose to lace the 50mm rim to a duraace hub(for some reason there was a shitstorm of cheap duraace hubs last month, price dropped from $200 to $60). I was amused that I beat shimano at their game. My rear wheel cost <$250 has 8more spokes and weighs 10g less than the equivalent Shimano wheel(note the price difference).
Thursday
Today I'm kinda burned out. Hot weather means I'm not sleeping as long as I would like. The biggest event of the day was that I got a second tubular flat of my life while riding to the dentist. I didn't put in enough sealant :(. Once I got home I put in 7ml of Stans's sealant and the tire fixed itself :) Spent the rest of the day with fun activities ranging from swapping cassettes on various bikes to laying down initial tubular glue layers on the cf tub.
I'm gonna take it easy tommorrow. I think on Saturday I'll do a ride across town to restock my supplies of salo.