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Post by dgaddis1 on Dec 15, 2013 12:31:02 GMT -5
This was a super fun ride. 54 miles starting/finishing in downtown Columbia, 22 miles of dirt. There was dirt, sand, mud, a few crashes/falls and some pouring down rain for a little while. I had a great time and will be back if they do it again! Getting ready to roll. Regrouping somewhere in the first dirt section. Rollin' Pit stop about the halfway point. Wooglin was there! That single speed "Huffy" was a pretty cool ride. Ross and I were the only Augusta folks in attendance, hopefully more next year. More dirt This guy's fender didn't make it. He lost it before the day was over. And then the rain came. It didn't rain that long, but it did rain hard. Foot deep sand is no good. Along the river. This boardwalk was insanely slick, and took two guys out. I almost fell while walking on it. More from the riverwalk trail. With all the dirt, mud, rain, and especially sand - rims took a beating. This afternoon will be spent tearing this thing down and giving it a good cleaning.
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Post by kconner on Dec 15, 2013 16:50:37 GMT -5
Looks like a fun ride, even with rain and mud. I'd like to give this a try next year possibly.
Maybe time to upgrade to some disc brakes, eh?
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Post by dgaddis1 on Dec 15, 2013 20:45:09 GMT -5
Looks like a fun ride, even with rain and mud. I'd like to give this a try next year possibly. Maybe time to upgrade to some disc brakes, eh? Shimano recalled their mechanical road discs a few weeks back. SRAM just recalled all of their hydro road brakes, disc and rim. TRP is recalling their Spyre (sp?) mechanical road discs. Ross had some issues with his brand new disc CX bike at this ride. Road discs have yet to hit the prime time, except for maybe Shimano's hydros, but those are only available if you have Di2. Which means $$$$$$. And there aren't that many folks actually using them just yet, so the jury is still out.
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Post by kconner on Dec 15, 2013 22:36:03 GMT -5
I knew that road discs are still new, but I hadn't heard of all the recalls. What seem to be the issues?
I still haven't put huge miles on my CX bike, but I've been happy with my BB5s. I actually just moved my BB7s over to the CX bike for more adjustability, but haven't ridden them yet. I'd like to get my hands on a set of road hydros for a test ride, but I guess that'll have to wait.
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Post by dgaddis1 on Dec 16, 2013 7:50:57 GMT -5
I knew that road discs are still new, but I hadn't heard of all the recalls. What seem to be the issues? I still haven't put huge miles on my CX bike, but I've been happy with my BB5s. I actually just moved my BB7s over to the CX bike for more adjustability, but haven't ridden them yet. I'd like to get my hands on a set of road hydros for a test ride, but I guess that'll have to wait. With the Shimano's I don't remember the issue...but it was resolved fairly quickly. The TRP's it's an adjustment issue, if you set them up wrong it can cause them to not work properly, so they're going to add a stop to keep people from setting them up wrong. The SRAM hydro's had issues at some of the super cold CX races across the country lately, when it's cold enough the seals quit working. The biggest overall issue with mechanical discs is that the pads don't adjust in on their own like hydro's do, and CX racers seem to go through pads VERY quickly in nasty conditions. (like a politican goes through hookers in Vegas as someone said on Facebook haha). So once the pads wear down, since they don't adjust in on their own, you've got less/no braking power. I think this is the issue Ross ran into on Saturday, that sand is gritty and does bad things to pads. Supposedly solid rotors (without holes in the braking surface) work better. Why is it an issue with CX bikes and not MTBs, which also get used in nasty conditions? I dunno. But it does seem like the narrow CX tires end up putting more crap on the brakes than the wider MTB tires. I mean, look how much sand I got on this hub...I don't recall ever getting that much crap on a the hub of a MTB.
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Post by kconner on Dec 16, 2013 10:37:02 GMT -5
Why is it an issue with CX bikes and not MTBs, which also get used in nasty conditions? I dunno. But it does seem like the narrow CX tires end up putting more crap on the brakes than the wider MTB tires. I mean, look how much sand I got on this hub...I don't recall ever getting that much crap on a the hub of a MTB. Maybe CX rides tend to be nastier? I mean, how often do you ride a MTB in similar conditions as what you rode Saturday (other than the Snake )? My point is that CX races/rides tend to go on no matter the conditions, whereas MTB rides tend to be in more favorable conditions, so maybe MTB brakes don't wear slower, they're just not used in bad conditions less often. It would be interesting to get some more insight for sure. The nastiest ride I've done was when I was working my part time job. We worked an event on the canal towpath, and it rained (downpour) before and during the event. Long story short, I ended up completely covered in sand/mud, and our white/black bikes were a nice shade of tan/red clay. I doubt it has anything to do with tires (even though our MTBs have semi slick tires) and more to do with generally sub-par conditions.
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Post by wooglin on Jan 6, 2014 17:39:16 GMT -5
That was a fun day. Good pics Dustin. And good to see some CSRA folks over here.
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