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I finally figured out that an Allen bolt holds the bar-ends to the aerobars. I took the levers off, loosened the bolts and they came off easily. Of course, the front is a standard Light Action shifter, the rear has the loop-switch to change from SIS to friction, common to the time. Here's a...

It looks like someone cut off the top of the post already (no seat rail clamping mechanism), and it's a pseudo-aero seatpost - round tube with a sheet-metal "fairing" to fit the aero seat tube. I may be able to remove the sheet metal and free it up, but I'll wait 'til I get the parts off it. I...

I know I should *never* look at bike stuff on Craigslist, but here we are.... Saw a post on Craigslist here in Tulsa that I kept an eye on for a while, then when the price dropped I decided to go for it. People had a 52cm Cervelo P2K aluminum time trial/triathlon bike that they were selling...

Much better. Still a few aches if I rotate it too much, but the orthopedist says to continue to work on flexibility and range-of-motion and that should clear up. I don't have to wear the sling any longer, either, which is nice.

Finally! Six weeks later, I have a clean(ish) bill of health. Saw the orthopedist yesterday, and he says I'm healing fine. He showed me the x-rays they did yesterday, and you can see a fracture (non-displaced) of the head of the radius in my left forearm. He says that it is calcifying well and...

Let me know what you find out, and we can maybe work a deal.

I see. I shouldn't have said anything, but I had been thinking about a mountain-ish bike.

Would one of the rear shocks you're selling fit this frame?

I thought I'd adjusted the tension as low as it would go, but I did have the bike into the shop to get the stuff corrected after the first crash into the fence. They shouldn't have changed that, but who knows? I'll double-check. I'm healing slowly. Most of the bruising and hematoma/road rash...

It looks like you should be able to loosen the bolts on the rack plate (or whatever the weight-bearing area is called), slide the tongue forward and bolt to the bridge above the cantilever brake. That would rotate the rack backward and level it out. Then tighten all the bolts.

I think I'm developing a mental block about riding. After recovering for a couple of weeks after my last crash, I finally decided to go out for a short, easy ride Saturday afternoon. Wouldn't you know it, I fell off the bike *again*. At least this time I wasn't going fast and didn't hit a...

I took some pictures of the adapter this evening. My hands are pretty shaky sometimes, so I was only able to get a couple sharp pictures. The Adapter in the middle, of course, the crown race and lower bearing cup and cartridge bearing on the left, upper cup and bearing on the right. The other...

One step closer. The Innicycle threadless headset conversion arrived today. It's beautiful bit of engineering. Smaller than I thought, but sturdily-built and not too heavy. I decided not to pull the trigger on the Multisport 800. Turns out it's not a 56, its listed as a 54/55, so I don't know...

I wish. Like many, I have more projects than I have motivation at the moment. Life is like that....

While I was dropping off the R600 to the LBS for a checkover after the contretemps of earlier in the week, I talked to the employee who did my fitting last year and mentioned the Innicycle headset/adapter. He looked at it on the web, viewed the installation video, and seemed to be impressed...

Well, after the crash, I'm going to have to have the LBS assess the bike before I invest money in the innicycle conversion (or anything else). To my unpracticed eye, the frame and folk look okay, but both brakes were rubbing, the left brifter was all knocked askew, and the stem extension and...

No, luckily I was closer. I guess it was only a mile or so home from where I dumped the bike. I wish I could make a custom map to show the route, but that involves a lot of work. North of 129th Street, there's a business complex-like thing where businesses can rent space - exercise, auto...

Oh, boy. When I said I'd get some pictures of my ride along Fry Ditch Trail, I didn't think it would end like it did. I was out for about an hour and 15 minutes, riding fairly slowly and stopping to take pictures. 14.3 miles in, I camer around a descending turn on the trail and a runner popped...

It's more a worry about the stability of the adapter than the sizing of the bike. I'm all weirdly-proportioned (very long torso, very short legs - 5' 10"/1.78m tall, but only a 30"/76.2cm inseam), so when I got the 'dale, the shop owner suggested a 56cm with a 120mm stem extension. At that time...

Hi! Bike fitter I went to last year suggested a few things to improve my bike fit. Some things he did, like adjusting my saddle down and forward a bit. He also made some suggestions for things that could be improved. Since I'm an older guy and not so flexible now, he thinks I should be sitting...