Bike Building

The Specs

Posted on 13th April 201114th April 2011 by jdkrabbe

I weighed in today at 17.18 lbs. This was the weight with race wheels but no powermeter. I can get below 17 lbs with the acquisition of a new seat. Frameset : 61cm Aerocat R509 – 2010 vintage Fork : Aerocat R509 with tapered carbon steerer Crank : 53/39 FSA-SLK Light with Quarq Cinquo (175mm) […]

Black and White

Posted on 12th April 201112th April 2011 by jdkrabbe

The facts are just black and white… …that black and white bikes are the best looking bikes.

Cabled and taped

Posted on 8th March 201120th March 2011 by jdkrabbe

The bike has been cabled and taped: The Quarq is currently in the possession of FedEx and should arrive Wednesday. Carbon wheels are backordered until April. Tubular tyres are currently in the mail from ProBikeKit.

The Bearings Arrived!

Posted on 23rd February 2011 by jdkrabbe

The bearings for my BB30 bottom bracket arrived today. That was the main thing preventing me from getting this bike built. I mounted them up and slapped on a few components. I’ll do the cabling this weekend and post final photos of the preliminary build. This is basically what it will look like, plus some […]

Hardcore TT bike

Posted on 22nd February 2011 by jdkrabbe

I updated the graphics on my disc and TT helmet for the 2011 season (and beyond) with the logo from the Hardcore bike shop in Edmonton. < rant > Before you comment telling me that I need to angle my aerobars down a bit more to get my forearms to be level because you think […]

A new chariot for my horsepower

Posted on 26th November 20101st January 2020 by jdkrabbe

I’ve been thinking about another road bike since early 2009. That year at the Pigeon Lake Road Race, which I went on to win with Stefan [race report] I could really tell that the bottom bracket of my aluminum Cervelo Dual was swaying back and forth pretty seriously when I was laying down the watts. […]

Making a fast bike faster

Posted on 29th June 20094th January 2011 by jdkrabbe

The accumulated intelligence of the triathlon community has not come to very good conclusions regarding where on your bike is the most aerodynamic place to carry your water bottles. This is no secret and if you read enough articles from enough varied sources and try to determine where the smartest people tell you to carry […]

Cadence and Cassette

Posted on 5th March 20081st January 2020 by jdkrabbe

The weekend rolled by and I did swing through the bike shop to finally finish the conversion project that began back in November. My bike was set up for triathlon racing and wasn’t particularly conducive to the kind of riding I’m anticipating this summer. It started with a handlebars and brakes swap and is now […]

Race Wheels

Posted on 16th January 20081st January 2020 by jdkrabbe

A friend from triathlon club was doing a purge of his pantry from bike gear he decided he no longer needed to hold on to. I would agree that his house was overflowing with bike stuff and because I can still turn around in my room and don’t yet have enough biking clothes to do […]

BikeSwap

Posted on 3rd December 20074th January 2011 by jdkrabbe

The Cervélo went into the bike shop this afternoon for an overhaul in advance of the big ride next summer. The parts I ordered came in from out of town and I got the call to drop it off for the changeover, it should be back in a couple days a rather different bicycle. Bullhorns […]