it is finally...
done. i waited about two months for the shifter to come into stock, and it finally came in early this week. and after a few beers, i decided to put it on monday night.
one problem...sram doesn't give clear instructions on how to 'cut down' the length of the cable/housing. their instructions are basically 'put it here'. their method is very different from that of shimano's internal hub. they just run a cable to the hub itself, and attach it to the hub; just like you would with a derailleur. not with sram. they have a not so little do-dad (and yes, that is a technical term) that connects to the hub, and the cable runs in that where then you are able to adjust the tension [this can be seen better in another picture i have up in flickr (follow the link to the right)].
so i began to take this thing apart to fit it properly on the bike, and again after a few good beers (try stone's bitter chocolate oatmeal stout). i pulled the cable out of the (for lack of a better/technical term) adjusting/fitting end, removed it from the gold do-hicky (another technical term), cut the housing to length, and zipped tied the rest; because the adjuster end is way to long to fit properly, at least on the rincon.
the rear brake lever is a little out of alignment with the rest of the handlebar, because of the length of the shifter. no worries.
i took it out the other morning for a test ride, and to take the recyclables to the dumpster, and it road great. it cornered better than i thought, esp. with the basket on the rear. wait till friday when my wife and i have pizza. i picked up a front mounted pizza basket for it too. that will be fun. there will be pictures of that.
amitabha...
one problem...sram doesn't give clear instructions on how to 'cut down' the length of the cable/housing. their instructions are basically 'put it here'. their method is very different from that of shimano's internal hub. they just run a cable to the hub itself, and attach it to the hub; just like you would with a derailleur. not with sram. they have a not so little do-dad (and yes, that is a technical term) that connects to the hub, and the cable runs in that where then you are able to adjust the tension [this can be seen better in another picture i have up in flickr (follow the link to the right)].
so i began to take this thing apart to fit it properly on the bike, and again after a few good beers (try stone's bitter chocolate oatmeal stout). i pulled the cable out of the (for lack of a better/technical term) adjusting/fitting end, removed it from the gold do-hicky (another technical term), cut the housing to length, and zipped tied the rest; because the adjuster end is way to long to fit properly, at least on the rincon.
the rear brake lever is a little out of alignment with the rest of the handlebar, because of the length of the shifter. no worries.
i took it out the other morning for a test ride, and to take the recyclables to the dumpster, and it road great. it cornered better than i thought, esp. with the basket on the rear. wait till friday when my wife and i have pizza. i picked up a front mounted pizza basket for it too. that will be fun. there will be pictures of that.
amitabha...
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Wednesday, August 06, 2008
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