Wheels of Happiness
Angono, Rizal Philippines
November 12, 2015
I changed the gears of my bike from 12x 28 to 11 x 36, and the chain rings to triplet (from 53 x 39 to 44, 32, and 22) I changed my changer to 105 triplet. However, I noticed the gears to be uneven and noisy with the changers.The inner guide of the changer would rub with the chain.
So I decided to:
1. Use only two chain rings of the triplet: the 44 and the 32 since I am not using the 22 any way (come Mt. Province and other rides, I would use them again. But for now, I would be happy with just two chain rings.
2. Re install the 12 x 28 cogs for smoother gear changes.
I was able to change these gears in a jiffy. Tomorrow, let me see how the gears work.
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Thursday, November 12, 2015
Sunday, July 19, 2015
Upgrading the road bike into a Hill Climber
Wheels of Happiness
Rizal Philippines July 18, 2015
The challenges of the Mt Province, Sagada and Banawe climb made me rethink and retooling myself to handle such difficult climb and I started reading researching about hill climbers bike. So the alternatives are:
1. Shift to an MTB, comes with a triplet and maybe an 11 to 36 gear (Shimano SLX or XT) This will be set you back by P20t.
2. Buy a new crank with low gear preferably a triplet (I bought a Deore tirplet before 44 32, 22) precisely to hone up my climbing skills at Mahabang Parang (going to Antipolo) I had one this all ready. I spent P650 for a Shimano MTB bottom bracket outfitted to my Sars Bike. The mechanic mentioned he could not make the 44 work. Fortunately for me I did. However, only two chainrings work because the STI for the rear has only 3 stops. (However I learned that the Sora had 3 stops
3. Buy the 105 ten speed 11 32 with long cage RD (this will se me back by P3,800. 2t for the RD and P1.8 t for the gears.
Rizal Philippines July 18, 2015
The challenges of the Mt Province, Sagada and Banawe climb made me rethink and retooling myself to handle such difficult climb and I started reading researching about hill climbers bike. So the alternatives are:
1. Shift to an MTB, comes with a triplet and maybe an 11 to 36 gear (Shimano SLX or XT) This will be set you back by P20t.
2. Buy a new crank with low gear preferably a triplet (I bought a Deore tirplet before 44 32, 22) precisely to hone up my climbing skills at Mahabang Parang (going to Antipolo) I had one this all ready. I spent P650 for a Shimano MTB bottom bracket outfitted to my Sars Bike. The mechanic mentioned he could not make the 44 work. Fortunately for me I did. However, only two chainrings work because the STI for the rear has only 3 stops. (However I learned that the Sora had 3 stops
3. Buy the 105 ten speed 11 32 with long cage RD (this will se me back by P3,800. 2t for the RD and P1.8 t for the gears.
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