Installing the brake pads on campy bike

Wheels of Happiness

Rizal Philippines

4.09.2021

Because of economizing on brake pads (I lost the two pads before - wrong installation?) I used SRAM swiss stop which may be too hard on the carbon rim.  Result - ruined rims at the back wheel - Bora

It costs me a fortune to have the carbon repair.  According the shop, there were 3 places were the wheelset was crooked.   (Result of the MC collision at Mabalacat last year)

This post inquired from Sir VM this spare brake pad and he sent me two sets (of 4 pads each) and this must cost a fortune.   

This post finished the installation under two hours.     VM warned me it would take herculean effort to install this.  But I sprayed alcohol and detergent and this was no problem.   

Similarity of bike frame geometry across the brand, and universal shapes and hubs make for easy carbon fiber manufacture

Wheels of Happiness

Rizal Philippines
April 6, 2018

After studying the website of Awstbike, there are several things I noticed.

1. The options for the manufacture are

    1.  Rim width
    2.  Rim height:   25, 38mm    50 mm, 60 mm, 80 mm and 90 mm
    3.  Rim material:   carbon or alloy;
    4.  Hubset:   Novatec 271, Novatec 291,  Carbon ceramic,  Carbon R36, DT 240, 350
    5. Spokes -  J or straight pull
    6.  V shaped or U shaped

    And then the  paint job varies:   Zipp, Campagnolo, Durace, Enve, FF, S80, Roval

   

The wheelset price is pegged at $300.00++ per, and the hub variation makes for increase in price rim height.  A carbon ceramic hub might weigh 300 grams, a Novatec hub, 400+ grams  A carbon hub can cause price to jump by $100.00 per set

       
2.  For the frameset, there seems to be a universal, common design, and paint job is all that matters to
     the buyer.

    Say Bianchi and S works

                                                     S works

                                          Cipollini

            Notice similarity in fork shape and curvature for the rear wheel (both are BB 30 shell) and the seat seat tube shape.  Note the curve of top tube especially near the seat tube - same...

Installation of headset using forks with carbon steerer

Wheels of Happiness

Rizal Philippines
February 11, 2017

Using flower or star fangled nut in the steerer fork made of carbon is not an option. You have to use an aluminium compression bung costing about P500.00++ to do the job.  Here is how to install or remove it:

Nice expensive Bianchi Carbon bike seen today at Simples Lugawan

Wheels of Happiness

Rizal Philippines
December 22, 2017


Bianchi Qaltre

Bianchi Philippines at Facebook

Celeste Cycles PH

This post biked today up to Pililla (KM 58). I stopped at Maybancal (near the horse with no name statue) and had sopas  and two kuntsitas.  As I prepared to leave, I saw a 40sh mayaman looking RB with a Bianchi and it was x4.   And that would be about P200,000+ for frame alone. (3,100 pounds  x 70 =  217,000  The write up on the bike and what  the gentleman claimed matched.

I have dropped all plans of  buying a new bike, and rid myself of upgraditis. I concentrated on riding on practicing the engine. There is no more possibility of riding faster.

But given the chance, I would like to own even an Oltre xr3.   (Mga  P163t, but P146 on sale)   Hehe di masamang magdream.  Or even full carbon intrepida.

The Oltre XR4 is available in various different builds. These are they:

Campagnolo

• Super Record EPS (£9,500)

• Super Record mechanical (£7,500)

• Chorus mechanical (£4,700)

Advantage of the the Shimano SPD 5800 105 pedal

Wheels of Happiness

Rizal Philippines
October 27, 2015

Hi welcome to Jorgeusbiker blog. I have not been posting here very often. I post the short notes at FB Jorgeusbiker Pages.

I will write about the SPD 5800 105 pedal I bought from Sean Sisik.  Aside from being light, the advantage that I saw are:

1.  It is wide and therefore less taxing for the shoes and legs when pedalling,

2.  There is much wider clearance between the pedal and the crank, hence there is no rubbing between the shoes and the crank.  The rubbing results in:   ugly shades of crank paint on the shoes and vice versa.  I think I had a good buy although I dud not bargain hard enough with Sean kasi student.

Exustar Keo Carbon Ti Pedals

Wheels of Happiness

From Merlin Cycles

From Bike Discount



Jun Francisco showed off his Exustar Keo Carbon Ti Pedals which set him back by P6,700.00 which he bought from a  bike shop in  Antipolo City.  It is available at Marauders, owned by Mike HInd, an American from Arizona.  He ride a  mountain bike.  It is located at ML Quezon Avenue at Mahabang Parang, after Maia Alta, before Mission Hills.   Their contact numbers are

    02 650 2930

    0905 666 5608

I bought the pedal today, November 10, 2014.  Mike and company biked to Boso boso Antipolo so I had to wait for a while, and he gave me a 3.5% discount for the pedal (which comes with the cleats) and 6 sets of SS cables and missing link.

The specs are impressive, although the pedals are limited to riders 85 kg in weight.  But each weigh 88 grams.  That is very light.

We must invest in parts that lessen fatigue on the drive train like shoes and cleats



Here are the specs:

EXUSTAR Pedals E-PR200CKTi Titan Carbon – Exustar

The 200 series has a larger surface/cleat contact area ensuring greater power and stability. The wider body also enables easier cleat engagement. The SR200 features a weather and dust resistant closed mechanism, a tension gauge and is available in a wide range of material configurations.

• Extremely lightweight 
• Injected carbon fiber body & binding, tension adjustable
• Tension gauge Body Injected carbon fiber
• Axle CNC-machined titanium axle, DLC coated (cartridge)
• Bearings LSL bushing & sealed
• Cleats E-ARC11 
• Size: 86 x 89 mm 
• Weight: 176 gr / pair
• Max. rider weight: 85 Kg

New wheelset for the Fuji Bike - now a complete expensive bike

Wheels of Happiness

                               Bike guapo


Angono, Rizal, Philippines  |  February 23, 2014

The Fuji bikes now has now  Cosmic aero wheelset.   I bought it on credit at 1/2 of its original price.  It looks guapo.  However, when I tried this for Antipolo Teresa ride, it had "sometimes"  When ever I ran over a bump, it would squeak.  I tried to oil the hub (the front hub)  it disappeared for  a while, from Morong to Binangonan.  But at convention hall of Binangonan, the squeaking (like the bearing was seizing) returned.  I put WD 40 when I got home.  Or maybe I would put some grease.  I hope that disturbing noise disappear.

But the bike looks guapo and now is drawing comments, as when I was at the Antipolo church.