....and that's it, until I get some quality seat time, I promise. (bike
is an '05 Cannondale CX)
Spent the evening obsessively-compulsively looking for install
instructions, etc. on all the various components on my bike to
familiarize myself with what I'm going to need to do to get it in the
shape I want it. (you think that's bad, you should see how I restore a
car. It gets silly. Just accept that that's the way I am and let's
move on.) The brake situation is under control, I've already got some
cantis on the way (love the internet!) picked up some new brake cables
at LBS on the way home from work.
Questions:
1) pedals - I still need 'em. Is clipless the way to go? I've never
ridden with them, are they worth the investment? LBS seems to think so,
as I think they may have had one or two platform/clip type pedals...
I'll just throw some junkers on there to get it out and about, but I'm
used to riding with clips, and let's be honest, I look like a fred
enough as it is without riding a halfway decent bike with [censored] pedals 🙂
2) For the first time, I think I may have inadvertantly screwed up, or
at least made a purchase that might not be as good as it was cracked up
to be. I thought I'd inspected the bike fairly well before flashing any
green, but while playing with it after I got it home I noticed a little
squeak when rotating the crank backwards. Figured "no big deal, I'll
just slap a new bottom bracket in there. Done." A little more OCD
style research turns up the news that the overwhelming opinion seems to
be that ISIS BB's all suck. This is bad news to me as I have not one
but two cranksets, both Truvativ, both ISIS. What's your call - slap
another gigapipe in there and hope for the best, or swap to...? I'm
trying to keep the expenditures to a minimum, I know that sounds silly
after dropping a couple hundred bucks on a new bike that I technically
didn't need (but am sure I'll enjoy riding) but I've also got a couple
other toys awaiting my attention (and cash infusions...) like the house,
car, etc...
thanks again
nate
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