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Mayo drills

Ronald · 2004-06-16T13:02:36+00:00

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Published: 16 June 2004
Last activity: 17 June 2004
Original author: Ronald
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Topics: Downtube shifters Folding bikes

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Ronald
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16 June 2004, 13:02 UTC #1

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Sonarrat
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16 June 2004, 14:02 UTC #2

"Ronald" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Drilling is back!
cyclingnews.comtech.php
bikes/euskaltel_orbea/mayo_ventoux21
cyclingnews.comtech.php
bikes/euskaltel_orbea/mayo_ventoux22
The thing looks like a mountain bike too, with an apparent
similarity to my old Diamondback... the front end is much
lower of course...
-Sonarrat.

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Evan Evans
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16 June 2004, 18:30 UTC #3

"Sonarrat" <[email hidden]..> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...
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"Ronald" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Drilling is back!
cyclingnews.comtech.php
robikes/euskaltel_orbea/mayo_ventoux21
cyclingnews.comtech.php
robikes/euskaltel_orbea/mayo_ventoux22
The thing looks like a mountain bike too, with an apparent
similarity to my old Diamondback... the front end is much
lower of course...
-Sonarrat.
The Zeus returns!

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Ronaldo Jeremia
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16 June 2004, 21:16 UTC #4

"Sonarrat" <[email hidden]..> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...
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"Ronald" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Drilling is back!
If you're gonna bother to drill out those tiny bits, you
might as well take the handlebar tape off while you're at
it, not to mention switching to a downtube shifter for
the front.
-RJ

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Evan Evans
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16 June 2004, 22:18 UTC #5

That's one of the coolest bikes to come down the pike in
awile. Its customized...

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Howard Kveck
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17 June 2004, 01:30 UTC #6

In article <[email hidden]>,
(Ronaldo Jeremiah) said:
"Sonarrat" <[email hidden]..> wrote in message
news:<[email hidden]>...
Quoted message said:
"Ronald" <[email hidden]> wrote in
message "]news:[email hidden]...
Drilling is back!
If you're gonna bother to drill out those tiny bits, you
might as well take the handlebar tape off while you're at
it, not to mention switching to a downtube shifter for
the front.
-RJ
It isn't just that they drilled out tiny bits, they
didn't put the holes that close together or make them
very big. The weight savings might be a few grams. Same
for the holes in the brake levers. If someone was to ask
me to get obsessive about trimming weight off a bike like
that, I'd machine a channel around the back of the cage
bits. But the goofy thing about it is that the bike has
Ksyriums on - not exactly the lightest wheel around. (At
least take the stickers off the wheels.)
That rear triangle is pretty damn tight: <cyc-cyc-
lingnews.com/tech.php?id=photos/2004/tech/probikes/euska-
ltel_ orbea/mayo_ventoux16>
I don't have to switch to a down tube front shifter.
--
tanx, Howard
"Copper will never be gold" Shellac
remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

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Richard Adams
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17 June 2004, 02:01 UTC #7

Howard Kveck said:
In article
<[email hidden]>,
(Ronaldo Jeremiah) said:
"Sonarrat" <[email hidden]..> wrote in message
news:<[email hidden]>...
Quoted message said:
"Ronald" <[email hidden]> wrote in
message "]news:[email hidden]...
Drilling is back!
If you're gonna bother to drill out those tiny bits, you
might as well take the handlebar tape off while you're at
it, not to mention switching to a downtube shifter for
the front.
-RJ
It isn't just that they drilled out tiny bits, they
didn't put the holes that close together or make them
very big. The weight savings might be a few grams. Same
for the holes in the brake levers. If someone was to
ask me to get obsessive about trimming weight off a
bike like that, I'd machine a channel around the back
of the cage bits. But the goofy thing about it is that
the bike has Ksyriums on - not exactly the lightest
wheel around. (At least take the stickers off the
wheels.)
That rear triangle is pretty damn tight: <c-c-
yclingnews.com/tech.php?id=photos/2004/tech/probikes/e-
uskaltel_ orbea/mayo_ventoux16>
I don't have to switch to a down tube front shifter.
I've got a friend who did the drill on his mountain
bike, anywhere he could. It had more holes than a screen
door. I did wonder a bit whether all those holes might
affect aerodynamics, but that's not very important on a
mountain bike.

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Sonarrat
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17 June 2004, 03:30 UTC #8

It's just like those Civics you see buzzing around every
suburban street with big rims and exhaust pipes. It doesn't
do much for performance. But the difference is that if you
think your bicycle is fast, then it IS fast, because you are
powering it...
-Sonarrat.

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Evan Evans
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17 June 2004, 06:17 UTC #9

[email hidden] (Ronaldo Jeremiah) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...
Quoted message said:
"Sonarrat" <[email hidden]..> wrote in message
news:<[email hidden]>...
Quoted message said:
"Ronald" <[email hidden]> wrote in
message "]news:[email hidden]...
Drilling is back!
If you're gonna bother to drill out those tiny bits, you
might as well take the handlebar tape off while you're at
it, not to mention switching to a downtube shifter for
the front.
-RJ

As stated in the artical the bike is at the uci minimum. No
need to do anything more. the drilling was just to put the
bike on the min.

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Ewoud Dronkert
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17 June 2004, 10:01 UTC #10

Richard Adams said:
I've got a friend who did the drill on his mountain bike,
anywhere he could. It had more holes than a screen door.
This the one?
home.quicknet.nlwilbike.jpg

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Robert Chung
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17 June 2004, 11:01 UTC #11

Ewoud Dronkert said:
Richard Adams said:
I've got a friend who did the drill on his mountain bike,
anywhere he could. It had more holes than a screen door.
This the one? home.quicknet.nlim
ages/wilbike.jpg
anonymous.coward.free.frdrilled.jpg

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Richard Adams
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17 June 2004, 14:16 UTC #12

Ewoud Dronkert said:
Richard Adams said:
I've got a friend who did the drill on his mountain bike,
anywhere he could. It had more holes than a screen door.
This the one? home.quicknet.nlim
ages/wilbike.jpg
Cool! A folding bike!

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Richard Adams
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17 June 2004, 17:08 UTC #13

"Robert Chung" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...
Quoted message said:
Ewoud Dronkert said:
Richard Adams said:
I've got a friend who did the drill on his mountain
bike, anywhere he could. It had more holes than a
screen door.
This the one? home.quicknet.nlhome.quicknet.nl
images/wilbike.jpg
anonymous.coward.free.frdrilled.jpg
Is that a dentist's bike?
I wonder how heavy the rider is. Seems like that single tube
would flex a lot.

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