Here's an alternate way down from the Crest. It's not as blocky and steep as Silver Creek and is more flowing.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Crest II
Here's an alternate way down from the Crest. It's not as blocky and steep as Silver Creek and is more flowing.
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Happiness By the Pound
Hotchkiss cherries showed up at the farmer's market today. It doesn't take much more than that to make me very happy.
Here's some more homegrown goodness. I crashed and broke the tab that holds my brake lever to the reservoir body. The shop called Shimano to get a replacement and they don't stock the parts. Shame on Shimano, not only does the M575 provide weak power and no modulation, you can't get parts. Are they trying to create a throw-away product? I showed Anton and I could sense the wheels turning in his head. He took a hacksaw and notched the body, looped a wire around the lever to hold the lever bushing in the correct position, and then made a groove in the bar side of the clamp to pass the wire through for the right pull angle and so the clamp can sit flush on the bar. Brilliant! It was supposed to get me a couple of days until I could order a new assembly from a shop in New Hampshire, but I figure if it can survive 5,000 feet of descending on the Crest I'm going to just continue to roll with it.
[Update: Shimano sent a new lever assembly about 2-3 weeks after this. Thanks, Shimano. I'm still riding the wired lever that Anton fixed as it works just as well and am waiting until I need a brake bleed to install the new one]
Speaking of the Crest...I finally rode it yesterday. It's a pretty amazing ride with some big scenery and big descents. But I was surprised to be climbing on single track and descending on double track and fire roads. Something about it feels very backwards. I think there are endless opportunities though to turn that single track to downhill - a 6-10 mile out and back from the tram; or a ride up Marshall Pass road to link up with the Silver Creek section; or just bomb down Fooses or Greens from the top. Any thoughts, ideas, or experiences?
Here's some more homegrown goodness. I crashed and broke the tab that holds my brake lever to the reservoir body. The shop called Shimano to get a replacement and they don't stock the parts. Shame on Shimano, not only does the M575 provide weak power and no modulation, you can't get parts. Are they trying to create a throw-away product? I showed Anton and I could sense the wheels turning in his head. He took a hacksaw and notched the body, looped a wire around the lever to hold the lever bushing in the correct position, and then made a groove in the bar side of the clamp to pass the wire through for the right pull angle and so the clamp can sit flush on the bar. Brilliant! It was supposed to get me a couple of days until I could order a new assembly from a shop in New Hampshire, but I figure if it can survive 5,000 feet of descending on the Crest I'm going to just continue to roll with it.
[Update: Shimano sent a new lever assembly about 2-3 weeks after this. Thanks, Shimano. I'm still riding the wired lever that Anton fixed as it works just as well and am waiting until I need a brake bleed to install the new one]
Speaking of the Crest...I finally rode it yesterday. It's a pretty amazing ride with some big scenery and big descents. But I was surprised to be climbing on single track and descending on double track and fire roads. Something about it feels very backwards. I think there are endless opportunities though to turn that single track to downhill - a 6-10 mile out and back from the tram; or a ride up Marshall Pass road to link up with the Silver Creek section; or just bomb down Fooses or Greens from the top. Any thoughts, ideas, or experiences?
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