Ways to Build a Surly Cross Check
Nice write up on a great bike, and lots of photos of modification.
Nice blog too.
credit: Eric Daume
credit: Dylan VanWeelden
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Plain aluminum alloy cleans easier, shows scratches less, and better reveals damage.
Paint on a derailer hanger causes harm. It blocks inspecting for cracks. It blocks dyeing. Any color on a hanger causes harm.
When building a bicycle wheel there is nothing more important than even spoke tension. A finished wheel with even tension substantially increases longevity and decreases maintenance in a wheel’s life, as opposed to a wheel that is true with substantial tension variance. — The Wheel Department
Poynton junction
Slow down, look, go.
Continuous slow flow.
Spoke tension balance and rim damage
Park Tool provides a way of visualizing spoke tension, and tools.
You learn to visualize this in your head.
But the Park approach provides a good start for learning how spoke tension can indicate underlying rim damage.
Stumpjumper
Built it frame up for a customer last year. Just changed the fork.
A Journey of Discovery, Part 1: What We Used to Ride by Jan Heine
A nice series on how his taste in bikes has changed and why.
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