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What about for road bike short caliper brakes like some dia compe ones will these fenders still fit with this style of brakes?

What part of the world are you in? You mentioned in a video that you were prepping a bike for a Florida cross tour.

@bruceboysen1671 0 seconds ago I love Granola bars. I put them on three bikes recently. I put Granola-moose bars on another bike. While they are heavy, they have four different, usable positions, from upright to amazingly aero all the way forward on the cross brace. I’m not particularly concerned about weight, but I would prefer them lighter, maybe out of heat treated aluminum.

I had a quad at one point. Back when there were gear ads in Outside, I ordered the quad gear. It was a tiny chain ring, and it fit into already existing holes, I guess for the granny gear. I was cheap, weighed very little, and not particularly useful, overall worthwhile. The main problem was that it was useful for certain things, but getting into it was difficult. If you shifted early, your feet would be spinning so fast, while at the same time contributing so little that you would fall over, or if you waited to late to shift, you might come to a stop, and fall over. But once you figured it out, it was easy to manage.

Beautiful bike!

Great looking bike.

Does my current deraileur work with any shifter

Fun build.

I enjoy all your build videos, great job. You got me me building a steel frame hybrid, frame up. Great fun.

Ha! When you drop something, look where it goes. So true, just watch it bounce/roll, then pick it up. Otherwise, it's lost forever. Ask me how I know, LOLOL.

Very detailed and helpful. Thank you for posting.

I have a 900 I had to go check to see if I had a fully lugged frame. No dice. It's okay though she's straight

I’d love to put these 11 speed capable DT shifters on my latest build, but they haven’t been in stock for a while. Any idea when they might be available again?

I love friction downtubers.

I have granola bars on three bikes. I love the bars. I just ordered the granola-moose bars. They look so clean and elegant when on a bike. I’m not quite sure which bike they are going on yet.

Trés beau, un peu trop grand pour moi & ;-)

Congrats on the 2nd child.

Its a shame that they stopped making that vintage cage style as an option for the the triple. I,m a big fan of running 30-42 -53 chain rings ..that way I get away an 8s cassette 13-23 for my road bike. Perfect in wisconsin. Anyway the newer front derailleurs inorder to clear the 42 with the iner part it the cage. The gap for the outer part of the cage is quite large on the big ring. The older style does as little as a 10 tooth jump perfectly. There were 105 and Sora that were the same older cage too for STI. I a pinch routing the cable on the other side of the anchor bolt works too the XT front has been connected to Ultegra STI triple levers for 25 or so years now.

why doesn't the left crank fit perfectly against the bottom bracket, there is a big space between them at 8'10"

Almost everybody in the comment section are a bunch of retro-grouches.

Tuned in because I still ride the downtube shifter Bridgestone RB-2 that I bought in 1994. Fascinating video, loved learning about all the minute details.

2by is enough for me with 8-9 speed....for climbing and sprinting

Dwarling! why not spend a little time bolting down the vice!!! so it does'nt wobble around

Triples on older bikes (e.g. my 1991 Trek Single Track mountain bike) can give incredible gear range (590% for me with a 9 speed 11-34 cassette). Certainly more than my 1x bikes. OTOH, my 1x XC bike is definitely faster and more stable off road with it's longer wheelbase, larger wheels and more aggressive tires. The biggest configuration dilemma, IMO, with resurrecting these old bikes is tire choice. To use the lowest gear off road, a more aggressive tread is required (at least for me). But then the high range is kinda useless because knobby tires are slow on pavement. Similarly, to make the bike fast on the street with say an urban tread pattern tires, the bike is pretty limited off road (at least where I live).

So are these shifters indestructible? Why are they $85?

Did you end up putting in a longer stem after putting on the granola? If yes how much longer did you go? Considering switching to the granola but guessing my 70mm stem might be a wee bit short?

I just got a 1993 GT mtb to make a chill dad bike out of. I just assumed I’d convert it to 1x from a triple because that’s just what you do now. After a few rides with the triple it came with I really think I’m going to stick with it. It lets me do whatever I need. I’m pretty shocked how well it operates now that it is perfectly indexed.

Thanks for taking the time to help customers properly use your product(s) ! My fenders were having some jiggle / chatter, then I found this video and SOLVED!

I bought the wrong size bars for my shimano bar end shifters Will have to use the downtube shifters, and they work, a little overhaul and they are smooth and tight just hate to hunch over every time I want to shift, and of course, I have to be there for a while as i slowly friction shift into perfect chain alignment I used to ride 50 miles up to San Fransisco, and I remember by the time I got there my thumb was so sore from hanging off the top tube and my finger joints from pulling the levers

There is almost no reason for a triple. I get it for 6, 7,and maybe 8sp gears, but with 10,11, and 12 sp gears, why????? THE Shifiting is horrible. Today even a single ring with a 12 sp cassette can offer everything a triple offered 30-4- years ago.

I guess I do not understand the advantage here as the bars were not raised and many roadies ride on the top, so this is not more upright , just wider.

For the stabilizer.. are you using size S or L? Cheers.

It's been a while since you've posted this video but here's a question from a newbie. At 3:20 you mention that mountain style and road style cables aren't interchangeable. Do you mean normal, regular breaks by "mountain style"? The ones for flat bar? I'm going to convert a Cube Nulane from flat bar to drop bar and although many shops confirmed my shift and break lever choice to be compatible (Shimano SL-RS700 is the shifter and Shimano BL-RS600 is the break system that I've on my bike, and Shimano GRX ST-RX600 is the one I'm going to buy), your video made me curious to know if those people considered those cables that you show here. Thanks for such detailed insight!

Triples are still the best middle ring for traveling flat ground hi ring for downhill fast and low ring for climbing. And a tite cassette 11 /24 or 26 ish

Beautiful stuff!

I think triple crankset gives carter to the bike

It's like having a car that I can dial up the Turbo!

There is no H is SRAM.

I love my triples, keeping in mind that I never, ever, under any circumstances use my largest chainring. Life starts at 22T and ends at 36T.

What width rim tape is recommended for the Voyager rims?

My old school Trek 950, 930 all have triple 3x7. You can ride anywhere and still have top end. The original gravel /tour/ all-around bikes . Oh, and made in the USA .

How does the pump peg work?

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21 speed was the term for 3x7 . works fine. you have to prepare as a hill gets steeper. and relax you earned the granny , slow your heart. 1x sucks , no skill and the next lower gear is the same damn thing.

best: " ok, lets get the bike on the car", haha, lol❤

What is that cool saddlebag stand off? Where can I purchase?

Save your knees and bike longer keep those gears low and take it all in

Im curious What is the most important part / function in bycicles in gerneral ??😂

igor is such a good filmmaker!! great video!! that shot of nic riding along the monocacy aueduct was genius. you had to ride where the water used to be to get that perspective.

Fab looking trail… interesting to see pre-railway infrastructure. I noticed a nifty front light bracket on your front rack.. is that a VO part? If so could you give me the name? Thanks 👍🏽😀