2015 Austro-Daimler TT Carbon Limited.
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Blackbike
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The static fit-up is complete and I believe it's a good enough fit to complete the assembolism... And so it starts...
Things were going according to plan until I started the internal routing of the extension bars... The bars were drilled for internal routing... Just not deep enough (Legendary Zipp Quality)... So they're blind holes and of course and I can't find a 4mm drill bit in the metric index so that job waits until tomorrow.
I did work up the courage to trim the extension bar to the correct length with room for minor aft adjustment.
The Brooks Cambium C13 saddle was installed at 2 degrees nose down with the saddle nose on the bottom bracket center line. There is a slight crown in the saddle cover, this disappears with about a 20 lb load applied I assume this is a cooked in design feature of the saddle.
So this fit is not about comfort, it's about conforming to what the gods of aerodynamics demand. A applicable picture of a god of aerodynamics is shown below...
Strap in. It's going to be a wild ride.
: Mike
Things were going according to plan until I started the internal routing of the extension bars... The bars were drilled for internal routing... Just not deep enough (Legendary Zipp Quality)... So they're blind holes and of course and I can't find a 4mm drill bit in the metric index so that job waits until tomorrow.
I did work up the courage to trim the extension bar to the correct length with room for minor aft adjustment.
The Brooks Cambium C13 saddle was installed at 2 degrees nose down with the saddle nose on the bottom bracket center line. There is a slight crown in the saddle cover, this disappears with about a 20 lb load applied I assume this is a cooked in design feature of the saddle.
So this fit is not about comfort, it's about conforming to what the gods of aerodynamics demand. A applicable picture of a god of aerodynamics is shown below...
Strap in. It's going to be a wild ride.
: Mike
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Aero looks rather nice.... maybe I should convert. I suspect there may be a queue.
Blackbike
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How time flies it's been a week already, as usual work gets in the way of a good time, overtime does have it's advantages, it buys bike parts and kit...
So minor progress has been made, the Zipp extension bars survived the drilling of the internal cable routing holes, we are going to try to complete the cable installation by Sunday.
So where did the money go...
I went helmet shopping, this is on the way, HJC Adwatt Time Trial helmet.
It was the winner of what works vs what does it cost competition...
I bought a cheap and cheerful skin suit from China, It was money not well spent...
So this time I'm shopping for serviceable kit with a good reputation.
This is a "The Black Bibs" (https://theblackbibs.com/) Skin Suit, "The Ultimate Time Trial Skin suit". It's on the short list and is also a value/cost balance winner. Still not ready to commit yet...
That's all for now Have a great Saturday: Mike
So minor progress has been made, the Zipp extension bars survived the drilling of the internal cable routing holes, we are going to try to complete the cable installation by Sunday.
So where did the money go...
I went helmet shopping, this is on the way, HJC Adwatt Time Trial helmet.
It was the winner of what works vs what does it cost competition...
I bought a cheap and cheerful skin suit from China, It was money not well spent...
So this time I'm shopping for serviceable kit with a good reputation.
This is a "The Black Bibs" (https://theblackbibs.com/) Skin Suit, "The Ultimate Time Trial Skin suit". It's on the short list and is also a value/cost balance winner. Still not ready to commit yet...
That's all for now Have a great Saturday: Mike
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georges1
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Blackbike
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Hi Nob,
Funny you mentioned wind tunnel, I did not know this but San Diego has a fairly nice facility near my work, Here it is...
http://www.sandiegowindtunnel.com/high-performance-cycling.html
A bit out of my price range but nice: Mike
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