Tag: HabaneroBuild
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Wheels …
When I built up the Habanero just about 2 years ago, I went for cheap wheels. This was a budget TI experiment, so I bought the cheapest 29er wheel set I could (I think I paid around $250 for the whole set). These wheels were solid Mavic A317 rims with Shimano Deore disc hubs. Well,…
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Bike Bars
So, I settled on the flat bars (or rather, the slight riser bars) with the Ergon grips. They really are the most comfortable for me. No more pains. Just the normal tingly, going-to-sleep-feeling in my right hand from years of mouse-work in the IT mines. Of course, I’ve come this whole journey just to end-up…
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More Bike Changes …
In my quest to tweak/tune my bike to be just right, I’ve gotten really close, except for one area. I have hands with an ulnar nerve very close to the surface. While I’ve stuck with regular drop bars for the variable hand positions (and the aesthetic), I’ve decided to try some experimentation. First up, I…
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More Bike Evolution (Frame Bag)
As part of this thinking about S24O’s and bikepacking, I picked-up a standard, size Large Revelate Tanglebag. It seems to fit perfectly in the space of my frame, and given the pretty low bosses, will clear a bottle in the cages. The top velcro sections kind of conflict with the front cable bridge, but it’s…
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More Bike Evolution (Saddle)
I’m looking into bikepacking. More on that later. In the meantime, I was starting to train for Le Tour Du Nord , and after a 35 miler, my nether regions were not as happy as I’d like. As I’d been reading about various saddles, I decided to take a chance on a Selle An-Atomica. I…
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And yet another realization about disc brakes
I did discover another aspect of disc brakes. Especially with a steel fork. Under hard braking, the fork legs flex quite a bit. Like a quarter inch. It was kind of freaky at first. It does make sense. With rim brakes, the braking force is all supported by the fork crown and there’s a long…
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More on the versatility of disc brakes
A little while back, I had this epiphany about the disc brakes, and being freed from rim brake position. Well, I put the 26ers with the knobbies back on and took some pictures. Here they are. Pretty bad-ass. Bikes
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Bike Build, About the Frame
I promised Habanero that I would “review” the frame. So, here it is. Habanero is a designer/retailer of titanium frames that are fabricated at a plant in China Taiwan (a western style democracy, in case you’re confusing Taiwan with the PRC) [ed. see Mark’s comment below]. I discovered them via Googleing for “titanium bike frames”. The…
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Bike Build, Day 7. Done.
So, the project is complete (save a little derailer tuning). Looking at the pics below, you might be forgiven for having a response of “WTF?!?!?!”. Afterall, what was (in the last update) an ass-kicking monstercrosser, now looks like a bike-dork commuter! Well, yes. Yes it is. This is my do-all bike. Or at least my…
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Bike Build, Day 6
I bailed on the Woodchippers. I installed a shorter stem and some regular drops. After a half hour or so on the trainer, it was the right choice. So, I taped-up the bars, shortened/re-routed the shifter cable, and I now have a functioning bicycle. An awesome, bad-ass bicycle. I still need to do some tuning…