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HomeCycling…Strive, Strive Once more – Bike Snob NYC

…Strive, Strive Once more – Bike Snob NYC

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Since characterizing fireplace vehicles as “undercover villains,” the livable streets motion continues to win over the hearts and minds of the general public:

By subsequent 12 months you may absolutely count on a tweet about how if Hochul hadn’t paused congestion pricing 9/11 would by no means have occurred within the first place. See, it’s the rationale for completely every little thing nowadays–as well as, after all, to your delayed prepare:

Certainly. Over the previous week I actually was topic to 2 severe transit delays. One was as a result of a passenger on the prepare forward of ours had had a stroke and wanted medical consideration, and the opposite was as a result of somebody was struck by a prepare. Definitely neither of these items would have occurred if solely congestion pricing had been carried out, and I solely hope emergency responders didn’t arrive in a big truck.

Hey, I’m not sticking up for Hochul, all I’m saying is that issues aren’t so easy. Hochul made your prepare late… Migrants are consuming your cats… Local weather change is inflicting an epidemic of dwelling runs… We’re a deeply addled nation, however luckily now we have social media to supply us essential perspective and to calm us down:

Anyway, additional to yesterday’s submit, instantly after typing it into the pc I went again to work on the Roaduno. The very first thing I did was change the chain, as a result of why not? Questioning if perhaps some additional width would assist, I attempted this child which I acquired awhile again in a care bundle from Traditional Cycle:

I additionally tried a special derailleur:

It skipped.

Subsequent I attempted a brand-new derailleur, in case my outdated ones had been bent or one thing, in addition to a 17-tooth Shimano freewheel to see if an additional tooth would possibly assist. Right here’s the way it appeared within the huge ring:

And right here’s the way it appeared within the small ring:

Fairly good, proper?

It skipped.

Up ’til now, I’d had one of the best luck with the 8-speed chain and the Ultegra short-cage derailleur. So I went again to that. I additionally left the 17-tooth freewheel on there, because it appeared to me the extra tooth the higher:

It skipped:

Frequent sense would dictate that the factor to do now’s merely return to a one-speed setup, since not solely is it foolproof however I’d been tremendously having fun with it that means. Nevertheless, if there’s one factor I lack it’s frequent sense. Additionally, I actually need that climbing gear!

I’ve since checked with Rivendell, who affirm that Shimano freewheels do work on this software, so I’m fairly sure now that the issue is I’m utilizing a cog that’s extra worn than I believe it’s. In order quickly as I get my arms on a brand new one I’ll set up it. Odds are that’ll deal with it, but when for some cause it doesn’t then I’m blaming Hochul. It’s the cheap factor to do.

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