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  #11  
Old November 5th 19, 12:49 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On 2019-11-04 15:44, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Monday, 4 November 2019 16:35:51 UTC-5, Joerg wrote:
On 2019-10-16 09:44, Tom Kunich wrote:
My Basso Loto was one of the final steel versions. It seemed to have
a perfect ride. However, since I took it apart to refinish it I got
the Lemond and between the ride of the Colnago CLX 3.0 and the ride
of the Lemond Zurich made out of Reynolds 853 I will have to test it
again. In any case it will be my spare rider.

Presently I have the frame and fork in the powder coaters and expect
them to get around to it around the end of next week. I was not
enthused about the original colors of the Loto - Yellow and Blue with
a red highlight. So I'm having it a solid "transparent blue" which
they had a sample of when I was there. A hot rodder was having his
rims coated. I had been planning on Candy Apple Blue but they had a
hot rodder's transmission there finished in that color and the
"Transparent Blue" looked a little cleaner.

These guys have gone from finishing store shelves and the like to
coating entire cars for hot rodders in the Trump economy. They had a
pickup truck there they were about to put in the oven while I was
there. It would cook to a metallic yellow.

After I pick the frame and fork up I will have to get a set of Basso
Loto decals, then coat the entire frame with clear. I learned from
the last try on the Pinarello and will use many very light coats
instead of a few heavy. And then have the bottom bracket threads
cleaned and the Campy headset that was in it re-installed.

I just finished building a tubeless wheel up. The deep carbon wheels
are remarkably difficult to build. Off and on it took me three days
to get that thing properly centered and true when I could build an
aluminum wheel in a couple of hours easy.


Wow, you are really going all out when it comes to your rides. I am the
exact opposite. Both my MTB and my road bike have lots of scrapes and
are generally caked in copious amounts of dried mud. Add in a few grease
streaks and some vegetation mashed deep into the works here and there.
My wife thinks the bikes look disgusting but then again this greatly
reduces the chance of them being stolen.

The money for the decals would in my case be invested in IPA, Imperial
Stout or something similar.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/


But vastly improves the chances of something breaking.


Mud does not increase the chance of breakage. Beer doesn't either,
provided one enjoys it within reason.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/
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  #12  
Old November 5th 19, 01:03 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On Monday, 4 November 2019 18:49:13 UTC-5, Joerg wrote:
On 2019-11-04 15:44, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Monday, 4 November 2019 16:35:51 UTC-5, Joerg wrote:
On 2019-10-16 09:44, Tom Kunich wrote:
My Basso Loto was one of the final steel versions. It seemed to have
a perfect ride. However, since I took it apart to refinish it I got
the Lemond and between the ride of the Colnago CLX 3.0 and the ride
of the Lemond Zurich made out of Reynolds 853 I will have to test it
again. In any case it will be my spare rider.

Presently I have the frame and fork in the powder coaters and expect
them to get around to it around the end of next week. I was not
enthused about the original colors of the Loto - Yellow and Blue with
a red highlight. So I'm having it a solid "transparent blue" which
they had a sample of when I was there. A hot rodder was having his
rims coated. I had been planning on Candy Apple Blue but they had a
hot rodder's transmission there finished in that color and the
"Transparent Blue" looked a little cleaner.

These guys have gone from finishing store shelves and the like to
coating entire cars for hot rodders in the Trump economy. They had a
pickup truck there they were about to put in the oven while I was
there. It would cook to a metallic yellow.

After I pick the frame and fork up I will have to get a set of Basso
Loto decals, then coat the entire frame with clear. I learned from
the last try on the Pinarello and will use many very light coats
instead of a few heavy. And then have the bottom bracket threads
cleaned and the Campy headset that was in it re-installed.

I just finished building a tubeless wheel up. The deep carbon wheels
are remarkably difficult to build. Off and on it took me three days
to get that thing properly centered and true when I could build an
aluminum wheel in a couple of hours easy.


Wow, you are really going all out when it comes to your rides. I am the
exact opposite. Both my MTB and my road bike have lots of scrapes and
are generally caked in copious amounts of dried mud. Add in a few grease
streaks and some vegetation mashed deep into the works here and there.
My wife thinks the bikes look disgusting but then again this greatly
reduces the chance of them being stolen.

The money for the decals would in my case be invested in IPA, Imperial
Stout or something similar.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/


But vastly improves the chances of something breaking.


Mud does not increase the chance of breakage. Beer doesn't either,
provided one enjoys it within reason.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/


Dried mud greatly increases wear rates of components and that leads to premature failure aka breakage.

Cheers
  #13  
Old November 5th 19, 01:49 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On 2019-11-04 16:03, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Monday, 4 November 2019 18:49:13 UTC-5, Joerg wrote:
On 2019-11-04 15:44, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Monday, 4 November 2019 16:35:51 UTC-5, Joerg wrote:
On 2019-10-16 09:44, Tom Kunich wrote:
My Basso Loto was one of the final steel versions. It seemed to have
a perfect ride. However, since I took it apart to refinish it I got
the Lemond and between the ride of the Colnago CLX 3.0 and the ride
of the Lemond Zurich made out of Reynolds 853 I will have to test it
again. In any case it will be my spare rider.

Presently I have the frame and fork in the powder coaters and expect
them to get around to it around the end of next week. I was not
enthused about the original colors of the Loto - Yellow and Blue with
a red highlight. So I'm having it a solid "transparent blue" which
they had a sample of when I was there. A hot rodder was having his
rims coated. I had been planning on Candy Apple Blue but they had a
hot rodder's transmission there finished in that color and the
"Transparent Blue" looked a little cleaner.

These guys have gone from finishing store shelves and the like to
coating entire cars for hot rodders in the Trump economy. They had a
pickup truck there they were about to put in the oven while I was
there. It would cook to a metallic yellow.

After I pick the frame and fork up I will have to get a set of Basso
Loto decals, then coat the entire frame with clear. I learned from
the last try on the Pinarello and will use many very light coats
instead of a few heavy. And then have the bottom bracket threads
cleaned and the Campy headset that was in it re-installed.

I just finished building a tubeless wheel up. The deep carbon wheels
are remarkably difficult to build. Off and on it took me three days
to get that thing properly centered and true when I could build an
aluminum wheel in a couple of hours easy.


Wow, you are really going all out when it comes to your rides. I am the
exact opposite. Both my MTB and my road bike have lots of scrapes and
are generally caked in copious amounts of dried mud. Add in a few grease
streaks and some vegetation mashed deep into the works here and there.
My wife thinks the bikes look disgusting but then again this greatly
reduces the chance of them being stolen.

The money for the decals would in my case be invested in IPA, Imperial
Stout or something similar.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

But vastly improves the chances of something breaking.


Mud does not increase the chance of breakage. Beer doesn't either,
provided one enjoys it within reason.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/


Dried mud greatly increases wear rates of components and that leads to premature failure aka breakage.


Hmm, how does mud do that? Some sort of chemical reaction? Every time I
cleaned it off somewhere to work on a certain area (didn't want crud to
fall into the BB threads et cetera) the paint underneath it looked pristine.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/
  #14  
Old November 5th 19, 01:53 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Sir Ridesalot
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On Monday, 4 November 2019 19:49:09 UTC-5, Joerg wrote:
On 2019-11-04 16:03, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Monday, 4 November 2019 18:49:13 UTC-5, Joerg wrote:
On 2019-11-04 15:44, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Monday, 4 November 2019 16:35:51 UTC-5, Joerg wrote:
On 2019-10-16 09:44, Tom Kunich wrote:
My Basso Loto was one of the final steel versions. It seemed to have
a perfect ride. However, since I took it apart to refinish it I got
the Lemond and between the ride of the Colnago CLX 3.0 and the ride
of the Lemond Zurich made out of Reynolds 853 I will have to test it
again. In any case it will be my spare rider.

Presently I have the frame and fork in the powder coaters and expect
them to get around to it around the end of next week. I was not
enthused about the original colors of the Loto - Yellow and Blue with
a red highlight. So I'm having it a solid "transparent blue" which
they had a sample of when I was there. A hot rodder was having his
rims coated. I had been planning on Candy Apple Blue but they had a
hot rodder's transmission there finished in that color and the
"Transparent Blue" looked a little cleaner.

These guys have gone from finishing store shelves and the like to
coating entire cars for hot rodders in the Trump economy. They had a
pickup truck there they were about to put in the oven while I was
there. It would cook to a metallic yellow.

After I pick the frame and fork up I will have to get a set of Basso
Loto decals, then coat the entire frame with clear. I learned from
the last try on the Pinarello and will use many very light coats
instead of a few heavy. And then have the bottom bracket threads
cleaned and the Campy headset that was in it re-installed.

I just finished building a tubeless wheel up. The deep carbon wheels
are remarkably difficult to build. Off and on it took me three days
to get that thing properly centered and true when I could build an
aluminum wheel in a couple of hours easy.


Wow, you are really going all out when it comes to your rides. I am the
exact opposite. Both my MTB and my road bike have lots of scrapes and
are generally caked in copious amounts of dried mud. Add in a few grease
streaks and some vegetation mashed deep into the works here and there.
My wife thinks the bikes look disgusting but then again this greatly
reduces the chance of them being stolen.

The money for the decals would in my case be invested in IPA, Imperial
Stout or something similar.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

But vastly improves the chances of something breaking.


Mud does not increase the chance of breakage. Beer doesn't either,
provided one enjoys it within reason.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/


Dried mud greatly increases wear rates of components and that leads to premature failure aka breakage.


Hmm, how does mud do that? Some sort of chemical reaction? Every time I
cleaned it off somewhere to work on a certain area (didn't want crud to
fall into the BB threads et cetera) the paint underneath it looked pristine.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/


Mud is a grinding compound since it's composed of ultrafine grits.

Sheesh!

Cheers
  #15  
Old November 5th 19, 01:56 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
jOHN b.
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On Mon, 4 Nov 2019 15:44:27 -0800 (PST), Sir Ridesalot
wrote:

On Monday, 4 November 2019 16:35:51 UTC-5, Joerg wrote:
On 2019-10-16 09:44, Tom Kunich wrote:
My Basso Loto was one of the final steel versions. It seemed to have
a perfect ride. However, since I took it apart to refinish it I got
the Lemond and between the ride of the Colnago CLX 3.0 and the ride
of the Lemond Zurich made out of Reynolds 853 I will have to test it
again. In any case it will be my spare rider.

Presently I have the frame and fork in the powder coaters and expect
them to get around to it around the end of next week. I was not
enthused about the original colors of the Loto - Yellow and Blue with
a red highlight. So I'm having it a solid "transparent blue" which
they had a sample of when I was there. A hot rodder was having his
rims coated. I had been planning on Candy Apple Blue but they had a
hot rodder's transmission there finished in that color and the
"Transparent Blue" looked a little cleaner.

These guys have gone from finishing store shelves and the like to
coating entire cars for hot rodders in the Trump economy. They had a
pickup truck there they were about to put in the oven while I was
there. It would cook to a metallic yellow.

After I pick the frame and fork up I will have to get a set of Basso
Loto decals, then coat the entire frame with clear. I learned from
the last try on the Pinarello and will use many very light coats
instead of a few heavy. And then have the bottom bracket threads
cleaned and the Campy headset that was in it re-installed.

I just finished building a tubeless wheel up. The deep carbon wheels
are remarkably difficult to build. Off and on it took me three days
to get that thing properly centered and true when I could build an
aluminum wheel in a couple of hours easy.


Wow, you are really going all out when it comes to your rides. I am the
exact opposite. Both my MTB and my road bike have lots of scrapes and
are generally caked in copious amounts of dried mud. Add in a few grease
streaks and some vegetation mashed deep into the works here and there.
My wife thinks the bikes look disgusting but then again this greatly
reduces the chance of them being stolen.

The money for the decals would in my case be invested in IPA, Imperial
Stout or something similar.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/


But vastly improves the chances of something breaking.

And, if I remember correctly it did break, many times :-)
--
cheers,

John B.

  #16  
Old November 5th 19, 02:09 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Sir Ridesalot
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On Monday, 4 November 2019 19:56:33 UTC-5, John B. wrote:
On Mon, 4 Nov 2019 15:44:27 -0800 (PST), Sir Ridesalot
wrote:

On Monday, 4 November 2019 16:35:51 UTC-5, Joerg wrote:
On 2019-10-16 09:44, Tom Kunich wrote:
My Basso Loto was one of the final steel versions. It seemed to have
a perfect ride. However, since I took it apart to refinish it I got
the Lemond and between the ride of the Colnago CLX 3.0 and the ride
of the Lemond Zurich made out of Reynolds 853 I will have to test it
again. In any case it will be my spare rider.

Presently I have the frame and fork in the powder coaters and expect
them to get around to it around the end of next week. I was not
enthused about the original colors of the Loto - Yellow and Blue with
a red highlight. So I'm having it a solid "transparent blue" which
they had a sample of when I was there. A hot rodder was having his
rims coated. I had been planning on Candy Apple Blue but they had a
hot rodder's transmission there finished in that color and the
"Transparent Blue" looked a little cleaner.

These guys have gone from finishing store shelves and the like to
coating entire cars for hot rodders in the Trump economy. They had a
pickup truck there they were about to put in the oven while I was
there. It would cook to a metallic yellow.

After I pick the frame and fork up I will have to get a set of Basso
Loto decals, then coat the entire frame with clear. I learned from
the last try on the Pinarello and will use many very light coats
instead of a few heavy. And then have the bottom bracket threads
cleaned and the Campy headset that was in it re-installed.

I just finished building a tubeless wheel up. The deep carbon wheels
are remarkably difficult to build. Off and on it took me three days
to get that thing properly centered and true when I could build an
aluminum wheel in a couple of hours easy.


Wow, you are really going all out when it comes to your rides. I am the
exact opposite. Both my MTB and my road bike have lots of scrapes and
are generally caked in copious amounts of dried mud. Add in a few grease
streaks and some vegetation mashed deep into the works here and there.
My wife thinks the bikes look disgusting but then again this greatly
reduces the chance of them being stolen.

The money for the decals would in my case be invested in IPA, Imperial
Stout or something similar.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/


But vastly improves the chances of something breaking.

And, if I remember correctly it did break, many times :-)
--
cheers,

John B.


I remember a guy waiting a bike shop for the shop to open. I asked him what was wrong with his bike. He said it wouldn't change gears. I asked him where his changers were. he pointed at his bike and said there. "There" was just massive clumps of crap and no derailleur in sight. I told him he should clean all that crap off. He asked my why. Some people are just clueless.

Cheers
  #17  
Old November 5th 19, 02:12 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Sir Ridesalot
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On Monday, 4 November 2019 19:56:33 UTC-5, John B. wrote:
On Mon, 4 Nov 2019 15:44:27 -0800 (PST), Sir Ridesalot
wrote:

On Monday, 4 November 2019 16:35:51 UTC-5, Joerg wrote:
On 2019-10-16 09:44, Tom Kunich wrote:
My Basso Loto was one of the final steel versions. It seemed to have
a perfect ride. However, since I took it apart to refinish it I got
the Lemond and between the ride of the Colnago CLX 3.0 and the ride
of the Lemond Zurich made out of Reynolds 853 I will have to test it
again. In any case it will be my spare rider.

Presently I have the frame and fork in the powder coaters and expect
them to get around to it around the end of next week. I was not
enthused about the original colors of the Loto - Yellow and Blue with
a red highlight. So I'm having it a solid "transparent blue" which
they had a sample of when I was there. A hot rodder was having his
rims coated. I had been planning on Candy Apple Blue but they had a
hot rodder's transmission there finished in that color and the
"Transparent Blue" looked a little cleaner.

These guys have gone from finishing store shelves and the like to
coating entire cars for hot rodders in the Trump economy. They had a
pickup truck there they were about to put in the oven while I was
there. It would cook to a metallic yellow.

After I pick the frame and fork up I will have to get a set of Basso
Loto decals, then coat the entire frame with clear. I learned from
the last try on the Pinarello and will use many very light coats
instead of a few heavy. And then have the bottom bracket threads
cleaned and the Campy headset that was in it re-installed.

I just finished building a tubeless wheel up. The deep carbon wheels
are remarkably difficult to build. Off and on it took me three days
to get that thing properly centered and true when I could build an
aluminum wheel in a couple of hours easy.


Wow, you are really going all out when it comes to your rides. I am the
exact opposite. Both my MTB and my road bike have lots of scrapes and
are generally caked in copious amounts of dried mud. Add in a few grease
streaks and some vegetation mashed deep into the works here and there.
My wife thinks the bikes look disgusting but then again this greatly
reduces the chance of them being stolen.

The money for the decals would in my case be invested in IPA, Imperial
Stout or something similar.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/


But vastly improves the chances of something breaking.

And, if I remember correctly it did break, many times :-)
--
cheers,

John B.


When I was younger I road with a friend a lot. we sometimes rode through very deep mud almost to the axles. I would never have dreamed leaving that mud on the bike. When we'd get to a dry spot we'd scrape off the vast majority of mud. Funny thing is we never had much trouble with something breaking. That was because stuff didn't break due to being neglected by leaving mud built up on it.

Cheers
  #18  
Old November 5th 19, 06:04 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Joerg[_2_]
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On 2019-11-04 16:53, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Monday, 4 November 2019 19:49:09 UTC-5, Joerg wrote:
On 2019-11-04 16:03, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Monday, 4 November 2019 18:49:13 UTC-5, Joerg wrote:
On 2019-11-04 15:44, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Monday, 4 November 2019 16:35:51 UTC-5, Joerg wrote:
On 2019-10-16 09:44, Tom Kunich wrote:
My Basso Loto was one of the final steel versions. It seemed to have
a perfect ride. However, since I took it apart to refinish it I got
the Lemond and between the ride of the Colnago CLX 3.0 and the ride
of the Lemond Zurich made out of Reynolds 853 I will have to test it
again. In any case it will be my spare rider.

Presently I have the frame and fork in the powder coaters and expect
them to get around to it around the end of next week. I was not
enthused about the original colors of the Loto - Yellow and Blue with
a red highlight. So I'm having it a solid "transparent blue" which
they had a sample of when I was there. A hot rodder was having his
rims coated. I had been planning on Candy Apple Blue but they had a
hot rodder's transmission there finished in that color and the
"Transparent Blue" looked a little cleaner.

These guys have gone from finishing store shelves and the like to
coating entire cars for hot rodders in the Trump economy. They had a
pickup truck there they were about to put in the oven while I was
there. It would cook to a metallic yellow.

After I pick the frame and fork up I will have to get a set of Basso
Loto decals, then coat the entire frame with clear. I learned from
the last try on the Pinarello and will use many very light coats
instead of a few heavy. And then have the bottom bracket threads
cleaned and the Campy headset that was in it re-installed.

I just finished building a tubeless wheel up. The deep carbon wheels
are remarkably difficult to build. Off and on it took me three days
to get that thing properly centered and true when I could build an
aluminum wheel in a couple of hours easy.


Wow, you are really going all out when it comes to your rides. I am the
exact opposite. Both my MTB and my road bike have lots of scrapes and
are generally caked in copious amounts of dried mud. Add in a few grease
streaks and some vegetation mashed deep into the works here and there.
My wife thinks the bikes look disgusting but then again this greatly
reduces the chance of them being stolen.

The money for the decals would in my case be invested in IPA, Imperial
Stout or something similar.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

But vastly improves the chances of something breaking.


Mud does not increase the chance of breakage. Beer doesn't either,
provided one enjoys it within reason.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

Dried mud greatly increases wear rates of components and that leads to premature failure aka breakage.


Hmm, how does mud do that? Some sort of chemical reaction? Every time I
cleaned it off somewhere to work on a certain area (didn't want crud to
fall into the BB threads et cetera) the paint underneath it looked pristine.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/


Mud is a grinding compound since it's composed of ultrafine grits.

Sheesh!


Well, how exactly is _caked_ on mud going to grind?

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/
  #19  
Old November 5th 19, 08:02 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Sir Ridesalot
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On Tuesday, 5 November 2019 00:04:39 UTC-5, Joerg wrote:
On 2019-11-04 16:53, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Monday, 4 November 2019 19:49:09 UTC-5, Joerg wrote:
On 2019-11-04 16:03, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Monday, 4 November 2019 18:49:13 UTC-5, Joerg wrote:
On 2019-11-04 15:44, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Monday, 4 November 2019 16:35:51 UTC-5, Joerg wrote:
On 2019-10-16 09:44, Tom Kunich wrote:
My Basso Loto was one of the final steel versions. It seemed to have
a perfect ride. However, since I took it apart to refinish it I got
the Lemond and between the ride of the Colnago CLX 3.0 and the ride
of the Lemond Zurich made out of Reynolds 853 I will have to test it
again. In any case it will be my spare rider.

Presently I have the frame and fork in the powder coaters and expect
them to get around to it around the end of next week. I was not
enthused about the original colors of the Loto - Yellow and Blue with
a red highlight. So I'm having it a solid "transparent blue" which
they had a sample of when I was there. A hot rodder was having his
rims coated. I had been planning on Candy Apple Blue but they had a
hot rodder's transmission there finished in that color and the
"Transparent Blue" looked a little cleaner.

These guys have gone from finishing store shelves and the like to
coating entire cars for hot rodders in the Trump economy. They had a
pickup truck there they were about to put in the oven while I was
there. It would cook to a metallic yellow.

After I pick the frame and fork up I will have to get a set of Basso
Loto decals, then coat the entire frame with clear. I learned from
the last try on the Pinarello and will use many very light coats
instead of a few heavy. And then have the bottom bracket threads
cleaned and the Campy headset that was in it re-installed.

I just finished building a tubeless wheel up. The deep carbon wheels
are remarkably difficult to build. Off and on it took me three days
to get that thing properly centered and true when I could build an
aluminum wheel in a couple of hours easy.


Wow, you are really going all out when it comes to your rides. I am the
exact opposite. Both my MTB and my road bike have lots of scrapes and
are generally caked in copious amounts of dried mud. Add in a few grease
streaks and some vegetation mashed deep into the works here and there.
My wife thinks the bikes look disgusting but then again this greatly
reduces the chance of them being stolen.

The money for the decals would in my case be invested in IPA, Imperial
Stout or something similar.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

But vastly improves the chances of something breaking.


Mud does not increase the chance of breakage. Beer doesn't either,
provided one enjoys it within reason.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

Dried mud greatly increases wear rates of components and that leads to premature failure aka breakage.


Hmm, how does mud do that? Some sort of chemical reaction? Every time I
cleaned it off somewhere to work on a certain area (didn't want crud to
fall into the BB threads et cetera) the paint underneath it looked pristine.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/


Mud is a grinding compound since it's composed of ultrafine grits.

Sheesh!


Well, how exactly is _caked_ on mud going to grind?

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/


Joerg are you for real? Caked on mud will have bits loosen with vibration when the bicycle is in use and those bits can migrate to the moving parts where those bits then cause grinding. It's no wonder you have so much trouble with your stuff breaking.

Cheers
  #20  
Old November 5th 19, 12:24 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Joerg wrote:
On 2019-11-04 16:53, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Monday, 4 November 2019 19:49:09 UTC-5, Joerg wrote:
On 2019-11-04 16:03, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Monday, 4 November 2019 18:49:13 UTC-5, Joerg wrote:
On 2019-11-04 15:44, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Monday, 4 November 2019 16:35:51 UTC-5, Joerg wrote:
On 2019-10-16 09:44, Tom Kunich wrote:
My Basso Loto was one of the final steel versions. It seemed to have
a perfect ride. However, since I took it apart to refinish it I got
the Lemond and between the ride of the Colnago CLX 3.0 and the ride
of the Lemond Zurich made out of Reynolds 853 I will have to test it
again. In any case it will be my spare rider.

Presently I have the frame and fork in the powder coaters and expect
them to get around to it around the end of next week. I was not
enthused about the original colors of the Loto - Yellow and Blue with
a red highlight. So I'm having it a solid "transparent blue" which
they had a sample of when I was there. A hot rodder was having his
rims coated. I had been planning on Candy Apple Blue but they had a
hot rodder's transmission there finished in that color and the
"Transparent Blue" looked a little cleaner.

These guys have gone from finishing store shelves and the like to
coating entire cars for hot rodders in the Trump economy. They had a
pickup truck there they were about to put in the oven while I was
there. It would cook to a metallic yellow.

After I pick the frame and fork up I will have to get a set of Basso
Loto decals, then coat the entire frame with clear. I learned from
the last try on the Pinarello and will use many very light coats
instead of a few heavy. And then have the bottom bracket threads
cleaned and the Campy headset that was in it re-installed.

I just finished building a tubeless wheel up. The deep carbon wheels
are remarkably difficult to build. Off and on it took me three days
to get that thing properly centered and true when I could build an
aluminum wheel in a couple of hours easy.


Wow, you are really going all out when it comes to your rides. I am the
exact opposite. Both my MTB and my road bike have lots of scrapes and
are generally caked in copious amounts of dried mud. Add in a few grease
streaks and some vegetation mashed deep into the works here and there.
My wife thinks the bikes look disgusting but then again this greatly
reduces the chance of them being stolen.

The money for the decals would in my case be invested in IPA, Imperial
Stout or something similar.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

But vastly improves the chances of something breaking.


Mud does not increase the chance of breakage. Beer doesn't either,
provided one enjoys it within reason.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

Dried mud greatly increases wear rates of components and that leads to
premature failure aka breakage.


Hmm, how does mud do that? Some sort of chemical reaction? Every time I
cleaned it off somewhere to work on a certain area (didn't want crud to
fall into the BB threads et cetera) the paint underneath it looked pristine.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/


Mud is a grinding compound since it's composed of ultrafine grits.

Sheesh!


Well, how exactly is _caked_ on mud going to grind?


I guess that depends on what it’s caked on to.

You do seem to complain more than most about how bike equipment doesn’t
hold up. Maybe there’s a link.
Your bikes, your choice though.


 




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