hopbot
100 mW
- Joined
- Jul 27, 2007
- Messages
- 38
hey there guys,
so i am really new to this, like only a few hours! but been lurking around the V forum for about a year (and this one for a few weeks, its great!) and just been waiting weeks and weeks to get my Cyclone kit and matrix.
some background: i live in San Fran and about a year ago i stumbled on the V forum and got totally sucked in. i asked around (before the viruses hit!) and was advised that a bottom bracket kit is the way to go to get up some of these crazy SF hills (one of which i live on).
anyway, it took a year for me to finally get the time, money, and off my butt to go out and buy a bike and order the kit from Cyclone TW.
the start was not good, i got a trek 4300 for a good deal at a LBS and i loved it. then the Cyclone kit arrived and i found out the hard way that 1. bottom bracket cartridges on the trek are impossible for a normal human to get off, and 2. it wouldn't matter anyway because the trek bottom is 73mm and the Cyclone spindle that you get is for 68mm bikes only. ugh!
anyway, i ended up ordering a Dahon Matrix. i waited and waited, it got lost in the mail for a few days, but finally (much to my surprise) arrived today.
so, at around 10pmish i started the process and its about 1AM and i've finished. i will go for a ride tomorrow and let you all know if it actually works!
thanks for all the inspiration guys!
so i am really new to this, like only a few hours! but been lurking around the V forum for about a year (and this one for a few weeks, its great!) and just been waiting weeks and weeks to get my Cyclone kit and matrix.
some background: i live in San Fran and about a year ago i stumbled on the V forum and got totally sucked in. i asked around (before the viruses hit!) and was advised that a bottom bracket kit is the way to go to get up some of these crazy SF hills (one of which i live on).
anyway, it took a year for me to finally get the time, money, and off my butt to go out and buy a bike and order the kit from Cyclone TW.
the start was not good, i got a trek 4300 for a good deal at a LBS and i loved it. then the Cyclone kit arrived and i found out the hard way that 1. bottom bracket cartridges on the trek are impossible for a normal human to get off, and 2. it wouldn't matter anyway because the trek bottom is 73mm and the Cyclone spindle that you get is for 68mm bikes only. ugh!
anyway, i ended up ordering a Dahon Matrix. i waited and waited, it got lost in the mail for a few days, but finally (much to my surprise) arrived today.
so, at around 10pmish i started the process and its about 1AM and i've finished. i will go for a ride tomorrow and let you all know if it actually works!
thanks for all the inspiration guys!