I found this awesome quote in rec.bicycles.tech while looking for setup tips on the old Dura-Ace 7700 Bottom Bracket:
The Octalink crank attachment, its feet of clay, has no preload
between the facets of the square spline and therefore frets (tiny
motion] elastically, even if it has no actual backlash in torque.
Aluminum parts against steel are a classic [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Training’
August 17, 2009
V1 Octalink? 105 or Dura Ace, you choose!
May 29, 2008
Out of the way old man!
Maggie was in town briefly before heading to work at a clinic in Bolivia for a few weeks. We were walking through Central Park near Umpire Rock and there is this a middle aged man time-trialing his Cervelo Carbon P3 with matching Zip 404 front and 808 disc (yes a disc! in Central Park!) wheels. So of [...]
January 19, 2005
The Texans are coming!!
What happens to a cowboy when his hat accumulates too much snow? That’s the mix we’re seeing. More and more steel toed boots and wide brimmed hats are riding the metro these days. And the good lord almighty, our saviour, a proud american, decided to dump a few inches of the white [...]







