u/soundwavin

Massive car delivery vehicle on Congress Street parked with its 4 ways on in a vehicle lane. We all know that vehicle would have been parked in the bike lane otherwise, forcing cyclists into traffic. This is how it should be everywhere. Want to illegally park your massive truck? Inconvenience your brethren protected by tons of metal and safety features surrounding them, instead of risking the lives of cyclists.

Driver completely ignores their no turn on red and causes a cyclist to continually try to evade a right hook. BPD #8536 was right by the situation (becomes visible at 0:36), and does nothing.

I asked my wife if we should stop and hang out under a building until it passed, but she said she was having too much fun biking in it. That's the right attitude!

Yesterday I'm coming over the N Washington St bridge with a child trailer behind me, in the bike lane, and a bus tries to go around another bus trying to get in the left lane and unexpectedly comes into the bike lane. This is closer than it looks. I was already at its rear bumper and slammed my brakes. Had I been a little further forward, myself and the child trailer behind me would have been left no room. The driver is too focused on their left mirrors to get around the blocking vehicles impatiently, instead of looking closely to their right. I have a very bright flashing light, also. This is why paint is not enough. We need physical barriers.

With Trek having recently put the Madone Gen 8 SLR frameset on sale, I though it would be a great opportunity to build the bike exactly how I'd want it while also learning about all aspects of how to maintain it. I'd never "built" a bike from the frameset up before, and it was quite the journey. I easily put at least 50 hours of work into it to complete, and there were so many more parts than I thought were in/on the bike (bags and bags of them). With many thanks to my LBS for helping source the right components, my bike fitter for making sure I got the right size frame/bars/seat, and honestly to Trek's support chat who constantly helped answer questions I had. I think I must have had 25+ chats with them. Handlebar tape coming after my bike fit.

In the end:
- Madone Gen 8 SLR frameset
- Full custom cut Xpel Ultimate wrap
- 12 speed Ultegra Shifters, Crankset, and FD
- 12 speed 105 Rear Derailleur (to go up to 36T cassette)
- CS-HG710-12 12-Speed Cassette (11-36T)
- Shimano XTR Dura Ace CN-M9100 chain
- Chris King t47 bottom bracket
- Aero RSL Road Integrated Handlebar
- Bontrager RSL 37v wheels
- Specialized Power Pro 3D Saddle
- Matching RSL water bottles (obv.)
- Buplabs RTL taillight adapter

Was it worth it? In terms of time commitment, fixing mistakes, or cost of individual components and tool purchases... probably not. Do I now understand all aspects of how to maintain the bike? Definitely. A relatively painful journey (especially cable routing through that integrated handlebar), but looking forward to many miles on it now.

Hi all. I'm doing a build from a frame set up. I torqued a Chris King T47 BB to spec. And then, I used the fit kit for the ultegra crank set. It spins extremely freely until I torque the preload cap on the non drive side. It says torque to like 1nm or 1.5nm which isn't much. But as soon as it starts engaging to prevent side to side movement, I feel like I'm getting resistance. If I put the cranks horizontal they don't move in any way. I don't have any shims on either side of the crank set. Is this a normal free amount of spin?