Tsunami wrote:
Now that the bars have been changed the front end is terribly floppy, and the edge of the TriRig brake *slams* into my downtube and has unfortunately already chipped my new paint job. This can't continue.That may simply be a difference in how your headset was preloaded. If it was stiffer before, the preload was probably causing drag in the bearings. You could tighten the preload to get closer to that, at the potential expense of shorter bearing life.
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Next issue. I can't get the buttons as close to my hands as I want. I see 3 solutions and would like input on these:
1) cut the bars below the 2nd bend, making the shifters stick up to the sky (instead of forward and up).
2) swap out to the 1-button shifters which seem shorter in overall length. (I can't return the 2-button ones as too much time has passed, would have to try to sell them).
3) try to find alternate extensions with a diffterent angle at the first bend so I can achieve the desired overall length and angle. But I have no idea what alternate extensions to buy and the highly shortened TriRig extensions would be a total loss.
Solution 1 is not recommended - the inner diameter of Gamma One is not controlled past the first bend, so you might not be able to insert your shifter again. You'll have a hard time finding a double-bend extension that meets your requirements. The first design input was to make that area as short as possible while achieving 75mm of rise in a double bend. So you would most likely need to switch to a single bend, with an angle of 40-degrees or more.
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