Show us your.......newbie progress! [4 Sep 2012 - 4 Oct 2014]

[SpokeyDokey]

I've been to the shop several times leading up to the purchase, although they give nothing away (well to tbf they did say I could have 10% off pedals and shoes, just not quite as enticing as internet prices) they have been really helpful, I think I've spent around 3 hours riding bikes round the car park and asked every question bar what's the meaning of life. It does however seem to be Trek at fault here as they supply there bikes part assembled to the shop, though the bike shop should have recognised there was a problem with the shifting action when checking it over both at the time of sale and my second visit. I'm not happy about it I'm hoping either the shop will let me chose a different bike at the same price or the bike will be replaced/rebuilt under warranty and be ready before my 40th, that or full and prompt refund...anything else I won't accept. I'm pretty sure I'm protected under consumer law if need be. I'm going to phone them tomorrow to let them know but won't be able to return the bike until Thursday.

Should get sorted ok - Trek dealership will have reputation to uphold.

Funny what gets past QC though.

I took delivery of one of these in November last year:

http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-GB/bikes/model/2013.giant.tcx.1/11842/56836/

Waited ages and it arrived - dead excited I went and collected it and rode it home. When I got home I noticed one of the rear V brake bosses was out of skew! Brakes were lop-sided. Took it straight back and no prob's with dealer who ordered new frame straight away.

But.....2013 model frames were not available for warranty replacement at that stage as it was brand new model.

So I had option of re-order the bike again (long wait) or accept 2012 model frame (couple of weeks) which was identical build except it was white/black/red.

Unless a bike looks ghastly I have no interest in the colour tbh so I went white and when it turned up the LBS (good outfit) transferred all the kit over.

So now I have a unique bike TCX1 in white with 2013 spec'! Not interested in diminished resale price before anyone points it out!

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You'll be happy with your nice Maddie soon no doubt!

 

[Nomadski]

@Nomadski

I thought bikes had little drain holes in that area to let any water out? Might be wrong - haven't looked on mine tbh.

Excellent point. I actually checked with the bike (same as @Nomadski) on the stand and there is a little whole underneath the BB for this purpose. It is tiny though, maybe 1-1.5mm in diametter and I would expect it to get plugged quite easily with road grime. Very important to ckeck and unplug this after every wet ride.

Holes? Under the BB area? Where?

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Holes? Under the BB area? Where?

Might be why there was water in there.

 

[MaxInc]

Holes? Under the BB area? Where?

So tiny no wonder you couldn't find it I inserted one end of a spare brake cable in there and it goes inside the BB and hits the cranks. This must be it's purpose.

 

[MaxInc]

So tiny no wonder you couldn't find it I inserted one end of a spare brake cable in there and it goes inside the BB and hits the cranks. This must be it's purpose.

BUT that being said, in your case it looks like you converted to BB30 to a Shimano BB, most likely using one of those adapters that fits inside the BB. This might have covered the draining whole and cause water to accumulate. Not sure what is best to do but if it was mine, I would remove the BB and drill a whole through the adapter to make sure there's a way for the water to come out.

 

[RWright]

I don't think those are holes to drain water but I could be wrong. I think the hole is there to screw the cable guide into. I don't think they are meant to get water in there to start with.

 

[Va Va Froome]

Recently put Strava on my mobile phone, so bought a little 'Specialized' saddle bag to keep it in on rides (wasn't particularly enjoying carrying chunky smartphones in my pocket). I almost enjoy getting new bike-accessories as much as I enjoy cycling!

Strava is pretty good though, I love doing a new route and seeing the pro-looking elevation graph when I get home.

 

[Phoenix Lincs]

New best average speed of 15.6mph over a 17 mile round trip.Not too shabby for a fat, old bloke on a rather heavy hybrid

Well done

 

[Nomadski]

BUT that being said, in your case it looks like you converted to BB30 to a Shimano BB, most likely using one of those adapters that fits inside the BB. This might have covered the draining whole and cause water to accumulate. Not sure what is best to do but if it was mine, I would remove the BB and drill a whole through the adapter to make sure there's a way for the water to come out.

Like @RWright said, that hole is only on the black plastic bit, which guides the cabling.

 

[MaxInc]

On my Synapse goes inside the Bottom Bracket and there is no screw.

 

[RWright]

Like @RWright said, that hole is only on the black plastic bit, which guides the cabling.

I think the hole goes through into the bb shell or whatever it is called, you could just take the screw out once in a while to let it drain if you have been riding in rain. Make sure you use grease around the bearings that go flush against the bb shell, the grease and the seal are supposed to keep water out. I think water can get in by the seat post and maybe even the water bottle cage mounting bolts too. I put grease in the bottle cage holes but am not sure what can be done about the seat post.

 

[RWright]

On my Synapse goes inside the Bottom Bracket and there is no screw.

That was what I was thinking. I don't know if they just drill them all out or what. You don't have a cable guide on yours?

 

[SpokeyDokey]

This is not my bike - pouring down out there so too much of a faff to take pic' so found this on the web.

My bike has 2 holes as big as the round one in this pic' but more centrally located.

 

[Simmer]

cycled a favourite 13k loop tonight and upped the pace early after last nights excellent 20k. 6PB's's on Strava so very happy.

Got an odd rear end wobble on though at the bottom of a decent when applying the power to get up a small climb... almost like the frame was made of jelly (gps said 40kph at the bottom of the decent.. guess it is my weight + speed). Put me right off and I flicked down to the small front ring by mistake and nearly had a plum crumble...

http://app.strava.com/activities/71239122

 

[MaxInc]

That was what I was thinking. I don't know if they just drill them all out or what. You don't have a cable guide on yours?

Yes, there is a cable guide, actually, apart from the colour, my bike is the same as @Nomadski but with the original BB30 bottom bracket. I think the cable guide clips inside the frame's hole but I can be wrong. Can't think of a reason for the hole in the plastic guide unless there was a screw in there and I lost it somewhere on the way.