KIVA - A WAY TO HELP

Sunday, September 16, 2007

FULLY LOADED TREK 4300D

Just look at my MTB.
How do u feel about it?

I feel u are thinking about a Motocross bike.
Yes u R right, I just thought the same thing about this.


The fender costed around Rs400/ - which is quite worth than investing the money for a dry clean ;), a necessary for Rainy day where u can ride the bike with out fear of cloth being spoiled.


I just felt the front ones are working fine & there is need to adjust the back one a little upside.

Cons: The weight of ur Aluminium bike is increased by about 300 gms.

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Ride to BIG BANYAN TREE

I start from my house(in rajajinagar 1st Block) sharp 5.30 after sending the sms to the oldman.I took almost 30mins as I had quite bit of problems with water bottle which was just poping out of the cage.

Finally reached the meeting point at Mysore Road / Ring Road Junction at 6.05 others came at 6.10.We all waited for ABHI for 5 more mins & started off as there was no response from ABHI. In between , my water bottle dropped of on the road.I just abandoned it & continued with my cycling.

It was the worst selection for my first ride as the traffic was heavy and dangerous. We did mysore road easilly till a right turn for the Dodda alada mara Road. Then there was a level crossing where we got some time to stop.


We had small breaks in between.Villagers were eagerly asking me about my stain on my back & front( which has not gone even after 2 washings). The road was really messy as it had rained heavily previous night & I was not having a fender on the TREK.

Even krik did have problems with that. But its all ok when you are burning calories.


TREK did respond to me very well on the mud road & braking. But had some chain slipping due to the EXCESSIVE mud splashed on the chain & gears.My SIGMA 1606L DTS was responding well & was showing 27Kms from home. I was overwhelmed by seeing that & decide to make more rides.

We reached the destination at around 8.45. Had Idlis , spent some time chatting for 30 minsbefore leaving the place. Just after 5kms down hill we had a small break for photo shoots, left after 15 mins.


This side of return back was the toughest as all were uphill.The climate was really hot,had got a cap which was very usefull.As we reached Jhnanabarathi,I was out of energy,stopped for sometime, shared an apple.
And proceeded further till the ring road junction, where OLD MAN took a deviation towards Banashankari.


WE KIRK & me, continued till my house,time was almost 11.15AM. he had some water & continue with his cycling to his house.

OLD MAN & KRIK were quite fit & I was the person who was slowing them down.Probably 2 more trips will reach me to them.Very Happy

Distance covered :54kms(from My house), KIRK(+3KMS),OLDMAN(-3kms)


Time taken : 3Hours ( 2 hours 59mins 14sec to be specfic)

Meet point was : Mysore road / ring road junction:

Team : Diwakar(OLD MAN), Karthik(krik) & me.
Abhi missed the ride.

Time of start : 6.15AM from the Junction

Average speed : 19kms / hr




Saturday, September 8, 2007

TREK FUEL 30 Details(COURTESY-ROHAN)


model
TCD Fuel 30 + VAT
USA price Rs.36500 + 4% VAT
sizes 15.5,17.5,19.5,21.5
frame Trek Fuel Alpha alum / 1125
stays/swngarm Trek Fuel Alpha alum
fork RST Capa C7 / 75mm w/adj
rear shx Coil spring / KS-261
headset VP-A76C-TK AHS 1 1/8" semi-cartridge
spacers 2 x 10mm / 1 x 20mm alloy
crank SR CW7-XCC-T102 PB 42s / 34s / 24s
bb VP-BC73 cartridge
f. der Shimano
r. der Shimano M340-L
shifter Shimano EF50-L
cassette Sram PG830 11-32 8S
chain HG50
f. hub Alloy / QR / black
r. hub Shimano RM30-8-L
spokes 14g SS / black / brass nipples
F rim Matrix 550 / 36h / black / GSW / 274846
R rim Matrix 550 / 36h / black / GSW / 274846
f-tire Bont Jones ACX 26x2.1 / 27tpi / 231471
r-tire Bont Jones ACX 26x2.1 / 27tpi / 231471
tube AV
frnt brake Tektro 845AL V w/std 60mm pad
rear brake Tektro 845AL V w/std 60mm pad
brk lvrs Shimano EF50-L
pedals Nylon ATB / LU-984T / 242724
handlebars Bonrager Approved hiten 30mm riser
stem Bontrager Approved / 25d
grips Bontrager Select / 250829
seat Bontrager Sport / 252428
seatpost Bontrager Approved
seat binder QR /
bar ends n/a

Saturday, September 1, 2007

sigma 1606L DTS instalation

Help me out in Intalling Sigma 1606L DTS .

I got a problem entering the correct wheel size

But there is question on setting the wheel size for sigma
My wheel size is 26 * 2.1- displayed on the tyre
wht does 26 * 2.1 mean?
Sigma is asking the wheel size = *.*** where stars are digits.
How do i configure? Hardware have been set properly.

Find below scan of wheel size setting in the Manual.