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Vivek and Anirudh Chadha
“Yes, excellent, thanks. In fact, for both of us, the fit was perfect 👍”
Week 109 update of the Cycling Monks Strava Group. Week ending 3rd July 2022.
Club Stats. 2207 members collectively rode 103397 km in 2874 rides, climbing 560543 metres in 4866 hours!
The number of members are up by 21 as compared to last week. The week saw everyone collectively ride more. With total distance, elevation gained, number of rides and time spent on the saddle were all up.
To be in the top 100, you needed to ride minimum 265 km during the week!
There were 4 who averaged more than 100 km a day!
1 rode a 1000, 19 rode a 400 and 26 rode at least a 200.
49 averaged above 30 kmph for the week. 12 climbed more than 4000 metres… Incredible riding by everyone.
Kudos to all the riders who have been working hard on their saddles…
Leaderboard: Overall
4 riders averaged more than 100 km a day. Clean sweep by Tamil Nadu!
Kalees Waran from Tamil Nadu was top of the charts. He rode an incredible 1124 km.
In second place is Shun Athi from Tamil Nadu who rode 1045 km in the week.
Third spot is taken by Arun Kumarasamy from Tamil Nadu. He rode 1026 km.
Leaderboard: Women
The women’s leaderboard has gotten more competitive this week. To be in the top 10, you needed to ride 167+ km…
Swati Sablok from Maharashtra was top of the charts this week. Riding an incredible 460 km. She is 22nd overall.
Next up is Megan Fernandes from Goa. Who rode an impressive 363 km. She is 46th overall.
Third is Uttara Ramkumar from Telangana who rode 353 km. She is 49th overall.
There are 11 women in the top 100 this week, 8 less than last week.
Leaderboard: Longest Ride
The monsoons have meant that fewer people are doing long rides currently. Clean sweep again by Tamil Nadu.
Top spot goes to Kalees Waran from Tamil Nadu for the longest ride. He did a 1022 km long ride!
Next up is Arun Kumarasamy from Tamil Nadu having done a 454 km long ride.
Third is Kishan Raj Gunasekar from Tamil Nadu, who did a 450km long ride.
Leaderboard: Fastest
The top 49 have been riding at a seriously impressive pace.
Fastest of the lot is Ashwin Govindasamy from Tamil Nadu who averaged an incredible 39.5 kmph over the week!
Second fastest for the week is Sandeep Pillai from Maharashtra whose weekly average is a fantastic 37 kmph.
Third is Mukesh Ayyappan from Tamil Nadu averaging 36.9 kmph over the week.
Leaderboard: Queen/ King of the Mountain
The climbing leaderboard went to West Bengal and the Himalayas! The top 2 remained unchanged for the fourth week in succession, though the order got altered.
Climber of the week is Biswadip Nag from West Bengal having climbed 7356 metres. He was second last week.
Second is Varun Jain from Chandigarh who climbed 6378 metres. He was first last week.
Third is Vibhav Shinde from Maharashtra, who climbed 6365 metres during the week.
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Vimchandra Nongthombam
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Okay, that rules out the steering bearings then.
Check the bolts which fix the disc rotor to the wheel. If those are not equally tightened then it could make the bike do all sorts of funny things.
Axle is unlikely. This is a very basic thing. But hope the front wheel is fixed properly. Highly unlikely, but still good to check once. If the wheel is not fixed properly it will wobble a bit. And shake a lot on braking.
If there is movement in the handlebar, and not just in the brakes. Then check the steering bearings. If those bearings have worn out, then it will shudder and creak when you brake hard. This will also be noticeable if you hit a big pothole or bump. Basically sudden deceleration at the front end. Is this happening when you hit big potholes?
Can you convert it to rim brakes?
It depends. Does the rim have brake tracks for the rubber pads of the brakes to clamp upon? Does the frame have mounts for the rim brakes to be mounted? It might work out to be expensive to convert this as well!
Do rim brakes have less performance?
For commuting and the kind of riding you described. There will be negligible difference in actual real world usage. And life becomes much simpler in terms of maintenance. But that depends on whether it is possible to convert it to rim brakes on your bicycle!
