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Good day to you gentlemen and ladies, my name is Sir Reginald Scot and I am the founder of this fine RU-vid channel you see before you.
Like all good English gentleman I enjoy the pursuits of the countryside like riding my beloved velocipede. What better way to enjoy the verdant and majestic lands in which we reside than on a bicycle...
The worst part for me is his claim of having a threaded top cap when in fact it's actually seized to the bolt due to poor maintenance/corrosion. A layman can figure out that the bolt should turn freely from the cap, so the stem below doesn't end up turning with it. In fact it could've been verified easily by taking the thing apart if he wasn't so sure of himself.
Never have carbon surface to brake. Alloy all the way for rim brake surface, heat dissipation and wet performance is dangerous from plastic surfaces😮, I mean carbon 😂
It’s not 6.8kg it’s 6.4kg. 6.5kg on a non race day. (I use heavier tyres for training.) 😎 But your wheels are heavier than mine, your group set is heavier and probably you weren’t using TPU tubes? 🤔 🤷🏻♂️
Mid-compact crank and a 11-28 is my go to on the road bike. I like my bikepacking gravel machine to have ridiculously low gearing though. 46/30 and 11-36. Still plenty of top end for a heavy bike with fat tires and I don’t need to suffer so much climbing up mountains
@@reginaldscot165 as I said, no idea who is right, but my canyon grizl + original sram dub pf41 presses in well but makes similar sound to bambini. By far not as much and I don’t need excessive force as he seems to need but pressing in gives me good feeling about the fit that I am getting: good tight bond but still able to press back out. Just make sure the outer part of the bb hole where the bb touches the frame doesn’t have any grease to allow for perfect fit to the frame. You can achieve this by greasing the bb hole and not the bb cups (sram officially suggest this in their tutorials)
Ok so you did your video on Hambini which I agreed with much of but I find this on the same level of annoying. I have never had an issue with carbon and I prefer the ride of them.
That’s fine. But I’m just giving advice from the perspective of someone who has experience issues with carbon, has many customers who have experienced issues with carbon, and has ridden enough bikes to know that carbon bikes are not the best feeling or best bikes to ride for the majority of people. (Especially financially) 🙂 I’m trying to help people to consider better options. But if you want to stick to carbon that entirely up to you. 🙂👍🏻
Awesome content 👍 I gave up on the tubeless mess, so drained the sealant and I'm now running TPU tubes in my tubeless tyres (Pirelli P Zero Race TLR). Seems to work fine. It's cool that you can run TPU at lower pressures than butyl and latex, I'm running the same pressure as I was with my tubeless setup and it's a very comfy ride. No punctures in the last 2000 miles - I'm not sure if tubeless tyres are a bit more rugged than the equivalent tubed version so will have to think carefully whether to replace the worn tyres with tubed or tubeless version. I'm not a weight weenie, so don't mine using heavier tyres if they roll well and are more resilient.
Normally TL tyres are less robust because they move material to the side walls because the glue is supposed to stop any flats. If you want (in my opinion) the best all round tyres, I’d go for the Conti 4 seasons tyres. Amazing wet grip, long life, not slow or particularly heavy (I know people who race on them and do well) and amazing protection against flats. 🙂👍🏻 If you enjoyed the video please do pass it on and don’t forget to like and subscribe if you haven’t. Thank you! ❤️
NASA faked the moon landings. Now they hate White men and only hire non-Whites and women. So I guess Hambini would fit better in NASA than Reginald Scott.
Hambini always has to call everyone and everything around him crap, throwing insults left and right, acting like he knows everything. He presents this as being funny, informed and experienced, but we can all see he is just very insecure. You can have the tallest building in the city by building the tallest building, or by tearing every other building down. Hambini, being so insecure, chose the latter, but ended up accidentally exposing his fragile ego.
Yes you can make it as comfortable... Look at bikes from Time 😉. Ps love titanium bikes but with carbon you can do a lot with it. Debends a lot on the process on how the bike us build.
Yes it’s true you can do a lot with carbon fiber. My preferred thing to do with it is sell it to someone and then use that money to buy steel or titanium frames. 😅
If you look at SRAM technical drawings for PF30, who i believe came up with PF30. It states nominal is 46mm +0.0 and -0.05. Makining it 40.95-46. That should be argument ended tight there as its a standard set by SRAM right? Who knows why park have decided to make the ream outside of SRAMs spec.
Not really, because as you saw from the video the SRAM BB is under sized. The BB is only 45.93 and on the other side it was 45.8! 😅 They don’t even meet their own standards. Also I’m not using a SRAM BB. If I have a BB shell hole that was 46mm my BB would fall out. Even the Hambini BB wouldn’t like a hole that’s exactly 46mm. I did explain the difference between real world values and nominal values in the video. 👍🏻🙂
@@reginaldscot165 Disagree. The nominal measurement for PF30 is 46mm but the actual measurement of the BB shell should still be within the tolerance range of 45.95-46.00mm otherwise it's out of spec. Similarly the PF30 BB spec states that the BB should be 46.01-46.07mm to provide the correct fit. This suggests that Park Tool are slightly under-sizing their reaming tool. I don't know if that's in an effort to reduce creaking, as a response to undersized BBs or just a case of playing it safe since it's easy to remove material but very difficult to add it back in, especially if you're trying to ream a hole that isn't perfectly circular to begin with. Regardless, it is slightly frustrating if they aren't following the spec. The problem with digital callipers is that even though they often have a resolution of 0.01mm that only tells you how small a number on the screen it can show and NOT how accurate it is. A decent set is usually at least accurate to +/-0.02mm but some only claim an accuracy of +/- 0.25mm and even then there's no guarantee they'll maintain that level of accuracy over time. Without knowing the spec of your callipers it's really hard to say whether your BB or BB shell are actually undersize or the callipers are simply under-reading. If both the BB and BB shell are undersize then that's a problem as the PF30 "standard" is effectively pointless if no manufacturer is going to follow it. In terms of the galvanic corrosion at the end of the video I think you're misrepresenting (or at least unfairly representing) what Hambini is saying. He isn't saying that he's never come across galvanic corrosion, he's saying that he's never come across someone trying to pass off a threaded interface as galvanic corrosion. Now whether or not his top cap is actually threaded onto the bolt I can't say for sure. Photos of certain ITM top caps appear to have a threaded section attached to the top cap (possibly pressed or bonded in but never seen one in person so can't say for certain) but they tend to have a black thread with a silver hex insert as opposed to a bolt threaded into the top cap and that doesn't line up with what appeared on his bike. Even if that is how his top cap is assembled that's not to say I necessarily agree with the rest of his headset service video.
@@reginaldscot165 Yeah, I have problems hearing your petty and rather technically pointless rants about Hambini. You’re obsessed with him and desperate for his attention.
Wow, I'm amazed at how well aligned I am with Mr. Scot. Great comments. I'm with him - I'll keep my rim brake, metal frame, clincher tire, mechanical shifting bikes, thank you. Oh, and I'll ride them for free (essentially) whenever I choose.
It is important for the cycle industry to have Hambinis. How can a company charge up to 5 thousand dollars for a frame with reaming imperfections!!! This industry suffers from exaggerated marketing claims, from unfair pricing, elitist pervading attitude, so it is for the consumers’ benefit to have a spokesperson who keeps us sensical.
@@reginaldscot165 I agree, but usually outspoken people without an “agenda” are “quirky”, crazier than “normal”, and will often say more than they should. Amidst the jokes, truths, realizations are revaled. So we can laugh and get some wisdom. Comedians are mostly exceptionally bright, see things from a different perspective, and are the best teachers.
No way most would pay such premium price for a bb unless desperate due to a faulty yet expensive frame. Hambini would not exist if frame manufacturers were honest and did their job right.
I love my Litespeed Watia. I did have to Loctite the T47 BB cups in (BBInfinite and Praxis) both kept walking out. i have a feeling that's from the T47 standard having such coarse threads. The owner of BBInfinite said it's normal. IDK.
Unfortunately yes. That’s why whenever someone asks on the Litespeed owners pages if they should “upgrade” to T47 I said stick with press fit. Everyone is scared of press fit but the problem is almost always carbon frames. 🙂
Im pretty sure that the 'variable wall thickness' is a product of the way the frames are manufactured, if the BB is machined once the frame is built then any deviation from the actual centre of the BB will be highlighted in the variation of wall thickness on the BB. I.e. the centre of the BB is dead on spec. The wall thickness means jack shit - the BB alignment and centre is what obviously matters. The fact the wall thickness does vary is a tell table sign that the frames are manufactured properly if anything.
Good and interesting points. I think that’s sound reasoning. Although I’d be surprised if the deviation in the bottom bracket shell was as extreme as 0.4mm from the welding side. Especially because it seems to be consistent across multiple frames. You are definitely onto something however. 👍🏻🙂 Thank you again for the informative comment. 🙏🏻
Yeah, can't say I'm super clued up on where they 'zero' the frame jig, I'd imagine it's probably the BB shell, so maybe you're right. Might be worth shooting a few questions to litespeed. It'd make an interesting video for sure?
Well first I don’t eat baked beans 🫘 before the ride. The lavalier microphone I have has some wind cancelling ability but it’s not that good. So I try to pick low wind days and ride away from heavier traffic if possible.
@@reginaldscot165 thanks, I'll have to try something like that or get a mini dead cat for my lavalier. Anyhow, I fully appreciate this fitting video and agree with 99 percent. I was once managing the service department of a busy shop in San Francisco and the owners thought it would be a good idea to send me to a Body Geometry Fit Certification at Specialized. That was interesting, but after two weeks of training, none of the attendees nor any of the instructors could dial in my fit better than I could using my own time, tools, and intuition. After receiving my certification, I told the bike shop I was working for, "No thanks, I'll pass", let them keep my last paycheck, and went off to work for an endurance bicycle manufacturer where the staff were all racers of the 200+ miles sort. I learned more there and became more and more convinced that having a bike fit done for you was not only not necessary, but not as effective as simply learning to read your own dynamic body.
Depends who you are I guess, personally I’m not a fan of the bad language. I much prefer the style of Peak Torque. It’s more reliable information without the unnecessary expletives. 🙂
Very interesting, thanks 👍 My favourite part wasn’t said here but is linked to your explanation - Hambini ‘reamed’ a Trek Emonda ALR a while ago about how Trek should have machined the BB tube after welding and blamed the oval shape of the BB on cost cutting, and by doing so proving you right 🤷♂️
Great video. The algorithm is not on your side, I always had to purposely look at your channel for new videos. I was sent to your channel from ' The Controversial Cyclist ', who has also been uncovering deception from the 'experts' as well as their shameless shilling.
I have been suspicious of the algorithm for some time. Please do like, subscribe and hit the bell 🔔 as that will definitely help. Also do pass it on to like minded people if you are feeling generous. ❤️🙏🏻
I guess I used to think he did something of a public service, outing some shoddy build quality of major brands. I think his intentions are way more cynical now.
