Re: Test Ride on the DeRosa Idol

On 5/18/2025 3:23 PM, cyclintom wrote:

After Robinson finished with the DeRosa he had taken off all of the stuff that I had put on there like SRAM chain and light disc and a Chinese cassette and replaced everything with Shimano. The difference in everything was pretty shocking. All of this stuff added exactly 1/2 lb but the shifting was flawless and the brakes are presently as good as good rim brakes and he says that when the new shoes wear in that they will improve though presently they are good enough for me.
 There was some wind today but nothing like yesterday when the bay was covered with breakers. So average speed was 11 mph. There is a lot of month left and I'm just short of a thousand miles. And I haven't been doing any long hard rides yet.
 I want to do the south side of Palomarers since that steep drop down the north side will be a good place to break in the new disc shoes.
 I couldn't get the shift cables with caps on to fit into the shifters so I assumed they were like Campy and the plugs were built into the levers. But no, Shimano has keyed ends and the stop the shift cable ends from fraying and the shifting fron degrading.
 Robinson also did a complete rebleed. This was easy since I had already gotten all of the air out. So he only had to bleed bottom to top. The fluid he got out was nearly black which surprises me since it was only used a couple of times.
 I will say this about the DeRosa's - the steering is perfect. There are a couple of places where I have to make 180 degree turns in one bike length and while most bikes you have to be careful, there's no worry at all with the DeRosa. The next set of tires will be 32 mm. The one thing I real,ly like z out the disc bike is the 12mm axles. This perfectly centers the wheels. And the Shamal wheels on the Time are fantastic too. when you spin the whhel against the freehub, they turn for as long as the front wheel does.
 

Apparently Mr Robinson has read Shimano's service directions and has purged the system with fresh fluid bottom to top.
As I suggested to you here more than once.
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