{"id":17419,"date":"2013-06-19T11:11:07","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T15:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/?p=17419"},"modified":"2013-06-19T11:11:07","modified_gmt":"2013-06-19T15:11:07","slug":"eight-grams-of-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2013\/06\/19\/eight-grams-of-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight Grams of Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/gallery\/v\/acquired_stuff\/salsa_el_mariachi_ti\/complete_bike\/IMG_7419.jpg.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Shimano XT M770 rear skewer used in place of the stock Salsa Flip-Off. The Shimano seems to hold better, as I had problems with the Salsa loosening slightly and making a ticking sound.\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/gallery\/d\/104231-2\/IMG_7419.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When <a title=\"Thoughts on Yankee Springs\" href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2013\/06\/09\/thoughts-on-yankee-springs\/\">riding at Yankee Springs two weekends<\/a> ago I thought I identified the cause of some bike noise on my Salsa El Mariachi Ti: the rear skewer. After trying out an old Shimano XT skewer from another bike during some local rides it held solid, and <a title=\"2013 Lumberjack 100: Complete\" href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2013\/06\/17\/2013-lumberjack-100-complete\/\">Lumberjack<\/a> seems to have proven it out. I was subsequently able to acquire a new Shimano M770 skewer (so the old one can go back on the old bike) and I&#8217;ll use this one instead of the <a href=\"http:\/\/salsacycles.com\/components\/flip-offs\">Salsa Flip-Off<\/a> that came on the bike. This comes at a whopping eight gram penalty (55g for the Salsa Flip-Off vs. 63g for the Shimano M770), which I think is worth it for a more secure rear skewer.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m actually quite surprised that I had difficulties with the Salsa skewer as the other two that I own have been very solid. I suspect it has a bit to do with the way the rear triangle flexes, so maybe the different cam design of the Shimano (which I believe to be easier to get very tight) is what&#8217;s needed. A through-axle would be another good way to sidestep this, but I don&#8217;t have a TA-compatible rear wheel, so I can&#8217;t do that yet&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When riding at Yankee Springs two weekends ago I thought I identified the cause of some bike noise on my Salsa El Mariachi Ti: the&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2013\/06\/19\/eight-grams-of-security\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Eight Grams of Security<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-acquired-things","category-cycling","entry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17419"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17422,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17419\/revisions\/17422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}