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I realized that after I posted the comment, so I went and priced the tires...at $65/tire you're still only looking at $195. $200 to mount them seems insane...so I didn't delete the comment.
Not dogging anyone if thats the price, but I know people that have had all the tires on their car replaced for the same price.
Not dogging anyone if thats the price, but I know people that have had all the tires on their car replaced for the same price.
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CX V 2 Retro shifters (Grvenalle)
they are for a Surly Disk Trucker build
Still need the frame, headset, racks, fenders and brakes ah heck with the brakes
https://www.gevenalle.com/store/products/shifters/
they are for a Surly Disk Trucker build
Still need the frame, headset, racks, fenders and brakes ah heck with the brakes
https://www.gevenalle.com/store/products/shifters/
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I realized that after I posted the comment, so I went and priced the tires...at $65/tire you're still only looking at $195. $200 to mount them seems insane...so I didn't delete the comment.
Not dogging anyone if thats the price, but I know people that have had all the tires on their car replaced for the same price.
Not dogging anyone if thats the price, but I know people that have had all the tires on their car replaced for the same price.
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D'oh, I wasn't looking at the IIIs.
2013 Vittoria Corsa CX Tubular Road Tyre Sports & Leisure | ProBikeKit.com
Found them for $90 tho!
Vittoria Corsa CX III Tubular at BikeTiresDirect
That still seems like a lot to mount them but I guess it's all subjective.
2013 Vittoria Corsa CX Tubular Road Tyre Sports & Leisure | ProBikeKit.com
Found them for $90 tho!
Vittoria Corsa CX III Tubular at BikeTiresDirect
That still seems like a lot to mount them but I guess it's all subjective.
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Topeak Aero Wedge - medium w/straps. My smartphone fits with room to spare for tube, etc when expanded. So glad to ditch that huge Jandd bag I moved over from my mountain bike until I could figure out what bag would work better with the road bike. That bag is HUGE! It looked a little odd on the mountain bike, but ridiculous on the road bike.
I also pulled the trigger on a new helmet. Stepping up from my Giro Rift that I bought just to have a helmet starting out. I actually went with another lower end helmet - the Giro Foray (matte black and white that matches the bike though, but not exactly high visibility). I stumbled across a website of some bicycle helmet.org something and they made what seemed like a sensible argument about the cheaper helmets not being any less safe - to the contrary. They also seemed to be of the opinion that the aero helmets pointy styling elements were detrimental to the purpose of absorbing impacts and promoted the more rounded shapes as being superior - ie the Synthe at the top of the line. The Foray is the $65 retail version of the $250 Synthe. Probably less some of the comforts, but should suit me fairly well I hope. The Atom was available in the color and size I wanted for about $135 right before I pulled the trigger and it was tempting, but that website really frowned on the pointy styling element it has - even on the front. They might be a bunch of crazies for all I know.
I also pulled the trigger on a new helmet. Stepping up from my Giro Rift that I bought just to have a helmet starting out. I actually went with another lower end helmet - the Giro Foray (matte black and white that matches the bike though, but not exactly high visibility). I stumbled across a website of some bicycle helmet.org something and they made what seemed like a sensible argument about the cheaper helmets not being any less safe - to the contrary. They also seemed to be of the opinion that the aero helmets pointy styling elements were detrimental to the purpose of absorbing impacts and promoted the more rounded shapes as being superior - ie the Synthe at the top of the line. The Foray is the $65 retail version of the $250 Synthe. Probably less some of the comforts, but should suit me fairly well I hope. The Atom was available in the color and size I wanted for about $135 right before I pulled the trigger and it was tempting, but that website really frowned on the pointy styling element it has - even on the front. They might be a bunch of crazies for all I know.
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Tell me about it. I bought this to go with a matching left shifter I already own so I can upgrade from Sora with the thumb shifters..
I have a beat up old set of 105 shifters from the same era that are missing the nameplates and hoods, but they might as well be chunks of trash since, apparently, Shimano has made damned sure there is no way anyone will sell 3rd-party replacement hoods or nameplates. Maybe I'm paranoid, but I can't figure any other explanation other than Shimano wanting to kill 9-speed and stop competing with their own legacy stuff.
And I wonder if there would be a market for some 3d-printed copies of the 5500/6500/6510/5510 nameplates?
I have a beat up old set of 105 shifters from the same era that are missing the nameplates and hoods, but they might as well be chunks of trash since, apparently, Shimano has made damned sure there is no way anyone will sell 3rd-party replacement hoods or nameplates. Maybe I'm paranoid, but I can't figure any other explanation other than Shimano wanting to kill 9-speed and stop competing with their own legacy stuff.
And I wonder if there would be a market for some 3d-printed copies of the 5500/6500/6510/5510 nameplates?
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Picked this up today. Should make me eleventy billion times faster than the Easton stem I was using.
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D'oh, I wasn't looking at the IIIs.
2013 Vittoria Corsa CX Tubular Road Tyre Sports & Leisure | ProBikeKit.com
Found them for $90 tho!
Vittoria Corsa CX III Tubular at BikeTiresDirect
That still seems like a lot to mount them but I guess it's all subjective.
2013 Vittoria Corsa CX Tubular Road Tyre Sports & Leisure | ProBikeKit.com
Found them for $90 tho!
Vittoria Corsa CX III Tubular at BikeTiresDirect
That still seems like a lot to mount them but I guess it's all subjective.
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Not only incredibly expensive but what happens when he has a flat? I guess a cell phone call to his mommy so she can come pick him and his bike up and take it to an LBS so they can charge another $133?
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Tubulars can be carried under the saddle and if you flat you just get the old tire off and put the new one, which you've pre glued a bit, on the rim and ride it home. You can't push as hard but you can ride it. The cost of a flat is excessive but not much more work.
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Just because having a glass of scotch after a 50 mile bike ride is relaxing, and pouring it over a crystal clear sphere of ice is awesome...
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I always took my flatted tubs home and repaired them to be used again, so repairing one on the side of the road was no real big deal, but I found tubs to be a huge inconvenience and when Specialized came out with their Turbo clincher I bought two clincher rims and two clincher tires to try them out and never went back to tubs again nor will I ever, I don't miss all the time it took to fix flats.
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A pair of Michelin Pro4 Endurance tires. Put them on yesterday and rode them today. They feel similar to my old Pro3's but only a few miles on them so far.
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Islay is the only scotch worth drinking. I used to have a bottle in the house and it was a bonus that my alcoholic girlfriend thought it was gross. If there was pinnacle whip cream vodka she would kill it in a night, buy my beloved peaty single malts were safe.
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Laphroaig is a little sulphuric for me, I won't turn it down but I won't buy it for home. I've found a decent less-expensive Islay called Ardbeg. It is a bit lighter as well and may be more to your liking.
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To get back on topic, I've bought two of the newly-modified Arundel Dual saddle packs. These new ones have a retaining beltlopp to hold the larger velcro strap that attaches the pack to the saddle rails in place so you don't have to over-tighten that velcro strap to keep the pack from slipping. Good addition.