1st time poster introduction + bike check!
04-29-12, 01:09 AM
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1st time poster introduction + bike check!
Hi all, just introducing myself to the forum. I've been lurking this place for a bit, just without an account but decided to do so recently.
Here's a quick glimpse of my Kilo TT. At the moment it's not exactly complete due to a lack of a complete headset. I picked up the cranks, frame, and fork all for $100. The rest was slowly built over a few weeks.
Frame: Kilo TT
Fork: Stock
Cranks: Truvativ Stock
Pedals: Stock w/ Origin 8 double straps
Chain: TaYa 1/8"
Wheels: Maillard Track hubs laced to Araya tubulars
Tires: Continental Sprint Tubulars
Seat Post/ Saddle: SR Laprade Seatpost and a Fizik Arione saddle
Stem/ Bars: Uno stem with some serious amount of drop/rise and some generic bullhorns.
The bars do look like they extended far out but in reality they aren't. The pictures make them look ridiculous though.
Better pictures to come soon! i hope....
Sorry for the crappy phone pictures and the half built bike. It will soon be done i promise!!!
Here's a quick glimpse of my Kilo TT. At the moment it's not exactly complete due to a lack of a complete headset. I picked up the cranks, frame, and fork all for $100. The rest was slowly built over a few weeks.
Frame: Kilo TT
Fork: Stock
Cranks: Truvativ Stock
Pedals: Stock w/ Origin 8 double straps
Chain: TaYa 1/8"
Wheels: Maillard Track hubs laced to Araya tubulars
Tires: Continental Sprint Tubulars
Seat Post/ Saddle: SR Laprade Seatpost and a Fizik Arione saddle
Stem/ Bars: Uno stem with some serious amount of drop/rise and some generic bullhorns.
The bars do look like they extended far out but in reality they aren't. The pictures make them look ridiculous though.
Better pictures to come soon! i hope....
Sorry for the crappy phone pictures and the half built bike. It will soon be done i promise!!!
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04-29-12, 01:28 AM
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I hope you don't get a flat. Putting tubulars on a Kilo is pretty badass though, honestly.
04-29-12, 01:32 AM
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04-29-12, 02:00 AM
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Here's a guide from our very own JohnDthompson. https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ar-tire-repair
04-29-12, 08:12 AM
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You got a good deal, props on that.
I'm guessing the stem and bar angles are just for looks? Bar and stem need work.
Its not a stem 'with rediculous drop' its a generic MTB riser stem flipped on top of a big spacer stack. A straight stem slammed with no spacers would look better. Pursuit bars that are falling forward are like road bars angled really far upwards.
I'm guessing the stem and bar angles are just for looks? Bar and stem need work.
Its not a stem 'with rediculous drop' its a generic MTB riser stem flipped on top of a big spacer stack. A straight stem slammed with no spacers would look better. Pursuit bars that are falling forward are like road bars angled really far upwards.
04-29-12, 10:35 AM
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I'd love to give tubulars a try some day. Props to you and welcome to BFSSFG! Kiss your productivity and disposable income goodbye
04-29-12, 12:43 PM
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You got a good deal, props on that.
I'm guessing the stem and bar angles are just for looks? Bar and stem need work.
Its not a stem 'with rediculous drop' its a generic MTB riser stem flipped on top of a big spacer stack. A straight stem slammed with no spacers would look better. Pursuit bars that are falling forward are like road bars angled really far upwards.
I'm guessing the stem and bar angles are just for looks? Bar and stem need work.
Its not a stem 'with rediculous drop' its a generic MTB riser stem flipped on top of a big spacer stack. A straight stem slammed with no spacers would look better. Pursuit bars that are falling forward are like road bars angled really far upwards.
04-29-12, 07:06 PM
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Riding like its 1990
04-29-12, 07:09 PM
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Your cog is slipping.
04-29-12, 07:33 PM
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It's alright, I rode it for the first time today and boy am I happy. The geometry is unlike any i have ridden. I've been riding a janky conversion set up for a little over a year now so this feels quite different. Not to mention I've been riding bmx for 7 years which really doesn't help with my form in riding.
04-29-12, 07:36 PM
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It's alright, I rode it for the first time today and boy am I happy. The geometry is unlike any i have ridden. I've been riding a janky conversion set up for a little over a year now so this feels quite different. Not to mention I've been riding bmx for 7 years which really doesn't help with my form in riding.
04-29-12, 08:45 PM
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04-30-12, 06:23 AM
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Your cog is slipping.
I guess I'm doing it wrong.
05-01-12, 10:32 PM
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05-01-12, 10:42 PM
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i am like THIS close to pulling the gun on a set of track tubies(in this context, 'this' is the distance between 'dirt poor broke' and 'spend hundreds on **** you don't need')
05-01-12, 10:49 PM
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finally got my damn headset in the mail! this thing should be done by friday night/ suturday morning
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