Originally Posted by
vmaniqui
hmmm. looking good but can't you paint the fenders white or black ?
I think he needs the splash of color.
Originally Posted by
monsterpile
Yeah, I know I have been eying that one for a while. I had really wanted an orange one back when they first offered these, but some of these guys have been really posting some nice setups of the black. At this point I probably can't afford another bike because I don't think I want to sell any of my keeper bikes right now and money is a bit tight with a job transition.
I've got to wonder how well these are selling, and if BD will continue to offer the Nano. They've done a couple of odd things before, like a double top tube version of the Kilo TT, that I don't think are available any longer. Since we don't have access to the BD spreadsheets (thank heavens, I have no idea how to read one) I've got no idea of the relative popularity of this model. It's neat and we like it, but this seems to be a fairly small group. One the other hand, the big size in orange sold out at least a couple of months ago...
Originally Posted by
cedar_lake
I love the tires- much, much less rolling resistance than stock. Small wheels spin up quickly anyway, so I'm not sure how much I'm feeling the weight difference. Holding a stock tube and tire in one hand and a minits lite and ultralight tube in the other though, there is a big weight difference there.
I'm really feeling the limitations of the stock gearing, even with adding a tooth on the big ring. White bar tape, plugs, and cable housing are next, all for looks, not performance.
Shift the cassette to an 11 tooth small cog; this is about four time as effective as upping a tooth on the chainrings. By upping two teeth on the chainring and installing an 11 tooth cassette, I added about a foot of gear inches. ((chainring teeth x wheel size in inches)/cassette teeth= gear inches). That is, IIRC the calc right, I'm sure it's on the internet somewheres. I found I really needed to hack gears on this bike; first time I've done it since I set up a ride with half step gearing.