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spare_wheel
Hot.
The juxtaposition of fat slicks and drops on a dahon is all sorts of awesome!
I like the tape color choice but the saddle is too busy for me.
Can you post details on the build.
Some ramblings on the build for you:
Tape color was what I had on hand, as was the saddle, which is a Terry Aero men's saddle that was included in some box-o-whatever that a CL seller included with -- I think -- my Burley Samba. It's super light and pretty comfortable, although doesn't fit me well as my 134g Selle SLR.
Sora 3x8 shifters also from a "thrown in on the deal box" with a Burley Rhumba frame purchase last year
48/??/?? shimano MTB crankset from a Cannondale M500 that I stripped and re-built for a neighborhood teenager. It needed a new fork and some major help, so I offered to fix it up with my Dahon's stamped steel crankset and a spare fork (which came from a Giant Boulder that he'd tossed in the trash!) if I could grab the crankset for my Dahon.
Shimano STX RC RD http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3815/9...66248858_h.jpg also from a box of parts. Needed a new limiter screw donated from a horked RD in the graveyard parts box.
New Deore FD from the LBS. Sometimes it's nice to drop by the shop and pick up a part at retail. I reaped the benefits later when I brought the almost finished build in for a new BB-- the one I'd put in was just too short for the frame. It went in for no charge, and a few other dollars were taken off the bill that day. A nice new sealed BB feels really good.
The rear wheel is a Ritchey offset rim with a decent hub. I found it abandoned at the train station. I wondered why, and posted a "found" ad on CL, but it's one of those slightly tall rims that is hard to mount tires on. Not great for a commuter which might need a super fast change, but it's what I have for now. The thin Alex 26" rims I have on there will do winter duty-- they are new, but narrow, and will work better with my 1.75" Schwalbe Marathon Winter studded tires. The Town and Country 2.1"s should probably be on the larger rims, though I run them at fairly high pressure.
The pedals were pulled off of some trash picked bike as well, and got a shot of Phil Tenacious Oil in the bearings as a quick and probably not long lasting way to smooth them out a bit. We'll see how it lasts.
Seatpost is a 350mm single bolt from the LBS. I need something 400mm with a little more setback to make the bike fit right. The front of my left knee gets a bit of tendinitis going when I ride the rig all the way home.
Bars are from another LBS on the other side of town, 3T Rotundo Pros. 42 or 44 cm, I think. I'm not used to positioning STI levers, and find that I have the bars angled up a bit too much-- the drops feel angled down a bit more than I like. Stem is a long and very steeply angled one to try and get the bike sized up to my 6'4" long armed frame.
Brakes are basic Shimano cantis. All new housing. The original grey housing looked great, but white is OK.
I still don't have the FD shifting well. The outer ring is a little out of true still, but there is too much chain rub even where it is not out of true. I hate setting up triple FDs, and will probably give up at some point and take it in to the friendly LBS. It may be that the Deore just won't work. We'll see. I was behind a roadie on my Friday commute home and wanted to keep up for a bit, but the shifting was so embarassing that I gave it up. He also ran two redlights, or I would have hung with him in the middle ring!
The fenders are SKS that just happened to match the bike-- and were on clearance some years ago when my LBS moved. They've been on there for a few years.
Thanks for the compliments! This is the second build up change on the bike since buying it used a few years back. I love that I can take the train in and then have a regular pleasurable 16 mile ride home along the CT urban waterfront with the sun and wind at my back. Friday's maiden voyage was sweet.
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Last edited by Standalone; 11-19-13 at 08:45 PM.