Thanks for the input guys!
Originally Posted by
muccapazza
Nice job. So how's it ride? Was that 4 speed freewheel really on there before? Why did you put the pie plate back on? How's the commuting going?
Thanks, the bike rides great now. It shed a good amount of weight with the alloys, I feel pretty quick on the thing. Its actually a 5 speed freewheel and I put the dork disc back on there because I like it and I don't want my my chain slipping into my new spokes. The commuting is alright right now. I realized that even though I am in
shape, riding a bike needs a whole new type of conditioning. My first ride was hell and Thursday morning a pothole at my front tube. I was flying and I swear the pothole came out of no where. My new wheels are okay, I just need a new tube.
Originally Posted by
Exit.
Why on earth would you put the dork disc back on?
See above
Originally Posted by
delver
Looks Good. Will Rei do trueing for you in the future? Did you put new brake pads on it with the new rims? alloy will stop a lot better, but old dry pads will eat them up.
Love the way black tires look on a bike like that.
PS The venerable "dork disk" is not a bad thing to run untill one is really comfortable with their derailer adjustment ability as well as shifting. And I think that they kind of look right on a bike like that. carry on.
Thanks. I'm not sure what REI's policy is on the wheels. I assume they would at least give me one free truing, but I honestly didn't ask them about it. I'm pretty new to riding and the dork disc makes me feel ever so slightly more comfortable with shifting into first gear.