27" components: help/referrals please!
06-25-08, 08:36 AM
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27" components: help/referrals please!
i'm doing a couple fixed gear builds for my friends. here are my questions:
- does anybody know of a 27" rim cheaper than the nashbar one https://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?c...okes%2FNipples
- does anybody know of a reason to not buy that nashbar rim (they don't ride hard or frequently)
- i need a white 27" threaded front fork with 9"/23cm steerer. i can't find one.
- this is more for the fgss forum, but: how about lowest-end track hubs? i can't find anything that isn't already built into a wheel.
thanks much, everyone.
-colin
- does anybody know of a 27" rim cheaper than the nashbar one https://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?c...okes%2FNipples
- does anybody know of a reason to not buy that nashbar rim (they don't ride hard or frequently)
- i need a white 27" threaded front fork with 9"/23cm steerer. i can't find one.
- this is more for the fgss forum, but: how about lowest-end track hubs? i can't find anything that isn't already built into a wheel.
thanks much, everyone.
-colin
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The rim is 36 hole, and I would think that you could build almost anything 36 hole into a usable light duty wheel. They had some 27" Sun rims a little while ago for $10 ea, but those are gone.
Nashbar has a fixed gear hub for $40, but it's only 32 hole. IRO cycle has rear hubs for ~$50, but I don't know the drillings.
Nomco has a 32 hole f/r set for $88.
Do you have to use 27"? Sure you can't convert to 700c? cheap wheelsets available and you could probably find a fork much easier. I've run a 700c front fork on a 27" frame and never really noticed any issues, although I did have to rig (~$3) a "dropbolt" for my rear brake calipers.
Nashbar has a fixed gear hub for $40, but it's only 32 hole. IRO cycle has rear hubs for ~$50, but I don't know the drillings.
Nomco has a 32 hole f/r set for $88.
Do you have to use 27"? Sure you can't convert to 700c? cheap wheelsets available and you could probably find a fork much easier. I've run a 700c front fork on a 27" frame and never really noticed any issues, although I did have to rig (~$3) a "dropbolt" for my rear brake calipers.
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colin, I have a 27" fork with a pretty long steerer (I'll have to measure it) that's been re-sprayed silver (could be re-re-sprayed white, if you wanted). I'm sure you can find something locally, but if all else fails and you want to pay shipping: PM me.
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If you search, I posted about those Nashbar rims a couple weeks back and got replies that they were fine. I doubt you'll find anything cheaper. I was told they are "very wide" by a few people but I don't know what that means exactly. In the end I chose to spend $35/rim and buy polished Sun CR-18s instead.
You should be able to run 700C rims on nearly any bike that took 27s with the caveat that you might have to change out brakes.
Karl
You should be able to run 700C rims on nearly any bike that took 27s with the caveat that you might have to change out brakes.
Karl
