New Wheels with Pics
05-23-11, 05:52 PM
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New Wheels with Pics
I finally decided to install my new Williams 38C carbon clinchers.
These are my May-September wheels.
Other fairly recent changes to the bike (from the last time I posted it) include the 95g Merek carbon saddle and a new 3T ARX Pro stem (which is "only" 17 degrees, compared to the prior Ritchey Pro which was 30).
I haven't ridden them yet but will later this week.
Tires are, of course, Conti GP4000s.
These are my May-September wheels.
Other fairly recent changes to the bike (from the last time I posted it) include the 95g Merek carbon saddle and a new 3T ARX Pro stem (which is "only" 17 degrees, compared to the prior Ritchey Pro which was 30).
I haven't ridden them yet but will later this week.
Tires are, of course, Conti GP4000s.
05-23-11, 05:54 PM
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05-23-11, 06:01 PM
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Nice! I'd have thought you were about 7 ft. based on that headtube... and that maybe you were one of them there orthopedic-type surgeons. You know, "big as an ox, and just as smart."
Enjoy the ride!
Enjoy the ride!
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Something looks strange about that bike. It looks like it belongs to a 7 footer, not a 6 footer.
Please tell me you didn't have a 30 degree stem pointed straight into the air like that 17...yikes.
Nice wheels though!
Please tell me you didn't have a 30 degree stem pointed straight into the air like that 17...yikes.
Nice wheels though!
05-23-11, 07:12 PM
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Throw the stick!!!!
Looks good but will look better if you align the tires with the valve stems. 
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Do they make 750 wheels? Maybe I can adapt 29er technology??
And yes I did have a 30 degree stem flipped up. The builder said that I would have a hard time finding a fork to fit the frame if he designed it to fit a horizontal stem....the headtube would have been a few cm longer.
And yes I did have a 30 degree stem flipped up. The builder said that I would have a hard time finding a fork to fit the frame if he designed it to fit a horizontal stem....the headtube would have been a few cm longer.
