Exactly. She has cross levers now but they are too large. If it were me I would simply tape the bars until they fit but she wants her bike to be pretty. I will look into the levers you suggested. I will also take my micrometer to the area where she wants the levers to actually be. Some of this is new to me as I am a BMX guy who rides a a fixed Varsity with BMX parts. Thanks for your help.

sram omnium or sugino messenger? for the same price.

omniums

does a piece of a scrap inner tube work well as a patch?

i just bought a big thing of vulcanizing fluid and wonder if i should buy a pack of patches too or just use cut up pieces of inner tube. i assume if i sand it down it and clean it it should work fine right?

It's really really crappy.

Get on ebay and buy a hundred pack of patches from China for like 2 bucks.

thanks, just bought a 48 pack for 1.67 w/ free shipping.

Did I just piss away 3 hours of my night?

So I got hit awhile ago, front wheel got trashed and got a new wheelset out of the ordeal. So tonight I was bored and was trying to be all mechanical and use my rear rim and spokes to lace to my front hub. I haven't fully trued up and tightened the wheel because I don't have a spoke wrench or a stand but, I checked the hub flange width and discovered the rear was narrower than the front, did I waste my time? I didn't want to use the front spokes because they are bent, but can they be reused if I'm trying to be as thrifty as possible? Both front and rear wheels were 3x.

I guess I did learn how to 3x lace though...

Spoke length calculators exist for a reason.

I eye balled them and they looked the same, but I see that MMs matter. Can I reuse the front spokes even though they're kinda bent?

Maybe?

If you're going to take the time and energy to build a wheel at least use good spokes.

Do you grease the inner hub before you put the cartridge bearings in? (formula hubs)

Found a tutorial, and got the answer.

I need a set of new, low-priced drop bar brake levers for a project I'm planning.

After a bit of shopping, it looks like Tektro is the way to go. But I've run across a buttload of different versions from them. My hands are small & the handlebar I will be using is small too, so I would like a compact lever with a short reach. Can anybody here steer me to which Tektro model is the right choice in this case?

TIA...

Tektro R341

Universal Cycles -- Tektro R341 Brake Levers

Thank you for the quick and helpful answer. If anybody else is looking for same, I just ordered this for $17.95 (a price match) + 1.99 shipping from Treefort Bikes

'Bout to put in an order of a new chainring and chain (both 1/8"). Shouldn't be any trouble with my rear cog being 3/32?
Haven't changed a chainring before and just making sure I'm not wasting money.

You're good.

If you're replacing them due to wear, make sure your cog isn't worn or you'll eat up your new hardware pretty quick.

^ Good to know.

Thanks for the quick answers, fellas.

I need a roll up tool bag that is compact under the saddle that holds basic tools for wheel removal and flat repair like co2, tube and wrench plus multi tool.

I love my YNOT saddle roll.

http://www.chromeindustries.com/medi...v2_enlarge.jpg
http://www.chromeindustries.com/us/en/tool-roll-small

I almost got this but decided on the pouch instead of the rollup.

I have a tool roll from Lazymonk, and while their website isn't the greatest, its a great product.

$31 for a custom bag after shipping, its pretty nice. Waterproof, and cool colors, if that's your thing.

Trying to remove the Kilo TT's stock 16t cog with my chain whip and it's refusing to budge, any ideas on how to loosen it? I don't have any WD40 with me. Also I'm turning it in the right direction (anti clockwise)


note: I've spent at least a good 30 mins trying to get it off, and I remembered when I took my Kilo to the shop and have the remove they seemed to have a problem with getting it off. Anyone else have this issue?

Place the wheel back in the frame with the chain removed. Attach the chainwhip on the cog with its bar on top and facing to the rear. Make sure ship chain is fully wrapped on the cog and under the whip bar. Brace the rear wheel against a wall and stand on the whip bar.

I'll have to try that, and hope that I don't break something (not too worried about the bike as I am worried about myself...)

probably a dumb question, but are the hatta and sugino 75 bottom brackets, and dura-ace and sugino 75 cranksets all completely interchangeable with the exact same result? im buying a sugino 75 crankset and the frame im putting it on already has a hatta bb, and i dont want to buy a sugino 75 one if i dont have to. like i said prolly a dumb question but im ocd about stuff being perfect

Sugino 75 cranks will work fine on a Hatta 9400 bottom bracket. Make sure it is 109mm, because they made other configurations as well.

While we are discussing bottom brackets, will the DA 7710 track cranks fit on the DA 7700 road bottom bracket? They are both spec'd as 109.5mm Octalink, but is there some difference? Asking because I have a couple of good road bottom brackets in the parts bin and may be in the market for another track crankset.