jzsoup

Where did you come up with that chain? I'm diggin it.

jdmitch

If I'm not mistaken, that's a KMC Rainbow

admrwe

thanks all! yeah, the chain is the kmc rainbow, i think that they should still have them on danscomp.

the fork is a kona p2 mountain fork with the cantilever tabs cut off / sprayed yellow, it is ridiculously strong and allows me to barspin a 700c wheel, so awesome all around.

adam

adriano 

this is the listing picture and a detail about the axle thats on it. before i order up the fixxer, i just want to be sure this cant be converted with just a lockring or something.

mr_macgee

"thanks all! yeah, the chain is the kmc rainbow, i think that they should still have them on danscomp.

the fork is a kona p2 mountain fork with the cantilever tabs cut off / sprayed yellow, it is ridiculously strong and allows me to barspin a 700c wheel, so awesome all around.

adam"


That must be the total cruiser with the now relaxed frame angles using that tall fork?

cc700

dude you need to do more research before buying things.


the front rim will be great... and awesome. i just picked up a rolf ti sestiere front and it's the nicest front wheel i've ever had.

the rolf vector rear has a cassette hub, which means there is no threading on the hub for a cog OR lockring.

what it has now is a singlespeed conversion kit which includes spacers to space the "cog" out and a cog that fits on that particular cassette. the part that freewheels is INSIDE the cassette and hub. you'll need to get a fixed gear hub and lace it back to that rim if you want to use that wheel fixed. that hub will never reliably function as a fixed wheel- and it was never designed to. that low of a spoke count means that the spokes are designed to only take rotational pressure on the drive side.

to answer your question: no, it can't be converted with just a lockring. in fact, it can't be converted without a welder and more metal.

tFUnK

you're not gonna be fitting a lockring or cog onto that. the fixxer is your only option.

tFUnK

actually the surly fixxer replaces the entire cassette hub body so it should work. spacing is another issue you'll need confirm.

adriano 

i try to stay on top of things, but im definitely new to bikes. i learned i would be able to make this happen with the fixxer, but i thought there might have been a way to avoid getting that rather pricey piece because he had some kind of conversion already in place. thanks for explaining what he did. i also bought these because if at the end of the day i dont want to deal with it, i learned can easily flip them for profit at the price i got.

do you mean chainline or overall width? surly says "Most converted hubs can be spaced 120, 126, 130 or 135mm."

cc700

oooh a surly fixxer.

right.

my bad.


in that case, you'll need a new cog and a lockring.

spray2020

so-

I've noticed that some of these kilo tt frames have really tight clearance with the front wheel/tire and the down tube-

and then others dont have as tight of clearance?

is this depend on the size? or because of the new or older model?


I fit a small frame, and wanted to get one that had these tight clearances with the front wheel, but I wasn't sure if that was with the bigger frames?

spray2020

this frame seems to have that front wheel tighter clearance- compared to many others?

why is that?

torricantdance

i think it may have to do with size which is why the smaller frames have toe overlap.

spray2020

hmm.. interesting

so the smaller frames wouldn't have those close clearance due to toe overlap?

I know its all appearance in my mind, but they look much more agressive with that compactness in the front.

tFUnK

i think it's actually the larger sizes that have the steeper headtube angle, which will give you tighter clearances like that.

scoobydrew

I think I'll have to agree with tfunk. On my 50cm, there is still that tight tire/downtube clearance, but it does not look as aggressive as the larger bike above.

ZiP0082

my 57cm has pretty tight clearance in the front:

spray2020

would you mind posting a pic to show the comparison?

spray2020

very nice! looks agressive

Nietzsche

I'm about to pull the trigger on a 50cm black kilo tt...

30" inseam 5' 8" height... just doing one last check on the size...

anacrime

definitely don't want to go lower or higher. i'm a tad taller than you and fit just fine on my 50

Nietzsche

awesome... thanks for the advice... buying now...

mrgrizzler

are those lightning bolts for spokes?

for relevance, my girlfriends white 50cm TT frameset comes tomorrow!

Nietzsche

thats just a really really low quality image... notice the jaggy lines around the whole thing... jpeg is a *****...

fredundead

yeah... jaggy.