Built up my fixed gear!
09-11-07 | 10:17 AM
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Keep the cage. It's nice to have some water when you are not wearing your bag or camelbak or whatever. As for buying water on the go, good luck with that out in the rural roads and climbs around here. I agree it looks better without the cage but it also looks better without the brake and I wouldn't skip that either.
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09-11-07 | 10:30 AM
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09-11-07 | 04:45 PM
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09-11-07 | 04:50 PM
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Looks aren't for posers. Aesthetics are important. They're not the end all and be all, and function should always come before fashion, but there's nothing wrong with wanting to make your bike, or anything else attractive. One can make a very good looking bike without compromising the performance; imho, many extremely good looking parts, are also very high quality. examples: Phils, most NJS frames, Nitto stems/bars, Tashis, Brooks, Selle Italia saddles, and many more.
09-11-07 | 11:33 PM
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hey, i'm not saying a steel track frame can't be built up to 17lb. hell, my nice steel track frame probably weighs somewhere around that (and it's made out of that super nice kaisei tubing i keep raving about), i just haven't gotten around to taking it to the shop yet to put it on the hanging scale. it's just that a steel frame with heavy rims like deep V's is most likely going to weigh more than 17lb unless everything else is extremely light componentry. my best guess is that chances are better than not that the OP used the (inaccurate) bathroom scale method.
09-12-07 | 07:46 AM
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09-12-07 | 07:47 AM
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hey, i'm not saying a steel track frame can't be built up to 17lb. hell, my nice steel track frame probably weighs somewhere around that (and it's made out of that super nice kaisei tubing i keep raving about), i just haven't gotten around to taking it to the shop yet to put it on the hanging scale. it's just that a steel frame with heavy rims like deep V's is most likely going to weigh more than 17lb unless everything else is extremely light componentry. my best guess is that chances are better than not that the OP used the (inaccurate) bathroom scale method.
09-12-07 | 10:22 AM
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09-12-07 | 08:47 PM
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