Welcome to the Dual A-spoke club! I used some water and brass dishwasher pad to scrape off the logos.

this is true, for me it was a very small shard of metal. like a tiny wire. couldn't see it or feel it from either side. it gave me one flat. i paid attention to where that spot was. a few days later, i went on a long ride and started losing pressure. i noticed the hole in the tube (i replaced the tube) was in the same spot as the last tube so i started looking at my tire real close. i had to use a knife and the end of my fingernail to pinch the metal and pull it out.

so lining up labels to valvestems can be helpful, if you pay attention you can still figure it out but lining them up makes things quicker.

edit: it has also helped me figure out that there was a rough spot inside my rim that was giving me flats about every week.

Preformance Brand Forke ( Forte Axis ) Sanded down the paint to remove the logo and clear coated.

I have to admit that yeah I do have a problem with sticking to one look...I've only had the Pake for under a year and I've changed to look five times. Not much money spent though considering parts were traded back and forth and all the paint jobs were done by me. I definitely think the areospokes are here to stay...yeah.


http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...h_DSC_0226.jpg
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...h_DSC_1204.jpg
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...0/th_Pake1.jpg
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1.../th_Pake-1.jpg
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...Dsc_0006-1.jpg

oh you are not the only one bud. I don't think there's anything wrong with changing up your bike since it's yours and you enjoy it most. Here's my incarnation list:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2210/...3548265d_m.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2015/...780088ed_m.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2189/...9cbf3862_m.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2011/...392761d3_m.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2231/...50723b51_m.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2253/...9a46c2fa_m.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2197/...7459afa3_m.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2280/...5e0270cd_m.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2196/...1f4dfdfc_m.jpg

Do I have a prob? I don't think so...do I like my bike? YES I DO

God dammit. Someone sell me a Hed3 for cheeeap.

Let's go halfsies.

I've sold both tri-spokes since then. sorry

I got offered 200 shipped on a WTB ad. Guy hasn't sent the photos yet though.

after some help from iab, i finally tracked down a set of the illusive cinelli
'priest' bars. this set is marked with the flying c logo and, considering the
logo positioning, is mounted upside down. this is the third and most likely
final incarnation of the euro-mystery frame.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2370/...0671a7ee_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2183/...860356b9_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2379/...fa84842f_o.jpg

Pretty.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...e/1lemond2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...e/1lemond3.jpg
This is my most recent lowcost build - a used 2006 Lemond Filmore (stock w/carbon fork), $69 Alien cranks, a Craigslist Mavic Ellipse wheelset, and $19 Izumi chain, sale-priced ultra race tires. Its supposed to be my beater or rainbike, but I can tell you now I like it more than my IRO Groupbuy w/expensive parts.

travsi, i like those bars. thats a near perfect build. nothing flashy, just a cool solid bike.

They look awesome, but I'd probably spend 99.9% of my time inside the bends anyways.

i like that fillmore. throw some colour at it!

yeah, my favorite thing about the bars is the grip diameter.
they are much thicker than the other roadster/upright bars
i had on before. ...oh, and they fit the cinelli stem.

you my friend have great taste in bikes!
now tell me about your bars they look rad. how are they on you hands?

thanks!
...concerning the bars, the story goes a little something like this:
in 1979 colnago presented pope john paul II with a gold plated colnago
mexico, but it was later returned and he requested a road bike with
an upright style bar. he was later given a white colnago with this
bar from cinelli; it is refered to as the 'priest' or 'pope' model. -reference
edit: more ref 1 ref 2 ref 3

as i said, the bar diameter is nice and thick (compared to other 25.4mm
clamp upright bars i've used). i have them wrapped in cloth tape, but i
could imagine they would be even more comfortable with cork or leather.

Sweet bike!!!! I'd like to see it with the bars flipped but, whatever... It's still so nice!!!

...flipped bars would look like this:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2027/...ae447a9d_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2370/...0671a7ee_o.jpg

this is a classy bike. i like.

Wow, great timing on the bike pictures. I just bought a set of those Cinelli bars on a bike I picked up off of CL, and have never seen or heard of them before. Thanks for the insight.

Here is a pic of the ones I got.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2416/...e3ee16ce76.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...worm21/006.jpg

Here's my '07 Langster single speed. Never mind the blue rear wheel. It was an emergency thing. I'm thinking a white set for my next ones.

Specs:

Velocity Deep V rims, laced to forumla hubs
White Industries 16t freewheel
Ultegra brake calipers
Cane Creek Rx 5.0 levers
Specialized Toupee' saddle
MKS pedals/clips
Sugino cranks (stock)
SRAM PC-1 chain
Continental Gatorskin front tire/Specialized Mondo rear tire

i really like the blue. in fact that's what jumped out at me.

My Wife's Fixie Inc. single speed in winter setup. (CX fork and studded tyres)
http://steelduck.pp.fi/images/view/Misc/Fixie_Inc.jpg