Muffin Man

Damn you must be tall

SS_Giant

yep and this bike is monsterous

hairnet

It's the 62 right? Does it feel long enough?

SS_Giant

63cm actually. and yeah to be honest I might get a shorter stem on there, its super long

edit: lets be mature

JonSC

^ Congrats! How do you like it so far?

Scrodzilla

He's obviously a troll - but I don't need to give a **** about stuff like that anymore.

SS_Giant

ha as you can tell, weather was a bit unfavorable for riding, but I took it out for a quick 10 miles before the snow set in and so far I like it. I need to get some things dialed in, and I will be switching out some parts from my old bike, but overall it pretty cool.

DarkSeraphim

So after a good 8 months to ride my TT Pro I'm in love. So much that I'm considering riding in the 4 inches of snow outside. Anyways I was looking to shed some weight of the bike. I feel like it could be lighter. Everything is stock except for some gr-9 with RG clips and steps. Any suggestions?

mattheis

looks like the snow we're getting here in Columbus now.... damn winter.

Pinkbullet3

Wabi wheelset

DarkSeraphim

I know the wheelset would be one of the major improvements but I was thinking more about the components.

Scrodzilla

Wheels are pretty important components, especially when looking to take some weight off your bike that actually matters.

Nagrom_

In all seriousness, upgrading the wheelset is probably the only change on a bike that you will instantly, and actually notice.

Aside from a saddle and bartape change of course.

DarkSeraphim

Sweet. Now are the Wabi wheels the best bang for buck or are there any better ones out there?

Nagrom_

For that price, not really. They're really light, and they put up with abuse according to the handful of people on BF that have them.

stormtroopin

What's going on fellas. Newbie here. Hoping these links work..
Anyway, I bought myself a Kilo TT as a gift to myself during the holidays.
The guy I got it from was really cool, being that it's my first fixed gear bike, he's been really helpful.

Original post to part wheelset and frame from him.

Shot him a message for the complete bike, and it's all history from there.

I took an obligatory instagram picture for karma.


Another shot


And a pretty sweet action shot from a ride the other day. (I think so, anyway)



Have already ordered a Brooks Swift saddle for it, currently riding it with the saddle from my Raleigh.
Looking at a Omnium crankset in the near future...

Will update accordingly.

Ohyeah, it's name is Pegasus.

Nagrom_

Wuuuuuuuuuut. New member with some sense. watch out.

Looks good. What color are those wheels? can't tell. They look brown in some pics and gold in others. I'm thinking they're olive like certain phil wood hubs.

stormtroopin

Thanks man, they're Bronze B43's.
Was actually thinking about getting the Olive Phil Wood hubs for aesthetic reasons.
Also looking into wrapping my drops in stitched leather the same colour as the saddle.
I've taken a liking to the Miche Supertype seatpost that I may be getting sometime soon.
What gear ratio is everybody riding here? I'm at 46x15 at the moment.

This is a pretty cool thread. A lot of the bikes on here are really nice. Glad I found it, I feel like I joined a secret society of people that ride Kilo TT's. Then again, I may be over-thinking the whole thing.

FakeFuji

I ride 48/17 or 45/17 depending on my mood

Pinkbullet3

this ain't ****** bro

jk. just curious, how well do brakes work on NMSWs?

Scrodzilla

As you can see, he removed the brake.

stormtroopin - you may already know this but you should never use a brake on B43s. The sidewall isn't designed to withstand brake pad wear and the rim will eventually weaken.

solipsist716

This. Happy with my Wabi.

And this.

Nagrom_

Spic 'n' span. Needed it real bad.

Different saddle, the white toupe is on loan to Muffin Man, and this one is on loan from my caad build. I kinda like the black actually. After I get the white one back, I may order some of that white confetti speckled tape from scrod. That'll look real good I think.

SS_Giant

what stem did you put on there?

edit: stupid question I just looked at your pedalroom

stormtroopin

Yeh, I didn't know it to be true, but I didn't want to run brakes on it because of that reason. Thank you for clarifying that for me.

Hey Nagrom, I think we may have the same Cateye computer. I have a question on the way the direction the sensor should be facing on the fork. Like the idiot I can be, I assumed that the side with 'SPEED' and the Sensor Zone should be facing outwards, and have the battery side on the inside. During the first run it wasn't picking anything up. I pushed the speed sensor a bit closer to the spokes and had the magnet set an angle to where there's about enough space for a nickel to squeeze between the two for clearance. It picks up now, but should I have mounted it with the battery side facing outwards? If so, I'm thinking of getting new zip ties, and putting it on the correct way.