There's one of those locked up by my school missing everything except the front wheel.

I dont know if I would be able to do a conversion for less money. It would just for riding 40 blocks or so and be locked up all day. I cant find anything on craigslist that is cheaper or a potential conversion candidate.

Yes?

Craigslist is not always the solution.

get omnibus to replace 7700 and save 700 for an njs build?
http://i.imgur.com/Io8Sm.jpg

Should I drill the fork on my bike and put a brake on? I would be able to do descents faster while beng safe, but I have never felt unsafe without a front brake.

buy another fork

+1

+2... track forks not meant for brakes often have round blades, where road forks meant for a brake have oval blades so they're stiffer in the direction that braking will stress them. If you're going to mount a brake, you might as well do it on a fork that is intended to handle the stress.

But if you are riding on roads, you should definitely have a front brake. It doesn't mean you have to use it if you don't want to and it doesn't make you less of a man or an inferior rider. But the fact remains that you have more stopping power in front than in back - that has nothing to do with skill, it's physics. Not to mention that freak stuff does happen occasionally even when it's unlikely, like chains dropping or breaking, lockrings stripping, cogs unthreading, bottom brackets or pedal spindles cracking, and a front brake is a good backup plan for if it does.
And in the end, you can ride faster if you have a better brake because you can react and stop faster if necessary. Don't get me wrong, stopping or slowing with your feet is a good skill to have. But no matter how good at it you get, a front brake will still be better.

Get what fits.

The Fuji would only be a smidge too small. And a setback post and a slightly longer stem would compensate. Its pretty much all up to cost at this point. I emailed the guy with the CAAD to see how much he wants. Here's hoping.

If it's priced well, I'd definitely get the CAAD.

Thats what I'm hoping for. I just got my school refund, so that will cover it for now.

Get ze CAAD.

The CAAD looks like it comes with speedplay pedals too if your into that kinda thing. Buy the CAAD.

He said $675 OBO. How low do I go?

$600

Thats the number I was hoping to hear. This thing has been up there for a while too, so hopefully he'll take it to get rid of it.

I bet he will.

Cool thing, he works at my school, so I can just meet him on campus to take a look at it. And theres atms all over, so that works out really well for me.

He said its a 2006-2007, but I can't seem to find anything about one from that year, so I have no clue what a really fair price would be to offer for it based on the groupo it has. ****.

I flaked. I tried doing some research on the bike, and I couldn't find a single thing. So, with now idea what a legit price for it would be, based on age and all that stuff, I don't feel 100% comfortable going for it. Feel like an ******* about it, but I'm not about to spend that kind of money when I'm not absolutely sure about what I'm doing. Oh well I guess.

I wouldn't worry about it. If it doesn't feel right it is best not to go for it.

Here's a spec list for the CAAD8. Pretty sure this is it in race red.

http://www.bikepedia.com/QuickBike/B...e#.UO4okG-jaSo

Should I not bother holding back my laughter at the presta valve problem thread in the 41?

I don't know how you have that much control... hahaha.

I have no idea how some newbie's torn valve can turn in to a religious argument between schrader and presta.

Bikeforums gold.

Anyhow, I have been pondering the idea of getting rid of the dogma 2 and getting something else. You can say I must be MADone.

This:
Not really.

just saw that thread. cluster****.

Should I pick up a couple pairs of those Mavic Race SL Ti's to replace my 105s?