how come? Its like a standard on all modern road bikes now... So I assume it has to be decent.

And is it possible to make your own patches out of an old tube?

hey scrod. i see you have had both sun cr18 and m13 wheelsets. which do you prefer? are there any differences in the ride?
you can put a 23c tire on the cr18 right? whats the seatpost clamp size for the excel frame?
whose your favorite rapper?
thanks scrod

Think about it. Road bikes typically only put force on the BB from one direction.

Using a tube to make patches usually doesn't work. See here.

Rumrunner vs 722TS

Grilled poblano peppers stuffed with eggs and chorizo or sourdough french toast and home fries?

That really depends on what you want the bike to do. The geo is considerably different.

2-10 miles mostly commuting, grocery shopping exercise and the like

and that breakfast sounds awesome homecooked?

Stuffed peppers......

Um, both. What the hell are you talking about trying to make me choose.

Scrod, how much chorizo do you eat in one week?

I never had CR18s but you should be able to use most 23c tires on them, Excel seatpost clamp is 30.0 and while I don't really have a favorite rapper, I've always really liked De La Soul.

Breakfast on the weekends is usually pretty epic at the Scrod house. We went with the peppers and a side of home fries seasoned with cayenne pepper, cumin, chives and fresh cilantro.

The 722 is a nicer frame but some people are turned off by the slack geo. If you're looking for quick, snappy handling, get the Pake.

Scrod, I have the VP Comp headset you sell, and I'm putting a new fork on my bike so I need a crown race to put on it. Do I need a VP one to match the VP headset, or is there another one that would work as well? There seem to be a lot of crown races to choose from at my LBS: http://www.universalcycles.com/shopp...?category=1696

Not as much as you would think, but enough.

Assuming you don't have a crown race puller, have your LBS remove it from your old fork and install it on your new one.

But Scrod, that makes sense!

Thanks. :P

Ummm tasty...BTW Chorizo is really good on BBQ pizza

That's the answer I was looking for, slack geo is actually preferable since its replacing a steel Dawes SST

my bad i thought i saw one of your bikes with them. ive never listened to de la soul. whats your ethnicity? if you dont mind me asking

chorizo and rap music confuse you?

btw, de la soul is great. listen to them.

What handlebar length do you prefer? Current bullhorns are 42cm, going to get nitto rb-021 and maybe thinking of getting shorter ones.

how long have you been growing your locks and when was the last time you had a haircut?

Hey Scrod, if I'm trying to trick on my volume cutter, what width tires should I have for my 700c? I'm currently using 700x25, but after doing some gnarly wheelies yesterday my tire tore, and I need new ones.

I usually stick with 40cm.

I think it's been about 7 years.

Definitely bigger than 25c for tricks. What wheels are you using?

can't those frames take something like 50mm tires?

I found that my old Sun M13's rear wheel had a flat, changed the tube with a new one and couldn't find any definite puncture on the old tube. After I inflated the wheel, I found this on the sidewall.http://distilleryimage7.instagram.co...38140926_7.jpg

Is this anything I should be worried about? There are actually a lot of them.