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08-12-12 | 08:08 PM
#4951
Brown Bear, Sqrl Hunter
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 4,244
Likes: 28
From: San Jose, CA
Bikes: CAAD 10 4, Dolan DF4, Fuji Track Classic
08-12-12 | 08:17 PM
#4952
Thread Starter
Your cog is slipping.
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 26,053
Likes: 100
From: Beverly MA
Bikes: EAI Bareknuckle
Sorry, mang...missed it.
Angie uses a cross lever with a 24mm clamp, using one of those little rubber shims that come with reflectors and some lights cut to fit beneath 1/2 of the clamp. I have a pile of them if you need one.
Angie uses a cross lever with a 24mm clamp, using one of those little rubber shims that come with reflectors and some lights cut to fit beneath 1/2 of the clamp. I have a pile of them if you need one.
08-12-12 | 08:51 PM
#4953
old legs
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 910
Likes: 0
that's gotta look a lot better than the black Duct tape I use
08-12-12 | 11:34 PM
#4954
Brown Bear, Sqrl Hunter
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 4,244
Likes: 28
From: San Jose, CA
Bikes: CAAD 10 4, Dolan DF4, Fuji Track Classic
That would be awesome. Could you send me two? Thanks!
08-13-12 | 04:27 AM
#4955
Senior Member
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 117
Likes: 1
From: Wichita, KS
Bikes: 1988 Trek 800, 200? Fuji Marseille [shimagnolo], 2010 Windsor The Hour
There's always a cut-up old inner tube.
08-13-12 | 04:37 AM
#4956
Senior Member
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 13,765
Likes: 3,937
From: Louisville, KY
I did that for my wife's townie because I didn't have any of those shims for lights that I wasn't using. I gotta be better about not tossing things like that when I'm not going to use them.
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Bikes: 1996 Eddy Merckx Titanium EX, 1989/90 Colnago Super(issimo?) Piu(?),1990 Concorde Aquila(hit by car while riding), others in build queue "when I get the time"
Bikes: 1996 Eddy Merckx Titanium EX, 1989/90 Colnago Super(issimo?) Piu(?),
08-13-12 | 06:54 AM
#4957
old legs
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 910
Likes: 0
I am building a 29er townie for my brother using mostly spares from 4-5 different people its actually pretty funny when you ask if someone has something and you end up trading for a few other things that you forgot you needed
08-13-12 | 07:18 AM
#4958
Senior Member
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 13,765
Likes: 3,937
From: Louisville, KY
Yeah, the funny thing is I have a box full of broken parts that I save because I might need something from them someday but yet I've thrown away my potentially useful shims. Ah well, now I have an old flatted innertube in there that I can cut up to make as many shims as I want.
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Bikes: 1996 Eddy Merckx Titanium EX, 1989/90 Colnago Super(issimo?) Piu(?),1990 Concorde Aquila(hit by car while riding), others in build queue "when I get the time"
Bikes: 1996 Eddy Merckx Titanium EX, 1989/90 Colnago Super(issimo?) Piu(?),
08-13-12 | 07:37 AM
#4959
Thread Starter
Your cog is slipping.
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 26,053
Likes: 100
From: Beverly MA
Bikes: EAI Bareknuckle
Any sensible bike shop will most likely have a pile of those shims and gladly give you one for free. The old shop I worked at threw them away by the handful.
08-13-12 | 12:22 PM
#4960
Senior Member
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 535
Likes: 5
Scrod,
I was looking at your bikes and every single wheel is slammed in the drop outs. I didn't see any half links, so you must know some kind of formula? Please share.
Thanks.
I was looking at your bikes and every single wheel is slammed in the drop outs. I didn't see any half links, so you must know some kind of formula? Please share.
Thanks.
08-13-12 | 05:33 PM
#4961
Thread Starter
Your cog is slipping.
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 26,053
Likes: 100
From: Beverly MA
Bikes: EAI Bareknuckle
They're close to being slammed but not quite. The 28c Rando on my Gara will hit my seat tube if I slam it.
08-13-12 | 09:42 PM
#4962
Senior Member
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 321
Likes: 0
From: Baton Rouge
Bikes: IRO Mark V
Scrod,
How are you liking your bareknuckle? I have a chance to get one used for a good price on cl.
How are you liking your bareknuckle? I have a chance to get one used for a good price on cl.
08-13-12 | 10:37 PM
#4963
Thread Starter
Your cog is slipping.
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 26,053
Likes: 100
From: Beverly MA
Bikes: EAI Bareknuckle
I honestly couldn't be happier with it.
08-13-12 | 10:50 PM
#4964
Cat Enthusiast
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 2,227
Likes: 0
From: Plymouth, MI
Bikes: All City Nature Boy
Scrod,
Any experience with the Novatec road hubs? Are they as nice as their track hubs? I'd like to replace the wheels on my Tarmac in the coming months and am considering a road wheel build equivalent to the track wheels you built me(28 or 32 hole). Figured I'd get A23's, hopefully from you if Velocity gets their **** together, or eBay as a last resort. Thoughts?
Any experience with the Novatec road hubs? Are they as nice as their track hubs? I'd like to replace the wheels on my Tarmac in the coming months and am considering a road wheel build equivalent to the track wheels you built me(28 or 32 hole). Figured I'd get A23's, hopefully from you if Velocity gets their **** together, or eBay as a last resort. Thoughts?
Last edited by ddeadserious; 08-13-12 at 10:57 PM.
08-13-12 | 11:06 PM
#4965
i smell bacon
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 5,574
Likes: 1
Bikes: Geekhouse Deerfield, GT Edge Ti, Spooky Skeletor, TET Track, Ritchey P-650b, Bridgestone MB-3
bike specs call for a 29.8 seatpost collar; can i use a 30.0 collar (more options in 30.0)?
08-13-12 | 11:12 PM
#4966
Fixie Infamous
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 10,480
Likes: 28
Yeah, they're the same. My Kilo called for a 30.0, I used a 29.8.
08-13-12 | 11:14 PM
#4967
i smell bacon
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 5,574
Likes: 1
Bikes: Geekhouse Deerfield, GT Edge Ti, Spooky Skeletor, TET Track, Ritchey P-650b, Bridgestone MB-3
08-14-12 | 06:17 AM
#4968
Goes to 11.
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,548
Likes: 4
From: Wichita, KS, USA
Bikes: 2015 Soma Double Cross
08-14-12 | 06:41 AM
#4969
Thread Starter
Your cog is slipping.
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 26,053
Likes: 100
From: Beverly MA
Bikes: EAI Bareknuckle
Scrod,
Any experience with the Novatec road hubs? Are they as nice as their track hubs? I'd like to replace the wheels on my Tarmac in the coming months and am considering a road wheel build equivalent to the track wheels you built me(28 or 32 hole). Figured I'd get A23's, hopefully from you if Velocity gets their **** together, or eBay as a last resort. Thoughts?
Any experience with the Novatec road hubs? Are they as nice as their track hubs? I'd like to replace the wheels on my Tarmac in the coming months and am considering a road wheel build equivalent to the track wheels you built me(28 or 32 hole). Figured I'd get A23's, hopefully from you if Velocity gets their **** together, or eBay as a last resort. Thoughts?
FWIW - we can now get machined sidewall A23s in certain drillings.
Last edited by Scrodzilla; 08-14-12 at 07:14 AM.
08-14-12 | 06:43 AM
#4970
Thread Starter
Your cog is slipping.
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 26,053
Likes: 100
From: Beverly MA
Bikes: EAI Bareknuckle
08-14-12 | 07:11 AM
#4971
Brown Jersey Winner
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 8,797
Likes: 13
From: The Bad Woods.
Angie has a Novatec A29SB-SL on the front of her 721TR and is happy with it. The front wheel at that bike weighs close to nothing.
08-14-12 | 07:32 AM
#4972
Cat Enthusiast
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 2,227
Likes: 0
From: Plymouth, MI
Bikes: All City Nature Boy
Angie has a Novatec A29SB-SL on the front of her 721TR and is happy with it. The front wheel on that bike weighs close to nothing.
FWIW - we can now get machined sidewall A23s in certain drillings.
FWIW - we can now get machined sidewall A23s in certain drillings.
08-14-12 | 07:54 AM
#4973
Junior Member
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 161
Likes: 2
Scrod,
What's a reliable inner tube brand(s) that you've been happy with?
What's a reliable inner tube brand(s) that you've been happy with?
08-14-12 | 07:57 AM
#4974
Thread Starter
Your cog is slipping.
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 26,053
Likes: 100
From: Beverly MA
Bikes: EAI Bareknuckle
08-14-12 | 08:34 AM
#4975
Senior Member
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 560
Likes: 0
S.Zilla- When shopping for a frame, that will be for street use, would you chose CroMo or butted Aluminum? Is there a reason not to run the aluminum frames? Thanks.