Moving any heavier object will require more effort. Riding a heavier bike will feel like you're riding a heavier bike, not like you're pushing more gear inches. It may sometimes give a similar overall feeling (like when climbing a hill) but it's not the same.

hahaha no. flying pigeons are kinda sweet though. its an '81 schwinn world tourist singlespeed/coaster brake bike. swapping out the sprung saddle and northroad bars for road drops and a concor lookalike.

cool, i kinda figured that made sense. im probably going to run 17-44 on it.

i had this dude on ebay that had 36h 27" alloy coaster brake back/QR front wheelsets for like $120, but he ran out of shimano coaster hubs and said he'd hit me up when he gets some more. when i get them i'm probably going to take them to my lbs to make sure theyre true and dont go out of true(flexing the spokes and stuff). im lazy, i just want a lighter bike cause i hate carrying the heavy ones up the stairs to my friends apartments haha

edit - so it would be easier to pedal on the lighter bike. OK. this is very logical, and pretty much what i wanted to confirm haha.

You're quick! I deleted my comment because I didn't know what thread I was in. Feelin' like Dan over here.


Also, scrod, It's gonna be christmas when I get home.

Let me know if you have any trouble getting that wheelset. I may be able to work some magic.

word dude! yeah if he totally flakes ill hit you up.

everyone else is like, get 700s blah blah blah and im like bro, i want 27's

nothing wrong with 700s, i just like 27s.

You talk to yourself often?

The Novatec hub on the wheel I'm building Nagrom is nearly as quiet as that Shimano SC.

The last novatecs I had, different model, sounded like a lawn mower.

Dude, this one barely makes an audible click. When turning the freehub with my hand, I think I can feel it more than I can actually hear it.

That's nuts, haha.

What does the quality look like on it? seem solid?

Yeah, those hubs are awesome. Angie's got the same front hub on her Leader 721.

BTW - she built your front wheel today.

My Ultegra and Tiagra hubs are like that. Partly why I love Shimano hubs.

Sweet.

I wish my sqrl could build wheels...

+1 I don't care for loud ass freehubs.

hahaaah
i probably really do though

got any 36h 90mm quick release front hubs with an 8mm axle(i think)? 90s seem hard to find. i could just cold set it with an allthread+nuts and that would probably be fine too but i dont really feel comfortable doing that

I'll do some looking.

Hey Scrod I just got a ticket for riding brainless and I have to bring my bike to the station to get it written off . My question to you is what's the cheapest drilled fork that I can run on my Kagero to get this ticket written off and keep in my garage until the next time a bored city cop decides to hassle me ?

Holy crap, brakeless riding gets you a ticket in San Diego?

There's one motorcycle cop that lives writing tickets for that . There's guys all over sdfixed that have dealt with him . I've lived here for a year and this was my first run in with him.

Scrod, any idea where to source one of these? http://tklog.net/archives/2860

http://i.imgur.com/faMRh.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/gRLE3.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/CVY1Z.jpg

I can't help you. I recommend seeing a doctor.

That's pretty awesome. I obviously can't read that website but it's most likely custom.

Pick up only it looks like.
http://m801.ocnk.net/product/1

edit:

This one ships.
http://katsuri.com/archives/6349

Sorry, auto correct . Brakeless. Any suggestions ?