I have a question for Scrod!

I own several bikes, none fixed gear or ss. I want to buy a Kilo WT.
I am 5'8" with a 31" inseam.
My typical center of saddle to handlebar measurement for my road bike is 25.5" and 24.7" for CX. My saddle height is roughly 26 3/4 (center of bb to center of top of saddle) but that is with low-stack clipless pedals.

The geometry chart here: http://bikesdirect.com/products/merc...tt_wt_xiii.htm
My crit bike is a 52cm CAAD10 with a 100mm stem (chart here http://www.cannondale.com/catalog/pr.../category/916/)

The Kilo WT 53 looks like it may be a bit large? And the 49 just sounds absurdly small...
Which size would you recommend?


(And nobody better accuse me of not giving enough information!)

If your current bike fits, the best starting point is to pick the size Kilo WT with the closest top tube measurement.

So my favorite bike is a 53.5cm TT
The two Kilo WT options are a 52.65 or a 54.7...
Would it be better to size up or down since I seem to be pretty in-the-middle?
(Last sizing q, I promise)

I would probably go with the 52.65

What are some good rims that are similar to h+son f30s? I'm looking for something that's not too deep but have a good profile and look to then, relatively lightweight, and most importantly, don't have any braking surface. That's what drew me to these rims. The only issue I've run into is the fact that I want to run 36 hole wheels, and they only offer their rims in 32.

The first rims that come to mind are Velocity Fusions.

I'm looking to build something nice. I'd love to buy from your shop because you ship USPS. Any frames that you could recommend for distance riding as well as the occasional trip to the track? I'd like to avoid steel. My budget is around $1000. Thanks!

IMO the Vigorelli is a perfect choice for a multi-use (road & track) bike. A few people may disagree due to the lack of bottle bosses for distance riding but that issue is easily overcome.

^"Scrod, tell me to buy a vig."

I was a minute late but I nailed it.

:lol:

Some sram omnium cranksets come with grey chainring , some with black , which one is newer model?

For the past few years now, they all come with black chainrings.

Why is it that the vast majority of wheelsets ship with brass nipples instead of alloy when the cost difference is minimal yet it drastically reduces rotational weight? I've never understood this.

Brass nipples are stronger and less problematic.

To say the difference in rotational weight is "drastic" is 100% silly.

But, aluminum nipples are available in many different pretty colors. :p

all of this talk about nipples has me in a good mood

That is a an exaggeration, it can possibly be more than 99.5% silly

Oddly enough, nipples choice has about 15x the affect on a wheels Moment of Inertia than hub choice does. Both of which are trumped hundred fold by spokes, and thousandfold by the rim.

hubs and nipples have a negligible influence on how a wheel accelerates.

The "negligible influence" spoke nipples have on how a wheel accelerates is so minuscule that it's safe to say it has none in the real world where I choose to reside.

It's pretty much none everywhere. Even in a lab they'd get rounded off.

Like, a gram at the rim is worth a thousand at the hub.

Not trying to say you and scrod are wrong, but, when talking about nipples, aren't we talking about that gram at the rim? And more particularly 16 grams at the rim (assuming 32h rim and roughly a half gram each difference between brass and alloy). Still, if you figure a rim/tube/tire combo (oh and don't forget velox) is probably on the order of 6-700 grams on the light side, so the weight difference is only 2-3% at most, so I get where you are coming from in that it's not going to make a significant difference (especially if you're not a fatty like me and want to use lower spoke counts). But even if you use a 48h tandem wheel, 24 grams is a tiny percentage of total bike+rider weight rotating or not.

Worrying about 24g on a fixed gear bike I ride on the street is nothing I'll ever care about doing.

I could trim an inch off my beard and the clippings would probably weigh more than 24g.

When talking grams I only buy a gram at.... Oh $h!t, never mind

Hell, that's one sip of water.

noticed you have the eai goldmedal cogs for dirt cheap...what sizes do you have in your store. would like to pick up personally and save some shipping cost

Hella no-no's.


Read the first post homie.

I started riding fixed gear late last summer and have been interested in foot retention. My feet are really wide and I haven't been able to find any clipless shoes that I can stand to have my feet stuffed into because of the european style toe boxes. I have used cages on my commuter and road bikes for years, but I find that I like having a gigantic bmx style platform pedal to use on my fixie. At first I used just the bare platform just to get used to riding fixed, but now that I'm comfortable with it I would really like to have some form of foot retention in place. I have tried some basic Origin8 straps to little affect. When I have to straps open wide enough to slide my shoe into them the straps themselves will not hold any sort of shape and make it impossible to insert the second foot once pedaling. I would really appreciate some sort of suggestion as to a brand or style of strap that would perform better in this regard. Thank you.

ahhh si senor...hell no indeed. in that case. what are your honest opinions zilla about the goldmedals?

Those Origin 8 straps are known to be pretty terrible, especially when they wear in and soften up a little. Fyxation Gates straps are designed to be cinched a little tighter in the front and wider in the back (the part where your foot slides in) and they do keep their shape very well so they may be a little better.

As a sidenote, a kid recently came into the shop saying how much he hated the Fyxation straps and upon inspection, he had the left one on the right side and vise versa. As soon as I switched them, he was a happy camper.