Great tip, thanks.

I had the LBS build me H+SON Archetypes on Halo hubs for my new Colossi Mondial. The Halos spin and look great, a nice selection if you're looking for hubs in the $100-$200 range.

Just curious, what's your preferred LBS in the nola area?

Bicycle Michael's is right around the block. They're all around great people. Their wheel guy Donnie is kinda legendary. I also had them face and install the headset, bottom bracket and cranks on the Mondial, and order those parts. A little pricey but worth it, especially since I'm 100% in favor of any business on Frenchmen St that is not a nightclub. :notamused:

/notScrod

Hey Scrod, i'm looking into doing a wheel build and i'm curious about the All City Sheriff SL hubs. I haven't seen any in hand, and i'm sure you have, any remarks? I'm quite certain that's the hubset i'm going to go with but i would like your thoughts. They look pretty sweet for the money.

All City New Sheriff hubs are 100% awesome (and very underrated). If you dig the way they look, there is literally no reason you shouldn't be considering them.

+ about 1000

Donnie is not only a wizard with wheels, but sort of looks the part as well. Tim and co do a very good job

Thanks. I've probably been by there a thousand times while going to see shows/drink on Frenchman (mostly so I can avoid Bourbon St. when I have friends visiting from out of town), but never been inside the shop. I've heard mixed reviews, and a couple complaints about the prices, but think I'll give them a shot next time I need to make a trip to the LBS.

My apologies Scrod, I'll get off of your thread now.

Scrod, for a city bike (speeds below 25km/h - even less in traffic), and not everyday use. Light hills. Would just a coaster brake be enough power to stop the bike safely? If not, I will just keep with my front and rear brakes

Maybe? The main issue with having a common coaster brake as your only brake is that they overheat very quickly, causing failure. I see people riding around SD all the time on beach cruiser-type bikes but those people typically tend to stick to their own neighborhoods (or they're tweakers).

well, the biggest hill I ride is something like 5% and one or two kms. And I never try to get much speed. So I believe it will be fine? How fast those things overheat? I had one sometime ago, but never used it too much to feel it start to fail....

If I mix the ideas (a coaster brake with 650B wheels and fatter tires) I could get confort for days :D

I'm planning on having you build up a new rear wheel for my daily soon; the formula hub and Weinnman on there now (which came with the bike) never felt great, but did last through almost three years of abuse without major issues. The bike sees a good amount of dirt including some rooty singletrack, running 38c tires, and has a rear rack which often carries a significant amount of beer (not both things at the same time though, usually).

Looking for something that'll work well with wide tires and a reasonable amount of weight, without looking blingy since I lock it up outside fairly often in SF. My current idea is a 32h Formation Face to a Novatec fixed/fixed hub, with DB14 spokes. But, I'm not sure if that's an ideal rim and/or hub for what I'm looking for, so wanted to get your opinion and potentially some other ideas first. Thanks.

Formation Face rims are very stiff but on the heavy side and probably won't accommodate a 38c tire.

If you're using a tire that big, you'll be better off with a Velocity Aileron. If you're unfamiliar, it's a relatively lightweight rim having a 25mm width that was originally designed for cross racing but has slowly been seeing a bit more road and track use. We stock them but they're not up on our site yet (we're hoping to get them up there this week).

Oh wow, that does look much better for what I want, and 150g lighter too. I'm not in a hurry so I can wait for it to be up on the site later this week... definitely going that route. Rest of the build makes sense for something low key but reliable? Thanks!

Yeah, a Novatec should be plenty strong enough for what you'll be doing. :thumb:

Scrod,

Is the Crane Spacer Bell's striker position adjustable. In other words, can the dome be rotated or is the position fixed to the spacer?

It can be rotated.

Apologies in advance if this has already been asked before, but can the LOOK AC 364 Pista accept a threaded fork with a bit of curve to it? If so, what would be some potential options?

This would eliminate the only two things I don't like about it:

- the threadless steer tube
- the straight-as-an-arrow fork

Thanks!

How did SufferCat turn out?

Hi Scrod.
I have izumi super toughness chain 1/2 X 1/8
Q. will this chain work with White Industries DOS ENO Freewheel 16-18 Tooth: 2 speeds.
I read that it is designed for 3/32" chain size.
Do I have to have a special setup?
Thank you for your help.

The AC 364 has a 1 1/8" head tube, so you would need to use a headset reducer (which always looks wonky, IMO) to install a 1" threaded headset.

You read correctly. You'll need a 3/32" chain.

Suffercat was 100% ****ing awesome. The race itself was a little over 40 miles (depending on the routes taken) with 2400 feet of elevation. It was all gnarly hills and descents. The first checkpoint was atop Mt. Soledad, which bummed a lot of people out.

The Heavy Pedal came and did a pop-up shop outside, sold a ton of stuff and made a bunch of new friends. We had a taco stand slinging delicious food throughout the entire duration of the party and our local PBR rep hooked us up with way too many 16oz cans.

26 people did the race and there was probably 80-100 people in attendance. Retrogression knows how to party!

https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/hp...59685662_n.jpg
https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/hp...11211366_n.jpg

i almost peed.

Hahaha! ****ing Bojac. Such an awesome kook.

Some more pics can be seen on the event page and in this album by Matt Lingo.

Hey Scrod!
hope you're having a good time and great weather.

I have a very weird issue with my Schwalbe Ultremo foldable tire. I was ridding on cleen and flat surface and out of no were a little lump appeared on the side wall of my tire (rear). I have tried remounting the tire on the rim several times with no effect.
There is no apparent damage on the tire neither on the rim (Fulcrum quatro).

My question is: Have you heard about this problem and how to fix it... If not is it worth calling Schwalbe for refund or replacement?
I am going to replace the tire if i can't fix this since i feel my rear tire jumping when taking turns

You should make and sell a Bojac t-shirt.

Already in the works, mi amigo!

He's repping us pretty hard all over town too:

http://i.imgur.com/SmKElx4l.jpg

Is the lump in the same spot every time? If so, it's probably a bad tire.

Contact Schwalbe. They're really good about replacing defective stuff.

Hmmm i think it does in fact appear on the same spot on the tire. id have to check when i get home.

I'll probably hit schawlbe up at the same time!

Thanks Srcodd ,

ride safe