Cool man, good to know. BTW, your website is awesome. I'm definitely getting a few Big Gummy Sharks.

Right on, thanks!!!

My gf's birthday present this year was a 50cm BK in the same color. such a sweet frame and paint combo, her's is set up with silver components and it looks so good in a totally different way. Also I've been on the fence about those bars, but seeing your set-up with those grips has sold me, i'm getting them. curious if you have tried them flipped upside down or know anyone that has?

I've never used them flipped the other way but I'm sure they wouldn't be too bad. I happen to think they look better flipped up and I wanted to be a little more upright.

I've also found that by using track grips, I'm not limited to only one hand position. I actually like stretching out a little and resting my hands in the bends sometimes, especially when riding on a bike path or other long, straight road. Great bars.

Hello scrod, I was wondering if you would consider the 62 BB drop on the wabi special too low? How would that frame compare to the geometry on eai/Toyo Godzilla? Is the Godzilla geo too trackish for riding strictly on streets?

I ride a Bare Knuckle (which has the exact same geo as a Godzilla) on the street and think it's perfect.

I've never ridden a Wabi so I have no way of making an actual real-world comparison.

Thank you for answering the question, scrod, :thumb:

Hey Scrod, I ordered a set of Archetypes laced to Gran Compe hubs from you guys on Saturday. Miraculously, they were waiting for me when I got home from work yesterday. I'm not sure what kind of quantum worm-hole you used to get them to Virginia that fast but thanks for some great service. If you could do something about all the snow here, that would be great too.

Right on, thank you too!

I'll work on getting that weather fixed up. :)

im pretty sure i have a handle on this, but i just wanna run this by another human to make sure

i have a bike with an integrated headset, i cannot use a zero-stack headset because the cup reduces the diameter of the headtube and bearing, correct?

Correct.

If the bearing OD is 41mm and the contact angle is the same, you can omit the cups and use the rest of the headset but unless you already have it, there's no point in doing that.

yeah, i had wanted to use a cane creek angleset but i realized that since my bike has no cups thats not really possible.

since its tapered i could use one cup on the top, but it still needs the gimbals on either side so it wouldnt work anyway. bummer.

This is what I hate about integrated headsets, because you are pretty much locked into one setup only. Also, you often need to futz around with shims and whatnot to compensate for imperfections in the headtube machining.

Hi Scrod,

What are those bars? I looked through the thread and couldn't find the name of them. Then again I can't read.

^ I was just looking at the FSA Metropolis bar on your site, which seems similar but for a 31.8 clamp which would work better for me. Thinking about trying it out with track grips, to replace the bullhorns on my commuter and make it a bit more relaxed. Think that'd work well? How far would the Yoshida grips extend onto those bars?

Metropolis bars are pretty similar in bend and shape but the grip area is a little longer. Track grips will cover the flat portion and just barely touch the bends.

Ok thanks... I was digging the idea of using the bends sometimes, so maybe I'll just wrap em.

I know no one has the same butt, but I'm looking for a new saddle. Which ones would you say are the most popular or the best sellers on RG?

I know no one has the same butt, but I'm looking for a new saddle. Which ones would you say are the most popular or the best sellers on RG that people commonly seem to like?

Our two best selling saddles are the Turbo and the Fizik Arione.

I love Turbos but can't sit on an Arione without wanting to die!

They look really cool completely wrapped, IMO.

Scrod, how popular are those gag items that you're selling on the new site?

What gag items? ;)

In all seriousness, we've sold two Intern Judys, nine gummy sharks and one Black Sabbath vinyl box set since the site went live.

that is awesome, id love to order a gift for someone, ship it to their house, and they open it and theres a judy and gummy sharks in with some tiny bike part lol

Hey Scrod, you ever try one of those origin 8 cargo front racks on your bk? Got one for cheap and tried to install it tonight ... failed miserably. Not sure if it was user error or if the mount they included to get in the caliper hole just won't work with the bk fork.

I've never used it but because the EAI fork doesn't have rack mounts on the dropouts and you'd need to attach it to the fork legs using P-clips (thus making the rack sit a little higher), the included bracket that attaches to the brake hole won't be long enough. Nothing a quick trip to the hardware store and a small amount of creativity can't fix.

Roger that. Thanks as always

Hey Scrod

I'm looking for a set of 31.8 risers right now, the deda streetissimos and the nitto 267 AA both interest me. Have you had any personnel experience using any of them and if you got an opinion? Just wondering does the nitto bar also comes in black or is there only silver?

I've used both! They're both nice but have very different aesthetics. I like the Nitto bars much better. They have a little more backsweep too, which I happen to really fond of.

In response to your edit, the 267AA is only available in silver.