This might be a dumb question but is shotland fixeddrivejess.
Also shotland do you track race on a velodrome?

Scrod, my son's girlfriend has gone and fallen in love with a second hand bike. It's a 4 year old Orbea Dama. It's being sold by a shop with a good reputation for looking after their customers, for not telling bull**** and for knowing what they're talking about, so I'm not concerned about that. The price seems good. I get to see her test riding it on saturday so that'll confirm that it fits (pretty sure it does). The bike shop has, apparently, stripped the bike down and checked the frame, particularly the carbon parts as much as can be done visually. All this is good and a waste of your thread.

However, the previous owner was a little old lady who only raced it on sundays
Actually, I jest, but the previous owner was an older lady (probably my age) who didn't do many miles on the bike. However, she did use it for spin classes. This bike has a carbon fibre fork and rear triangle. As I understand things, spin classes where you use your own bike mean it's clamped into a stationary trainer. I also understand that a carbon fibre fork is designed for road stresses, not the sorts of stresses you get in a stationary trainer, particularly when doing stupid things like spin classes.

I personally don't trust carbon fibre but this bike seems ideal for her and her needs, so don't want to go putting a damper on things just to massage my own misconceptions.

So, bearing in mind that Orbea are a good brand, that the bike is four years old, the bike has been visually checked but has spent some reasonable time in a stationary trainer, how concerned should I be about the integrity of this fork?

Same thing I thought

Yes.

It's pretty common to put road bikes in trainers. Considering that every roadie from back home would spend all winter with their fancy carbon bikes clamped into an indoor trainer, I'm sure it will be fine.

I started seeing them about a year ago but the older style was more common (due to older stock on distributors' shelves). Now all the ones coming through have the newer matching style.

Thanks mate.

Does your shop take american express?

Yup.

Wooo. ******

Hey Scrod, I just stopped by the store and bought some parts. I bought some 23c tubes for the gatorskins I showed you. One tire is definitely a 23 but the other is questionable. It may be a 25c. Will this tube be okay even if its a 25?

Yeah, it will expand to fill the tire without any trouble.

I know this is a matter of opinion, but how often should I be lubing my chain? I ride about 15 miles round trip 5 days a week, dry and on roads. I have been using White Lightning Clean Ride wax lube and it seems like every week my drivetrain goes dry again and starts squeaking. Is there a better lubricant that doesn't need to reapplied as often?

Wax lube is much better suited for MTB use because it sheds dirt and crud as it flakes off the chain but needs to be reapplied constantly. Use a wet lube and don't overdo it.

My favorite is Phil Wood Tenacious Oil.

Sounds good. Thanks! Do I need to soak the chain in degreaser to get all the wax line off before applying a wet lube?

I wouldn't bother.

Hey Scrod,
Do you know if your keirin clamp on breaks would fit around the front fork of a 90's Cannondale Track

Yes, it will.

Based on measurements that were taken yesterday, and a trusty bike fit calculator, it would seem that I will fit best on a 55 cm 2015 Leader 735 frame.

I'm only 5'7" ish, though... 55 seems large. I know that it's impossible for you to recommend a proper bike fit over the internet, but in keeping with what you know about Leader frames, would a person who's 5'7"-5'8" be dwarfed on a 55?

Srod,


any frames similar to the super corsa pista? Wanting to build something classy. Just not that classy, maybe $1000 or a little more.

Considering that I'm 5'10" with long arms and ride a 55cm myself, I would say your measurements are wrong.

Scrod -

I'm building up a Steel Langster.

So far the parts list is like this:

Soma 456 38 or 40 cms, with white or black tape.
Silver cranks and black chainring - I am thinking sugino rd2? Sugino RD2 crankset | Retrogression
I also like this - IRD Defiant track crankset | Retrogression

Stem will be 70-90 mm Nitto or like kind.

My big question is the wheels and tires. What color scheme would you go with?
Al I have now is my frame, fork, headset, and an old campy seatpost I've had a while.

I guess I am really asking your opinion so I don't end up with a dorky looking bike. My main concern is how it rides, I will be riding NYC streets. However it would be nice if it looked boss as fk also. Thanks man

Here are some examples, and here is the wheelset I am thinking of.
Miche Pistard WR track wheelset | Retrogression

Thanks, thought something was off. Remeasured, and just ordered a 53 from you.

Now... we wait.

Pistards are great wheels, can withstand quite a bit of abuse and will look good on a bike having silver or black components.

If it were my steel Langster and I was considering the Miche wheels, I'd also be choosing gumwall Pasela PT tires to keep it classy.