Adding to the discussion, I have friends who don't consider Chicago style as "pizza".

I just want any pizza now

I had pizza tonight. I didn't fold a thing and it didn't come served in a pie tin.

You people are sick.

what type of grease should one use on an aluminum seatpost in a steel frame to prevent corrosion? i tried just regular grease but have had problems with my seatpost slipping. is it ok to use carbon assembly paste?

I've had the same issue using Park Tool Grease. Using the appropriate sized seatpost (unless it got reamed bigger somehow, or the post is abnormally small) and I clamping the post to the point that I'm afraid of permanently bending the ears and I still see a little slippage, so I'd love to know the answer as well.

considering carbon paste is just grease with little balls in it to add friction i don't see why they would be an issue, just want to make sure.

Pizza grease!

I often use carbon paste on my seatposts regardless of what the post or the frame is made of. It allows for proper clamping without slippage using less torque.

awesome, good to know.

Gracias dude. I'll go hunt some down.

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.

/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

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.