A man of his word.

valid point. thank you for that slap upside the head

ever do anything with those wheat pennies?

We still have 'em!

nice, one day they might even be worth a dollar!

Anything special when installing a screw type masterlink ala a DID Track Pro chain? Not ever having to deal with them until now I am curious. I couldn't get the square nut super tight with the wrenches at the shop but I think I got the screw plenty tight. I assume that is it but I figure ask someone who probably has installed a lot more of them than I.

I had one on an Izumi high end racing chain that I used on the track and it was a pita, so I just stopped using it and never had any problems. As long as you tighten the screw tightly into the threads of the outer link plate, it will not get loose.

Yeah, the little nut is just for secondary security.

I usually put a little drop of blue Loctite on the threads to keep the screw from coming out and leave the nut off.

Got any pics of this setup?

Thanks for the great info. I might uncrew it and put a little loctite on to help out. Though honestly I doubt I am going to get the little screw out. It was a pain to unscrew the first time.

I do. I'll post them along with pics of my old BK when I get back to the shop on Tues.

favorite tire levers for "fieldwork", not made of metal;

go!

My go-to has always been Pedro's.

Pedros ftw!

Scrod, any idea if I can fit a Surly rear brake cable hanger in the slot of a Phil seat collar? All the photos I've seen suggest "maybe".

The slot on Phil collars is pretty standard width. I don't think you'll have any trouble.

Thanks. Worst case is I grind the hanger down a little I suppose.

That's what I was thinking. It's pretty thin already though.

As long as you get the right size collar, you should be all set.

Scrod, I'm pretty partial to bullhorns on my bikes, but I want a set of drops also, just to change things up from time to time. Do you find that more road/ergo type of drop bars are better for city riding than traditional track-style drops? Are track drops just kind of more of an aesthetic thing on track bikes ridden in the city, or is there more benefit to them?

I'm not Scrod, but I prefer road bars to track drops on the street. I'm partial to 3T Ergonovas for 31.8 stems. I have the Soma Highway 1 bar on my Zephyr. Track drops just seem like too much on the street.

Yeah, they don't usually seem like they have much in the way of flats near the stem, and I use them a lot.

There's really no good reason to ever use track drops on the street. Compact drops are the way to go.

That's kinda what I figured, thanks dood.

Just .02 to add in. Gone between horns and drops several times on my fixed gear. Without hoods, unless you are in the drops all the time, the drops kind of suck for normal riding. If you are in the hoods a lot, might as well do horns at the point.

^exactly my reason to switch to bullhorns. I use my hoods most of the time and barely ride in the drops.

I ride brakeless and where my hands spend the most time on compacts is resting in the "elbows" right before the hood position. Having actual hoods or bullhorns puts my hands too far forward and causes problems (I've suffered lower back problems for over 20 years following a bad car wreck).

I suppose in that situation, what works for me may not be the best for someone else.