That's pretty bad. In my experience, the Kilo's stock headset is crap. I recommend the FSA Orbit X.

Scrod, looking at getting a reasonably priced crankset in the near future. I need a 68mm English thread. No I don't need one, per se, but I want one. Any recommendations? Preferably something sold by RG.

Also, why does this thread get jacked so often by peanut galleries (including myself), but Carleton's never does that I've seen?

Cuz Scrod is just more fun to hang around, like, duh.











We love you too, Carleton.

Is your name Scrod? Haha..jk. I kind of assume that's why, actually.

Bad like, make sure no dust gets in there bad, or bad like, don't ride the bike around your headset is about to crap out bad?

I greatly appreciate the help!

You're going to have a real hard time keeping gunk from getting in there. There are good caged-bearing headsets but that's not one of them. If you keep it clean it won't necessarily "crap out" right away but it may not be worth keeping around too long.

Reasonably priced? Sram S-300.

It figures hairnet was the first to respond. I think if I deleted all his "answers", this thread would lose at least 15 pages.

Hey Scrod,

I'm wondering when, over the next few months, the best time would be to buy a frame. I'm thinking aluminum and I'd like to buy from retrogression. We're heading in to 2012 and I see Leader's recently put up a 2012 catalog on their website so I don't want buy something too quick and miss out on a) a nice discount on a 2011 frame or b) an awesome 2012 frame or c) something new that's coming to retrogression that I don't yet know about.

So I'm not looking for any insider info or asking for a discount, just looking for your opinion (and also an attempt to get this thread back on topic).

Thanks!

I've had the same thing happen to me, FWIW. Can't get that cheap plastic part to sit still no matter what. It's still fine but I would recommend you switch out all the ball bearing components and swap to sealed cartridge components..

RG has 3 excellent choices for upgrades that aren't expensive: http://www.retro-gression.com/catego...ottom-brackets

dear scrod,

Is there a reason why this bikes chain ring bolts are back wards? the slot is on the outside of the ring

http://www.pedalroom.com/bike/a-medi...per-pista-1636

I can't see any real reason for doing that.

Str3et credz possibly

Sigh. Oh, Doctor. <3 <3

What would you think a reasonable price is for an older hed disc tubular

And what finish would you prefer on an alpina fo4 carbon fork, matte or gloss?

When you make your straps do you use an extra beefy sew machine or is the run of the mill sewing machine? I ask because my restrogession straps are currently hanging by a thread and wanna see if i can fix em with my mom's sewing machine.

Ive had mine for a lil over a month now and no complaints yet. Ebay deal had it with a free BB, for 60 bucks its a hard deal to beat.

Agreed. We should head to Blind Robin sometime. They have a Dr. Who pinball machine.

Dearest Scrod,

Have you noticed the increased use of the word "jawn" around here?

They're made on a couple of Singer industrial machines from the 1930s. It really depends on what you need to sew. You could end up damaging your mom's machine.

Every Sram GXP crankset comes with a BB.

I have no idea. As for the fork, it would really depend on what finish the frame is. I'm leaning toward gloss though.

Yes, and it's dumb.

Hey Scrod, I think you may have missed my question a page or so back. Here it is again and thanks.

Dear Scrod,

I'm behind the times in the lingo the kids are using these days. What does "jawn" mean? Any other newfangled words these youngun's are using that I should know about?

Sorry. I was expecting hairnet to answer. :lol:

I'm 99.9% certain that Leader's aluminum frames will remain the same through 2012. There is a cool new version of the 722TS coming out very soon with tighter geo and an accompanying fork with 30mm rake but if you're looking for aluminum, that may not interest you. Maybe wait for the 2012 Dodici Gara?

Good gravy, I need a translator when dealing with these young chaps. Thank you kind sir, I'm now off to go polish my monocle and wax my mustache.

Dear Scrod,

What has been your experience with the Leader SPA2 seatpost? Good quality product? Anything I should avoid? I see you use Thomson Elites for your bikes, but having seen neither on-hand, I don't know which one would be a better investment. Figured you'd be the one to ask, hehe!

The SPA2 is great for the money, has a cool "aero" shape and is nicely made/finished (if you like white). It is a little heavy when compared to a Thopmson or Deda RS01 though.