There was an eBay seller offering laminated singles a while back but I can't seem to find them anymore. I think TT was the one who originally posted the info so you may want to ask him.

Velo Orange makes these but I've yet to see them in person.

Do you think that these laminated straps are worth the extra $14 over these?

That's a question maybe better suited for the RG thread but I'll let it slide.

Yes. The standard doubles are decent but won't hold up over time like laminated straps will - especially if they are often exposed to moisture.

My bad. Thanks!

Just looked these ups and what the hell? Why not but double straps instead of 2 singles and a attachment?

I honestly don't know.

What more do you expect from a company like Candence?

Pretty much everything is your typical boutique-over-priced-bull-doesn't-make-much-sense-when-you-think-about-it.

Those gloves look sexy though.

I literally just laughed out loud.

Sorry for the cross-threading. I tried this on the road sub-forum and got zero replies, so I'm going straight to the guru. Disclaimer: it's in regards to a geared bike.

I've got a creaking in my bike somewhere. I noticed the creaking right after I removed some spacers from the steering tube. It's not there constantly, and it pretty much goes away when I hold the bars very loosely.

Soo...I'm guessing it's coming from the steering tube/head set area. I'm a pretty good mechanic, but I wouldn't know where to start as far as trying to eliminate the creaking. Should I lube something? Tighten something? What or where?

FWIW, I ended up flipping the stem and all the spacers are back on the bike where they originally were. I may end up dropping the bars a little more, so I'd like to figure this out at some point.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks...

The first thing I would do is put a little grease on the steerer tube where the stem clamps to it. It may also be a good idea to put a thin layer of grease on the clamp area of your bars.

I will do this. Thanks very much.

Do you think black hubs would look dumb on a silver wheelset?

No but I can try to get silver ones for you if you'd like. Are you going all silver with your Kagero?

I was going to go all black with a silver wheelset. Looked cool in my head at the time.

Our dear friend jdgesus had black hubs on his silver wheelset and I think it looked great.

Ha! I think it would look cool if you threw in a few small silver accents too. I do think it would look nice with all silver though. I can get these if you want to go that route.

Damn that's pretty cool indeed.

Dave thos bars are sicckkkk. Maybe I should do all silver with black accents instead. I really like that ritchey bar though. Sign me up!

Hell yeah. I think Ritchey is the only company making silver compacts.

Wait wait wait. Dave, can you ask Angie if the tops of her wing pros are significantly more comfortable with that oversized flat design? That's one of the things that drew me to those bars.

soma makes the highway one compact drop in silver, 26.0/31.8.

Oh yeah...I always forget about those!

I think the flat tops on my Deda RHM02 compacts are a lot more comfortable than round bars. The FSA Wing Pros are very similar.

Dear Scrod,

How are you and others inserting those hypertext links in your sigs? trying and failing

oooh... I've been wondering about dat too.