Might just be me, but the one time I installed Oury's they went on pretty easily. I put like 2 cm on the bars, then got my palm and pushed on the back. Slid on like a charm.

Anyone want to try my method? I'm kind of interested :3

I dont know about how well you want them to stay,but alcohol works good and leaves no residue.Also you can clean the bars and grips and use clear spray paint in the grips and it also sticks like glue,but to get them off you need to peel them back or cut them length wise with a razor.

Scrod,

If I were to pick up a 722ts from you, what fork would you recommend and what size steerer? 165mm or 215mm? (noob questions for someone doing their first full bike build - aka no buying off CL). Do you have an approx. weight on the s805 fork?

edit: this is on a 51cm frame.

The S805 weighs around 2 lbs with an uncut steerer. What length you'll need depends on what size frame you're getting. You could always just get the 215mm steerer to be on the safe side because you'll most likely end up cutting it regardless.

Wow so the steel/carbon only weighs 0.2lbs less than the full steel? Damn. Full steel it is for maximum steez.

Scrod,

What do you recommend to strip paint off of a frame? I was using paint thinner, but that turned into a goopy mess.
Contemplating MEK?

I want to get it down to bare metal and get a nice powdercoating job on it

Aircraft stripper or any heavy-duty paint stripper will work just fine. Use gel over liquid if you can.

A lot of places that do powdercoating will strip a frame as part of the prep. Even if they charge a small fee for it, save yourself the hassle.

Scrod,

Do you know why (or how) Massan rides brakess with no foot retention on his "beater" bike? Or is it a coaster brake?

ted shred.

I've never seen any pics or footage of Massan actually riding that bike so I think it was just a "photoshoot" situation.

Dear Scrod,
I ordered the lockring wrench and you sent me the pliers. I ain't mad, cause they're super nice and several dollars more expensive than the wrench. Just wondering, was that a mistake or were you being the man?

Since someone posted the photo, what's the basket?

I don't recall if it was me who packed your order but it was most likely a mistake. Keep 'em!

Funny story:

That same thing happened once before with a customer from Singapore. He wrote us an e-mail explaining how upset he was to have received the pliers instead of the lockring tool, to which I responded telling him that our mistake caused him to end up with a better tool and that he could keep it if he liked. A few days later, he wrote back - very angrily - because he wanted the standard lockring tool and ended up with the pliers. Angie (who is a little better with people than I am) wrote back, again explaining that she accidentally sent him the wrong thing and that the pliers are actually a superior tool. She explained that he could send them back in exchange for the regular lockiring tool if he really wanted to but that return shipping would be on him because there was really no need to make such an exchange, as both tools do the same thing and the one he received does it better. He wrote back again - even angrier this time - saying that he didn't know how to use the pliers and were useless to him, didn't want them and that he would be sending them back.

A few weeks passed, we received the pliers in the mail and sent him the lockring tool which - because he ended up paying return shipping from Singapore - ended up costing more than if he had just bought the pliers in the first place.

People are weird.

It's a Wald 139.

I like that "beater" build very much.

IIRC, the story was that it's Massan's "errand" bike. You know...for when he's got to pick up a few Kashimax Five Gold saddles from across town.

Haha, well I'd ride it.

lol errand bike still with a 55t zen ring lolzz

...plus a foot and a half of saddle to bar drop.

Scrod, you said this in the leader thread a while back. Why is this a concern? I ask because I went with a 53cm 722ts, to run a 100mm stem. Should I have gone 55cm with a 90mm stem?

I was talking about Leader's aluminum frames, which have a steeper head tube and use a fork with 30mm of rake. You did the right thing.

Ah ok. Just for future reference, why is it a concern with a steeper head tube?

Also, are there any wheels that have a black machined braking surface?

Because of the long top tube/steeper head tube/lower rake fork, a long stem puts you out too far over the front wheel and makes handling a little weird.

H+son SL42s have black machined sidewalls - but just like a non-machines rime, the finish wears off pretty quickly.

I've heard there are anodized wheels that can have a colored braking surface that won't wear out, is this true?