It's not. He has to write a 100 page essay for Tom if he wants to come back.

i wouldnt be surprised. about how many leaders have you moved through retrogression?

Quite a few.

Hey scrod thanks for the help earlier I just got a pair of Omniums for Christmas. Merry Christmas

Why do you say low-flange over high? I thought high flange hubs allowed for shorter spokes and more tension causing them to not go out of true as much, or something like that.

Last night, I saw a commercial where people met up and had a fixie group ride on glow-in-the-dark bicycles. Some with Arrospok wheels no less.

Has the shark been jumped? Should I go back to riding scraper bikes?

See here.

The VAG light?

It's worse than I thought.


Next thing you know, Justin Bieber will be riding a fixie.

Don't tempt him

High flange is loose-ball, low flange ain't. It's a matter of practicality if you're riding in the street and don't wanna service your bearings every so often. (But goddamn the 7600 series high flange hubs are so sexy.)

Scrod - Will a banned person still get my PM's? I'm supposed to send solbro a PM.

I'm not sure. Ask Tom.

as in dura ace low flange hubs have now cartridge bearings? the low flange da i had a few years ago was lose ball, kinda sealed with rubber dust caps but not to well
would be awesome if they got cartridge bearings now, i would buy one


edit: still lose ball http://techdocs.shimano.com/media/te...9830647971.pdf

Shimano doesn't do cartridge for hubs

Dammit. I was gonna use Deore hubs of some flavor for my mountain bike build until I saw that.

Pretty sure the current 7710 series is sealed. Not cartridge, but sealed? Carleton was saying something about it. Check his thread.

also, /notscrod

edit (from Carleton's thread):
"The 7700 is a needle bearing which is smoother, but requires maintenance. The 7710 (NJS) is sealed and is still very smooth and maintenance free. NJS because they race in rain which isn't recommended for the needle bearing. It would require cleaning and repacking after getting wet."

I don't think it's a problem. If you pack enough grease the excess gets pushed out around the seal and through normal use grease gets pushed out towards the seals, so there's always some barrier. Use some waterproof marine grease if you're so inclined.

/not scrod

Maybe ask the MTB forum for their opinions on loose ball hubs.

Suppose you thought the black Leader 721 was just about the sexiest frame around and you had decided to build a SS road bike around one. Now suppose you were going to start with the bottom bracket and crankset and you wanted to merge form and function the best you could and money was not an issue, what would your first choices be?

I've got Sugino 75s and a Protype BB on both my bikes, so that's most likely what I would choose.

Scrod,

Any idea what size seat post collar I need for a Draft Lite? Has a 27.2mm seat post. Seeing a lot of 31.6, does that sound right?

I came here just to ask you how you like your Protype BB/Sugino 75 setup. Any problems or anything so far?

I love it and have no problems with the BB at all.

what makes Chris King headsets 3x as much as FSA

They have very good customer service in my experience. Not sure if that's the 3x part, though.