This wouldn't be a question better asked in the RG thread, would it?

I'm sorry dad.

Ha! I didn't know that. I've never ridden a silk tubular before, only Continental and Veloflex.

Scrod,are you a wizard?

Perhaps.

will 35c cx tires work on sun m13 rims?

Maybe.

How do you usually dress up for Halloween?

We didn't dress up this past Halloween but the year before, I was a werewolf and Angie was a ****ed up tooth fairy:



This year, I'm buying a pink gorilla suit.

whoa that's an awesome picture and a really awesome outfit by angie

I've run 38s on 19mm rims and lived to tell about it. m13's are 19.5mm.

Need to keep the pressure up a little or they'll roll on ya in the corners.

Actually 37mm tires. Pics for the hell of it:

Hey Scrod,

I'm trying to remove my Sugino RD cranks. I'm using the Park Tool CWP7, but I can't get the drive side crank off. I haven't tried the nondrive yet as I started with the drive side.

So I take the bolt out, thread in the crank puller all the way, although only with my fingers, and not with a wrench because I don't have a wrench large enough (could this be why?) and start turning the crank puller until it touches the bottom bracket. Then I try to turn it with a wrench, but I can't get past this point no matter how much force I put in. The thing ain't comin off.

Any tips or ideas? My next step is to get a wrench large enough to really tighten the crank puller into the crank threads before I try to start removing. Some people said to tap it with a hammer, but that seems like a last resort to me.

I always just thread my crank puller into the arm with my fingers so I don't think that's the problem. Use your muscles.

Cool, just got the drive side out. I just needed a longer wrench, it was way easier. Now I gotta get a larger wrench for the crank puller for the non drive side. That thing ain't goin in with my fingers alone.

Thanks.

Really? Did you grease the threads? I've never had any trouble finger-tightening a crank puller.

Greased them up real good, couldn't get it to go on the non drive with just fingers (I probably have the hand strength of a child). It went with a wrench though.

Stupid thing is though, I didn't even have a reason to take them off other than to practice and do some minor cleaning. I just wanted to use the tools I got for my new build.

any 31.8 silver risers you would recommend? any plans for an urban assault version with a silver finish?

Look again. We've had silver in stock for quite some time.

I have black anodized sugino 75 and am considering trying to remove the black. Would this be a simple process, or would you say not to do it?

Don't do it. Sell them and buy silver ones.

Hey dude, got a mechanic question. Trying to help a friend figure out what's wrong with a bike. Once per revolution of the cranks, it feels like someone is smacking the rear wheel. It does it with or without weight on the bike, the bottom bracket was my friend's first thought, but it seems fine to me. My first thought was hub, but could it be something with the chain/cog? FYI: Stock Fuji Track Classic, around 500 miles, original everything.

oh ****, perfect.

which do you prefer, the urbans or the leaders

hey scrod,
Do you have any experience with the Leader quill stem?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-6061-ALU...3#ht_993wt_698
Its on the coghouse ebay page but not the actual site.
It seems awfully nice. I especially like the 2 piece faceplate clamp.

I'm not entirely clear on where the problem is, but one thing I've run into with the Park tool is that the piece that bears against the end of the spindle to push the arm off is sometimes too large to pass through the square taper in the crank arm.

Have you tried a different extractor?

Haven't tried a different one, but the CWP is fine for my crankset. I got it to work. I also checked to make sure that piece was contacting the bottom bracket spindle. It passes through the square taper fine.