If FEMA had the bicycles, would it fund Hustler's manlet bib?
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been towing this recently with our baby. just tried it behind our tandem last night...tows pretty well behind the tandem but its sooo long that you have to turn like your towing a long car trailer. swing wide or you would clip a curb.
the new tandem will be set up much better for this though. the purple tandem has hooded dropouts and the Thule adapter sits a bit too tight in it to get the hitch to work without removing the wheel. thule sells a spacer kit for hooded dropouts but since I have the new one under way I will deal with it as is for the time being or make a spacer myself.
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awesome.
been towing this recently with our baby. just tried it behind our tandem last night...tows pretty well behind the tandem but its sooo long that you have to turn like your towing a long car trailer. swing wide or you would clip a curb.
the new tandem will be set up much better for this though. the purple tandem has hooded dropouts and the Thule adapter sits a bit too tight in it to get the hitch to work without removing the wheel. thule sells a spacer kit for hooded dropouts but since I have the new one under way I will deal with it as is for the time being or make a spacer myself.
been towing this recently with our baby. just tried it behind our tandem last night...tows pretty well behind the tandem but its sooo long that you have to turn like your towing a long car trailer. swing wide or you would clip a curb.
the new tandem will be set up much better for this though. the purple tandem has hooded dropouts and the Thule adapter sits a bit too tight in it to get the hitch to work without removing the wheel. thule sells a spacer kit for hooded dropouts but since I have the new one under way I will deal with it as is for the time being or make a spacer myself.
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The TT bike is more embarrassing than the glans helmet. lol However, you are in properly matching kit so you solidify your place among cycling-fashion elite and and idiom of coolness I've never seen at the amateur level.
I wonder if a day will ever come where I need a TT bike? That would be cool.
I wonder if a day will ever come where I need a TT bike? That would be cool.
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I like. Serious question though: why no rear disc cover (crosswind?), and how many watts is your beard?
Anyone have experiences with the Powertap rear hub? I am considering building my own carbon wheelset and, at $599 now, the powertap hub gets cheap once you also factor in the cost of a rear hub i would need anyway.
J-bend spokes or straight pull? Jbend is overall cheaper, minimal weight penalty if anything. straight pull looks cool.
Anyone have experiences with the Powertap rear hub? I am considering building my own carbon wheelset and, at $599 now, the powertap hub gets cheap once you also factor in the cost of a rear hub i would need anyway.
J-bend spokes or straight pull? Jbend is overall cheaper, minimal weight penalty if anything. straight pull looks cool.
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I like. Serious question though: why no rear disc cover (crosswind?), and how many watts is your beard?
Anyone have experiences with the Powertap rear hub? I am considering building my own carbon wheelset and, at $599 now, the powertap hub gets cheap once you also factor in the cost of a rear hub i would need anyway.
J-bend spokes or straight pull? Jbend is overall cheaper, minimal weight penalty if anything. straight pull looks cool.
Anyone have experiences with the Powertap rear hub? I am considering building my own carbon wheelset and, at $599 now, the powertap hub gets cheap once you also factor in the cost of a rear hub i would need anyway.
J-bend spokes or straight pull? Jbend is overall cheaper, minimal weight penalty if anything. straight pull looks cool.
Hardtail MTB, CX and full suspension MTB all have Stages left side meters. CX bikes shuffles between four different wheelsets. I need a lightweight pedal based meter for the dirt.
I try to use straight pull whenever possible. Never pulled a head off but I have broken J bends near the flange. J bend is a marginally lighter hub, straight pull builds a stronger wheel. OEM wheels on my Cannondale FSi Carbon (hardtail XC) are Mavic Cross Max SL. Building a set with straight pull hubs, CX Rays and 360g China carbon clinchers. Should shave about 250g over the Mavics.
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Anyone have experiences with the Powertap rear hub? I am considering building my own carbon wheelset and, at $599 now, the powertap hub gets cheap once you also factor in the cost of a rear hub i would need anyway.
J-bend spokes or straight pull? Jbend is overall cheaper, minimal weight penalty if anything. straight pull looks cool.
J-bend spokes or straight pull? Jbend is overall cheaper, minimal weight penalty if anything. straight pull looks cool.
Jbend is easier to build with if it's your first time.
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Building a set with straight pull hubs, CX Rays and 360g China carbon clinchers. Should shave about 250g over the Mavics.
I'm also leaning towards tubular for inertia reasons. I'm 149lb and not powerful. I've never had a flat in my 1530 miles of poorly maintained roads, and a few big HOLY F*CK where did that come from potholes. I'd rather have clinchers because that's what I'm used to and I have inventory of nice specialized clincher tires, but should I man up and do tubular? 3xmm or 5xmm rim height? For ref, my fulcrum S5's are the older version and around 18xx grams. If I could get in the 1200's, I'd be giddy. Not sure I could do that affordably with clinchers.
that's what I hear too. it will be my first time.
#3818
New race bike. 2015 Cannondale FSi Carbon. XTR/TX 10S model was heavily discounted so I snapped it up.
Candy 11 pedals, King SS cage. Otherwise stock. Wheelset is tubeless ready but ships so did the conversion before I weighed it.
I have the bits to convert it to XTR 1x11 with 180mm XTR cranks. 21.5 lbs as pictured. It'll drop about .7lbs with the lighter cassette, FD delete and single ring. So that should put it a shaded under 21 lbs.
Last hardtail I owned was a 1999 Schwinn Homegrown Team with 9S XTR 3x and V brakes. This thing is just leagues beyond. Shock absorption is uncanny, accelerates better than my cross bike, sharpest, best handling XC bike I have ever ridden.
Really anxious to race it.
Candy 11 pedals, King SS cage. Otherwise stock. Wheelset is tubeless ready but ships so did the conversion before I weighed it.
I have the bits to convert it to XTR 1x11 with 180mm XTR cranks. 21.5 lbs as pictured. It'll drop about .7lbs with the lighter cassette, FD delete and single ring. So that should put it a shaded under 21 lbs.
Last hardtail I owned was a 1999 Schwinn Homegrown Team with 9S XTR 3x and V brakes. This thing is just leagues beyond. Shock absorption is uncanny, accelerates better than my cross bike, sharpest, best handling XC bike I have ever ridden.
Really anxious to race it.
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