If FEMA had the bicycles, would it fund Hustler's manlet bib?
#4561
So, I sold my little 34mm race wheels and ordered 52mm race wheels from November and it seems there is a massive problem, I'm guessing production, and he is out of the carbon-fiber wheel game. So, I have pink 20/24 T-11 hubs and no rims. Any thoughts on how I should proceed? I don't have Enve or Zipp money, don't really care to, not sure what to do now for a race wheel other than just keep one set of the T-11/DT-460 and race on that. What do you bros recommend? Gigantex?
Also just bought a set of Monoprice carbon wheels and I love them. Novatec straight pull, black CX-Ray and very nice hoops.
http://www.monoprice.com/Product?p_id=15425
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BTW, someone please buy a kit from us so we get baller pricing. We decided to do a two-year interval so we did one more order batch.
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BUILD
YOUR
OWN
Lightbicycle
EDIT: If you don't have the tools, i'll lend you mine. If you don't have the skills (it's not hard, just takes time which I know you have a lot of), I can build them for you.
YOUR
OWN
Lightbicycle
EDIT: If you don't have the tools, i'll lend you mine. If you don't have the skills (it's not hard, just takes time which I know you have a lot of), I can build them for you.
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I have bought rims from both ACE and Light-Bicycle with success. One set of the ACE hoops did not match the ERD published on the site. That cost me a some CX-Rays that were the wrong length and non-returnable. So borrow/buy a Wheelsmith ERD measuring kit or other way to verify before ordering spokes.
Also just bought a set of Monoprice carbon wheels and I love them. Novatec straight pull, black CX-Ray and very nice hoops.
50mm Carbon Clincher Wheelset featuring Sapim CX-Ray Spokes - Monoprice.com
Also just bought a set of Monoprice carbon wheels and I love them. Novatec straight pull, black CX-Ray and very nice hoops.
50mm Carbon Clincher Wheelset featuring Sapim CX-Ray Spokes - Monoprice.com
Any thoughts on the Knight rims? The 65mm are $600.
#4567
I've had luck with dengfu and hongfubikes. They are the same rims, but the price varies. The ones shaped like bontrager aeolius are what I use. 20/24. The Clincher rims are a little heavy but are plenty strong. I have the 38, 56, and 86mm deep. They are about $90/each plus shipping. I usually group buy 10 or so sets to split shipping.
I also don't have a wheel fetish. I know that I will destroy every wheel I own so I'm not very precious about wheels. $3k wheels wear out and break just like $300 wheels.
I also don't have a wheel fetish. I know that I will destroy every wheel I own so I'm not very precious about wheels. $3k wheels wear out and break just like $300 wheels.
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New bike is here, 19.5lbs as it sits. The Shimano RS80 wheels/24mm S-works tires that came with it were 10grams lighter than my Lightbicycle 35mm/Powertap G3/25mm Spech turbo Pros. Pretty cool for an old rim set.
I was able to get out for a shakedown run yesterday morning before the storm. My chinese Ti skewers would slip on the steel past ~400W so I returned home to swap to the Shimano skewers, no more issue up to my current max watts anyway. 175 cranks and a lower BB height means noticeably less clearance, woah. But these ugly 6600 shifters feel amazing. I planned on swapping to some hidden cable shifters but probably not now, they feel that good.
But the bike rides very nice, much closer to the Tarmac than I thought it would be. Not as scaple-like in handling while little sketchy in the drops/out of saddle on climbs/sprints. The bars are narrow though, probably 40's. Felt weird initially but I got used to them, makes me feel more aero scrunched up.
CaadX donated it's stem until I can source something appropriate.
I was able to get out for a shakedown run yesterday morning before the storm. My chinese Ti skewers would slip on the steel past ~400W so I returned home to swap to the Shimano skewers, no more issue up to my current max watts anyway. 175 cranks and a lower BB height means noticeably less clearance, woah. But these ugly 6600 shifters feel amazing. I planned on swapping to some hidden cable shifters but probably not now, they feel that good.
But the bike rides very nice, much closer to the Tarmac than I thought it would be. Not as scaple-like in handling while little sketchy in the drops/out of saddle on climbs/sprints. The bars are narrow though, probably 40's. Felt weird initially but I got used to them, makes me feel more aero scrunched up.
CaadX donated it's stem until I can source something appropriate.
#4569
On the subject of bars, I switched from the 44's I have run for the last 25 years to 42's to gain some aero and hopefully gain some comfort. It worked, 42's fit my somewhat narrow shoulders better even though I'm 6-3.
Wheels: Good functional wheels that last can be had for a few hundred bucks. If you can build your own, there is little reason to buy $3k OTS steel spoked wheels. The tiny bit of proprietary tech on expensive wheels is no way worth the $2400 extra over a nice home built set using CX-Rays, China carbon rims and hubs. Ditch the fancy CX-Rays and you're looking at sub $450 wheelset that can be every bit the match of some $2000 OTS wheelsets.
Wheels: Good functional wheels that last can be had for a few hundred bucks. If you can build your own, there is little reason to buy $3k OTS steel spoked wheels. The tiny bit of proprietary tech on expensive wheels is no way worth the $2400 extra over a nice home built set using CX-Rays, China carbon rims and hubs. Ditch the fancy CX-Rays and you're looking at sub $450 wheelset that can be every bit the match of some $2000 OTS wheelsets.
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I will have wheels from November, all is well.
Emilio,
Why not use the Sapim CX-Sprints which are ~half the price of Rays? My next set of wheels will be disc, so I'm going to go the Gigantex route with CLDs; you know, on the bikes I don't own yet.
Emilio,
Why not use the Sapim CX-Sprints which are ~half the price of Rays? My next set of wheels will be disc, so I'm going to go the Gigantex route with CLDs; you know, on the bikes I don't own yet.
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I'm starting to think that my Spesh Roubaix Tubeless 30/32s at 45/55 psi are not any slower than a 25mm tire. I recently did a 65 mile ride with five dudes and looking at their data on Strava I see this regarding my weight; average weighted power:
189lb; 189w
Compared to my friends' on "road bikes with 25-28mm tires:
195lb; 202w
165lb, 192w
195lb, 183w
150lb, 163w
What data should I compare to get a more accurate comparison? This can't be right. Also, my bike is an aero brick so that's a significant variable. I also don't really know what kind of data matters and I never really gave a **** about time over x-distance; more interested in how much work I'm doing compared to the guy in front or behind me at any given moment in a race. However, I want to know if its a good or bad idea to race my Stigmata with 1x and 32mm road tires in the Rouge Roubaix with absolute **** roads in rural Louisana and the HTFU Roubaix which is 40% gravel and definitely a CX-bike type race.
189lb; 189w
Compared to my friends' on "road bikes with 25-28mm tires:
195lb; 202w
165lb, 192w
195lb, 183w
150lb, 163w
What data should I compare to get a more accurate comparison? This can't be right. Also, my bike is an aero brick so that's a significant variable. I also don't really know what kind of data matters and I never really gave a **** about time over x-distance; more interested in how much work I'm doing compared to the guy in front or behind me at any given moment in a race. However, I want to know if its a good or bad idea to race my Stigmata with 1x and 32mm road tires in the Rouge Roubaix with absolute **** roads in rural Louisana and the HTFU Roubaix which is 40% gravel and definitely a CX-bike type race.
#4574
Thought I posted this but it disappeared. Got a sweet deal on some aero wheels. Bontrager Aura 5 with a cassette and gatorskins for $400. Rear fairing has a crack in it that's not even bulging and the guy out over 1000 miles on them after the incident. I'm excited! Too bad it's getting cold
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Edit out the Brake squeal next time, thanks.
Thought I posted this but it disappeared. Got a sweet deal on some aero wheels. Bontrager Aura 5 with a cassette and gatorskins for $400. Rear fairing has a crack in it that's not even bulging and the guy out over 1000 miles on them after the incident. I'm excited! Too bad it's getting cold
#4576
I'm searching for a 94-96 GT Zaskar to build an 8spd urban. I have been riding bmx for the last 22 years and recently riding a Dirt jumper for the last 4 years. Its time to grow up and get some speeds. It should be fun to build something new and here is a picture of the frame I'm searching for.