Any question answered...

Yeah.. The only drama is I gotta get on and off the thing when it's got 2 extra fatties on board!

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anywhere in London stock the Giro Air Attack helmet?

Try Sigma Sport, they say they have warehouse stock so if they don't have any on the shop floor they should be able to get one there for you.

Getting my singlespeed MTB up and running and need advice on a couple of bits. I'm after silver cranks (175-180mm) and ring and a wheelset, but know nothing about MTBs and what's available. Looking for cheap, but decent and as light as possible.

Any real options other than WI for the cranks?

What about wheels? The frame has an EBB and vertical dropouts, currently running QR front and rear. Hope Pro hubs with spacers? Does that chew up the freehub? I see the trials/SS Hope hub, but it looks heavy and is a 6 speed that needs spacers anyway...can't see the point for my application. Thought Novatec/Joytech would have something but I find figuring out what I need from them a nightmare and then can never find a stockist.

Middleburn are a touch cheaper, square taper are slightly lighter than WI if I remember correctly. Have both and been faultless so far.

Looking for cheap, but decent and as light as possible.

Shimano Deore 2x10 cranks in Silver. Remove the inner ring and replace the outer with a chainring of choice. Or just leave it as is. If you want lighter, go for XT. You'll need a HTii bottom bracket, mind.

Wheels. Plenty of options, personally I like the OTP Hope Hoops with Stans rims, but might be a bit pricey / flimsy depending on what you want to do with it. Shimano Deore / SLX / XT hubs and a nice Mavic rim? Or Novatec hubs? Fitzrovia cycles can get them in for you. As long as the SS sprocket has a nice wide base like this you won't have a problem.

Truvative stylo? Just put some of those on mine.

In silver? Cool. Have em on my Stanton - bomb proof.

Yeah man, not sure where you can buy them but I had a pair lying around.

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Silver SRAM cranks are like hens teeth. Apparently X5 came in silver at one point, but I can't find - with admittedly slipshod googling - them on sale.

I see the trials/SS Hope hub, but it looks heavy and is a 6 speed that needs spacers anyway...can't see the point for my application

The advantage of the narrow freehub is that it builds into a dishless rear wheel, which is stronger and stiffer than a dished wheel with the same spokes. There are some Taiwanese options of similar design, but they end up not cheap enough to overcome the spares support of Hope unless you find a rebranded KT or Novatec at a really low price.

I see the trials/SS Hope hub, but it looks heavy.

It's not really. I think part of the listed weight for that hub includes the bolts it comes with, whereas the regular pro 2 is weighed without a QR.

You could, if you want, make the SS hub a bit lighter, by swapping out those bolts for a quick release. It's not really worth it though.

It is heavy because it has a steel freehub rotor, not the aluminium one of the normal hub. This a good thing.

This is a good thing.

No kidding :-)

CNC in Germany have some cheap Formula ones. I've been quite happy with mine: http://www.cnc-bike.de/index.php?cPath=25_106_755_203

Why have all the pubs in Herne Hill become creches that serve beer?

It is not kind or nice to imply that the regulars of the Reej are immature children.

It's where married couples priced out of Richmond move to now.

Le Reej's weekend buggy jam, I avoid it... Carnage... So much middle class parental entitlement... It's fine the rest of the time...

No, but pretty accurate...

That sadly describes most pubs now

"Closed, awaiting conversion to housing" describes most pubs now.

No doubt you couldn't possibly have missed boffwell's implicit reference to the real immature children at the Reej. :)

Thanks all.

I hadn't thought of Middleburn cranks. They've gone to the top of the list, just need to find some going cheap now.

If those German Formulas had been silver, they'd have been perfect! Will have a look to see if I can see them elsewhere. Else it looks like a hunt for a second hand Hope trials hub. Though, for my purposes a dished Pro would be strong enough and given how easily the can be had second hand...I wonder how many freehub you would need to eat/replace before the Trials would make economic sense.

hello all
I'm looking for a video that was posted a few months ago:
carbon fixed gear bike, brakeless (think branded focus) on a mountain pass in the alps with a very strong lad ascending and descending at great pace.
thanks for any help