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Recommendations for something cost/benefit concious
3T Vola ? I have the clips and pads on my RollerFort, they seem nice. Pretty similar to Zipp Vuka Alumina in terms of build/set-up/price. You should have bought some of those £200 Ventus that everybody hoovered up at Christmas :-)
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This arrived yesterday (full marks to @JK, formerly @klonaris, for a hassle free trade, speedy dispatch and proper packaging).
It's been around the forum a bit (one, two), losing a few decals and gaining some paint chips, but is ding-free and straight & true.
According to @lightweight "This frame was originally made for me in the late 90s as a Pursuit frame. For a while there was a regulation regarding the protrusion of tri-bars beyond the front hub. Anyone over 6 foot tended to struggle to comply with this. What most tall riders did to get around this was to lengthen the wheelbase.
It might make the frame look a little unusual however it ensures that you don't get any pedal overlap with the front wheel hence its a pretty formidable TT machine on any course without a ridiculous hill and you could generally keep up a pretty decent pedalling rate on roundabouts even with 175mm Cranks. Illy will attest to this also."
Once I get it back from the LBS (where the BB shell is being faced and chased) I will be wrestling with the HS cups: the HT is so short that my extractor doesn't expand to meet the cups' lip, but I should be able to overcome that by jamming an old screwdriver into the extractor, to flare the tangs.
The cups have to go, because the forks have to go: threadless/Ahead FTW.
I was all set on a pair of Argos forks, until I saw @xavierdisley post in the TT thread: "Yeah I think you're quite right. There's a fair interaction between the forks, one reason why I stuck with Jetstreams once I realised they worked with the H3s I was running at the time. I used to pray for wind as if you can hold down a trispoke in a gale it's just so so fast.".
A trispoke is on the shopping list (natch) and I've sourced a NOS pair of 1" A900 for about the same as the Argos: any thoughts?
The rear wheel will be a 23mm disc-brake rim on a Novatec hub, skinned with a RALTech, which (dentists stand by) I'll be building myself: rim suggestions plz.
Drivetrain will be 3/32". Despite a long, largely work-free Winter I've managed to hold onto a pair of Record UT and have a selection of 8v rings: handily, if you reverse them, they work with the OG skinny, later UT chainring bolts which means you can snap-up otherwise worn-out rings cheap.
Having said that, there's a crabon, Fibrelyte dinner plate for a good price "in the other place"...
Phil Wood at the rear (obvs): £10 cheaper new than 1/8" (but less often found second-hand). #swingsandroundabouts
Connex 7R8 is hard to find, but if the 1R8 is anything to go by, worth the chase.
To finish-up below the waist, I fancy some Look Keo Blade Aero: @umop3pisdn?
Having covered "go", "stop" will be down to SRAM TT 500 (or second-hand 900) and, until I've got the means for a TriRig Omega, a 600/DA AX.
The £20 carbon post I have in Y-M 1.0 will suffice until I've got it built and can measure up, then I'll keep an eye open for a Mike Burrows or similar. Cradling my gooch will likely be an Adamo/Selle SMP of whatever flavour shows up for a reasonable price: I'm expecting to kiss a few frogs.
Which brings us neatly to the bars: all the cool kids are rockin' 3T Ventus, but $$$. Even Pro Missile Evo are $$. Recommendations for something cost/benefit concious between the round, 26mm Profile Design I have (teamed with shimmed Vuka Alumina clips) and the aforementioned? Are the Vuka Alumina a reasonable halfway house?