Current Projects chat and miscellany

Swisstop (black prince if you can afford it - yellow if not)

Share the mavic love. What wheels are going in this

You gunna sell your Vivalo?
Dibs if so

Not a fan of Yellows. They brake well but leave yellow streaks all over your wheel

Not likely, not any time soon anyway.

Thanks, went for the black princes in the end #rep

Better pic of the Parallax

It will get some 75's when i can afford it, also some Nitto 125's and a 10 degree 25.4 Thomson if i can ever find one!

Anyone have any recommendations for carbon shoes and brake pads for carbon wheels?

Your wheel manufacturer has a recommendation for brake pads. Stray from it at your peril.

LBShops have not delivered on the basket front. I'm in London tomorrow, where would be best to look for something akin to a Wald 1392? Or does anyone have one for sells?

Try kinoko. That's where I got mine.

Worth calling first tho.

32 hole pair of Mavic 520 hubs and grey Mavic CXP-12 rims hopefully.

Aren't they closed now?

homer salivating.gif

Took delivery of this today. Not sure what to put on it....?

Not sure what to put on it....?

You might find some inspiration in the Look thread
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/194291/

Thanks. I didn't even know there was 'Look' thread. There goes my early night...

Few new bit on my Dale. Finaly got my hands on some Suntour cranks, world champ time atacs and laced up Tb14's to my carbon suzue pro max's. Happy ridding.

Have you got any recomendations for a Wolber Corima 4spoke? Will send Corima an email an see what they say too

D'oh!

Try calling mosquito? They can order stuff and I'm sure(kinda) they've stocked wald before. Otherwise BLB might be a good bet.

You could try tokyobike, I bought a wald basket online from them so I'm pretty sure they'd stock them instore

Haven't tried black prince but the campag red carbon blocks are significantly better than swisstop yellows, and come in shimano fit too.

@7Üp @haveo much appreciated both!

Corima used solid cork for their early wheels, I think their current pads are still cork based but made from plastic bonded particulate rather than being cut from whole bark. Since they only make one pad, my guess is they will recommend their current pad for their historic wheels. You can buy them here

Cork pads have been superseded in performance by synthetic pads, but that's in conjunction with modern resins and special friction layers in the rim lay up. For older wheels, cork has the reputation of being kinder to the carbon.

Thanks. Will prob expect them to say the same too. Im sure those will be the best bet. One last thing while I have your attention, any major cons about using a road chainring instead of track specific for training, racing etc.I assume they are thinner and not as stiff but im light so shouldn't be a problem, right? Would be chainrings without the pins btw.
Just want to make sure before I start making some home made Sugino chcd type chainrings for the cranks.

Maybe @TM still has his:

http://www.lfgss.com/conversations/238317/

Although this is from (over) a year ago. Nice Parallax by the way, like the low profile rims on this.