Brooklyn Garage

very classy, rim id?

Black Architype that wasnt black enough for me so I sprayed it blacker.

Great idea. $100 is the lowest price i could find at the moment! bmx museum..

Cheers bru.
This was taken pre stickers

That colour is nice!

Right. Changes.

Wheels
Looking at 650b for this. Any recommendations/ real life experiences with 32h Black disc rim?
I like the look of Halo Vapour, CL25's..Anythign else?
Tyres - Grand Bois.

Rack mounts
Currently learning how to weld - I'll try and do this myself. Anyone got a spare v2 fork? @timbre think you mentioned some time ago you had one.. still knocking about?

WTB i23

I don't, sold it to someone on here.

Where you learning to weld, would like to learn myself.

Why 650 tho? You can fit 35's already seems unnecessary

Also I've got mtx 33's on mine and they are really good. Strong fuckers (not 650 I know)

My Brooklyn is not the lightest tho

Friend / Youtube. Looks not too hard. Going to give it a go soon.

650b thread >>

Theres a few reasons - namely the vertically challenged seem to fit a small wheel diameter. I wanna see if there is really a big difference in terms of controlling the bike. I dont feel out of control with the BMW - but I figure might be interesting to see if theres a difference with a wider rim / wider / smaller tyre.

Why does it seem everyone with a Gangsta wants to turn it in a Pompino?

Its made of 'sturdy steel'. Enough said.

Weren't you commenting a while ago against 650 and wondering why mechanics are obsessed with it?

Two for the price of one.

No. I posted an article in the 650b thread that was against it. It was funny how it was written. Very angry.

I commented on the white whale project:

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/295283/#comment13376500

"What is it with mechanics and 650b"

Because there are a few mechanics out there and frame builders (Hartley) who swear by it.

Ive never been against it at all :)

Also - how am I turning this frame into a pompino? By adding canti studs? 650b? pleassse

Sorry for the charged comment, I don't really see the benefit unless you are going to use bigger tyres, (on paper) it'll just compromise the bb height and handling

I'll be using 42-45mm compared to 28/33.5mm now. Do you think it will make a big difference to the handling? I was expecting a little difference. Not massive.. I dont know - thats why I am trying it really. If it doesnt work - I'll keep experimenting.

That still equals roughly 20 mm in bb drop. I think that's doable and could be worth a try for the extra plush, watch out for your pedals though. I don't know what the bb height is on the Gangsta but it's worth reading up on bb height and comparing differences on paper before committing to a new wheelset

Your right.

Starting to sound like scoble 😂

Sorry @edscoble

My gangsta handles super well with 33mm rim width and the big tyres.

I guess because the tyres have a nice profile on that wide a rim? whatever it is i recomend it.

I have fitted 40c cross tyres to mine too with room so I wouldn't say you particularly need to do it but if you want to why not.

Also yours is a short and they have mad toe overlap so might be worth doing it just for that.

That's OK fam... wait, why are you saying it like it's a bad thing?

You're supposed to be the 650b guy! Cheeky post again. Only love

issue with big 700c on the short gang is toe overlap becomes unreal.
650 would in theory allow big tyres without change to toe overlap.
go the whole hog n buy cheap 26 mtb rims 2008 style