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ah I'm just cueing great #content for your thread. thank you though. I have a set of those Hopes I am thinking about rebuilding on a wider rim. As part of a group buy it'd be about £200 difference in cost for fairly shallow carbon
love that Klein, silver spokes, tan walls, so good
on cranks - you are a good bit taller than me. I ride 165mm, but my bike at my in-laws has 172.5 cranks, which I'll change next time I'm over, and I think I can tell a difference in comfort. that might be because it's not set up as well as my Faran, mind.
King cages can get in the sea!
I knew within my first ride with king cages that they worse. how did you get on with those elite side loaders? looks like it was a no!
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Wide shallow carbon would be a touch on the Faran, I say go for it!
Elites cages are on the Klein now actually and working well enough. Re cranks, I've done one ride of just under 100k on the Strael after fitting the 165s, raising saddle a bit and lowering the front end 10mm, it was comfy! True test will be a 200 this Sunday (weather permitting) but I'm quietly confident that it's the right call to go shorter.
I'm likely to disappoint on the Klein as the clinchers that will go on it soon are black hubs, black spokes :(
ElGonzo
Jeez, really putting me on the spot here! I'll compare as like-for-like in terms of tyres as I can; the Hopes with 32mm Michelin Power Cup tubeless and the Arkanes with 34mm Schwalbe Pro Ones also tubeless. Both quality tyres at low pressures and yes a bit a more volume with the Schwalbes but I still think a fair comparison. IMO, the Hopes felt noticeably more wooden/crashy and I got the impression that there was a fair bit more tyre roll cornering at speed. The width of the Arkane rims definitely gives the wide tyres a better profile and I've not noticed any of that kind of squirm, tyres just sit better in the wider (24mm internal) rim I guess. They seem to deal with road buzz a fair bit better, some of that might be attributable to the extra 2mm tyre volume though. I've not noticed a huge difference in terms of pick up speed but it certainly feels like they hold speed a bit better. 54R/49F does catch the wind a bit though!
Amen! King cages can get in the sea!