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@2wheelsgood
Hey, I'm building a beater type thing up from the frame.. well I intend to get wheels built for me and assemble parts like the lazy man I am.
I'm unsure of a couple of things though.
Framewise, I'm told I need the bb shell re-tapping on one side. It's italian sized.. any idea where would do this. My local shop had no idea, possibly Bob J over in Leeds. Is it really such a specialist tool?
Also, the rear axel spacing is 128. will this be ok to squeeze into a 120mm hub?
And finally wheels. I know not much here too. I'm after something that will last day in day out but also not look too shabby, maybe semi aero but cba with deep v things. I was thinking mavic for the quality and cxp23 for the look..
My lbs does rigida and showed me spyders but they are angular and I have mixed experience with Rigida. I went through a rear rim on a geared hybrid in 2 years and there were multiple truing issues on them to begin with on the Dawes. The front has been bullet proof for 5 years though.
I'm on alex stock rims on my other bike, so I was thinking dp18.. worth my cash?
Other than that ,it's going well, I have a frame with internal rear cable housing to hide my lack of balls when riding ss! and I have a shiny fork and a brandnew headset.
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