SE lager upgrades

My 09 SE Lager has been used to get to and from work for the last 2 years (60 miles a week) and needs quite a lot of work, namely:

• new wheels
  
• new forks
  
• new chainring
  
• new cranks
  
  

I'm fairly sure I'm going to get new wheels built at www.v-sprint.com but I'm not so sure about the others.

I don't mind the forks I have at the moment, but a year or so ago I bought a Shimano Ultegra front brake but the reach isn't quite long enough for the forks. It's only very slightly off, but the result is that the pads rub on the tyre very slightly, meaning I need a new front tyre every few months. I've been looking online to find some fairly basic cr-mo black forks with 1-1/8" steerer suitable for short drop calipers but I'm struggling a bit. I stumbled across these fuji fc-440 carbon forks looked like they could fit the bill, but I'm not sure whether my headset would fit (the 'integrated' bit put me off). Is there any way to be sure? Can anyone recommend a cheap pair of 1-1/8" threadless forks that might suit a short drop caliper? I'm not averse to second hand but most of the forks I see coming up in the classifieds are 1" threaded.

For a chainset, I really like the look of the Stronglight Track 2000 chainset on Velosolo but it seems a lot cheaper that some of the other ones? Any idea why? Anyone think it's a good idea or bad idea?

Thanks in advance for any help you might be able to offer!

What is your budget?

So you are buying a new set of forks because your brake doesn't reach?

surely the adjustment screw on the top of the brake can overcome that??

Get a Condor long drop caliper, just a rebadged dual pivot Tektro.

for wheels search for varno on the forum or look at on one

same cranks are cheaper at on-one http://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/CSSTTR2K/stronglight-track-2000-crankset

as said above you just need a long reach brake caliper, not whole new forks

www.v-sprint.com is Varno.

The Stronglight ST2000 is a good quality chainset, I had it's predecessor, the ST1000, and ran it for three years in all weathers and it still had plenty of life left in it.

If you do get one, then Planet X are doing it at an absolute steal of a price:

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/CSSTTR2K/stronglight-track-2000-crankset

Changing forks to fit a brake?

Just in case it's not clear. The reason your brake calliper isn't reaching the rim properly is because it isn't long enough.

Brake callipers have a recommended drop ie 49mm.

You should look at a brake with more of a drop, such as a long drop tektro one.

Thanks for the responses!

I know it seems a bit odd to want to replace the fork over the brake, but it's a nice brake and cost £45 so I'd rather not get rid of it if I can help it. I was hoping to find second hand forks for £20-30 but haven't seen any yet. It's so frustrating because it's literally 1-2mm off fitting perfectly.

Thanks for the links to the cheaper chainset, I'll definitely go for the stronglight I think.

@jonseager Which adjustment screw? I thought it was just the allen adjustments on the sides of the caliper which changed the reach.

@fasih I don't really have a strict budget but want to get parts that will last hopefully.

You would easily be able to file out 1-2mm of Ultegra brake caliper to get the pad further down. I've done this before and it's fine.

I have also done that. More than enough material to do it usually.

Disclaimer - don't come back to me if yoru brakes fail.

Hadn't thought of that, thanks guys. I did think of filing out the dropouts slightly but then thought better of it!