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Aren't you Nordic?
I am. I spent the last 4 winters in new york wich serves up a rather gruesome winter just like Sweden. Thinking back on how things were I want to spend the next one on a free wheel with 25c+ tires...
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Although ISO & BSA are officially interchangeable they are not identical (BSA is 1.37" and ISO is 1.375") - same pitch.
I'd imagine a 'dale would be 1.37" and a campag BB 1.375"No, for several reasons.
There might be a colloquial usage of BSA for some cycle threads, but the 1.370"x24tpi BB (and sprocket) thread is correctly called BSC (British Standard Cycle) not BSA (Birmingham Small Arms)
This exact dimension was adopted by ISO
There is no 1.375" BB thread, although 35mm French and Swiss thread are approximately this size. Italian 36mm x 24tpi threads are the same pitch as BSC, albeit with opposite hand on the drive side, but at ~1.42" they are very obviously bigger, there's no way you'd mistake them when offering up an Italian threaded cup to a BSC BB shell or vice versa.
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Does anyone have any experience of the Goldtec geared rear hubs?
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I bought one second-hand thinking it might be good for the Cross Check build and touring with, as their track hubs are obviously very popular and durable and have served me well. How would it compare to things like the Hope Pro III or Shimano 105/Ultrega?
Any thoughts on the DT Swiss Alpine III vs Competition spokes? Is the extra strength of the tripple-butted A3's worth their added weight?
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Is the extra strength of the tripple-butted A3's worth their added weight?
The extra weight is trivial, it's only a short section at the head end which is 2.3mm instead of 2mm
According to DT website, (64 spokes, 264 mm):
Alpine III 2.3/1.8/2.0 418g
Competition 2.0/1.8/2.0 382gExtra expense is also trivial, 6p each at Rose
So for an extra 36g and less than £4 for a pair of wheels, you can upgrade from Comps to Alpine III. On that basis, I can't see why anybody would use Comps.
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Most sane people approach the fitting of a BB with some caution................................................. alternatively get the thread chased with an ISO tap
Yes.
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Lovely, get some aero brake levers on it! (maybe one of the faux levers for the side not hooked up to anything?)
Eeew, like Skully has?
Definitely get proper levers, then you can angle your Cinelli 65s, or whatever those are properly and your hands wont slip off, they'll end up on the hoods where they're sposed to be.
Practical > Aesthetic
Anyway those tucked away 'I'm not running a front brakein-line/2 finger/BMXwhatever' levers don't fool anyone and look daft.
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Just looked at the picture and I can see they're not 65s.
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Thats lovely! the paint looks amazing, is it a new one or s/h?
It was built in '86, so has no doubt been well used, although it was in great condition when I bought it. It was white with the modern(ish) decals originally, but I much prefer these old decals, and the blue won't show up the dirt so much.
Powdercoat was done at Armourtex, the decals are from Lloyds and I had Vaz put a clear laquer over the top so it should be pretty durable.
All the parts are off my old Roberts that had a crack in the chainstay and seat tube and was sadly retired.
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I've been looking to replace my purple 1950's frame for a while now, mainly due to the super relaxed seat tube which started to cause me issues with my knees in recent months.
I always fancied a lo-pro and this popped up in classifieds (thanks to Sam Doman!). Now i'm expecting getting flamed here but i literally threw this together last night by stripping my purple bike down and re-building the lo-pro. Nothing matches, it needs bullhorns and a bit of fettling etc but I rode it into work this morning and it is an absolute blast to ride!
The frameset deserves a lot more, so plans for the next month or so are;
- new wheels (had the hubs and spokes sitting in the cupboard for a while now, just need to get round to buying the rims)
- Bullhorns/TT levers
- Possible powdercoat. I say possible as the paint is fairly tatty and could do with it but it's quite nice to not have to be precious about it getting scratched so may well leave it for a while.
Here she is;
- new wheels (had the hubs and spokes sitting in the cupboard for a while now, just need to get round to buying the rims)
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Ha, its not and i told you so! The saddle and bar contact points actually measure up the same as my batmobile :-)
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except the bat mobile is set up for aero bars ;)
So is this...
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So wrong. Put bullhorns on it FTLOG...
Already ordered :-)
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Yeah im leaning towards keeping it, at least for winter. Red bartape?
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If anything...
i prefer the fubar one
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^ them deltas
so wrong it's right -
Even cheaper on their website than ebay.
http://www.fubarbicycleproducts.com/fubarpvccellfoamhandlebartape.aspx
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58,5. A tad too short, but the price was right and the length suited me nicely. I need to get some spotter bars for flat trans as I am always riding the hoods. And the shallow drop will be nice for sprints if I end up racing this. I need a road bike for next summer and contemplate on selling my geared cross to fund such a bike. I am not sure I will be able to keep up in cx race with gears so I won't sell until I am completely convinced that this steel BJ will do the job.