Current Projects chat and miscellany

that wasn't a respray...

That's a bit unfair, that was a work in progress.

It's from the last page of the Current Projects thread but yeah I suppose all bikes are a work in progress if you're in the various Current Projects areas of the forum.

And yes, it's not a respray, please give me more interesting details about the bike I might have missed if you have them?

The old XT hubs are great bang-for-the-buck

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=3987

Annoyingly the one I don't want is a mere £18, and the one I do want is £40. CRC always do this

^^ This any help? - http://www.hopetech.com/page.aspx?itemID=SPG242

I know someone else used one on their Pompetamine and it worked well, but dunno how you'd get disc and fixed...

This looks like a very bling way to get a single speed - yikes £138!

I wouldn't want to swap back and forth between a Fixxer and the stock freehub, in my experience the slight mismatch between the splines (probably deliberate to eliminate backlash when using fixed) makes the conversion a one-time deal. So, Surly Fixxer and a screw-on single freewheel is the way to go if you want cheap.

If you don't mind losing the back brake when riding fixed, Hope Trials hub and a bolt on sprocket would be nice.

I don't think the Arai thread is 1.37", so an Arai-disc adaptor will only fit on hubs designed for Arai brakes, not onto a normal sprocket thread on a double sided hub.

I thought you might know more than my google skills about arai brake thread size.

Cheers for the help, think I'll get a cheap shimano hub and single speed it until I've got some funds for a surly fixxer.

Now has anyone got an avid bb7 calliper going cheap??

Annoyingly the one I don't want is a mere £18, and the one I do want is £40. CRC always do this

Haha - hate when it happens ;-) Just get the 32h - should work fine unless you're really heavy. I bought that one for a winter/snow SS bike

This looks like a very bling way to get a single speed - yikes £138!

I'm sorry if I'm missing something, but why not just get a SS conversion kit:

http://www.velosolo.co.uk/shopsingle.html

Cant find proper image - but Hobo's Mash was great...

The other Vigorelli saved so much weight getting stripped...

Doinitwrong

doinitwright

Thanks for this, and sorry I did not reply... The distance between the bosses and the rim is 55-60mm, so V brakes would not work...

And just because you said this with such a defeatist attitude, I now have made it my mission to make it work!

How well it will work is another matter...

Im going full HHSB and giving it a chromaflair paint job!

You're not from Romford are you?

Rep'd

Thats how its coming along now thinking black toe straps and black fizik bartape.

black keos.

And sort that stem out!

I'm sorry if I'm missing something, but why not just get a SS conversion kit:

A 9/10-speed hub with a conversion kit has loads of dish, a proper single speed hub has little or none. That's we spend our money on them. Neither method gives fixed + disc brake at the same time, so they don't meet the original brief.

Might it be easier to sell the rim and get a 32h one? Just checked tartybikes and even there all the threaded 135mm disc hubs are 32h.

What stem shall I get for it?

What stem shall I get for it?

flip the one you got for a start.

Got one o deez Ass Savers for the Pre Cursa. For 6 quid they're pretty sweet and it's handy to be able to walk out of the shop and just pop it on.

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Got one too. Used it yesterday. If it's actually raining english style it's useless, utterly hipster pointless. Good for a little sprinkle protection though around town, if you care.
Maybe due to my 35' inseam and the gap it creates!

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A 9/10-speed hub with a conversion kit has loads of dish, a proper single speed hub has little or none. That's we spend our money on them. Neither method gives fixed + disc brake at the same time, so they don't meet the original brief.

So what is stronger? 32h non dished or 36h dished? This wheel is on my load carrying bike so it needs to deal with me + child + stuff + another child on the cross bar potentially.

If that's the choice, 32H non-dished all day. With heavy-duty touring spokes (e.g. Sapim Strong, DT Alpine III) and a strong touring rim.

I'd agree, I found the ass-saver things to be completely useless as well. Avoid.

^^ Totally agree with Regal, having equal tension from a non-dished wheel (or minimal) will build up loads stronger and both those spokes are triple butted to specifically be thicker at the weakest point of the spoke, the bend at the head where it comes through the hub flange.

Edit: the SAPIM Force is triple butted at - 2.18 - 1.8 - 2.0 mm
And DT Swiss Alpine III is triple butted to - 2.34 - 1.8 - 2.0 mm

Planning a wheel build:

black Velocity A23's - I was tempted by Stans alpha but A23's are £45 cheaper for the set and I have read good reviews of them on here and elsewhere.

http://superlight-bikeparts.de/Crite...Industrielager
http://superlight-bikeparts.de/Crite...nabe-Leichtbau

or

Uniq/generic far east lightweight hubs (will replace bearings on Dammits advice at build stage)

Spokes? I'd quite like 2 red spokes and nipples in each wheel - the others black and bladed. So prolock hex nipples?

Going for 24/28 as I'm a reasonably big chap

The idea is a fairly lightweight sub £400 wheelset.

Red spokes is a terrible thing to do to a poor set of wheels.