Surly Steamroller owners...

You don't need v brake levers to work with mini v, any road levers will be fine.

Or normal v brake with problems solver.

Its always so good to sound things out on here. Thanks Ed

^^ Nice! Have been thinking about nitromors-ing my roller as well. How long did it take to do?

Did you lacquer it afterwards?

Looks great, how would you desribe its handling?

CC in blue not available until end of july :-(

I wanted it this week so I would be ready for DD.

At least needs some 28c gators, something tougher!

They are 28c Super Sport Plus!

They don't look like it because that is one big ass steamroller. I'm guessing 62" how tall are you kallzer?

Oh right, cool bike just think 'rollers looks odd with light weight roadie tyres

Im 6'5. Yeah, youre right, it`s one big ass one :) Probably the only steel bike which got more than a 60cm top-tube and track-ish geo.

That's actually really nice. I just look at my Steamroller and see nothing but a workhorse that I ride all day, then forget about after hours and keep it out of my sight.. but yours is pretty!

These are the only two pics I've got of mine..

Woot fork do you use? Does it affect the geometry or does it have the same axle-crown-length?

It's a random GT fork I found, straight blade, and the axle to crown length is a lot shorter, it takes corners like it's on rails now, just sticks to the ground, I love it. I'll never use the original forks again.

Does anyone ride a SRAM Omnium on his/her Steamroller? If yes, how tight are the clearances between the crank-arms and the chainstays?

Does anyone ride a SRAM Omnium on his/her Steamroller? If yes, how tight are the clearances between the crank-arms and the chainstays?

I had an Omnium chain-set about 5 years ago and while I can't remember how close the clearance was it was never a problem so couldn't have been too close.

I have omniums, there's about a 1.5-2cm gap between chainstays and crank arm.

this is using the highly technical method of me looking at it and guessing. either way the gap is massive.

Thank you!

Got my CC frame on friday! Have not started building it up yet. Got a seatpost and headset from Condor on saturday. Have also ordered the Tektro full size V-brakes in the end to deal with the potential mudguard clearance issue.

Still got work to do...
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Does anyone ride a SRAM Omnium on his/her Steamroller? If yes, how tight are the clearances between the crank-arms and the chainstays?

omniums come with a bb spacer so no probs if the chainring/chainstay clearance is tight (which is gonna strike before the crank arm.)

Looking to upgrade my steamroller to carbon forks. Recommendations on solid, black carbon forks? Anything for sale on the forum perhaps? It's a large, 59cm frame and I want to run it with a brake and without spacers.