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^Can you adjust the seatpost height with the saddle in place?

Pro LT?

Got that one, works fine.

Finished work on my Peugeot for awhile.

It's a timec quill seatpost, so it's fitted like a stem inside the seat tube. Works well!

awesome, I've been looking for ages but apart for top dollar campagnolo I've never found one in 27.2.... if you see one lying around let me know please!

mount my old *adjustable stem, and yea im not care to much about "time correctness"

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Dat crimping

Bet that goes like a...

And then when the front wheel touches the downtube:

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Hi folks. first post- also new to ss. I have 12 flight of stairs to climb so want to set up as light a bike as i can without breaking the bank. I've just acquired a 58" 2012 Kona Paddywagon, and want to maybe buy some wheels, seat post, fork and bars (bullhorn i think) to get the weight down as much as possible. Any suggestions for what to look for these items, and where to look for them? excuse my ignorance but as i say i'm new to this. I've just sold my car and want to get into this with some good advice from folks like you.

I've just acquired a 58" 2012 Kona Paddywagon

hahaha yes cm i mean d'oh

Paddywagons are great. I mean on paper they're nothing special but they ride well and take bigger tyres and guards making them pretty versatile. Great winter road bikes, ace commuters and tough.

They're not particularly light, even for a steel frame. You need some forks so carbon is an easy way of saving some, but not a huge amount of weight. Build everything else up to normal spec and you'll have a bike lighter than low end road bikes.

Hey, thanks for the feedback. What wheels do you recommend?

These (out of stock currently).

Or buy a track hub from them and take it to your LBS to have it built into a wheel. Then use any road wheel as a front. Merlin cycles often sell single road wheels cheap.

If you go down the rear wheel build route... maybe use a touring rim. It's not a bad idea to have a wider, tougher rim on the back.

If you are used to other kinds of bikes, like mtb's or old 3-speeds etc. A modern SS/fixed will feel really light even if its all bog standard components.

Hi folks. first post- also new to ss. I have 12 flight of stairs to climb so want to set up as light a bike as i can without breaking the bank. I've just acquired a 58" 2012 Kona Paddywagon, and want to maybe buy some wheels, seat post, fork and bars (bullhorn i think) to get the weight down as much as possible. Any suggestions for what to look for these items, and where to look for them? excuse my ignorance but as i say i'm new to this. I've just sold my car and want to get into this with some good advice from folks like you.

12 flights of stairs would make me move house!

I don't think you really need carbon, just keep an eye on what things weigh, personally id just build it simple as possible, low profile rims like open pro's, low profile hubs to, 130bcd cranks instead of 144, slammed stem and narrow is risers, cut off any spacers, left over seat post or axles poking out past the nuts(after everything is set up!) i would say brakeless but don't do a premium rush to your front brake to save some grams!

first ride, seems perfect

#smug :-)

first ride, seems perfect

Sick! What rims are those?

ceramic open pro's

Not open pro CD?

Sick! What rims are those?

Ambrosio Prisma Elite