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^ crap then? ;-)

Touring bikes are usually made from thicker-walled tubing for good reasons.

I'd ride it.

...except on a second look: that isn't a touring bike, just a low end road bike.

It has one set of bottle mounts only and no rack mounts.

My Columbus MAX Ouest Cycle. Currently fixed but will probably receive some Ultegra 6700 groupset.
And I also am looking for a Columbus max track fork !

Cheers

I like and also looking for straight track Max fork

My Max track Preuss on road.

This is currently my only bike.

Spent a little while riding canals paths and little trails further NW this afternoon, good fun.

Untitled by 40 skid patches, on Flickr

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This is currently my own only bike.

??

Dunno where the 'own' came from, I guess its because I don't own the bike I was riding last week.

But what happened to your bikes?
You sold them or summat?

Nah I'm just not able to keep 3 bikes running at the moment, I have loads of working and broken frames lying about still :) I've just had to sell some parts.

Ah okay.
Makes more sense now.

Needs longer stem, cranks are for now.
Big thanks to master

Have dosnoventa changed their geometry? Also are those forks 45mm rake?

It's a 54cm frame, usually they are smaller sizes you see on the interwenbz and with more "seatpost". Forks are 45mm rake.

So it's basically shit. Thanks Apollo.

So the orlowski and Pendle have met their demise?

I guess it was only a matter of time...

Also are those forks 45mm rake?

breeds jealousy because I can't visually judge fork rake

Trying to get my head around cable routing on the bars for the new build... Is there a reason why most pro riders seem to have both the gear and brake cables routed at the front of the bars, instead of all behind, or just gear cables behind? I find that having the gear cable routed around the upper outsides edges and then back of the bar creates a better flat top for hands when on the tops of the levers. Does that make sense?

possibly tops are comfier with front/back, but hoods are comfier with both cables round the front. It's just preference, I wouldn't lose sleep over it.

New Flites>>>>>>

I like and also looking for straight track Max fork

My Max track Preuss on road.

So rad

Ya not bad eh? #Datpowderblue

Not sure on the black stem/seatpost either, might swap out for silver equivalents #ocd

Nah, keep them, get black cranks, I'll have the silver ones

so i've decided to go for wide-rimmage and ordered a23 in black.. one nmsw and one msw since i use a front brake.

after i ordered i went googling and apparently nmsw is more durable because, not that surprising really, material is shaved off to create the machined sidewall.

now the order has been postponed because they hadnt stock of the nmsw which gives me some time to rethink.

options:
a) stop bedwetting; msw will give better brake performance and look betterer in the longterm
b) msw is well old-dads choice. get nmws, use softer pads and enjoy longer rim life and same rim colour. i can use the tenner spared to buy me the pads.

answers on a postcar please. and if you concur with b) and have some experience with it, please give me a headsup which pads then to get.

many thanks my fellow brethren in first world bike component choice stress

b) will give the posibility of shit looking rims though in the long while due to not evenly wearing rims. that would be my biggest objection indeed..