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I have an xb3 ussr track frame and want to get a square taper bb for it, 70mm bb shell when measured. My shimano dont fit, should i get one of those nifty threadless ones? are they any good/which one should i get?

And therefore irrelevant.

Zipp 303 Firecrest is the only sensible choice if you want a 1500g clincher that's not going to be a lot slower than a 2kg aero wheel, but they won't be in the shops yet as they were only launched at the beginning of this month. Also a smidgen over budget, but you can't have everything.

I'm struggling to see what could improve on the Ksyrium ES wheelset that Sumo currently has, for his budget and requirement

Are these wheels cheap or are they worth the money?

http://www.bike-discount.de/shop/k632/a57768/ec90-sl-r4sl-fuer-shimano.html

That's a good price for EC90SL Carbon Clinchers, and Easton wheels are generally OK. Some people would cavil about the twin-thread spokes, but at least you could roll your own at a pinch.

I'm struggling to see what could improve on the Ksyrium ES wheelset that Sumo currently has, for his budget and requirement

His requirement is to go shopping for shiny new stuff. Keeping his old wheels doesn't meet that test.

I have an xb3 ussr track frame and want to get a square taper bb for it, 70mm bb shell when measured. My shimano dont fit, should i get one of those nifty threadless ones? are they any good/which one should i get?

Ask scorch, but I think you need an Italian threaded BB. Shimano do the ubiquitous BB-UN54 in Italian if it's for a budget build, and Campag do Record Pista in Italian if you want something flash.

Oh, and it's ХВЗ, not XB3, miss.ua would kick me if I didn't point that out.

Ask scorch, but I think you need an Italian threaded BB. Shimano do the ubiquitous BB-UN54 in Italian if it's for a budget build, and Campag do Record Pista in Italian if you want something flash.

Oh, and it's ХВЗ, not XB3, miss.ua would kick me if I didn't point that out.

so do you think i should stick to threaded?

so do you think i should stick to threaded?

If at all possible, yes.

I was assuming he'd seen sense. S40 will be faster than any sub-1500g clincher under about £2000

aero-ness can get to fuck. I figure with lowest possible rotational weight it will be easier to accelerate and climb hills.
I'm tempted to buy them just because they're carbon though.

I'm struggling to see what could improve on the Ksyrium ES wheelset that Sumo currently has, for his budget and requirement

they Ksyrium ES's need 1 more spoke, to find one of the rims somewhere in our work basement and for one our mechanics to find time to rebuild them for me. I've worn out of patience with the build and just want the damn thing finished. I want the bike on the road in the next couple of days.
I'm going to sell the Kysrium's once they're finished to recuperate some of the money and hopefully pay for a tattoo.

What you getting tattood?

Some totally lame cliche saying that doesn't apply to real life ;)

<3 u sumo

"love will tear us apart"?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY8d2cHYuB0

If i ever lose my belly I'm gonna have a cycling influenced piece on my ribs, was thinking of having the script "less gears, more beers" accross it....

Thing is, I quite like gears, and to lose the belly will have to cut out alot of beer, so maybe should go for...

"less beers, more gears"

Many years ago I had a book that compared all the components of the era (weight, performance, etc). I thought it was by Richard Ballentine but can't find it now. He favoured Shimano DA iirc.

What book am I thinking of?

Quick one, just to double check before buying.

A 90° stem is just a 0 rise - ie straight, right?

Cheers.

If i ever lose my belly I'm gonna have a cycling influenced piece on my ribs, was thinking of having the script "less gears, more beers" accross it....

Thing is, I quite like gears, and to lose the belly will have to cut out alot of beer, so maybe should go for...

"less beers, more gears"

surely there's better slogan than that?

comingfromablokewithalargecogtattooonhiscalf

Many years ago I had a book that compared all the components of the era (weight, performance, etc). I thought it was by Richard Ballentine but can't find it now. He favoured Shimano DA iirc.

What book am I thinking of?

Fly fishing by J.R. Hartley?

aero-ness can get to fuck. I figure with lowest possible rotational weight it will be easier to accelerate and climb hills.
I'm tempted to buy them just because they're carbon though.

Then you figure wrong. There are hardly any circumstances in which 200g weight saving is worth 2W of drag. For a hill climb race, go for it, but for everything else there's Zipp 404s.

If i ever lose my belly I'm gonna have a cycling influenced piece on my ribs, was thinking of having the script "less gears, more beers" accross it....

Thing is, I quite like gears, and to lose the belly will have to cut out alot of beer, so maybe should go for...

"less beers, more gears"

Please don't get a grammatically incorrect tattoo. :)

'Fewer beers, more gears' or 'more beers, fewer gears'.

It should be illegal to have the word beer tattooed anywhere on the body in any context at all.

Then you figure wrong. There are hardly any circumstances in which 200g weight saving is worth 2W of drag. For a hill climb race, go for it, but for everything else there's Zipp 404s.

they're also double the price of what I want to spend.

but they are rather nice.

What do good brakes do that bad brakes don't? (Given, it seems to me, that all brakes I've used can lock the wheels up, and isn't that all you can ask for?)