On One Pompino owners...

New Pompetamine f&f for £97? Go on then.

I'm leaving the Langster club and joining this one...

You do realised the pompetamine is 135 oln. Also you'll need disk brakes.

...unless you plan to run the bike fixed with a spaced rear axle.

I haz a set of unused shimano BR-R505 road disc calipers going, I bought them a while back on a whim but never used them, F+R, no rotors £30 + p&p

I need mechanical I'm afraid.

Planning on running the Pompetamine single speed I think, with BB-5s, BB7s or Shimano BR-CX75, though the latter are currently out of stock at Madison.

They're cable. But you know that now because I told you in that PM.

R505 is 105 is it?

I think the BR-515 is 105, so this is probably Tiagra level, but they don't still seem to make it.

The BR-CX75 is some kind of Ultegra level, and they're only £44.99 each, but I think that's overkill for a Pomp.

BR-R505 is a non-series component, the fact that they gave it a 500-series number typically places it somewhere in the vicinity of "105" in Shimano's mind, but it could find itself paired with lower groups too. I think BR-R515 replaces 505, rather than being a different grade.

Ah right. I think I saw the BR-R515 lumped with 105 somewhere today, but it might not have been the Madison trade catalogue but just a lazy website somewhere.

Incidentally, how are they meant to perform? The few reviews I could find seemed generally positive.

Also, as a wheelset, I could get the Shimano WH-MT55 from Planet X for about £120, the M:Wheel Shimano M475/Mavic A317 wheelset for around £110, or a more rough and ready 29er wheelset, with rotors, for about £70. Which would be the best course of action?

Which would be the best course of action?

Tell us what they are for.

Stopping.

And slowing down of course, the wheels will be for going.

Mt55's are £125 with discs at merlin

^^^^Mainly street riding, but with the option of following friends on more suitable bikes off-road in Epping or the South Downs, and maybe some CX later in the year if I get the chance.

So for under £150 you want a set of wheels which will transform one bike into three different, better ones?

I think the BR-515 is 105, so this is probably Tiagra level, but they don't still seem to make it.

The BR-CX75 is some kind of Ultegra level, and they're only £44.99 each, but I think that's overkill for a Pomp.

I've got a pair of CX75's in the post- are they now available in the UK?

I ordered mine from the US as I couldn't find a UK stockist.

So for under £150 you want a set of wheels which will transform one bike into three different, better ones?

Yes, is that so much to ask?

Really, I just want a wheelset that will take disc brakes and let me ride my new bike. I was just wondering which would offer the best value for money and explaining what I would be hoping to use the bike for, not expecting that a cheap wheelset would turn a Pompetamine into a mountain bike and a cross bike. It's probably more versatile than a Langster, and should be nicer to ride down the Lea Valley cycle path and down the canal, essentially*that's all I need.

I've got a pair of CX75's in the post- are they now available in the UK?

I ordered mine from the US as I couldn't find a UK stockist.

Fatbirds seemed to be showing them in stock, but I couldn't find them anywhere else. Madison will have them in from 1st May so I'd be surprised if they were widely available here before then.

I hope they aren't shit.

I know a few people who've ridden the Roubaix Expert Disc which has them and they were well impressed.

What levers?

Ultegra, mechanical I think

Decided I can't be arsed having my Pomp bead-blasted before I've even ridden it. Will tape over the nasty Easton fork logos and just ride the bloody thing, I think.

Yes, is that so much to ask?

Get the WH-MT55, I've never had a problem with cheap Shimano wheels. If you break them, get something stronger.

I'm going to go for the second hand option after all, as they include tyres and rotors.

Hoping to spend my Easter Sunday collecting the frame then building it up.