Crosser

And you didn't drop the chain at all? Nice.

What does it weigh in at?

Heavy as sin. Doesn't feel that way, however- I'm having tremendous fun tearing around on it to be honest.

I picked up the new rotors from Ryan's place this arvo- what's the absolute gold standard technique for burning in new brake rotors that will guarantee that they will never, ever, honk or squeak?

That seems a perfectly respectable weight to me.

Any idea how narrow a tyre can be comfortably run on those TN719 rims?

I've run 25c Gatorskins on them and they were great (for Gators), made an almost perfect U shaped profile.

Hmm... cheers, that's handy to know. I keep looking at my ex mtb wheels and mentally building up a new bike around them :-)

Some sort of disc road/cross thing.

Which, of course I'd inevitably buy a new set of wheels for several weeks after building it...

Any idea how narrow a tyre can be comfortably run on those TN719 rims?

25mm* Maxxis Refuse also gave a great U-shape on my girlfriend's 719 as well.

*28mm that's realistically 25mm.

Ta Ed, I can see a new project looming on the horizon.

Same tyres- "28c" Maxxis Refuse:

Why are you riding a skinny road tyres on the Hell of the North?

Possibly doing it again next year- will be using these if I do:

http://www.vittoria.com/wp-content/themes/vittoria/lib/script/timthumb.php?src=http://www.vittoria.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Pave_CG_AP_7095.jpg&w=850&h=0&zc=0&q=100

Surely these;

http://www.fm-boyaux.fr/produit.php?ref=RC04P270&id_rubrique=8

I was ambivalent until I read "a light extra special tape protects the flanks" and then I was sold on the idea.

I'll need some wheels for them to go on, of course.

I see about entering it on a 650B bicycle.

42mm fatties gonna be interesting.

Someone beat you to it Ed:

Frame, yes:

Just noticed the welds, did the powder coat remove the filler that was presumably there before to make it 'smooth'?

Yes.

Always a massive fan of your builds, Dammit :) Nice job

Bedding in discs... Drag the brakes all the way down a massive hill. Pedal hard and drag the brakes as much as you can. You are trying to get as much heat in them as possible. The longer the hill, the better.

At the bottom of the hill, immediately spray water all over both rotors. They should sizzle quite intensely. You should instantly notice an improvement in braking power and the rotors should not squeak.

This method has worked for me over 15 years of mountain biking.

No sure if troll..

I can understand the braking down a hill but pouring cold water onto a hot rotor is just going to warp it.

It's pretty common in mtb disc bedding-in folklore to spray water on your discs, pretty sure it does nothing more than to verify that you've got them hot enough to bed in properly.

Neil I didn't realise you did the Roubaix cyclo on this. I take it was the VCR one and not the ASO's?

It's what I've always done too with MTB discs.

Just read a BikeRadar article that reckons that it doesn't make a difference spraying with water. Never really thought about it myself. At the same time I've never warped a rotor doing it.

I can understand the braking down a hill but pouring cold water onto a hot rotor is just going to warp it.

Shouldn't be a problem if you think about MTB going through large puddle and the like.

Neil I didn't realise you did the Roubaix cyclo on this. I take it was the VCR one and not the ASO's?