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• Snowflake wheel

  in Bikes & Bits • 14 years, 10 months

  

  hey thanks - that was a close to wasting £60 on tyres that I'll never use...

• Snowflake wheel

  in Bikes & Bits • 14 years, 10 months

  

  Nice bike.

  I love Midge bars so, although they may not fit asthetically, so cannot critisize them.

  I hates the tyres though.

  I've just called Condor and as I haven't riden on the tyres yet - They will exchange the tyres.

  Any recommendations on tyres would be gratefully received :)

  Thanks Smallfurry.

  L

• Snowflake wheel

  in Bikes & Bits • 14 years, 10 months

  

  Nice bike eject. I used to have white tyres WHEN THEY WERE COOL so don't feel too bad, if it's something I've done you can't be doing too badly.

  Thanks Crispin - Yep the tyres have to go - Bad consideration there!

• Snowflake wheel

  in Bikes & Bits • 14 years, 10 months

  

  Like I say - I'm going for comfort: read this Midge Bar are lovely. Quote: "Midge bars look really old fashioned. They would have been retro when your grandparents were kids. I’ve only ever seen anything like them in old photos taken at a French velodrome in about 1908."

  iro_dan get yourself some :) http://www.roadcyclinguk.com/bike-reviews/on-one-midge-handlebars/1788.html

  However I think I'm gonna switch them for : Deda velocita drops.

• Snowflake wheel

  in Bikes & Bits • 14 years, 10 months

  

  Thanks Jammy, I'm feeling the white tyres are the biggest mistake - way too bling and 'white'.
  I think I'm gonna be embarrassed riding them for sure. The Snowflake wheel I just liked, I didn't realise that it was such a "90's" thing to do... Oh well at least I'm getting it out of my system :)

  What forks would you recommend then? I was unsure from the start about the forks.

  the Bars feel great, I know short little stubby things are better looking, but Ive gone for comfort over aesthetic.

  Thanks for the feedback.

  Lee

• Snowflake wheel

  in Bikes & Bits • 14 years, 10 months

  

  I've been working on this for about 5 months... I actually think the snowflake looks good. But its new to me, I guess I needed to get it out of my system, perhaps everyone rides a snowflake for novelty. I'll be slagging people off with em , when I replace it :)

  I think I get it back to 3x when I need to build the wheel again..

  They do however seem really strong - this wheel was built by Condor and does look different to the other posts on this page.

  I'd love a critique of my new bike... comments please, harsh as you like.

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• Snowflake wheel

  in Bikes & Bits • 14 years, 10 months

  

  Nearly finished my new build and wanted to try snowflake lacing also.

  So, I've just asked Condor to lace up my new Phil Wood hubs and Campag Omega V's as snowflake on the back. And then radial laced on the front...

  1. Does anyone advise against this? EG, Will the back wheel will be weak for this, so total waste of time? Brick lane reckon any twists are weak and should be braised / welded at the twist...

  2. Is radial weak on the front?

• Velocity Deep V Rims

  in Bikes & Bits • 15 years, 3 months

  

  I wanna try colours on my new frame.. (lazy:)

• MOBO Awards

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 15 years, 3 months

  

  yeah add tinchy strider to that list...