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thanks tommy - i'm guessing that the spokes will need changing if i go with a deep section rim, just a bit worried about having a disc brake - does it put more force on the spokes....does the tension need to be different to a rim brake, I wonder?

A friend has a Cannondale Bad Boy with hub gears and disc brakes. She really fancies red rims to offset the black stealth look. Now seeing myself as an experienced wheel builder (ok - built one that hasnt fallen apart yet!) I rashly offered to change the rims to red deep vs.
Am i letting myself in for a world of pain here? Anything thats going to catch me out with the hubgear/disc combo?

1 - flickwg
2 - tynan
3 - ma3k
4 - FRANK
5 - hassanr
6 - EM in spirit
7 - Object
8 - chris crash
9 - Rik
10 - gabes
11- hillbilly
12- slaytanic1
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15 - sammy
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17 - eke (tbc)
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20 - steves

fingers crossed that it stays drier than last years nocturne.....

looks like a good old fashioned lamp mounting boss!

26 x 1 1/4?? sure theyre not 27 x 1 1/4???

sjs have quite a few 27"s

+1 on the steamroller - used to have one (hope youre still enjoying it jv!)

that surprised the hell out of me too!
must admit (whisper it...) I find them ok in there - I quite like blb too!

Ok - so i've built my first wheel! even made it to the shops and back! fiver for new spokes and nipples - good on ya condor! ;-)

if you see a big old bloke on a fluoro yello bike with a disintegrated back wheel...thatll be me!!
cheers all...

I got one from Condor the other day...think it was a tenner or so....not brilliant, but does the job...Acor maybe?

You lot are making me feel old!

YOU feel old?! this is mine...

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.

maybe i should be here

cheers all....looks like it'll be new all the way....now the fun starts...

Sheldon reckoned its fine with a good quality skewer.....

So the time has come for my first attempt at wheel building (due to drunkenly cross threading a sprocket on and stripping the threads on a Suzue hub....evidently Newcastle Brown in quantity and bike fettling aren't happy bedfellows!).
I've just ordered a Zenith hub and plan to use the old Ambrosio rim - I can't find the Zenith hub dimensions so will measure it when it turns up (this one if anyone happens to have the sizes)....BUT if it does happen that my existing spokes are the right size, what are the thoughts on re-using them and the nipples as well?

By the way, it was this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTb3x5VO69Y
youtube video that persueded me to have a go....fingers crossed!

but theres only one real way to clean a chain - http://www.sheldonbrown.com/chainclean.html

Sheldon sez so so it must be true!

i'll take the right goldfinger....

the grip strangely enough seemed to have the texture of the underside of a mushroom.

i know nothing about oldskool bmx...but BLB have some that felt just like that when i was in there yesterday........oh, and they were great in there btw ;-)

Oxford ride's pretty - did it on saturday - Marlow to Watlington is dead nice - gentle pull too.

I'd be well up for Whitstable....mmmm...oysters!

Showing my age??!

Heard in Western Supermare once from a guy to his girl...

read in bristolian accent

"I luvs you. I fucks you. I buys you chips and you still does my head in!"

best so far!!

too good to be true - gotta be torpid c by another name takin the piss....ok...maybe not......welcome dude...

i'm in..... ps - loving the saddle thanks dale!

ps - will at hubjub is a top bloke!

i've got to say - my (whisper it) condor custom 631 lugged frame is bloody luvverly. I've also got a couple of 531 conversions which ride nice, but whenever i get back on the condor, i remember why i splurged!

bring on the scaffold pole!

I've got one in Deptford...just down the road...I'll pm you my number....