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here's my setup:

atmizoo lab 18490
kayfun lite+ v2 with SOV glass kit
smoke-colored pyrex tank by spectrum tanks
1.2 ohms, organic cotton

http://imgur.com/BVdePxa

love it.

cheers to rak500 for the help.

http://velospace.org/node/44022

http://www.thebikebiz.com/product_p/trk-hs-star01.htm

yes. euro style & 'merican style.

I like it.

what offends you so much about it?

it's a handsome race road race frame with decidedly anti-race velo-orange components.

a richard sachs with the velo orange treatment...p-clamped fenders and backwards brake-pads? gross.

Have a good butcher at this;

It's a Richard fucking Sachs, didn't think he'd build a classic lightweight;

awful.
whoever built up that vintage sachs (not sachs himself, duh) is clearly an idiot.

anyone recommendations for a saddle that's comparable to the charge spoon? I absolutely love mine, but they've been discontinued. I know they still can be purchased here and there, but for future reference, what's a saddle quite similar to the spoon? fizik aliante?

wanted to buy:

shimano xtr cantilevers from the 90s.

thanks.

purely an aesthetic question...

does anyone use a miche 1" primato headset? I've been searching through Flickr and Google for images of the headset installed, but I cannot find a single one.

I'd like to know how the headset looks on a frame...that black cover and the cone shape of the headset itself seems it would either look sharp...or look out of place. Just to get an idea of whether or not it would look good on my bike, I'll need to see a picture. I'd also like to see what the headset looks like without the black cover on...

If anyone has one installed, I'd greatly appreciate a picture.

thanks.

just buy an engraver and do it yourself.

Columbus XCr

I think someone may have come early...

I'm hoping you've not set this up yet buddy, the saddle angle is way off plus your frame is either too big for you (though it is a very small frame by the looks of it) or you need to get that seatpost out a bit... Flip your stem the other way around so it's pointing downward instead of up, spin your bars down a bit so the flat part at the bottom of the drops is level and get some form of pedal retention (straps, cages, spds etc.)

Bit of tweaking and I actually reckon it'll be quite nice! Kudos on the retro Arrospok by the way, quite cool looking!

a) nothing wrong with a positive rise stem. you seem to suggest there is.
b) the drops do not have to be level to the ground. most seem to like them pointing toward the rear hub, but this is all personal fit and preference.

comfort is the objective. not aesthetics for the messageboard crowd.

velox plugs. duh.

I highly recommend the feedback workstand.

repeat this process until up to tension (typically 100Kgf for road wheels w/ aluminum rims -- but check the manufacturers website for specs):

lateral true
radial true
dish
add quarter turn of tension
stress relieve (lay hub on block of wood with axle vertical and push down and around the rim on both sides -- get all the pops out)
measure tension of each spoke

repeat as necessary

mariposa pro torque wrench

Erm, I have yet to meet the plastic lever sufficiently tough. Steel Park levers FTW!

pedros are the best.

or learn the technique of removing/installing without levers.

what tension are you going up to?

are you stress reliving while building?

Kilograms, please - not some colonial measure and weight units.

...then do the unit conversion if you're so inclined.

Currenty they are shod with 700x23 (both set of wheels) and both running around 120 psi.

Just clinchers one set has rubino pro and the deep v things vredstien fortezza tri comp

psi is probably way too high.

decent formula:

*Tire Width=20: Pressure(psi) = (0.33 * Rider Weight in lbs) + 63.33
Tire Width=23: Pressure(psi) = (0.33 * Rider Weight in lbs) + 53.33
Tire Width=25: Pressure(psi) = (0.33 * Rider Weight in lbs) + 43.33
Tire Width=28: Pressure(psi) = (0.33 * Rider Weight in lbs) + 33.33

Tire Width=32: Pressure(psi) = (0.17 * Rider Weight in lbs) + 41.67
Tire Width=37: Pressure(psi) = (0.17 * Rider Weight in lbs) + 26.67*

detension and then retension properly.

on a related note:

it's a good idea to throw away the keyed washer of a threaded headset. if you can install and adjust a headset correctly, there is no need for it...there is too much potential to damage/strip the threads. replace it will a small spacer instead.

el duke's degreaser.
if you can find it.
the very best.