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bump for AKG, have a pair of k550's myself and they are amazing. also the cable is hard as nails, i run it over on my chair about times a day.

anything with those would look cool!

@jv no? im guessing they were pushed hard?

@amey
and yeah i know 400g carbon forks were asking for trouble. especially since i get through components incredibly quickly as well, most spectacularly was my old frame:

also those lugs are hot. where did you get that pic from?

i have carbon forks, 400g, but i dont really trust them not to fail (realized this after i got them). somewhere between my carbon forks and the gangsta forks would be ideal weight wise, with the aesthetic of the gangsta forks. i dont like forks with spindly tubular legs, if that makes sense.

Thaks hazzus, bit heavy for my build. im determined to get something by brooklyn on my bike though, even if its just the bar ends!

if it were designed properly i would be interested to see if it could work. obv it wouldnt be identical to the V1 fork, just a resemblance.

its bit too chunky for me, they nearly weigh more than my frame! would love to make a lighter pair from ali though... a man can dream ;)

balls. looking at the weight of the surly steamroller i can see i was way off. the simple shape of the V1 fork is just attractive, just wish there were other forks similar (other than bladed carbon forks) for sale :(

Does anyone know the weight of the V1 gangsta fork? they are available on the BMW.com store now, but i cant find the weight of them anywhere! Im guessing they are in the 700g region?

NICE. never thought i would see one of these for sale! last time i rolled through N+1, this was a serious contender but i couldnt find them in my size in the UK :(

do the eggbeaters come with the cleats too? if so dibs on a set.

how much do these weigh? not that i can afford them or anything, just wondering....

its more a curiosity, as well as a viable option because of the price/weight ratio here. personally i would go 28H because i do ride on road as well, so the 32H isnt too far out of my scope.

Hi all, i was wondering if anyone had tried building a track wheel with a trials hub? like this one:

http://www.tartybikes.co.uk/116mm_fixed_hubs/echo_tr_rear/c62p10706.html

the hub is 32 hole, and weighs in at ~170g, its also pretty cheap £45. but theres a few issues:

1) threads. there is no counter rotating thread on this hub, so the lockring would have to thread on in the same direction. i dont think this should be such a huge problem

2) as i understand it, these are designed for 116mm not 120mm frames. washers?

3) i cant for the life of me find the chainline for the hub. i guess its 43mm?

4) bearings, i guess trials bikes have no need for efficient bearings, but i think i can probably replace them if they are duff?

if theres any other glaring reasons i shouldnt try to build a wheel up with one of these, please tell me before i find out through trial and error :)

mash 2015 trailer motivated me to put risers on :)

So new crank set. rotor 3D+ open DH edition (discrete graphics). also had the misfortune of finding out the frame requires long drop callipers, not really an issue because i dont ride with a rear, but i was a bit surprised.

on the topic of having to take two pairs of shoes with you, try looking at DZR shoes, i went SPD specifically so i could have some "normal shoes". They are just about smart enough for me to wear at my office which is handy.

managed to find this dutch site which do a shimano 110BCD 48T 1/8th chainring! results

http://www.defietsenmaker.nl/index.php?item=&action=page&group_id=10000042&lang=EN

HI all,

Basically as the title says im searching for a 110BCD track chainring. gebhardt apparently do them, or their product list claims to, but actually sourcing one is a challenge to say the least.

rotor also do one, but its about a hundred quid, which i think is steep.

the only other option would be bespoke, they may do a custom one if i ask nice enough, but it would cost an arm and a leg (although it would also be sexy as hell).

does anyone know of any other company that do them? should i start looking at multispeed rings? cos there are a ton of them.

Hi all, the KCNC K4 cobweb chainrings look pretty cool, but are they any good? ignoring the width (3/32), i kinda like the aesthetic and weight, but are they stiff enough? i really liked the F5 lattice chainring, but thats only 144BCD, perhaps these could be a 130BCD substitute?

Came so close to ordering one of those a while back but opted for my Victoire instead. Having said that...... dibs if you ever decide to part with it. Oh and please please put some risers on there

im afraid someone else has already dibbed it! your victoire is a beauty btw. im liking the rotor crankset, i was actually going to upgrade the omniums on my nicolai to rotors, try and shed a bit of weight, also the omniums had the good ol clearance issue so i had to take a file to them to get em to fit!

Might just be the camera angle but the non-symmetrical stays look odd to me.

nah, its the camera angle, im useless at taking good pictures.

brief update, i was tinkering with some different forks, and found that theres enough clearance to barspin. now im kinda tempted to put some medium width, riser bars on....

not initially, but uuuuuhhh. yes?

also, what frame is that? looks sweet.

haha actually considering bending it back into "shape" hahahaa what is the point

i didnt have a bike and needed one asap.

has anyone else attempted to deliberately apply some bendage to a steel frame?
It's not fucking easy,and I'm an ingenious bodger!

it can be done provided you dont crease the frame! this means no vices or hammers. i managed to get it as good as true without creasing the frame, but then the crank arms copped it as it was LHD (although i did locktite the pedals in, im not sure how this happened, the same pedals also threaded an omnium crank arm). the botched frame did last long enough for me to get a new frame though (Nicolai fixie)

anyway, the update, all is not lost! I still have one part left, and i have plans :)

sort of. i have a rear tubular aerospoke spoke set. i have removed the hub because when i bought it off someone, it had parts missing, he claimed the post lost it, the post claimed he didnt pack it, it never got resolved.

i took the hub out with intention of putting a new one in (was going to convert to front wheel), then i lost interest.

currently i use it to hang lost socks on, so it may come with an odour.