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Chainring ?
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I'd put nitto bullhorns, the ones with a small drop I think 002 or 010.
Yeah, I think 002 would work: http://www.retro-gression.com/product/nitto-rb-002-bullhorn-handlebar
But I would need a new stem for 26mm clamp unfortunately...
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No idea, can be a bit pricier if it's justified...
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I have a komisori on the way. Excited.
Which one, how much and from where?
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Just got my Feather Artist Club SS (Japanese handle). Damn, when you add in the feather pro super blades, it's a bit lethal.
Yeah. Had Artist Club DX ebony or some such with Feather... Too aggressive (but good for surgery or serial killers), sold it. Currently Edwin DE with Bolzano blades. But Kamisori 5/8 is probably next on the todo list.
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Any recommendations for next set of blades?
Bolzano dude.
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Just send an email to Cane Creek and they will sort you out with the right headset(s). I did it and they replied the same day with few matching models, from cheaper to more expensive ones. I went with the 40 IS42 Short, best buy.
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I have an older Oxford chain, (something like this) which I initially got for the motorcycle. It's too fucking heavy and I generally carry it in a rucksack. Any other chains which are hard-core but are a bit easier to carry on a bike (around shoulder opposite arm/waist)?
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a loose ball BB isn't likely to be worth more than about 50mW to a racer
This does not matter to me. I have 36 spokes front and back, not even double-butted spokes, just regular DT Champion, weight and micro-gains doesn't mean anything to me. Simplicity matters, and what's simpler than loose ball and two cups?
I've opened the BB a week ago, just for the piece of mind, and it's like brand new. While riding it daily for the past 8-9 months. But I'll repeat it this winter to be on the safe side.
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You and I can strip and rebuild a conventional BB (although I personally CBA), but we're a long way from typical, even among 'proper' cyclists.
Well, I've never done it, and I'm far too off to fit in your comment. I'll clean and re-grease the S75 this winter for the first time (technically second, see the next reply), by myself.
But I think it's an over-exaggerated issue. The simpler the better, less moving parts, better it is. And I convinced myself numerous times. Always doubted myself, but realized I always do a better job myself than the 'situated' mechanics. Two years ago I was completely clueless, now I acquired all the tools and doing everything myself. Was burned too many a times already.
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Yeah, I get that. But I'm not talking about the cookie-cutter bikes you get in the shop where sealed BB is set it and forget it thing, and will last them as long as they are riding the bike. Talking about the crowd that knows the difference, is it so hard to check and service the BB once a year?
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Why are people against the classic open BBs like Sugino/Hatta (out of the 'modern' ones, not to mention all the old BBs)? Worked for decades and it just works, plus easy to service/clean, so what's the deal?
P.S. While my friend was fitting me a Sugino, he made comments in the likes of 'never heard of it', and 'this is age-old stuff'. WTF.
P.P.S. Was tempted by Omniums, but now I'm glad I passed on it...
Less is More.
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Today I'm getting drunk with cheap local beer. Last three days being drunk while also killing myself with the rides, legs are literally pulsating, time for some Omega 3s, gulp...
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Homophobic language abuser and well rounded cunt.
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^^ A sad future :)
FTW: HHKB2, Filco brown, IBM Model M
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Anyone seen Knight of Cups?
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In no particular order (part II)
Let Me In (2010)
Death at a Funeral (2007)
Walk the Line (2005)
Gran Torino (2008)
Collateral (2004)
Get the Gringo (2012)
Drag Me to Hell (2009)
This Must Be the Place (2011)
Like Crazy (2011)
The Rum Diary (2011)
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
True Grit (2010)
Transsiberian (2008)
The Fall (2006)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Public Enemies (2009)
In Bruges (2008)
Insomnia (2002)
Stay (2005)
Mystic River (2003)
Into the Wild (2007)
Shutter Island (2010)
Babel (2006)
The Fighter (2010)
Black Swan (2010)
Death of a Superhero (2011)
Any Day Now (2012)
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Almost Famous (2000)
Robot & Frank (2012)
The Way Back (2010)
Carlito's Way (1993)
The Reader (2008)
The Aviator (2004)
American Beauty (1999)
Children of Men (2006)
The Imposible (2012)
Flight (2012)
Brick (2005)
Hesher (2010)
It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)
Looper (2012)
Trouble with the Curve (2012)
The Words (2012)
I Love You Phillip Morris (2009)
Sleepers (1996)
The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)
Limitless (2011)
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Meet Joe Black (1998)
Burn After Reading (2008)
Ted (2012)
Ruby Sparks (2012)
Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)
Mr. Brooks (2007)
Being Flynn (2012)
The Magic of Belle Isle (2012)
Up in the Air (2009)
People Like Us (2012)
Buried (2010)
Seven Pounds (2008)
Black Snake Moan (2006)
Warm Bodies (2013)
Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
Side Effects (2013)
Eastern Promises (2007)
Starlet (2012) -
In no particular order.
Kill the Messenger (2014)
Redirected (2014)
The Judge (2014)
Before I Go to Sleep (2014)
The Drop (2014)
Gone Girl (2014)
The Guest (2014)
Speak (2004)
The Equalizer (2014)
These Final Hours (2013)
The Skeleton Twins (2014)
Stonehearst Asylum (2014)
The Salvation (2014)
Five Minutes of Heaven (2009)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013)
George Washington (2000)
Begin Again (2013)
Lilting (2014)
One Hour Photo (2002)
Frank (2014)
Chef (2014)
The Immigrant (2013)
Master (2012)
Night on Earth (1991)
Locke (2013)
Road to Paloma (2014)
Tracks (2013)
Calvary (2014)
Bad Words (2013)
Enemy (2013
Holy Ghost People (2013)
Joe (2013)
The Motel Life (2012)
13 Sins (2014)
Tightrope (1984)
Anna (2013)
Molly Maxwell (2013)
The Battery (2012)
Her (2013)
The Railway Man (2013)
Twice Born (2012)
Labor Day (2013)
Snowpiercer (2013)
Patrick (2013)
Dom Hemingway (2013)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
The Swimmer (1968)
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Flipped (2010)
Secret Window (2004)
American Hustle (2013)
Out of the Furnace (2013)
The Book Thief (2013)
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Cold Comes the Night (2013)
Gravity (2013)
The Counselor (2013)
All Is Lost (2013)
Falling Down (1993)
Filth (2013)
The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman (2013)
Captain Phillips (2013)
Enough Said (2013)
Never Let Me Go (2010)
Mr. Morgan's Last Love (2013)
Don Jon (2013)
Paperhouse (1988)
Exam (2009)
Trauma (1993)
Prisoners (2013)
The Prestige (2006)
Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013)
Hours (2013)
All Is Bright (2013)
Breathe In (2013)
The United States of Leland (2003)
Good Vibrations (2012)
Only God Forgives (2013)
The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)
Bronson (2008)
Drive (2011)
Byzantium (2012)
Disconnect (2012)
The Kings of Summer (2013)
Hick (2011)
Sexy Beast (2000)
The Iceman (2012)
Boy (2010)
Monster (2003)
Once (2006)
Mud (2012)
Broken (2012)
The Strangers (2008)
Spring Breakers (2012)
The Call (2013)
Proof (1991)
Whiplash (2014)
Big Hero 6 (2014)
Nightcrawler (2014)
The Wackness (2008) -
Most I got while riding is 'Ooouuooh look at the lights' (simplified translation), while having small Bookman USB Lights on in the night time.
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Why is no-one stabbing that man?
Dude, WTF? ...
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just got out and ride it
True that. But you know how it goes, always looking to fiddle with something, even when it's not really needed or justified. Right now, I'm eyeballing Selle Turbo (leather or plain vulgaris?) and risers. Also would like black Nitto Jaguar seatpost (although Thompson is top-notch) and maybe more compact/urban Nitto bullhorn. But the current setup really will do me good for a long time to come so I'll just leave it for the foreseeable future... Will get Grado headphones and Dragonfly USB DAC instead...
Thanks to all of you here at LFGSS, without this forum, this build would not be possible, learned a shit-ton here (mostly lurking). Best fixed gear forum on teh internets and I'm not from London let alone from the UK.
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What might be meh to me, doesn't have to be meh to you. For example 'Spring Breakers' is an absolute shit to a lot of people. In my opinion, a misunderstood masterpiece.