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Postby europa » Thu Jun 07, 2007 3:23 pm
They look good actually. Not the lightest but at $230 for the pair, who'd expect light. A pair of 28mm Maxxis Detonators are on order - I'll have them tomorrow. Now I can sort out that double chainring and brakes, then it's time to do a 'Karen' on the frame, see if I can clean up the rust and other marks from over the years. I'll get her working, then pull the whole bike down and give her a birthday
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Postby europa » Thu Jun 07, 2007 5:22 pm
Speaking of which, I tried to convert her to a single chainring today. Typically for me, it's not straight forward. I bought a set of chainring bolts - two piece units, a female and a male part. The weird Italian chainrings on this bike use a single, shaped bolt that screws into the small chainring (and couldn't just take off the large ring because those bolts would have been too long) so I haven't done anything with them in case I wound up having to change the crankset. As it happens, with the new wheel in the back, the outer chainring is spot on for a straight chainline - I expected this having done the appropriate measurements weeks ago. So, move small ring to outside of crankst. The ring has a weird bcd (ie, hard to find rings in the shops) and while showing signs of wear, isn't badly worn, so I thought I'd drill out the holes to take the male/female bolt set I have. Drilling went easily. Bolting together went nicely ... for the first three bolts. Come the fourth bolt, I was grubbing around in the packet looking for another female, then realised that the four bits left, were all MALE fittings - I'd been given seven male and three female bits instead of five each Good thing I've got to go back to the shop tomorrow anyway to get my new tyres.
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Postby cludence » Thu Jun 07, 2007 5:50 pm
Shoud I get myself committed?
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Postby europa » Thu Jun 07, 2007 7:40 pm
And true - spin them and not a wiggle in sight. I mean you'd expect that but these are spot on.
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Postby europa » Thu Jun 07, 2007 7:53 pm
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Postby europa » Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:02 pm
Would you like to adopt me?cludence wrote:Just to torment you, I am headed tomorrow to a workshop as you describe. It has rooms full of tools, bikes, wheels, components and cycling photos spanning the past 50 odd years. You could sit there all day just looking at everything. I love it.
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Postby Mulger bill » Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:23 am
Well there's truth in labelling for youEuropa wrote:The rims are a Taiwanese generic rim, brand name 'Shining'
Can't wait to see the ol' girl after her spa time, have fun
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Postby mikesbytes » Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:26 am
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Postby Funkymonk » Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:03 pm
I just brought mine from TWE wheels http://www.twowheelsenterprises.com.au/
mine are the ID 50
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Postby mikesbytes » Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:59 pm
I'm planing to get my next wheels from TWE too. Which ones did you get?Funkymonk wrote:congrats mate
I just brought mine from TWE wheels http://www.twowheelsenterprises.com.au/
mine are the ID 50
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Postby Funkymonk » Sat Jun 09, 2007 9:54 am
as stated mine are the ID 50
id 50 are the rims also pair of them in id 52 the others are the 30mm
>>deep rim..the 25mm is better for yourself....these rims are the ones
>>darren
>>cash is raving about in his testamonial >>are 30g heavier than the double butted ones a more racing thing but
>>your
>>choice of coarse doesnt really affect performance that much..on the
>>hubs...my hubs spin really really well.....these wheels are faultless
>>honestly !! ive sourced my stuff very considerably over a few years and
>>more
>> these wheels !! BAN ME NOW FOR SWEARING !! on basic mavics and fulcrums fully !! heaps
>>stiffer
>> and wont encounter spoke failures cheers brad greg
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Postby europa » Sat Jun 09, 2007 4:54 pm
Look Mum, no gears
Yes, she's lost the spare chainring. I was waiting for the new wheels to do that because the standard 42mm chainline of track hubs lines up with the outer ring on my crankset whereas my suicide hub lined up with the inner ring. But she's all sorted now. You can't read the words on the crank (thanks to my great camera) but they read 'Ofmega R'.
You'll also note the double sided M520 pedals (ebay is your friend ... sometimes ).
She's still wearing the old Diacompe brakes but with the Shimano600 aerolevers and new cables, she stops well enough, particularly seeing I can use back pressure on the pedals too
If I had a set of scales, I could weigh her, but in the meantime, you'll just have to accept my guess of about 6.2345643 kg
Richard
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