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Lethal` said:
Squeezed them in nice and tightly together to fit the rest of your future n+1 collection? :p
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Always! There is an amazing ultimate I like, but then you know I also have my Mrs' new Roadlite to arrive some time too.

Should be able to fit another 3 on there and a couple the other side :p

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@Kimi I have a medium. I did some measuring before hand and it came up fine for me. I think it's a good size.
 
grudas said:
cycling home on friday, LOADS of grid lock traffic, like more than usual.. then I found out why..

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Went into central the other day, walked over the footbridge from Waterloo and spotted what looked like a bike light flashing on the ground and a policeman directing traffic just under the bridge. Yep... cyclist down :(
 
Anyone here built up their own wheels before? I'm quite tempted but I'm after sources of rims...

I'm thinking to rebuild my Khamsin's next time they need bearings with some better hubs, I was fairly decided on some 6800 hubs or some 105 (5800) but they seem to be cup/cone and ideally I'd want cartridge bearings... I would probably look at DT Swiss hubs next (going by reputation). Any opinions over the pro's and con's of cup+cone/cart types? Most Shimano/DTS seem pretty unbeatable price:performance, ideally I'd want to pay less than £160 for a pair...

I'm also tempted to investigate building myself a summer (deeper?) wheelset, being unsure of hubs the next thing I'd obviously need are some, probably alloy (?) rims. My budget for these is probably <£150 each. Wiggle are pretty poor for rim choices in general. I am probably silly to look at 45mm deep rims when I've never ridden them before but there are lots of 25-35mm options around... If I were to investigate some 'well behaved' ones, I'd then not be afraid to ride them in some winds!? ;)

TLDR; Have the tools to build my own wheels, can I get better quality & build it for less money than buying an off the shelf wheelset?
 
Roady said:
Anyone here built up their own wheels before? I'm quite tempted but I'm after sources of rims...

I'm thinking to rebuild my Khamsin's next time they need bearings with some better hubs, I was fairly decided on some 6800 hubs or some 105 (5800) but they seem to be cup/cone and ideally I'd want cartridge bearings... I would probably look at DT Swiss hubs next (going by reputation). Any opinions over the pro's and con's of cup+cone/cart types? Most Shimano/DTS seem pretty unbeatable price:performance, ideally I'd want to pay less than £160 for a pair...

I'm also tempted to investigate building myself a summer (deeper?) wheelset, being unsure of hubs the next thing I'd obviously need are some, probably alloy (?) rims. My budget for these is probably <£150 each. Wiggle are pretty poor for rim choices in general. I am probably silly to look at 45mm deep rims when I've never ridden them before but there are lots of 25-35mm options around... If I were to investigate some 'well behaved' ones, I'd then not be afraid to ride them in some winds!? ;)

TLDR; Have the tools to build my own wheels, can I get better quality & build it for less money than buying an off the shelf wheelset?
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FT is probably going to hope in and suggest some Chinese carbon, so I'll just do it for him ;)
 
Roady said:
Anyone here built up their own wheels before? I'm quite tempted but I'm after sources of rims...

I'm thinking to rebuild my Khamsin's next time they need bearings with some better hubs, I was fairly decided on some 6800 hubs or some 105 (5800) but they seem to be cup/cone and ideally I'd want cartridge bearings... I would probably look at DT Swiss hubs next (going by reputation). Any opinions over the pro's and con's of cup+cone/cart types? Most Shimano/DTS seem pretty unbeatable price:performance, ideally I'd want to pay less than £160 for a pair...

I'm also tempted to investigate building myself a summer (deeper?) wheelset, being unsure of hubs the next thing I'd obviously need are some, probably alloy (?) rims. My budget for these is probably <£150 each. Wiggle are pretty poor for rim choices in general. I am probably silly to look at 45mm deep rims when I've never ridden them before but there are lots of 25-35mm options around... If I were to investigate some 'well behaved' ones, I'd then not be afraid to ride them in some winds!? ;)

TLDR; Have the tools to build my own wheels, can I get better quality & build it for less money than buying an off the shelf wheelset?
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Get "a practical guide to wheelbuilding" by Roger Musson, available as an ebook. It's brilliant.

and start with a 32 hole, 3 cross, front wheel, using ordinary double butted spokes, nothing fancy for the first one, a Mavic Open Sport/CXP22 on a Tiagra hub is the best way to learn.

Spokes (Sapim are my preference, but that's mostly down to the nipples) are pretty cheap from Cycle Clinic or RyanBuildsWheels on ebay.

And there's a lot of money to be saved, there's probably a hundred quid's margin in a pair of better quality handbuilds
 
sHo0sH said:
Did you re-spray that? If so, what is that colour and where can I get some?
Thanks!
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I didn't actually, just a little poundland auto spray on the inside of the chainguard to protect it from (further) rust. There are a few dents and cracks in the paintwork if you look up close but I can live with that considering this is just a cheap side project I'm probably going to give away when I'm done. Total investment is like £50.

Will give it a wash with some car cleaner with wax to try to protect the frame.
 
Hoping to find some motivation to get back on the bike this year, changed jobs at the end of Jan 2015 and haven't been on a single ride since, the hours are just too long and the work is hard graft so my weekends have mainly been catching up on sleep and doing chores that would normally be done in the week.

I'm going to try to concentrate on shorter+faster rides this time, my last foray into cycling was 200k+ audaxes and all nighters but I had more free time then, plus I didn't lose so much as a pound in weight from distance riding, I'm hoping the sub 50k stuff at much harder pace will actually be more beneficial.

I build my own bikes so I wont be going out until I've finished what I started about 18 months ago which is an old 531 Claud Butler, just need to find the time to get it to the painters so I can get it finished.

I must admit winters are hard, when you've been out in it all day the last thing you want to do is come home and get on the bike and go back out in it, and Turbo is about the most tedious, soul destroying thing I've ever tried, I don't know how you guys do it.
 
Saytan said:
And there's a lot of money to be saved, there's probably a hundred quid's margin in a pair of better quality handbuilds
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Great info, thanks! Especially the spoke sources and even better if there's money saved... Means I can ideally get a 'better' wheelset for the budget (with a little work) :)

I've totally re tensioned/dished and replaced spokes on an old wheelset I have here, will probably just use those (totally strip & rebuild) for my 'schooling'. To be honest it's the lacing which is the only thing I've no experience with, from what I've read online most people just follow guides anyway! :cool:

Telecaster said:
I build my own bikes so I wont be going out until I've finished what I started about 18 months ago which is an old 531 Claud Butler, just need to find the time to get it to the painters so I can get it finished.

I must admit winters are hard, when you've been out in it all day the last thing you want to do is come home and get on the bike and go back out in it, and Turbo is about the most tedious, soul destroying thing I've ever tried, I don't know how you guys do it.
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Well done for wanting to get back out riding, shorter & faster will certainly push yourself more although quite interesting to hear you didn't notice much/any weight loss with the long mileage?! If you've got quite a physical job you might not have much 'wasted mass' to lose! ;)

Several here will like the sound of your retro-rebuild, Von had an old frame sprayed too if you're after any advice on that...

Turbo is a means to an end for most of us, for me I use it when the weather is too stinky/cold/dark and I've got limited time. It's not substitute but it's better than nothing! ;)

FT: Rule 5! ;)

I went out last night with my mate, legs feeling as useful as lead weights after sundays 'fiasco'. Once I got spinning and digging into a couple of the early climbs (I was on the front in a headwind for the first 8 miles again...!) I was feeling good and dropping my mate every time I got into some rhythm, oops! Put a ~90s sprint into a slight gradient I'm chuffed with (320W avg according to Strava) and my legs still felt like they had much more in them (sprint efforts in traffic towards home). I'm guessing it's the combination of increased training load with the 2 (fri&sat) rest days. Legs feel pretty dead today but had to tell myself to hold back commuting in this morning! :)
 
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I used Triple S in Bradford. They weren't cheap - £100 or so for powder coating and return shipping, plus I had to pay to send it - but they did a great job, it looks really good. Dead easy as well, as they did all the masking for me.
 
Roady said:
Great info, thanks! Especially the spoke sources and even better if there's money saved... Means I can ideally get a 'better' wheelset for the budget (with a little work) :)

I've totally re tensioned/dished and replaced spokes on an old wheelset I have here, will probably just use those (totally strip & rebuild) for my 'schooling'. To be honest it's the lacing which is the only thing I've no experience with, from what I've read online most people just follow guides anyway! :cool:
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Please get the book and read it. I skipped a few chapters because hubris, and 15 wheels into my wheelbuilding career, i'm revisting some of them because they were a bit crap.
 
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