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OoOverclockaoO said:
Not yet, but am thinking of getting some shortly.

Currently I use it to cycle to work , so not very convenient to carry another set with me :)
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Do you have to wear black shoes for work? You can get some decentish shoes for SPD pedals that you can walk in perfectly, the cleates are recessed.

[DOD]Asprilla;13932056 said:
Here's my beast:

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What are the specs?
 
willhub said:
What are the specs?
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Good point:

Ribble Dedaccia 7005SL Frame
Focus Carbon forks with alloy steerer
Full 105 Groupset
Mavic Aksium Black Wheelset
Cinelli Vai 42cm CC Handlebars
ITM TheThe Stem
Selle ItaliaXO Saddle

£560 all in from ebay. The bike was 6 months old when I bought it in March.

I've put Look Keo (in bling red) pedals on for the weekend and Shimano double sided SPDs for the commute.
 
Not bad, I have some Aksium wheels just sitting here, they are not bad but abit on the heavy side.

Looks very nice, white frames are nice and not very commonly seen which is good ;)

Also just a note, when you next come to buy new tyres, get some Michelin Krylion Carbons ;)
 
As I'm using it as a commuter, I wouldn't really want to put a lighter wheelset on. My priority is bombproof rather than acceleration. Besides, butting a lighter set on it pretty much negated when you are using Gatorskinz or Marathon Plus'.

Once I've got a bit more spare cash knocking about I'll invest in a lighter weekend wheelset and possibly go tubeless on the tyres.
 
Dont go tubeless, and dont go tubular, just get Latex inner tubes and decent tyres like Krylions, Open Corsa's are supposed to be fast but I'd not use em in a city they'd cut up easilly with all the glass hanging about.

But if you want a lightish bombproof wheelset, get Open Pro rims on 105 hubs!, Open Pro's are 32 or 36 spoke, I had the 32, and they are stronger than Aksiums and lighter!
 
Cheers, I'll look at the Open Pro's when I come to invest.

I've been reading about latex tubes and most people seem to think that they are more hassle than they are worth with leakage and p-nctures.
 
Hmmm maybe, I havent researched into Latec tubes but I heard they decrease rolling resistance, I dont know if it's a difference you would notice though!

Speaking of commuters, here is mine, with Open Pro's :D (Abit worn now rims are going concave)

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Specs of that are as follows:

Carrera Virtuoso frame
Shimano 105 12-23 Cassette
34-46 Chain rings
Tiagra shifters/front mech
Ultegra rear mech
SRAM Chain
Tektro breaks
Open Pro 32s wheels on Tiagra hubs
Continental GP4000S Tyre (front)
vredestein tricomp quattro tyre (rear)
SPD Pedals
Selle Royle saddle
 
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Apparently latex tubes are very susceptible to pinch and friction punctures and also lose an appreciable amount of air over the course of the day. I don't mind getting pressure up to 120 at home with a track pump, or doing new tube with a co2 cartridge, but going from 90 to 120 with a compact pump before cycling home in an evening is going to get old real quick.

If you want to reduce rolling resitance then why not tubeless? it completely eliminates the frictional resitance of tupe on tyre. Although it's not taken off for consumers pros are starting to use them now. I think Bike Radar did a long term test and only had one puncture (a pothole damaged the rim) in a year.
 
Just seems like hassle sealing it all to me. How do you repair it if you get a puncture?

Might be hassle to repair on the road just like tubular?
 
[DOD]Asprilla;13933127 said:
If you want to reduce rolling resitance then why not tubeless? it completely eliminates the frictional resitance of tupe on tyre. Although it's not taken off for consumers pros are starting to use them now. I think Bike Radar did a long term test and only had one puncture (a pothole damaged the rim) in a year.
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As I understand it, tubeless used to be standard for people into racing, but they have since changed to tyres and tubes because the tech has improved far enough that the tubeless benefit is negligible.

Good enough reason to stay with clinchers for me!
 
If you do get a puncture in a tubeless, then the best thing to do is whack a tube in until you get home, apparently. This is all theoretical at the moment, because I've got absolutely no experiance; I'm just paranoid about punctures and going tubeless reduces the chances of that (apparently).

Interesting read here.
 
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Well I was paranoid about punctures, but that's why I recommended Krylion Carbons, they have done around 1000 miles now and not had one puncture ;), I've been on club runs where we have been on off road very rough, pot holes gravel other bits, been over a bumpy off road but and was beating the MTBers!!! :p

What I do is when I get back, I check the tyres of bits of glass and get a sharp knife or something and fish them out, decreases the risk of punctures too.

sara said:
As I understand it, tubeless used to be standard for people into racing, but they have since changed to tyres and tubes because the tech has improved far enough that the tubeless benefit is negligible.

Good enough reason to stay with clinchers for me!
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Most people use Clinchers, but I think when you get to propor racing allot of people (especially the pro's) use tubulars, but it's ok for them, they have team cars so when they get a puncture they get a whole new wheel! :D. Dunno if you know about tubulars but they are tyre and tube in one and just glued to the rim, be a bigger if you was on a ride and got a puncture and had no backup and had to start messing with glue :eek:
 
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It used to be Bike pics, then for some reason it got changed to 3+6 which made no sense to anyone so I asked yesterday for a more relevant title.

I use tubeless on my race XC wheelset, Stans Arch rims and juice. I'd like to go tubeless on my freeride bike but I haven't got around to it yet. Also want to sell off a couple of other wheelsets and pickup another set of wheels built up with Stans Flow rims.
 
What's the general consensus on SPD-type pedals? My bike came with some Shimano M520's fitted and I have a pair of Diadora Gecko shoes with single-release cleats fitted but I just couldn't get used to them, my nerves always got the better of me. At the moment I have some DMR V12's fitted and they are pretty good, but I find my feet coming off the pedals on some jumps - resulting in me landing badly and sometimes falling off :D Is it worth giving them another try? If so, does anyone have some tips on getting used to them or is it a case of jumping on and falling over until you get the hang of it?

Cheers :)
 
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