A good friend of a friend makes these: https://www.gooddaycuriosity.com/bike-bags
Good option if you want a fun custom design.
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2nd for rockgeist. They did a made-to-measure frame bag for me thatās amazing.
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Anyone have velocio bibs? I canāt tell if theyāre just a hip newcomer or are actually good but unknown like 7mesh was to me until last year.
I actually wanted some 7mesh bibs, but I hate the way the front is cut straight across, low on the stomach. I feel like its cut perfect to make my gut hang over the top of the bibs.
Velocio is quality stuff and has been around a bit nowājust unknown to you
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Velocio is my favorite kit brand, great stuff, though I mostly have jerseys and jackets. Fit is generally a little more American, I wear smalls vs medium in most of the Euro brands.
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Rad.
Is rapha lumped in with the euro brand fit? Because Iām right on the line of med and large for velocio and I wear a large in rapha.
I would probably go same size as Rapha, unless you mean Rapha Pro Team stuff in which case I might go a size down.
Velocio return/exchange policy is chill though, so if youāre buying from them youāll be able to dial it in.
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are there any options for a stronglight crank puller?
anyone got one theyād loan to me? would pay for round trip shipping.
this is a rare crankset tho.
The old CCP-1 has 23 mm threads on the flip side of the hex nut. Iām 50/50 if itās Stronglight or TA.
I might be able to loan you mine. I only have one bike that needs it, and Iām not pulling the cranks any time soon. It would be a gamble without verifying the thread pitch.
Use a rubber mallet; thatās what I do when Iām foolish enough to use one of my french cranksets
Iāve got a JA Stein with the 23.35 threading. Worked perfectly for my 93 Pista. Would be happy to loan it out for a bit.
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did you retap the pedal threads or just chase em out with a normal 9/16ā pedal?
Mine is factory 9/16". Iād definitely retap if I had to do it, but weāve got pedal taps at the shop I work at part time.
Gurp Stitchworks makes a lovely bag
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Anyone ever put 650b wheels on a 559 bike with a rear u-brake?
Yes. But then I turned around and replaced the u-brake with disc tabs (there was barely enough adjustability for the u brake to work, and it didnāt seem worth it to torch off and reposition the u mounts)
Iāll be curious to see where the posts are located and what overall paint condition is like once I get the frame. Glad to hear it might be an option. Thereās good enough tires in 559 that it might not be worth the dithering, though.
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A lot of the restomods Iāve seen just use 26x2.3 DTHs.
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