What about the Ritchey headset with built in hangler?
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fp%2F1800131762
If anything, you could hang a Surly hanger on a bolt replacing the barrel nut.
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whatâs a good tubeless cx tyre for funticipation? 28 or 30
Yes. Building a front is a great way to start. I nearly built one again myself but am going to get my work union to pay for it now, cos I can.
Iâm in Toronto, whatâs up?
I spend an hour at work yesterday figuring ERD and doing the spoke calculations. Hubs and spokes ordered so hopefully I can start on it this weekend.
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Iâve never had big problems with something like spokecalc, but others may disagree. Doing the trigonometry in my head is beyond me
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The ripmo has a 65ish degree HTA though⌠Thatâs quite slack
Fred said it clearer maybe?
65ish is less slack than it might have ended up without the offset change
what happens at 60?
Theyâve gone too far.
You create a summoning grid for a parralel dimensional zombie Sheldon Brown.
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that sounds like something we should be striving toward.
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You all of a sudden need some ape hangers and a âfor novelty purposes onlyâ half helmet with an iron cross on it in order to go ride. And your bike spends more time on a trailer than the trail.
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youâre legally required to have a Fu Manchu, remove the sleeves from anything you ride in, and your Bluetooth speaker will only play Sammy Hagar from now on
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I mean All Hail The Black Market already exists
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Shartq: out of curiosity how do the Chinese carbon open mold frames compare with something from a brand name like Giant, Specialized, Trek, Cannondale, etc?
They probably do their job pretty okay, with lower grade material than their brand name originals. Iâd guess a fair bit of added weight to the frame, more flex, pretty bad QC and generally no guarantee?
If you donât have the $$$ for brand carbon Iâd buy aluminium for sure. They would probably be lighter than the open mold stuffâŚ
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Yo I was talking to a friend about a jerb there and just wondering how liveable/expensive/frozen tundra hellish it is?? Coming from the tropic of Capricorn
In terms of liveable itâs pretty great if youâre anywhere in the core or near the subway line. Transit is ok, there are lots of bike lanes, great bar and restaurant scene, itâs pretty sweet.
In terms of expense is where we run into serious problems. Housing out here is really really fucked up to the point we are in the top ten cities in the world for expensive housing. The market is really really bad and itâs causing a lot of secondary problems like our music scene is getting choked out because venues are getting torn down for condos, a lot of the fun arts stuff is also getting chased out for the same reason and itâs getting gentrified pretty badly. Iâm pessimistic enough about the liveability of the city near term that Iâm looking to relocate as are a lot of younger people I know. That said, if youâre being offered a rich tech bro job youâll do ok and our tech industry is really blossoming.
As for frozen Tundra, itâs not so bad. Winter is damp and cold and filthy because the snow all turns to melted salt mush so for a few months itâs pretty grim looking, but itâs not bone chilling cold like some places Iâve been. We only get maybe a week or two that the temperature is below 0F or -20C
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@Andrew_Andeson depending on the geometry and such, another option might be to set your centerpull up direct pull style e.g.
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