These wouldn’t fit me, but you had no way of knowing that. They are sweet rides. Bikes like the second one don’t come up too often in Chicago, and if it did, it would be long gone at that price.
decent gloves for 30-40 degree weather?
I have lobster claw gloves and liners on standby for the coming ice age
but want something less hardcore in the meantime
for cold and wet but not frozen days.
Dru, that saddle is amazing.
[quote=olo]decent gloves for 30-40 degree weather?
I have lobster claw gloves and liners on standby for the coming ice age
but want something less hardcore in the meantime
for cold and wet but not frozen days.[/quote]
I dig my gore mistrals. Just a windstopper without much insulation at all. Will use as liners for my lobsters when things are ridiculous in the true winter months.
Oh, and well done, SV. Things looks like a trusty machine.
It totally is. My favorite of all my saddles and by far the most beat up.
hey so ah, about winter. I gots me a Salsa Cassaroll for touring and road riding with Rival stuffs and 28c tires and fendurrs. My original intention was to fix it in the winter, swap Rival cranks for Omniums and keep outboard bb, swap bars and keep the cable housing’d ones on a shelf somewhere, also rear wheel. one less bike ya know?
points to consider:
*REALLY like it as geared bike and it’s my only one.
*fix in winter in SLC is great coz ice and simplicitay.
*other winterable bike is hellza fun but slow cruiser
*work delivery through winter
*Live in big space with room for 6001 bieks.
Is conversion-ing a bike every fall/spring worth it, y/n?
You planning to Eno hub that?
Worth it.
@RJ, it has horiz dropouts
nah, cassarolls are born with horizontal drop outs, they make a SS version and a geared version. w/ two different paint jobs. Mine was single, got gears, gonna be schizophrenic its whole life i guess.
Obligatory dramatic lighting shot:
sup fast fingers!
heh.
fix your saddle angle?
[quote=toast]heh.
fix your saddle angle?[/quote]
dammit! gets me every time!
I bet it’s changed, this was pre tour. Now it’s all lovely and beat to shit :). I do have a sneaking suspicion the bike doesn’t fit me though, the whole tour I felt like I needed a setback seatpost so I wouldn’t slide off the back of the saddle. I need a tarckbike fit thread someday.
anyone know if/what size tires (winter) can fit on a kilo?
cross posted.
Maybe more appropriate for the dumb questions thread, but what’s the deal with studded tires?
It really doesn’t snow much here, but rain during the day and sub-freezing temperatures overnight are more common.
studz on the front for sweet 180s
[quote=tarckeemoon]Maybe more appropriate for the dumb questions thread, but what’s the deal with studded tires?
It really doesn’t snow much here, but rain during the day and sub-freezing temperatures overnight are more common.[/quote]
awesome but expensive
great for turning
is there such a thing as a 700x28 studded tire?
i can’t find any, and that’s all that could fit on the front of my winter bikey.
no unless you stud it yourself i’m pretty sure
[quote=Cy Trivialities]is there such a thing as a 700x28 studded tire?
i can’t find any, and that’s all that could fit on the front of my winter bikey.[/quote]
AFAIK 32c is the smallest you can get with studs. It’s even hard to find a 28c tire with knobbies. Avocet Cross touring tires are decent if you can find them, or Continental Town and Countrys. Not exactly knobby but close. Both exist in 700c but are elusive.