I actually agree with you, but I’ll live with it.
I also don’t like the big white “ENVE” on the wheels. Rob gave me the option of going with black decals, but I think I wasn’t paying attention when he asked. I’ll probably remove them.
Are you planning on slamming the stem? I’m not a slam-that-stem kinda guy but an integrated stem on a spacer stack seems odd.
No, it’s still going to be on top of or under one spacer. I have a neck issue so I move my stem around to compensate when it gets bad.
I actually agree with you, but I’ll live with it.
I also don’t like the big white “ENVE” on the wheels. Rob gave me the option of going with black decals, but I think I wasn’t paying attention when he asked. I’ll probably remove them.[/quote]
Yeah, the combo of fat skinwall tires, huge white ENVE logos, then the subtle English logos is really jarring. The whole package probably looks even better with a rider on it, in a side view, and on the big ring.
edit to add: I think this is one of those awesome times when badass parts come together for all the right reasons -and that’s to have all the fucks ridden out of them. Can’t wait to see some more pics in “I went for a Ride Today” topic.
I am totally going to ride the fuck out of it…later. As I said elsewhere I fucked up my knee, so I’ve ridden all of 70 miles in the last two weeks. Went to the doc and I have a weak vastus medialis muscle that is causing my knee to track weird. So a couple weeks of strengthening and then hopefully I’ll be good to go. Plus this bike has a MB derailleur and <1:1 gearing so I hopefully won’t fuck it up again. The hills and mountains around here are a bitch (but fun).
It’s okay though because I’m off to Anguila for 10 days to get married anyway. Gonna rent a cheap mountain bike and take it easy.
That is awesome, and reminds me that I should swap the 12-36 cassette over from my mountain bike for this weekend’s camping trip
Does it seem like the Spyre brakes will work out nicely?
Could you rate them vs your other jawns on general decency / pull ratio correctness / ease of getting the pads close
Hey, congrats Fergie!
Have fun in Anguila (which as far as I can tell is some sort of eel)
for steel steerers 1 1/8 is overkill on road bikes, True Temper used to make an extra-butted heat treated 1" threadless steerer that was the lightest game in town, but it’s been out of production for a decade
bearings are fine as long as they aren’t loose ball
for steel steerers 1 1/8 is overkill on road bikes, True Temper used to make an extra-butted heat treated 1" threadless steerer that was the lightest game in town, but it’s been out of production for a decade
bearings are fine as long as they aren’t loose ball[/quote]
yeah, that’s why I thought English might’ve gone 1", but I guess not.
personally I’m a little convinced a tapered steerer, or rather the bigger bottom bearing, provides a nicer burly steering feel je ne sais quoi… and theoretically that should trickle down to the difference between 1" and 1 1/8".
[quote=tarckeemoon][quote=asterisk][quote=b-roll][quote=tarckeemoon]Brompton doing Brompton things.
are you just gradually working us up to the full fold pics? Are we not ready?[/quote]
We need a video of the process with ‘the stripper’ playing in the background.[/quote]
Heh. I still suck at folding/unfolding it. Nobody wants to see that.[/quote]
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for steel steerers 1 1/8 is overkill on road bikes, True Temper used to make an extra-butted heat treated 1" threadless steerer that was the lightest game in town, but it’s been out of production for a decade
bearings are fine as long as they aren’t loose ball[/quote]
yeah, that’s why I thought English might’ve gone 1", but I guess not.
personally I’m a little convinced a tapered steerer, or rather the bigger bottom bearing, provides a nicer burly steering feel je ne sais quoi… and theoretically that should trickle down to the difference between 1" and 1 1/8".[/quote]
I never really noticed much difference. My old CAAD4 with a 1" headtube was stiffer than my Poprad. I think it just depends on the bike.
I kind of like overkill
[quote=match avatar]That is awesome, and reminds me that I should swap the 12-36 cassette over from my mountain bike for this weekend’s camping trip
Does it seem like the Spyre brakes will work out nicely?
Could you rate them vs your other jawns on general decency / pull ratio correctness / ease of getting the pads close[/quote]
I can’t answer that question yet, because I don’t actually have the bike yet. I don’t think Rob had any issues with them, other than the fact that the cable runs are less than perfect because he didn’t have the brakes in hand when he designed the bike.
I’m going to try them for a few months and then maybe switch to HyRds if none of the beta testers die in the meantime.
This is the only bike I’ve ridden in the past month. Excuse the bell placement and horrid computer wire routing, I was in a hurry. I’m anxious to get my other bikes back on the road.
Basket bike= winning.
Get out of here, spambot.
Ain’t enough distance from some of the finest bikes to ever grace this thread, but I’ve waited 9 months for my BJ’s second coming (had to). Thrilled to have it back, but it’s not without problems.
Thanks for the crank hint, Viggen.
I’m into it
…forgot to mention why I stopped. There are a couple problems (fitting the m12/minimoto and too-tight cable bend for the rear brake), and it took me an interim go-fast bike to find out I need a 100-110 stem. Ordering that and Ritchey WCS Evo Curve bars tonight. Just hesitating to use a stem adapter on this bike. Thoughts?
Parts still on the bench: front rack, Edelux, fenders, and rear canti (didn’t want to fully commit to/pay for MiniMotos). And I’m trying to make a rear generator light using the lathed light mount a tarcker was making a while back as a shell. Kind of lost motivation when I lost the chance to add DT/ST holes for the wiring.
[quote=Fergie]Done except for cutting the steerer (I’ll be using a different saddle and different pedals).
So much better without the pink headset.
Edit: And one more just because I like sparkles
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It’s a sweet bike, no question. But I do not understand why it has a sloping top tube - especially that much.