How are those Black Mountain frames?
There’s a BMC caliper brake road frame on Seattle CL right now. Would it be an upgrade from a Casseroll or more of a lateral move?
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V brakes? The fork crown area is already so complicated with the fender and light I really don’t want to change anything
Plus these shimano cx50’s are the ne plus ultra cantibrake
I mean it’s going to happen eventually, I’ve just always been too broke to buy nice modern stuff
I didn’t choose to wear this cape, but it was cheap
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@ShartAttack had one I think? And maybe @adem ? Or am I misremembering?
I sometimes forget that shimano cantis work just fine with flat bar levers. V-brakes tho 
I think @anon24974279 had one, sold it, then posted an ad to try and buy it back, if that tells you anything
That tells me nothing. 
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Paging @imoscardotcom to the tarck courtesy phone.
He posted his in the dammit thread recently.
It’s true! I had one and I sold and regretted it and tried to find it again. But couldn’t. It should tell you that it was an excellent bike. Checked all my boxes for a road bike. Very nice little bike. Any specific questions?
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Updated from 10 to 11 speed. Pulled the Tektros Mini V for TRP Mini V because 65 dollhairs shipped, new. Thanks dickbrakes. New wheels, Bitex to R460 hoops. Old were 105 to R460. Like those hoops a lot.
Need to cable and wrap bars. Hoping to ride Sunday.
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'sup rim brake bro.
Sup.
LOL have since found an old American Classic post of the correct size in the bin. It’s a hideous design, but has a fine angle adjustment bolt. Time to weigh the value of vanity.
Found a threadless adapter in my bins so swapped quill + cruisers for this ritchey stem and spec flat bar. Feels comfy, looks terrible. Time to keep dithering.
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I have the disc version and really like it - It’s pretty fun on trails, pretty fun on the road and feels really versatile. I think Id prefer the rim brake version, but here we are.
Penance project update. Tried hand-filing the threaded cup but with no vise it was a futile task. A framebuilder friend with a lathe finished the job for the cost of a couple beers.
It bought 6 mm which now for a total of 33 mm should cause no trouble finding a cheap stem to clamp it. Thanks @EndpointBraden for the hot tip.
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New bike showed up and front shifting is not good. Trying to set it up- holy cow these modern Shimano front mechs are wild.
Yep, they’re different
note that the “H” screw is not a high limit - it moves the whole cage outboard/inboard
Yo, didja RTFM?
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robot or monkey actuated?