Sunday, October 19, 2014

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Fwd: BIKES: wayz -> new commuter

  
 
 
  


slapped this together

-suprisingly 52cm not too small
-road shifters dont work well with rear v-brakes: not enough cable pull
​. but WORKS​

-but fine with front shimano XT canti
-shimano 105 10spd shifters with 9spd cassette: works ok enough
(came off my jamis quest frame
​+​
group
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,
​ebay $350, ​
guess that is a pretty good deal)
still tons to do/change



Monday, October 6, 2014

Sunday, October 5, 2014

Sunday, September 14, 2014

bad compasscycle.com tires

  
 
BAD tires follow up
v light and though top of line tires so bought 3x tires


two units
Extra Léger model 
Ultra-light, ultra-supple casing. Tan sidewalls. 184 g, clincher, folding bead. Made in Japan.
$ 76
A: produced a "hop" after 6 months, checked wheel/tube/everything... was the tires. thought fluke

one unit
Standard model 
222 g, clincher, folding bead.Made in Japan.
$ 57
was happy for 12 months but then found a tiny bulge from a hole in the carcass -see pics-

V1 cranks

shimano dura ace
ritchey  pro
ritchey WCS

Thursday, September 11, 2014

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

TIRE: Panaracer Race type L [lite "185g"]

                   TIRES:: Panaracer Race type L [lite], 700x23
                   PRICE:: ebay $25 
                 GRAMS:: 197g

             RATINGS:: ?/10
 INSTALLATION:: ?
                    FEEL:: 100->140 psi
      DURABILITY:: ?
                  NOTES::

Saturday, August 30, 2014

Friday, August 22, 2014

Panaracer Race D Evo2

    
                   TIRES:: Panaracer Race D Evo2, 700x25
                   PRICE:: ebay $30 

             RATINGS:: ?/10
 INSTALLATION:: easy
                    FEEL:: up to 140psi
      DURABILITY:: ?
                 GRAMS:: 260g
                   NOTE::