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04-30-19, 02:48 PM
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Who would want to use 130psi on a gravel tire? I’m using 60/55psi with 30mm Schwalbe G-One Speed tires. If I was using 35-40mm gravel tires, the pressure would probably be a little lower.
04-30-19, 03:10 PM
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05-03-19, 08:37 AM
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Just wanted to say that I took a good whack to the wheels yesterday via large pothole that ordinarily would have probably caused both a flat and potentially damage. Stupid me... Got off the bike to take a look, tubeless still intact and wheels still completely in true! Mine were built via the NA distributors but still I'm relatively sure that with the pressure I run that the side of the pothole could have compressed the rim carbon itself.
Almost a couple thousand miles now and going strong
Almost a couple thousand miles now and going strong
05-03-19, 08:44 AM
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Just wanted to say that I took a good whack to the wheels yesterday via large pothole that ordinarily would have probably caused both a flat and potentially damage. Stupid me... Got off the bike to take a look, tubeless still intact and wheels still completely in true! Mine were built via the NA distributors but still I'm relatively sure that with the pressure I run that the side of the pothole could have compressed the rim carbon itself.
Almost a couple thousand miles now and going strong
Almost a couple thousand miles now and going strong
05-03-19, 09:49 AM
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+1, I've nailed several large potholes that have launched water bottles and rattled my fillings, still perfectly true and no issues at all, they're def solid. One was at about 30mph and I'm 84kg, so I hit that thing hard! Also did my toughest climbing/descending this past weekend, over 8k ft of climbing and coming down a really fast, tight section with s-curves where you have no choice but to ride the brakes hard or you go off the road into the woods, brakes were fine and not even hot to the touch at the bottom.
05-03-19, 11:22 AM
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Pulled the trigger on April 15. They arrived in SF this morning, whoo!
(now they have to get to me, but they're in the States! yay!)
(now they have to get to me, but they're in the States! yay!)
05-03-19, 11:32 AM
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Still clearing customs and USPS from SF to Colorado? Nah, I'll expect Weds/Thurs at the earliest. That way I'm not hitting "refresh" every 15 minutes. Not that I've been doing that. No way. Not me.
05-03-19, 12:10 PM
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Just do the text update option from USPS - they'll let you know whenever it leaves or enters a facility. It's about the only good thing that I've got to say about USPS shipping.
05-03-19, 08:35 PM
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05-04-19, 05:58 AM
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Hmmm. I ordered my wheels 9 days ago and they said that shipping would occur in 12 days, but according to their tracking information, the rims are still in the "material prepare" and "molding" steps. Delivery might take longer than expected, it seems.
05-04-19, 03:11 PM
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Oh and they arrived TODAY.
05-04-19, 03:22 PM
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The new phonebooks are here! The new phonebooks are here!
45mm depth (25mm wide) U-shape rim brake, with Sapim CX-Rays and Novatecs (because Campy).
The good? They're beautiful. The "stealth" logos look really nice.
The meh? No qr skewers.
The "bad?" No extra spokes --I'll email LB and I'm sure they'll send a few out.
They're going onto a Fairdale Goodship I've been waiting to build up since oh, Christmas. Pics of the completed bike forthcoming, but here are some super big, it's good to be a red-star member pics:
If you turn the logo to the side, you'll see how it's zoomed and cropped
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05-04-19, 10:20 PM
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45mm depth (25mm wide) U-shape rim brake, with Sapim CX-Rays and Novatecs (because Campy).
The good? They're beautiful. The "stealth" logos look really nice.
The meh? No qr skewers.
The "bad?" No extra spokes --I'll email LB and I'm sure they'll send a few out.
They're going onto a Fairdale Goodship I've been waiting to build up since oh, Christmas. Pics of the completed bike forthcoming, but here are some super big, it's good to be a red-star member pics:
The good? They're beautiful. The "stealth" logos look really nice.
The meh? No qr skewers.
The "bad?" No extra spokes --I'll email LB and I'm sure they'll send a few out.
They're going onto a Fairdale Goodship I've been waiting to build up since oh, Christmas. Pics of the completed bike forthcoming, but here are some super big, it's good to be a red-star member pics:
05-04-19, 10:40 PM
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05-05-19, 06:23 AM
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I haven't verified, but others have indicated to just ask them to quote alternative hubs. FWIW, your wheelset in the configurator (global site only) now only makes the BITEX hubs available with Campy (not Novatecs).. no idea why. US site seems to make more available configs for Campy freehubs, but none of the 25mm width wheelsets are available in the US
05-05-19, 09:11 AM
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I told you to expect them today.
Sucks that you didn't get the brake track you asked for, but from what I've read about them it doesn't make a huge difference in the wet(and is actually a tiny bit worse when dry)