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Old 01-27-15, 12:27 PM
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Front wheel; much deepises.

Having owned a roadie set, S80 decals are much too loud. You might as well run thickslicks on them to maximize obnoxiousness.
I believe the decals are only oversized to cover the fact that the carbon is sectionalized.

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Old 01-27-15, 12:29 PM
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^10/10 would run that on the front, with 0 sh-ts given. BTW - the SRAM S80's are continuous, and I believe are just rebranded Zipps.

ETA - https://www.bikewheelsets.com/reviews...am-s80-review/

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Originally Posted by murrellington
Mine is a 58 also. Interesting.
I checked, and mine are installed with no spacers or anything. Where were they hitting on your frame?






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Originally Posted by Leukybear
Front wheel; much deepises.

Having owned a roadie set, S80 decals are much too loud. You might as well run thickslicks on them to maximize obnoxiousness.
I believe the decals are only oversized to cover the fact that the carbon is sectionalized.

What in the **** is that?
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Old 01-27-15, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by T13
What in the **** is that?
A destickered S80 on a TT Qroo
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TFW looks like 4 spoke.
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Originally Posted by Leukybear
to cover the fact that the carbon is sectionalized.

Much ugliness IMO.
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Originally Posted by SquidPuppet
Much ugliness IMO.
Seriously.
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Old 01-27-15, 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Flatulentfox
I checked, and mine are installed with no spacers or anything. Where were they hitting on your frame?





The crank arms never hit my frame but it was extremely close. In your pictures it looks pretty close too but not like mine were. But when installed on my bike it was even closer than yours even with spacers installed. Odd but at least the S300's worked out fine. Much more clearance than the omniums near the chainstay.
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Old 01-28-15, 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by murrellington
The crank arms never hit my frame but it was extremely close. In your pictures it looks pretty close too but not like mine were. But when installed on my bike it was even closer than yours even with spacers installed. Odd but at least the S300's worked out fine. Much more clearance than the omniums near the chainstay.
Clearances of 165mm Omniums on my 55cm 2013 Wabi Classic. No spacers on the Omniums. Looks to be about the same as Flatulentfox's.

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Old 01-28-15, 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by LouCypher
TFW looks like 4 spoke.
Post YOUR bike.
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Old 01-28-15, 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by pksurf
Clearances of 165mm Omniums on my 55cm 2013 Wabi Classic. No spacers on the Omniums. Looks to be about the same as Flatulentfox's.

I've installed Omniums on Wabi frames for people before and had plenty of clearance.

On murrellington's frame, there was plenty of chainring.spider clearance but the drive side crank arm was way too close for comfort (within 1mm) before the NDS arm was even torqued down.
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Old 01-28-15, 10:24 AM
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Lots of deep wheel hate up in here.
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Old 01-28-15, 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by TenSpeedV2
Taken this morning - ready to head out in about 45 minutes or so. 22° and clear here, so it should be fast.
No plastidip?
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Old 01-28-15, 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by hardboiled718
No plastidip?
Not sure what you mean by this.
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Originally Posted by TenSpeedV2
Lots of deep wheel hate up in here.
That just means more deep wheels for you!

I wish more people hated some of the things i like....
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Old 01-28-15, 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by LouCypher
TFW looks like 4 spoke.
Sick ratio bro.
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Originally Posted by TenSpeedV2
Not sure what you mean by this.
I was joking, but...

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Plasti-Dip.


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Old 01-28-15, 11:05 AM
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Ah yes, different bike.
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Originally Posted by franswa
Post YOUR bike.
Ummm yea ........... wtf are you talking about?
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Originally Posted by Scrodzilla
On murrellington's frame, there was plenty of chainring.spider clearance but the drive side crank arm was way too close for comfort (within 1mm) before the NDS arm was even torqued down.
Sounds about right for the newer Wabi Classic frames with 170mm Omniums. If the crank arms on my 165's were 5mm longer the drive side arm would be within 1mm of the chainstay.
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Originally Posted by pksurf
Clearances of 165mm Omniums on my 55cm 2013 Wabi Classic. No spacers on the Omniums. Looks to be about the same as Flatulentfox's.

Yeah looks like your crank arms have more clearance than mine did. In any case, my current cranks ar eworking fine and I have no complaints
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Originally Posted by murrellington
Yeah looks like your crank arms have more clearance than mine did. In any case, my current cranks ar eworking fine and I have no complaints
Enjoy your Classic. It's a great bike.
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Old 01-28-15, 02:31 PM
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Old 01-28-15, 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by pksurf
Sounds about right for the newer Wabi Classic frames with 170mm Omniums. If the crank arms on my 165's were 5mm longer the drive side arm would be within 1mm of the chainstay.
That splains it. I'm pretty sure the ones I recently installed for someone were 165mm.
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