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12-13-07, 05:57 PM

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since you brought up the steamroller, more fixed-gear frames with clearance for winter tires would be awesome since most people are gonna ride on the street anyway. thats one thing i love about the steamroller even though it is expensive for a cro-mo frame. i dont know how many other people care about that though, but seeing all these kids on here ghetto-rigging their 23mm tires for traction is kinda funny...

good point
and we are doing a 853 frame with wide clearance

and a single speed cross bike in 4130
with canti brakes

and we already sell lots of Outcast 29ers - and people mount 35c or 38c on them and some change to different drops

I like single speeds and we are going to have more all the time

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12-13-07, 05:58 PM

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The black and green are awesome !
How about some matte colors ?
Medium Matte blue ? Fuschia ?

I love the Kilo ! Best buy in a fixie. . .teh.ever

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12-13-07, 06:00 PM

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Hi

Current Kilo TT colors of Black and Green sell great

When we order new Pro version any ideas on colors?

thanks
mike

I suppose I shouldn't talk, since I don't have one myself.....

But I think if you're going to use the forum to canvas opinions about products that you're SELLING, you should probably pay the $25 and get the little red star.

Jus' sayin' is all.

12-13-07, 06:01 PM

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and we are doing a 853 frame with wide clearance

With track ends?

12-13-07, 06:02 PM

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good point
and we are doing a 853 frame with wide clearance

Would you consider doing this bike with longer, horizontal dropouts, a la the Cross-Check? If so, it would allow for easy use as a fixed gear of single speed bike. I can't imagine that many people would be buying the 853 frame to race with, so I don't see it being a huge problem there.

12-13-07, 06:04 PM

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Two or three of the ads to the right (that have been up there for years) are his.

12-13-07, 06:05 PM

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Two or three of the ads to the right (that have been up there for years) are his.

Good call, you'd think I would have noticed since I have to look at them all the time.......

[EDIT] Just embarrassed myself into paying. And it does actually look better without the ads. Not that I was paying attention to them anyway.

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12-13-07, 06:05 PM

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purple frame purple frame purple frame purple frame purple frame purple frame purple frame purple frame
purple frame purple frame purple frame purple frame purple frame purple frame purple frame purple frame

white, 3rensho blue, rust, yellow and any neon colors are cool too.
BUT NOTHING BEATS PURPLE.

this is the only thing that could possibly have made me regret buying a kilo tt.

12-13-07, 06:17 PM

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I think if it's threadless it would be really considerate to make sure that the steerer was thick enough to be threaded by a 3rd party safely.

12-13-07, 06:20 PM

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Interesting that you don't notice all the ads he already supports the site with.

Always one in every group.

12-13-07, 06:21 PM

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And I could read to the end before I reply.

12-13-07, 06:21 PM

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I think if it's threadless it would be really considerate to make sure that the steerer was thick enough to be threaded by a 3rd party safely.

Why? Why make the fork heavier than it has to be just so some luddite can set it up sub-optimally?

12-13-07, 06:30 PM

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Am I a luddite if I want a 1 inch threadless fork? I like my Alter...

12-13-07, 06:33 PM

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For the love of god, do NOT make a brown one - it shouldn't be a big secret that Surely already has that camp.

Sounds like a sweet bike. Burnt orange is a cool bike color IMHO

12-13-07, 06:50 PM

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Am I a luddite if I want a 1 inch threadless fork? I like my Alter...

Not at all, you'd be a neo-Luddite.

12-13-07, 07:07 PM

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I know what you mean
but so many people think threadless is better and more expensive [it's actually less]

funny, I like quill stems
but the marketplace likes aheadset

+1
yeah i know threadless holds up better and is easier/less expensive for tweaks...but i dig threaded. the threaded stem and the fork were swaying factors to the kilo IMO, it'd be a shame to lose them.

12-13-07, 07:08 PM

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check out https://bikeforums.net/forumdisplay.php?f=181

12-13-07, 07:10 PM

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good point
and we are doing a 853 frame with wide clearance

and a single speed cross bike in 4130
with canti brakes

Damn, those sound sweet. Ever consider using semi-horizontal dropouts with derailer hanger so they can be set up geared or ss/fg?

12-13-07, 07:14 PM

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so the kilo framesets coming in 6 weeks are going to be the same ones as the original, just new colors and no decals? i really want threaded with eyelets.

12-13-07, 07:20 PM

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do a gunmetal and a burnt orange.

also, i would do exactly what you're planning with the kilo tt pro but i would upgrade the wheels as well to mavic/formulas. if you could get that priced around 550 dollars you will sell tons of bikes.