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Originally Posted by genejockey
3 votes for buying the Fulcrums, and no naysayers. I suspect if I asked on the C&V forum the answer would be different..... BUT despite its age, the Ritchey is not a C&V bike.
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12-09-21, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by genejockey
. BUT I wouldn't have the experience of building wheels. So, how much is that experience worth?
You seem to enjoy working on bikes, so you might become a Zen wheelbuilder. I tried it, didn't like it, but I'd rather not work on things anymore. Although I did put a cam actuator solenoid in my car on Monday.
There's this Litespeed Ultimate on Ebay, but it would need a complete rebuild that would run about $1500-2000 altogether......
You seem to enjoy working on bikes, so you might become a Zen wheelbuilder. I tried it, didn't like it, but I'd rather not work on things anymore. Although I did put a cam actuator solenoid in my car on Monday.
There's this Litespeed Ultimate on Ebay, but it would need a complete rebuild that would run about $1500-2000 altogether......
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Originally Posted by genejockey
I am on the horns of a dilemma. I found rims, spokes, and nipples as well as tension gauge and nipple driver for rebuilding the wheels for the Ritchey. The total is pretty close to a brand new pair of Fulcrum Racing 4's from PBK, which would be lighter, more aerodynamic, and probably better quality than I could build myself. BUT I wouldn't have the experience of building wheels. So, how much is that experience worth?
Buying the Fulcrums doesn't prevent me later buying the stuff to build the wheel, but it would be later.
Then there's another dilemma - Mrs. GeneJockey just spent a chunk of money on that bassoon, which means one of two things - 1) this frees me to spend a similar, but lower amount on myself, or 2) this means I shouldn't spend anything like that on myself, since she's spent so much. There's this Litespeed Ultimate on Ebay, but it would need a complete rebuild that would run about $1500-2000 altogether......
Buying the Fulcrums doesn't prevent me later buying the stuff to build the wheel, but it would be later.
Then there's another dilemma - Mrs. GeneJockey just spent a chunk of money on that bassoon, which means one of two things - 1) this frees me to spend a similar, but lower amount on myself, or 2) this means I shouldn't spend anything like that on myself, since she's spent so much. There's this Litespeed Ultimate on Ebay, but it would need a complete rebuild that would run about $1500-2000 altogether......
12-09-21, 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by datlas
12-09-21, 03:41 PM
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R.I.P. Robbie Shakespeare.
12-09-21, 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by ls01
That's the one that always cones to mind. From uhf weird AL Yankovic. The guy in it playing Stanley Spudowski is Kramer from Seinfeld.
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
OMG, I was scheduled for the discogram and was just informed that it is not covered. SMFH. Now, I am going to pivot to the nerve block option but I'm not sure they can fit this in before year end. If not it will cost me easily an extra $1,000 since I'm already over my my max out of pocket this year.
Add another chapter in that book I could write. Dammit.
Add another chapter in that book I could write. Dammit.
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Originally Posted by genejockey
Meanwhile, the women who danced to it as sexy young things are now old enough to be - and many are - somebody's Gram-ma.
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Originally Posted by genejockey
3 votes for buying the Fulcrums, and no naysayers. I suspect if I asked on the C&V forum the answer would be different..... BUT despite its age, the Ritchey is not a C&V bike.
12-09-21, 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by big john
Maybe you could add a room for more bikes.
That was two months ago.
I no longer take my Zwifting set up down when not in use, lest my space disappear. At least the family now treats the bike storage area as sacrosanct. This is in part, I believe, because it's completely full of bikes.
*This was the one good thing I got out of wasting a year of my life trying to start a company with my crazy ex-boss, who I later learned was meth-addled.(He'd successfully started at least one company and was instrumental in another, so it wasn't obviously crazy)
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Originally Posted by datlas
I agree with buying, but someone like seedsbelize will tell you that wheelbuilding is the way to go. Your choice.
12-09-21, 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by ls01
older than that. Disco died in the late 70's
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12-09-21, 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
I have nothing but the greatest respect for seedsbelize and his bicycle-related ideas, but I suspect he has never owned, much less beat the crap out of, a pair of high-quality, factory wheels. I used to build wheels back in the day too. Now it makes very little sense in my opinion.
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12-09-21, 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
I have nothing but the greatest respect for seedsbelize and his bicycle-related ideas, but I suspect he has never owned, much less beat the crap out of, a pair of high-quality, factory wheels. I used to build wheels back in the day too. Now it makes very little sense in my opinion.
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12-09-21, 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by datlas
I feel the same way. That's why I bought my new wheels from PSIMET.
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Originally Posted by genejockey
Seeds already said 'Buy the Fulcrums', so it's unanimous so far.
12-09-21, 04:28 PM
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Wheelbuilding getting hammered.
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12-09-21, 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Wheelbuilding getting hammered.
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Fellow riders, the only free cheese is in the mousetrap!
12-09-21, 04:53 PM
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Has wheelbuilding jumped the shark??
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Originally Posted by datlas
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Originally Posted by datlas
Has wheelbuilding jumped the shark??
12-09-21, 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by LAJ
Yep.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
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12-09-21, 05:12 PM
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I missed it. What model Fulcrums are we talking about?
I’ve owned a few sets of Fulcrums and have been very happy.
I’ve owned a few sets of Fulcrums and have been very happy.
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12-09-21, 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
It's still alive here in some user's hearts.
I still love classics from the 70s, 60s, and even 50s … like this timeless classic that’s been getting a lot of play accompanying a recent TV commercial …
One of the greatest songs of all time, 1959.
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