Recent content by klunkrider

Eyelets supposedly the hallmark of a higher quality (and therefor hopefully stronger) rim but I reckon that's outdated thinking and technology has now moved on to make eyelets somewhat redundant. I have even seen it suggested that a simpler, non eyeletted rim can outperform an eyeletted one...

Reckon I’ve been through at least a dozen Brookses and never bought one new. Pick them up ‘pre broken in’ off eBay, someone else has done all the hard work and absorbed the roughly 75% deflation in value too. Win win!

I remember hearing bitd that WTB made wooden prototypes and refined them until they were comfortable and then replicated them in plastic and foam for production.

I seem to say this almost every time wheel building is mentioned but it’s a hill I’d die on, trusting other people’s numbers is a great way to end up with the wrong size spokes. I have seen first hand differences in sizes between two examples of what should be exactly the same product in both...

I know two people that have pressed steerers in/out, afaik both used hydraulic presses. One is my collage at work and his is still going strong. He told me he froze the steerer and warmed the crown in hot water too.

In steel yeah, alloy steerers will (probably) have much more wall thickness and smaller id.

Lucky you, it wasn't a fun experience!

“…it adds more height…” eh? I’ve broken more rigid posts than I have droppers. It’s only one but it’s still more.

Dropper post on a utility bike is a god tier! Flat footing at every traffic light, pulling away with a cup of coffee in your hand, just getting it out the way before you swing your leg over…the luxury!

Dropper post 100%. Probably helps that I like riding rigid and choose to do that anyway. I make do with a qr on my ‘86 Rockhopper but on my 29er the dropper makes it a totally different type of bike. I don’t have a big drop on that bike, only 100mm but yeah, wouldn’t really want to give it up.

There’s fair bit wrong with that Brodie ain’t there!

Orange sold, bump for the SBC Klunker.

Awesome, will pm re payment.

There’s been instances of local bike shops stocking fake chains. Supposedly unknowingly, bought from the ‘man with a van full of parts’ type supplier rather than from Madison etc but it has happened.

Unlikely second dibs on those.