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No one talks about Krylion Carbons? The best combination of puncture resistance and ride quality I've come across - haven't tried Maxxis mind you.

Actually, I prefer a wheel that absorbs road buzz, so if the Open Pro is significantly better for this that would steer me in that direction?

This must have been done before, but couldn't find anything in Search...

Anyone have experience comparing this rims? I'm looking to build a new rear wheel and like the idea of the CXP33's strength (and looks) but want to maximise acceleration and "nippiness" for hill climbs. Will the CXP33 feel noticeably more sluggish? Cheers...

If you enjoyed that, I can recommend Crystal Palace>West Wickham>Beddlestead Lane>back up through Downe village (Google Dulwich Paragon Saturday route). A shorter ride (35m), but I find it more of a workout and the scenery's arguably nicer.

Just finished a year on Bonty Hardcases - plenty of life left, seem to last forever. Swapped out to Michelin Krylion Carbons for spring - these things rooooooooccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkk...

I approached
a red light and gently
squeezed my brake levers
the bike sighed quietly to a stop
I unclipped my foot
and placed it carefully on
the road
waiting
for the lights to change

Box Hill is a nice ride - choose a sunny day, take a puncture repair kit, get yourself a cake at the cafe, forget all the macho nonsense and enjoy the scenery. It's not difficult - just a nice stretch - especially once you're past Carshalton. I've recently dropped down to 69gi, but used to do it regularly SS @72gi no probs.

eyebrows, dovoneil, leloby - thanks. I guess if I screw up its back to my (very) friendly LBS for a salvage job :-)

Trued my 36h wheels to 5 octaves of Eb Major.
They look like shit now.

Well, Eb Major is a chord requiring at least 3 notes and replicating this over 5 octaves would imply 15 distinct pitches... so if your "wheel" now has 15 sides it would become a pentadecagon. I believe conventional wisdom dictates a circle to be the best shape. Try again.

I've always taken my wheels down the LBS for trueing, but currently have one that's only slightly out and fancied having a go myself. If I take one side of the wheel at a time , ping all the spokes and adjust them to the same pitch would that give me a good wheel? Bear in mind there's only a very small amount of brake pad "flutter" to true out in this case...

So long as you get to work on time and are "presentable" once you're there, how you get there is no business of your employer. Be creative - tell him you have claustrophobia issues and can't travel in enclosed spaces or suggest he offers you a pay rise to help with your increased travel costs (guaranteed to get him to back down). Just sounds like a bit of a bully to me..?

top man... thanks

Anyone know the bar clamp size on the stock Flyer stem - 25.4mm or 26mm? I can't get hold of a pipe gauge to find out myself... cheers :-)

Dibs on levers if splitting

are the calipers centred (ie. the pads are hitting the rim simultaneously)?

Small charge for using classifieds - say £1 a pop?

Nobody rating DT Swiss 1.2's?

http://www.ukbikesdepot.com/products.php?plid=m7b42s165p2447&rs=gb

I'll be getting a rear wheel made up on CXP33 soon - seem to be rock solid fron general forum chatter?

gaffer tape FTW

no thanks.

Topeak Micro Rocket, inner tube, patches and one of those multi spanner things (to get my mudguards and wheel off). Throw it all in a saddle bag. Throw the saddle bag in my courier bag when I'm pootling, and under the saddle when I'm training.

Looking for a decent 700c front wheel - preferably black rim & spokes. Road race rather than track. 100mm OLN. Something like a Bonty Race X-Lite would be perfect. Anybody got something in their project shed they want to turn into cash? Must be straight, true and in good nick. Cheers...

Chap with prosthetic leg doing laps round Richmond Park today - sure puts moaning about knee pain in perspective. Top respect.

Sheldon Brown's got something on his site:

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/fixed.html#tension

does the job...

I haven't done an A/B comparison but I think I can tell the difference between 73" and 74", sensitive soul that I am. I think perhaps because it's on the borderline between comfort and work.

I dunno... 1" doesn't seem so much? I recently dropped my chain ring down a couple of teeth from 48->46 (3gi) for the same reason. Feels much nicer - now I'm used to it I find myself spinning a little faster and lighter on flats but (more importantly) hills feel better - don't think I would have noticed this with only 1". I can now make it comfortably around the Dulwich Paragon Saturday morning ride (SS not fixed) - but there's one small hill that's still borderline - I reckon th extra 3gi would have me walking up it? Love your knees...

I have to bail out, so bumping this back into the pond...