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elzie5000
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| jkizzle wrote: | | deep v's in gold laced up to a coaster brake hub |
Dude.
The only thing I sort of wish I had done differently on my steamrollercoaster was to have used non-machined deep Vs.
Anyway, you can get shops to build you almost anything that isn't totally unsafe. Even if they end up calling you 3 or 4 times asking "are you SURE you want me to do this?" *cough*billcrank*cough* |
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jkizzle
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| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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| brokebike wrote: |
the thing about buying a perfectly good pre-built fixed wheelset as-is, and then upgrading to something *nicer* isn't in small increments... usually going up from there means going to hubs built by Phil Wood, Paul, Dura-Ace, etc... and those are things that need to be special ordered, and definitely aren't cheap. "Nicer set" means that you go from a $250 wheelset, to a $600 hand-built one. There not much of an in-between. |
im just saying that i figured they would at least keep a set of nicer rims there, but i guess it is a niche market so carrying alot of stock probably doesnt work too well. |
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jkizzle
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| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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| elzie5000 wrote: | | Anyway, you can get shops to build you almost anything that isn't totally unsafe. Even if they end up calling you 3 or 4 times asking "are you SURE you want me to do this?" *cough*billcrank*cough* |
yep, im just broke and am fantasizing. i just need to learn to build my own wheels. i guess i just need to start volunteering at wildcatwheels and tinker. |
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jdbaum3
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| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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| What rims were you looking for? There are plenty there, just not out on the floor. |
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jkizzle
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| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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| well, currently, none, im way broke, but when i was there back in oct or nov they said they only carried one flipflop built wheel, and i think it was a mavic but i really have no idea, i could definitely be confusing that with a shop i visited back in nothern kentucky around the same time. |
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jkizzle
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| Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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| politicalhero, youve got mail |
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