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Carl Strong My new steel rig, finally built up...
Build is 2009 campy centaur alloy, thomson elite seatpost and stem, selle italia saddle and 3TTT ergosum pro handlebars. Wheels were built by Peter White, Velocity rims + NOS Campy Record hubs; tires are Gommitalia Calypso-Ks.
Last edited by srenda; 01-26-2009 at 10:27 AM. Reason: update pix2
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Re: Your front valve.
Please tell me you don't fill up your tires using a compressor for automobiles...
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Why not? I do it all the time.Originally Posted by caleb
"It's better to not know so much than to know so many things that ain't so." -- Josh Billings, 1885
A man with any character at all must have enemies and places he is not welcome—in the end we are not only defined by our friends, but also those aligned against us.
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Me too. Orange is hot. Just like my lovin'.
"It's better to not know so much than to know so many things that ain't so." -- Josh Billings, 1885
A man with any character at all must have enemies and places he is not welcome—in the end we are not only defined by our friends, but also those aligned against us.
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Caleb: Long time ago, I hit a patch of glass and flatted both tires. I patched one and replace the tube on another, but didn't have enough CO2 to pump both tires. At the time, an older rider came by with a pump, except it didn't work on presta valves. It was only for a schrader valve! Which sucked, b/c no one else came by. After, I picked these caps up at Performance for $.99 and keep one on each of my bikes, just in case that ever happens again.
SteveP: Serotta Atlanta, which I now plan to sell, and a Litespeed, that's long gone. Also have a Panasonic Dx-4000 from the mid-80s which I love.
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love the color!
shrink, terrorist, poet, president of concerned cyclists for the abolishment of bovine source bicycle parts and head of the disaffected commie dishwashers union.
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Is that the all-alloy Super Record? It looks like it.
p.s. Great frame - I love the color, too!
GO!
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Here's my new Strong on it's shakedown ride. I can't wait for spring...
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Carl Strong delivered this to me recently. Will post more pics once it is built.
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Jellis, Is that stainless peaking through on the down tube or silver accent paint? Either way, look forward to build pics.
jimi
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Very cool! Looks like you have zip tie saddles on the TT/ST for a rear derailleur cable. Did you make any provisions for a front shifter or will you run it as a 1x9? Curious because I'm setting up a similar bike and debating whether I should skip the front derailleur.
:)
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Strong Bought used on the Serotta forum from Adam. Love it.
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Thanks, it will live most of it's life as a single speed, but I like the option to run 1x9 if necessary (i.e. spring out of shape riding...)
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Depends on build and tubing selection. Mine is Chorus with Ksyrium ES's (56.5) and ready to ride weight is 17.5
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Thanks, I'm getting real close to getting a new bike, but am having a hard time deciding on material... I have a Rivendell Bleriot (steel, of course) that weighs 31# with rack, etc and I guess that makes me hesitant to go steel. I realize steel can be a lot lighter than 31#, just not sure if I should be going Ti or carbon (might have a line on a Serotta Ottrott real soon).
I saw Carl's work at NAHBS and even talked with him a bit... If I go steel, I'm thinking either a Strong or Desalvo...
Anyone else?
Chris
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A good frame weighs what it weighs, imho.
I don't think the frame is really going to make that much difference in the overall equation (between what you're talking about)--maybe a pound at most? Get what you like and build it with reasonable parts and wheels and I suspect your bike will be light enough.
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