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Comments - Early May: Cleaning up some loose ends
May 10, 2009
Adam in Hamilton: Yes he did! He did indeed. I could not believe his brash remarks and then I checked the results...............
- Rick , Little Rock
May 10, 2009
Did Mark Cavendish so vocally say what some of us have all been thinking for months? And then have the legs to follow his words, the kid is amazing.
- adam, hamilton
May 08, 2009
The #1 way to make your bike LOOK new: fresh new nicely wrapped bar tape.
- harlow farnsworth, rain city, usa
May 08, 2009
Maybe it's Friday after a long week, but the talk of nipples, and seeing Hoff's soap dispenser pic all in the same blog provided some much needed laughter...
- Jack, Indy
May 07, 2009
Fran, that may be your opinion regarding BikeSnob's identity, but to most people it would be a huge deal...even if his identity is simply a guy who writes for an ad agency in manhattan and races occasionally. Fixie hipsters from Williamsburgh want his head on a stick!
- sleeper, Pittsburgh, PA
May 06, 2009
Mike in Reno: The older model Campy Eurus wheel did have internal nipples.
- Rick , Little Rock
May 06, 2009
Hey Jay in Mansfeild with the Campy Eurus Wheels... Eurus have no rim strips and they do have external (NOT HIDDEN) nipples that are easy to true. Each Eurus wheels set also comes with the necesary tools to true and replace spokes / nipples if necesary. I would not call myself a mechanic and have have performed the task of spoke replacement and it took me less than 10 minutes. Yes - maybe a traditional wheel would have have been 5 mintues for the same task but Campy (or Fuclrum ) wheels don't take that much to fix and are solid compared to a lot of the crap out there.
- Mike, Reno
May 06, 2009
Yes, internal nipples keep me from riding certain brands of carbon rimmed wheels. It is a non-starter. The ideal carbon tubular would be the Edge lineup plus a 32h option in the 1.25, and a 27h option in 1.45, (yes 27h rear) with 4mm offset spokes available for rear wheels, and exposed nipples. Making due with too low of spoke count Dura Ace wheel sets until Edge or another rim supplier gets it right. Who wants to trash a set of sew ups every time you want to true or otherwise tune your wheels. That said, the guys racing on Edge wheels w/internal nipples seem to love them.
- Greg, San Francisco
May 06, 2009
I agree, Fig Newtons, apples, peanut butter and honey sandwiches, and Gatorade are all the nutrition I'll ever need.
- Stephen, Tulsa
May 05, 2009
So if LA tears it up at the Giro then I guess you guys will be adding compression sox to the inventory. Sorry to hear you got bike-jacked. They should treat such mooks the same way they did horse thieves in the Old West. New Brake pads + bar tape + cables = quick fix for New Bike Fever. "Snickers Almond". BWAAHAHAHAHA! I bet the empty-suit pantload that came up with that one is now selling insurance
- PawleeWalnutz, NYC
May 05, 2009
I used to use baby food (pears or vanilla custard were my favorites) back in the '80's before gels and Gu's came along. I'd use one of those toothpaste tube-like contraptions you could find at camping stores, then drop in a couple of jars of the baby food. Loved the stuff in a long road race!
- Phil, Greenville, SC
May 05, 2009
Damn, I've been out of cycling too long. I had no idea assos switched to blue.
- Chris, Boston
May 05, 2009
As someone who is facing the ordeal of stripping off the tire, tube and rim tape of my Campy Eurus wheel, then figuring out if I need a special tool, then locating the special tool if I need it, then finally truing the wheel, then putting everything back together again -- I second the motion on hidden spoke nipples. It took me longer to type this than it would have to true a traditional setup.
- Jay, Mansfield, OH
May 05, 2009
Salted Nut Rolls are the new Mars.
- RJ, Lincoln
May 05, 2009
I'll bet $50 I was at that very same camp with you in Lake Placid.
- AH, Indy
May 05, 2009
Pete's right about the nutrition items. I'm still eating them as "cycling nutrition", and just told a group of 40-something college-buddy, cycling-newbies about these foods. Classic how things stay with you from your youth!
I'm glad there is someone who agrees with me about internal spoke nipples. I avoid them as a preventative measure.
- Jay, Needham
May 05, 2009
FitStik - I know of a least two people that would buy an updated on right now, if someone started making them...While I can't say I don't enjoy the two hours with string, line levels, tee-squares and four-foot spirit levels that I need with every new bike, it would be so much easier if there was something I could just bolt on. What about those home-built units the Pro Teams use? Multiple bikes owners need help....
- Bob, Toronto
May 05, 2009
About the Fitstik - The closest thing I've seen is the "XY Tool" from Serotta, Pretty similar in function to the old FitStik, but it doesn't appear that crankarm removal is required. Serotta has them on their site for $350. Cheers!
- Cru Doggy Dogg, Jonesboro
May 05, 2009
to the bsnyc detractor Fran:
about once a week bsnyc writes a pretty hilarious entry. thats actually pretty damn good - its really really hard to write humorous content on a regular basis. start a blog and see how often you can come up with something funny and original.
- sam, little rock
May 04, 2009
Pete, Fig New(M)ans and bananas are still staples on my bike. Just the thought makes me smile.
- Matthew, Boulder
May 04, 2009
CC Dude - I agree, again. In your comment about people who say they would never buy from you, they may just have an ax to grind or another agenda. When I did a post on CC (http://teamtwowheel.blogspot.com/2009/03/competitive-cyclist.html), I was surprised to get a post complaining about your service and frankly, it wasn't a story that rang true. As a newbie to this blog world, I wasn't sure whether to leave it, delete or re-comment. Since we haven't edited anything else, I decided to leave it. Anyway, thanks for the great racing and industry comments.
Team Two Wheel
- Rider 3, Spokane
May 04, 2009
Fran, you must be humorless.
- fat chance, NYC
May 04, 2009
Allen Lim is using the iPhone app Camerabag. It turns the mundane into the wonderful.
- Matt, Portland
May 04, 2009
Re: The Identity of Bike Snob NYC
Regardless of his given name, he's no Style Man; rather, he's the very best of the second raters, to borrow from Maugham. Just another anonymous knob with a mediocre blog, and a scant column in that rag Bicycling magazine, which is now completely castrated without the erudite musings of Style Man. The impact of revelation would be similar to that of a marshmallow hitting your kitchen floor.
- Fran, San Antonio TX
May 04, 2009
Hey, Nutrition advise WAS existent in the 80's. Fig Newtons, Gatoraide, bananas and pasta was all we knew and all we had to know.
- Pete, Owego NY
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