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  1. ratz

    Short Guy

    It will fit but you might prefer a custom build with 406 wheels or the older style 451's. What is your ride goals My 5'2" daughter prefers the 451's my 5'6" daughter prefered the 559's
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    It's Mallet Season

    Oops I lied.... Lighter; equally strong, cheaper .... hmmmm I wonder how we make those compatible.... Now you get a couple day reprieve.
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    It's Mallet Season

    You better give your wallet to someone to hold for you; I really haven't' gotten to the good stuff yet.... but you have a few day of fear free forum visits....
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    It's Mallet Season

    Daughter plays the tuba in college. It's spring break so we get daily tuba solos.
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    It's Mallet Season

    It's right there in the photos with a bunch of other secret stuff..... spoilers.
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    New Bike Blues

    at $169 a pair new; I can't see anyone spending the time to rebuild one; by the time you did it; Time+parts+shipping; you'd be better off just rebuying. Short of a Crash that snaps something off; they should last the life a bike frame; very solid stuff. This is the beauty of SRAMs family of...
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    Larry Needs a NickName

    Dopler........
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    New Bike Blues

    Rival 22 is pretty complete now; in the wifli configuration and it's pretty affordable. But watch the v20 testing I'll be doing over the next 20 days and I think you'll get some budget friendly ideas......
  9. ratz

    It's Mallet Season

    Insert Emoticon for exhausted...... After a busy weekend of moving parts around and doing baseline assembly I am almost to the point of being able to do the testing I'm after this year. Nothing finished so far has not been documented else where. I just need to get the bikes to the point that I...
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    New Bike Blues

    S30 current iteration is really no less smooth on chip-seal than the previous version. That surprised me when I road it at recumbent cycle con. Something about putting the V20 derived front end on it and tipping it forward 2-3 degrees levels it smooth, nibble and powerful. The S30 gets it's...
  11. ratz

    Light integrated helmets

    About the only way to photo graph light strength is to use other object for reflectivity; that gives the camera image a point of reference for the absence of light. Like this:
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    It's Mallet Season

    Mostly a mock up because Sugru is old; I'm to test it the I will probably Peel it off; use the fresh stuff which will look better cosmetically; and completely cover the magnets; they just easier to remove this way. Yep, but very easy to remove the back one and return the screw down bolt; one...
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    It's Mallet Season

    Ok that's about what I have time for; the bikes are torn appart and coming back together; but I must keep cranking as it's interfering with both my sleep and training.
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    It's Mallet Season

    An now for the carbon tailbox. I will have more details on this over the next day or so. But here are my initial thoughts Super thin walls take max benefit of the carbon fiber. It could have been bigger but not really smaller; I think bigger would have been a bit heavy; seems to be in the...
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    It's Mallet Season

    It's the battle between the wrench, the camera and the keyboard. Still in the mess but here are some snipets to hold people over; The actual installation of this stuff wind up in the build thread, handle bar thread and the yet to be created performance tweaking thread. So consider this behind...
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    It's Mallet Season

    Do you here that? yep that's the sound of a camera clicking; piper cutters; mallet strikes and only a little swearing. Perhaps there will be something to post tonight while everyone is a alseep.
  17. ratz

    Building new V20 dream bike.

    Welcome aboard; we'll be eager to see photos of your handy work.
  18. ratz

    Mount rear brake upstairs?

    Normal. It will be fine.
  19. ratz

    Eye catching

    It will happen; it was a far as "Manufacturing Sample" that's the last step in the Design, Prototype, Iterate, Logistics; Man Sample; Pre Production; Shipping. Just a nuance of small companies; new products simply take 18 months and you need to time the release to the buying season of your...
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    It's Mallet Season

    Kitchen table.... two parents; 5 kids; + visiting grandma and grandpa and we all fit... wise investment; center of a lot of family activity. Store wanted it gone; I fell over when they accepted my low ball price. Takes four adults if you want to move it more than 5 feet.....
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