New wheel for my Bianchi
Three weeks ago i posted about the Campy Shamal front wheel I got for my Bianchi road bike. It was actually a wheelset but the rear wheel (with a classic box section rim) didn´t really matched the Shamal in my eyes. I decided to lace that wonderful old 8 speed Campy Record hub to a more aerostyle rim with at least 30mm height and silver polished finish. Well, to be honest... i wasn´t really going to lace it up by myself. In the all the years I´ve spend building up bikes for myself and for friends I never got the courage to learn this. Maybe someday but til then I´ll stick to my local bike shop. As the Campy hub had 36 holes there weren´t that much (lightweight "road-bike-wise") options and pretty soon I came up with the "usual suspects" I know from the fixed-gear market: a H+Son SL-42 silver polished with machined sidewalls (total weight about 615 gramms), a Rigida DP 18 silver polished (about 595 gramm) or a Velocity Deep V silver polished (520 gramm). You see in facts of road bike use there wasn´t much of a choice. I took the Velocity Deep V silver polished but without machined sidewalls cause the original Shamals also weren´t machined. Again Fahrrad Biela in Leipzig was my choice for bringing hub and rim together as they made a wonderful job with my last custom wheel. So today I got it from the shop and it´s wonderful! I think it really looks great even if the rim isn´t that high as the Shamal in front. I took it for a short spin and the breaking performance isn´t affected by the non machined sidewalls. I can´t wait for better weather and long rides with my Bianchi Mega X Pro.
The Premium Rush Movie Bike Parts Breakdown
It´s kind late for this post but I´ve only just found this video. I don´t know if you have seen the movie. I did and have to say that it´s actually way better than i thought. There is some decent riding in there and even if the story isn´t that innovative it´s good entertainment for bikenerds and fans of JGL. So in this video the owner and founder of Affinity Cycles explains what parts were used and what might be more interesting, how Hollywood prepared the beat up look of Joseph Gordon-Levitts bike. Look for yourself...
Frame: Affinity Metropolitan
Cranks: Sugino 75 crankset
Chainring: FSA 46t Chainring
Cog: All City
Hubs: Phil Wood
Rear Rim: H Plus Son
Front Rim: Velocity deep V
Saddle: Fizik Arione Saddle
Seat post: Thomson
Stem: Thomson
Headset: Chris King
Handlebars: Nitto Bullhorns
Affinity Rush | An Inside Look at Joseph Gordan Levitt's Fixed Gear From Premium Rush from FIXIEFAMOUS on Vimeo.
Frame: Affinity Metropolitan
Cranks: Sugino 75 crankset
Chainring: FSA 46t Chainring
Cog: All City
Hubs: Phil Wood
Rear Rim: H Plus Son
Front Rim: Velocity deep V
Saddle: Fizik Arione Saddle
Seat post: Thomson
Stem: Thomson
Headset: Chris King
Handlebars: Nitto Bullhorns
Affinity Rush | An Inside Look at Joseph Gordan Levitt's Fixed Gear From Premium Rush from FIXIEFAMOUS on Vimeo.
Waitin' on a sunny day
Today's the first sunny day in weeks and I took the chance to take the first ride in 2013 with my Gazzetta. Rock N Roll...
Broken bearing
This the left bearing of my 3 years old hub (All City Standard Track Hub - and who knows how many brands out there label these Novatec hubs probably as their own) ... under 5000km and after some winters...
I am glad we could fix it!
I am glad we could fix it!
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