Pedal Room Beauty: GT Pulse

Just stumbled across this beauty. Great frame and pretty neat equipment. Lacing the Dura Ace front hub radial is bold by the way.

GT Pulse

Ryokou Trailer and Episodes

Very interesting documentation about Shane Perkins time in Japan (Keirin season 2012/13)

trailer

first episode:

second episode:

third episode:

fourth episode:

fifth episode :

description from the makers:

Ryokou follows the journey of World Champion cyclist Shane Perkins in Japan whilst competing in the 2012/13 Keirin competition.

Head to youtube.com/chasingtheglory and subscribe to receive notifications when the episodes will drop online.

The web documentary explores the Japanese Keirin as a pivotal part of Shane’s personal and professional growth, in context of some of the major events in his career.

The series comprises of 5 episodes which will be released over 5 days in May/June 2013.

Presented by Onitsuka Tiger.
Proudly supported by Jayco and Huon Aquaculture – the world’s most loved salmon.
And 88 individuals via crowdfunding platform Pozible.

Directed by Davros.
Made by Projucer.
A Chasing the Glory Media House Production.

Drop bars? Can´t decide...

As you may know I build up my new bike with Nitto Risers. I recently swapped them for a Nitto Drop Bar. Better? In terms of credibility for sure haha - I can´t decide...

Mavic Ellipse 2013

I just received the Mavic Ellipse 2013 wheel set. 

It comes with a flip flop rear hub, 20 bladed spokes each wheel, all black and with clean modern look. The track nuts needs 40nm tightening when put on your bike...All City hubs (aka Novatec) need 33nm...

There was some critic against Mavic on the internet about their chainline which was for some years 45mm and has been reduced since 2011 - back to a standard chainline, the most hubs will give you: 42mm.


Here is what Mavic wrote to me about the chainline mythos:

"Dear Sir,
Thank you for your email and for your interest towards Mavic products.
Since the 2011 version of Ellipse, the chain line has come back to a standard 42mm, instead of the 45mm used on the previous version.
For any further information, I recommend you to visit your local Mavic dealer or contact the local Mavic distributor. All of these information can be found on the www.mavic.com
Wishing you nice rides.


Best regards,*****
Mavic - Export Department74996 Annecy Cedex 9, Francewww.mavic.com  www.amersports.com "

Thanks for that!!! I don't need to question about that anymore!

Before you get you own wheel set consider the lockring problem: Mavic uses a proprietary lockring So your ISO/English (Shimano Dura Ace) or ITA (Phil Wood, Campa Record Pista, Miche threaded lockrings won´t fit.

You need to use the Mavic "Old French" metric 33x1.0mm (metric threads not Threads Per Inch=TPI) lockring:
in other words Iso/English lockrings are to small and ITA (ITA wouldn't even fit the threads while ISO/English does) lockrings are to big to fit - Mavic is kind of in between.

COG/SPROCKET:
ISO/English threading (1.37x24TPI) cogs/sprockets will fit the Mavic hub:

So good news is I can ride my beloved EAI 1 1/8 Steel Cog as I do on all other rear wheels - If you buy your Mavic Ellipse get your hands on an additional Mavic lockring (wont cost much) as reserve - one is included while purchasing a rear wheel - if you buy you rear wheel from second hand make sure to get that lockring or otherwise you have a hard time getting a new lockring since its not a big seller compared to other brands...

I let you know how they will roll when the darn rain keeps stoping!

Cinelli Mash Bullhorn / Cinelli Mash stem

Finally! Since the first pictures from the Cinelli Mash floated through the internet in 2011 I wanted to have the stem so badly... 2 years later I really did :) most expensive alu stem to date (not that I am into carbon stems at all...) - and its not even vintage nor NJS... but it is really beautiful...
picked up the really comfy Cinelli Mash bullhorn handlebar

Too round things up I will add some Cinelli Cork Ribbon and Cinelli anodized plugs for my Cinelli Cockpit.

Wrap it up!

Seen at Potsdamer Platz, Berlin

Goldsprint 13 Classic - Done!

It´s been exactly a month today since I got my Goldsprint 13 Classic frameset. Initially I planned about 3 months for building up this beauty but  I just couldn´t stand it any longer. So here it is and it came out way more expensive but a lot nicer than I thought in the first place :) It rides like hell - very agile, very aggressive and the steel fork really balances the stiffness of the aluminium frame. So if you ride in Leipzig you´ll probably see me on this bike in the future. For more information take a look at my pedalroom.