Me? I always carry a spare.

[Dai wiskers]

Perhaps that explains why one year when at the NEC bike show I left my daughter in charge of the camera (not so much a perv if you get your 12 year old to take the pics of the Bennetts babes or the Carole Nash girls ) ... and she filled the memory card with 200 plus pics of wheels, no bikes just wheels, when questioned why she just said "I like wheels"

Well we took the grandson to the royal welsh this year he had his camera and took pic's of cows butts and very little else, there was one pic of a sow pigs bits
He's not quite five should we be worrying?

[SAS Tom]

I used mine the same way, took the wheels to the powder coaters that way.

Here are the finished items;



Putting them on this weekend!

They look a nice job who did them? I am wanting some car wheels done this winter. Good excuse for a day out in the fantastic city of Leeds.

Triple S in bingley did them. They did a brilliant job but the standard colour choice isn't very big. They can make a colour you want but I think It's extra. I just went for what was closest to what I wanted.

[GRAgusta]

Rim tape's lush - man

not so for the rubber brake pipes

Braded brake lines are for show, on the road............

Unless someone can convince me that they perform as pressure-multipliers.

Most people change them cos it's something that they can afford or justify on cost - while kidding on that they somehow transform the bike.

I have virtually no play in my levers, can stand the bike on its nose with two fingers.............

Now - Rim Tape............ that stuff is good for at least 5mph more, and an extra 10 torques in the midrange


Al

how about the understated look .... no rim tape and a hint of braid on the brake line, for me that is SO FAST when it's at rest

[Blackal]

Needs rim tape - red or white....... You might need to experiment to find out which is faster on your particular bike

Al

[South_Oz]

Well we took the grandson to the royal welsh this year he had his camera and took pic's of cows butts and very little else, there was one pic of a sow pigs bits
He's not quite five should we be worrying?

As long as its females hes taking pics of I wouldn't be worried yet. He will work it out soon enough.

[slparry]

Perhaps that explains why one year when at the NEC bike show I left my daughter in charge of the camera (not so much a perv if you get your 12 year old to take the pics of the Bennetts babes or the Carole Nash girls ) ... and she filled the memory card with 200 plus pics of wheels, no bikes just wheels, when questioned why she just said "I like wheels"

Well we took the grandson to the royal welsh this year he had his camera and took pic's of cows butts and very little else, there was one pic of a sow pigs bits
He's not quite five should we be worrying?

You'll be rich, he's going to be a vet

[el-nicko]