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You have an extra group? I HAVE EXTRA KARATE MONKEY FRAME!

blue

boob hater
Jan 24, 2004
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california
It was worth a try. Won a large Surly KM frame/fork in an alleycat and what I really need is a Shim/SRAM 10 speed group.

YOU KNOW YOU WANT IT.

/drunken desperation.
 

HAB

Chelsea from Seattle
Apr 28, 2007
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I think I've still got at least most of an Ult. 6600 group in a box. Lemme look.


Don't want the KM frame though.
 

blue

boob hater
Jan 24, 2004
10,160
2
california
I think I've still got at least most of an Ult. 6600 group in a box. Lemme look.


Don't want the KM frame though.
Be quick! Dealing with a sketchy guy on eBay and his partial 7800 group I just "bought", but haven't bought yet, owing to some sketchy payment requests.
 

James

Carbon Porn Star
Sep 11, 2001
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Be quick! Dealing with a sketchy guy on eBay and his partial 7800 group I just "bought", but haven't bought yet, owing to some sketchy payment requests.
I meant my Airlines group.
I'm never selling my 7800 groups. Unless they come out with 7901 that fixes the terrible 7900 hoods. Oh wait, they did, it's called Di2...
 

blue

boob hater
Jan 24, 2004
10,160
2
california
I meant my Airlines group.
I'm never selling my 7800 groups. Unless they come out with 7901 that fixes the terrible 7900 hoods. Oh wait, they did, it's called Di2...
Guess I'll pay the man and see what happens...I love 7800. Too bad it doesn't come with cranks. My Truvativ Roleurs flex as much as the Verazzano Narrows bridge when I get up and stomp on them.
 

James

Carbon Porn Star
Sep 11, 2001
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Guess I'll pay the man and see what happens...I love 7800. Too bad it doesn't come with cranks. My Truvativ Roleurs flex as much as the Verazzano Narrows bridge when I get up and stomp on them.
Too bad indeed...7800 cranks rule hard.
 

blue

boob hater
Jan 24, 2004
10,160
2
california
What kind you want?
Sub-1600gm clincher (though tubs if tires are included) and stiff enough to put up with me railing corners in crits.

There's a catch - some minor top tube chipping into the layup. I'm having the materials engineer at a local defense contractor x-ray it. He enjoys such endeavors. :D

I'd build it if I were six inches shorter. Sigh.
 

blue

boob hater
Jan 24, 2004
10,160
2
california
Blue~ didn't know you raced btw. What cat?
Alley. :rofl:

Nah, just 5. This was supposed to be the year I started racing road in earnest, but life had other plans. Have a few crits planned before the end of the season if I can get my bike running 100% again this week, hopefully nail down an upgrade. Fitness is there (still following a pretty rigid training plan and I'm comfortable hanging with Cat 2/3 guys), but my race experience isn't.

PM me with details on the clinchers, I'll get some pics of the frame/damage up.
 

blue

boob hater
Jan 24, 2004
10,160
2
california
Some crappy cell phone shots, I'll get some decent ones tomorrow.



The top tube scarification. There's no cracking, but it is into the layup. I'd ride it, but I'm not entirely sane.


It's very clean aside from that.
 

HAB

Chelsea from Seattle
Apr 28, 2007
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Zipps are fine and dandy but they do break if you look at them wrong
Dude, do you have lazer beams for eyes or something? We sell a couple dozen pairs a year, and the only ones I've seen fail (other than a broken spoke once in a while) had a serious traumatic incident. Like getting hit by a car. Or crashed hard in a crit.
 

ire

Turbo Monkey
Aug 6, 2007
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Dude, do you have lazer beams for eyes or something? We sell a couple dozen pairs a year, and the only ones I've seen fail (other than a broken spoke once in a while) had a serious traumatic incident. Like getting hit by a car. Or crashed hard in a crit.
I broke a set racing cross...but that was the older style. I had a set of the new 404s last season and didn't have issues.
 

loco-gringo

Crusading Clamp Monkey
Sep 27, 2006
8,887
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Deep in the heart of TEXAS
Dude, do you have lazer beams for eyes or something? We sell a couple dozen pairs a year, and the only ones I've seen fail (other than a broken spoke once in a while) had a serious traumatic incident. Like getting hit by a car. Or crashed hard in a crit.
Warranted 3 wheels at my shop this year. Not saying they're bad, but they could be construed as "fragile" in some situations.
 

blue

boob hater
Jan 24, 2004
10,160
2
california
I broke a set racing cross...but that was the older style. I had a set of the new 404s last season and didn't have issues.
Still have that pair you're selling on RBR? At least, I think that's you, if memory serves correctly

Warranted 3 wheels at my shop this year. Not saying they're bad, but they could be construed as "fragile" in some situations.
I've heard definite mixed reviews about Zipps. I think I'd rather go with Edge or Reynolds, solely because warranty would be stupid easy if I were to break them.
 

blue

boob hater
Jan 24, 2004
10,160
2
california
Warranted 3 wheels at my shop this year. Not saying they're bad, but they could be construed as "fragile" in some situations.
Oh yeah - does Zipp do crash replacement on the rims at all? Might've just snagged some 303s that are out of warranty timeframe.
 

blue

boob hater
Jan 24, 2004
10,160
2
california
Ouch. Gotta pay to play, I guess. Waiting to hear back about a set of Reynolds DV46, but I think I might get the 303s if that doesn't work out.

I'm doing serious waffling with this wheel decision.
 

HAB

Chelsea from Seattle
Apr 28, 2007
11,580
2,005
Seattle
Ouch. Gotta pay to play, I guess. Waiting to hear back about a set of Reynolds DV46, but I think I might get the 303s if that doesn't work out.

I'm doing serious waffling with this wheel decision.
The DV 46s are great, but for my money I'd just do Assaults/ Strikes. Most of the performance for a good bit less.
 

blue

boob hater
Jan 24, 2004
10,160
2
california
The DV 46s are great, but for my money I'd just do Assaults/ Strikes. Most of the performance for a good bit less.
It's a used set, cheaper than the Assaults are new. Kicking myself for not buying a near-new set of Attacks at $300 a few months ago when I had the chance.