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Magic used to make ceramic coated rims, anyone know if they still do?
They do not. I don’t think they have for a while. Maybe quite some time.
During last summer my front ceramic wheel (26inch) developed a bad judder on braking, tried getting it trued, made no difference. It was about 15 years old. Could not find a new replacement. The internet quest started, a fair few second hand rims, all very expensive, various ages, and I knew that the rim would probably be good but what if the bearing surfaces were dead. So you might be talking a couple of hundred quid for a rim of some age, and then a rebuild onto my old hub, because mountain bike hubs are all for disks these days, more expense. My front was still rideable, not pleasant but doable. The search went on, week after week, for a couple of months. Different terms, tried googleing everything. Pages and pages of ebay, here, internationally.
Then I found them. Mislabelled disc rims on a small internet site, up north I think. Phoned up to make sure, and they were perfect. Two Mavic X717 ceramics. The had had them for years, ordered for a wheel build that fell through. £200. And they wanted to give me £40 off. Yes, YES. Bought them, then nothing. They were uncertain because they were not disc rims as labelled. But I didn’t want disc rims, I wanted these. Eventually sorted it. Phew. Even paid for courier.
Then I found a late NOS non disc XTR front hub on ebay. £50. BUY IT NOW. BUY IT NOW.
So I then thought, maybe some new pads for my new rims, and I’m a big fan of swissstop, so I go to buy some, and this is the point of my story, apart from my excitement of reliving the frustration and joy of a quest completed, they were not just for ceramics, you could use them on carbide rims.
And you can buy new carbide rims, SJS sell them. That easy. But of course with internet if you’re not asking the right question…
But I do love my Mavics. Got the wheel built at my LBS. Nice. Ridden her a lot this summer, proper off road, like I’ve not done in years. More that I had a chance to, and no judder. Found a new XTR rear as well. £65, not quite the one I wanted, 970, fat pipe, and I’ve not had a good time with the freehubs on my XT fat pipes. But a pair of NOS 960s are £300. Will get that wheel built when I find my new job.
I hope you have enjoyed my little tale, got a bit carried away. You lot are the only ones who could ever understand.
Oh, the braking power is incredible. When they were brand new I managed to momentarily lock up the front zooming down park hill towards the cricket ground in Birmingham. In the dry, on tarmac. Never doing that again. And they seem equally good in the wet. And the Swissstops don’t seem to be building up the glassy surface like the shimano pads. I’m guessing the carbides are very similar. But SJS are selling them as touring rims. 700c and 26″. Big and heavy I suppose, which is why I didn’t mention them until DrG82 bought up ceramic rims.
Cannot compare them to discs mind. Never ridden, the new bike will have them of course, but I’ve been saying that for over a decade.
As I understand it, a lot of
As I understand it, a lot of manufacturers lower the spec on the wheels to bring it down to a price point. Everyone knows about groupsets, so people notice when that has been downgraded.
As you’re talking about disc brakes, the rims are not going to wear out, which is normally the perfect time to upgrade, but if you can afford it go for it. Especially if you can set everything up the same with spare disks and casette. Being able to swap wheels rather than having to change tyres would be a dream for me.
Have you changed the points of contacts yet? Handlebar tape/grips, saddle and pedals make the biggest difference, for me, and are relatively cheap. But anything you upgrade will make it more yours, and even if it might not make that much difference in performance, it will feel like it does.
Unfortunately very believable
Unfortunately very believable.
It is the responsibility of the person opening the door to check. I thought he was going to try not to get caught doing anything dodgy.
I hope Grayling had already reported it to the police, as not to do so would be an offence.
Maybe he will now start pushing for the introduction of educating the motoring public in the Dutch Reach.
Fibre flare did a helmet
Fibre flare did a helmet light, the Razor USB, I have used many other helmet lights and none were quite as good.
Tried to find it and it doesn’t seem to be available anymore.
They now seem to do one called the MVP, which looks to be far brighter and longer, 4 AAAs though.
And I cannot find anyone who sells it here either. But you could buy it from the states.
Some people on here have not had a good time with the fibre flares but I’ve not had too many problems, they have remained watertight, even the original on my seatstay.
I have used the cateye loop lights, but from many years back, the newer ones didn’t seem as ingenious, but could have been brighter. My ones had a little magnet on the elastic which would activate the light with a tap. It meant that they had no need for a waterproof rubber button, made them smaller.
Before them it was the busch and muller helmet lights, but they didn’t last a season, nice idea but the seperate wires all developed loose connections. They may have worked that out by now, mine were brand new in the late 90s/early 00s. The seperate lights can each poke out of a seperate vent.
I am a sucker for ingenious safety products. Other bicycle things I can humm and harr about for months but for things that might help make me that little bit safer, and that have that extra bit of ingenuity, I can justify that much easier.
Road filth, especially winter
Road filth, especially winter road filth is our enemy. I have seen 3 bar ali plate, used as a bottom of a storage box on an artic truck eaten through. You can walk on that stuff, 5mm thick? The alloy beads that make up my Nokon cables have rotted, some almost turned to powder. (Next time oil, lots, when assembling and a good wipe regular). A good wash before storage, perhaps.
Ah, but I will never suffer
Ah, but I will never suffer fools gladly…
But they posted it on youtube so it ceases to be a crime.And we didn’t see two minutes before the incident so maybe there was provication.
Prat
What is it about this site that some posters have to take everything literally.
Every syllable of my comments on this story have dripped with sarcasm.
I will refuse to use emoticons, will never use textspeak and will endeavor not to swear. These are the rules I had set myself when I decided to start commenting on this site. I had hoped not to enter into any arguements with anyone, not even with Applecart, but your refusal to even consider to read my comment in the style in which it was intended has forced me into replying.
My post was was an attempt at satire, and a comment on some police forces’ rules on accepting video evidence.
I would love to be able to cite the bit about not going any further if a video was posted on social media, might have been on here, but it could have been on Bez’s excellent Beyond the curb, or the equally good As easy as riding a bike. Some forces have made this declaration, it shouldn’t change the way evidence is used, unless there is serious injury involved I cannot see any of these cases going in front of a Jury.
The two minute thing came from http://road.cc/content/news/212515-metropolitan-police-beta-testing-video-upload-site-close-pass-and-other-footage I don’t know why there is the two minute rule, there can be no justification for this sort of awful driving, but the thread came to the conclusion about provication.
I apologise for my comment going that far over your head, but with your comment on Tour de Celeb “I’d like to bust all over Amy Williams’s face” I had always considered you quite low brow.
But they posted it on youtube
But they posted it on youtube so it ceases to be a crime.
And we didn’t see two minutes before the incident so maybe there was provication.
Yes, but the driver didn’t
Yes, but the driver didn’t cross the white line so it must be alright.
Well done Tommy. Much effort
Well done Tommy. Much effort?
pulling wheelies?
pulling wheelies?
Don’t be too annoyed, this is
Don’t be too annoyed, this is how drivers view “their” parking space. If you find out who it is , you then have a workmate you can talk abot cycling.
You did the insides of the
You did the insides of the seat stays. I am very impressed.
I go for the 3M straws on my spokes. And bits all over me on me.
Neutrogena, Norwegian formula
Neutrogena, Norwegian formula. Not fancy, just works. Lasts for ages.
Layers. And next time when
Layers. And next time when you are allowed, and if you feel you need it, the full winter jacket. But layering is always more versatile.