AlanW
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Cheers Alan , Now you tell me about the black stays.
To be fair, I only discovered it myself yesterday and I could hardly contain my delight
But they would really set your bike off quite nicely
Show us your Titanium....
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To be fair, I only discovered it myself yesterday and I could hardly contain my delight
But they would really set your bike off quite nicely
AlanW
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Milzy
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Fully agree, it’s a poor choice.
Jenkins
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The Elan is a lovely bike, but I'd have gone with the black bar tape.
Oh wait, I did 😄
Oh wait, I did 😄
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AlanW
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Each to their own.......
Black mudguards would be nice on that to.....
Juan Kog
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When the silver ones need replacing. I do have some red Bluemel mudguards but there wide and don’t look right with 25 mm tyres .Each to their own.......
Black mudguards would be nice on that to.....
Stunner.
Its been a while since I posted a picture of my Ventus, so why not.
Here you go. 10 years old now and I still love every inch of the bike. Its served me well and we've enjoyed 10's of thousands of miles together and hope to enjoy many more miles in the future.
Yes they are red hubs, I thought you would like them , although it has black hubs at the moment, I have three pairs of wheels I share between two bikes, the red hubs came about as I got the rims cheap from PX, and scouring eBay for hubs these came up Novatec NOS, a bargain price so I couldn't refuse, the tyres are Schwalbe G One all round 38mm but the measure 40mm on them rims. On the bike at the moment are some wheels that came with my Synapse, WTB rims with Formula hubs, running 32mm Gravel Kings semi slick, these were through axle only, I modified the rear to fit QR, the front only needed an insert. The third set are a pair of Kinesis CX another eBay bargain, they are the wider tougher model but have the stickers of the narrower cheaper model on them, I guess that's why they were selling them cheap, they have some 36mm Gravel King, SK on them. The two rims with the larger tyres are shared with my OnOne Pickenflick, the 32mm would also be OK on there but I use the Pickenflick off road a lot.
Paul_Smith SRCC
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I see you have also risked the Van Nicholas Ti stem on carbon steerer forks even though technically Van Nicholas don't recommend it; the reason being the Van Nicholas stem is quite cutaway at the back. I have seen carbon fork steerers crushed by this stem due to over tightening, as the steerer starts to fail it will invariably also translate to a creaking noise and often people will assume that noise is due to the fact the bolts are not tight enough; then tighten them even more which only makes the issue even worse!
In conclusion I would never actually recommend that combination........ says me having had my Van Nicholas Chinook since 2007 and with one their Ti Stems fitted! I actually fitted mine before they realised that there was a potential issue, I had and still have tightened all bolts on my ti stem to 5nm (Bontrager have a handy Preset Torque Wrench) and so far it's been fine.
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Thanks for the heads up @Paul_Smith SRCC , I'll take your comments under great consideration as you're the man on this forum who knows. I've had no creaks so far in the 10 years since it/they were fitted. But I haven't had any reason over the years to remove the stem that often and I'm usually very carefully doing up bolts, certainly not the ham fisted type.
It would be a shame to change the stem as its a beautiful bit of metal.
It would be a shame to change the stem as its a beautiful bit of metal.
