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Damian Harvey
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When I get back from Asia (woohoo only 13 days to go), I'll be looking to get a new bike, something
lighter, faster and simpler than my MTB. I've got my eye on an Orbea ciclocross frame,
www.orbea-usa.com/ciclocross.html, because there's no weight limit and I'm a big bloke, there's a
lifetime warranty on the frame and they can easily customise the size. How easy is it to go around
and pick and mix components to fit a frame? Can I choose integrated or non headsets? Forks? Bottom
brackets? Is it possible to have a flip flop hub with two different cogs on it and not need a chain
tensioner? Sheldon leads me to believe that you can but you need to play around with the cog sizes
and chain length. I'm not averse to having two superlinks in a chain to change its length easily.
Should I be? Sheldon also says "It can be difficult or impossible to use a frame with vertical
dropouts with a flip-flop <http://www.sheldonbrown.com/fixeda.html#flip-flop> hub." Why is this? The
frame looks like it has semi-vertical dropouts? Do these count as vertical? If they are, can I get a
frame builder (is there one in Adelaide?) to retrofit horizontal dropouts? My final question is one
of cost. Assuming all else is equal, forks, bars, brakes etc, will a singlespeed be cheaper than a
multispeed bike?
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Cheers Damian Harvey
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lighter, faster and simpler than my MTB. I've got my eye on an Orbea ciclocross frame,
www.orbea-usa.com/ciclocross.html, because there's no weight limit and I'm a big bloke, there's a
lifetime warranty on the frame and they can easily customise the size. How easy is it to go around
and pick and mix components to fit a frame? Can I choose integrated or non headsets? Forks? Bottom
brackets? Is it possible to have a flip flop hub with two different cogs on it and not need a chain
tensioner? Sheldon leads me to believe that you can but you need to play around with the cog sizes
and chain length. I'm not averse to having two superlinks in a chain to change its length easily.
Should I be? Sheldon also says "It can be difficult or impossible to use a frame with vertical
dropouts with a flip-flop <http://www.sheldonbrown.com/fixeda.html#flip-flop> hub." Why is this? The
frame looks like it has semi-vertical dropouts? Do these count as vertical? If they are, can I get a
frame builder (is there one in Adelaide?) to retrofit horizontal dropouts? My final question is one
of cost. Assuming all else is equal, forks, bars, brakes etc, will a singlespeed be cheaper than a
multispeed bike?
--
Cheers Damian Harvey
This space reserved for standard disclaimer, witty quote, plug for own business in caps and large,
bad ASCII art.