Vienna Thursday Coffee Club

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April 17, 2014 at 3:11 pm #998832

TwoWheelsDC
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@dcv 82748 wrote:

Me & rpiretti at Caffe Amouri (just missed culimerc rolling in)

Damn you Formation Face and your lack of brake surface! I’m sort of split between Archetypes and Mavic Ellipses…I like the Archetypes, but I like the deeper profile of the Ellipse.

April 17, 2014 at 3:41 pm #998836

americancyclo
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@TwoWheelsDC 82755 wrote:

Damn you Formation Face and your lack of brake surface! I’m sort of split between Archetypes and Mavic Ellipses…I like the Archetypes, but I like the deeper profile of the Ellipse.

Why not the SL42 then?

April 17, 2014 at 4:15 pm #998843

TwoWheelsDC
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@americancyclo 82759 wrote:

Why not the SL42 then?

Mainly because I’ve pretty much just been looking at complete wheelsets so far, and SL42s never (or rarely) come pre-built that I’ve found…but as I get closer to purchase, I may look closer at just buying the rims/hubs and getting the wheels built locally. Also, I do kinda like the Ellipse…kinda a lot. But they’re much more expensive.

April 17, 2014 at 5:03 pm #998849

hozn
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@TwoWheelsDC 82755 wrote:

Damn you Formation Face and your lack of brake surface! I’m sort of split between Archetypes and Mavic Ellipses…I like the Archetypes, but I like the deeper profile of the Ellipse.

The polished-silver Archetypes really are beautiful … The ano black ones look great too, but the surface wears off with breaking and many think it looks “not great”. I love them on my (disc-brake) commuter. There’s also the grey/green “hard ano” version that apparently has less of an issue with brake wear. But I would go polished on a bike that is as much about form as function.

You should be able to build a sub-1600g Archetype wheelset pretty affordably.

The Mavic wheels are heavy! But 30mm deep looks nice. (But if you want deep rims, why not just Kinlin XC279 rims — if you want wide — or XR300?) Also, these look like traditionally narrow rims? I would go with wide rims — better tire profile with narrow tires, support bigger tires better, etc. — why not!

Maybe also consider Pacenti SL23 rims? Lighter than Archetypes. Folks love ’em.

April 23, 2014 at 4:12 pm #999333

rpiretti
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I’ll be heading to this coffee club tomorrow, hope to see more this week! Should be cool but pleasant.

April 30, 2014 at 10:25 pm #999961

rpiretti
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Should be a great morning tomorrow. I plan to wear shorts even perhaps maybe! Gotta love the month of May already.

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April 30, 2014 at 10:29 pm #999962

vvill
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I’m going to try to make it there by 7, or a bit earlier.

May 1, 2014 at 12:59 am #999976

Subby
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Sounds like a good way to kickoff the NBC. Going to try to make it.

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May 1, 2014 at 1:08 am #999977

Dirt
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I should be there around 0700.

May 1, 2014 at 2:06 am #999983

dkel
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This is shaping up to be epic! Count me in.

May 1, 2014 at 6:36 am #999991

hozn
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I will be there, hopefully with the Greg-led crew — or maybe a little after depending on how this baby carries on

May 1, 2014 at 11:11 am #999994

Harry Meatmotor
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@hozn 82772 wrote:

The polished-silver Archetypes really are beautiful … The ano black ones look great too, but the surface wears off with breaking and many think it looks “not great”. I love them on my (disc-brake) commuter. There’s also the grey/green “hard ano” version that apparently has less of an issue with brake wear. But I would go polished on a bike that is as much about form as function.

You should be able to build a sub-1600g Archetype wheelset pretty affordably.

The Mavic wheels are heavy! But 30mm deep looks nice. (But if you want deep rims, why not just Kinlin XC279 rims — if you want wide — or XR300?) Also, these look like traditionally narrow rims? I would go with wide rims — better tire profile with narrow tires, support bigger tires better, etc. — why not!

Maybe also consider Pacenti SL23 rims? Lighter than Archetypes. Folks love ’em.

I can vouch for the Pacenti’s – almost as nice as HED Belgiums/Ardennes (just a little less durable anodization by the looks of it) and depending on where you get them, they’re about half the price of the HEDs. The brake track on the Pacentis are very well machined and they’re surprisingly light, about 440 grams. Lace the Pacenti’s up to a decent set of hubs, i.e., Novatecs, and you’re probably looking at a ~1500 gram wheelset for way less than a grand (full retail plus labor).

As far as the H+Son hard anodize – I’ve burned through mine on my TB14s in about 800 (commuting) miles. I’d say there’s little functional difference between the black ano and the hard ano.

May 1, 2014 at 1:51 pm #1000007

vvill
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Another awesome group out there today: Enroute with hozn, GB and GuyContinental, and post-coffee Eastbound with Dirt and eminva. Also americancyclo, culimerc and Dickie sightings.

Missed getting snaps of rolo, dkel and rpiretti. Really need to get a picture of rolo’s octagonal helmet mirror!

May 1, 2014 at 2:01 pm #1000010

Phatboing
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I managed to leave home at 7.30 today, which is a new record. A few more weeks, and I might even make it to one of these and meet you crazy daywalkers.

May 1, 2014 at 2:27 pm #1000014

GuyContinental
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@vvill 84003 wrote:

Another awesome group out there today: Enroute with hozn, GB and GuyContinental, and post-coffee Eastbound with Dirt and eminva. Also americancyclo, culimerc and Dickie sightings.

Missed getting snaps of rolo, dkel and rpiretti. Really need to get a picture of rolo’s octagonal helmet mirror!

Beautiful morning! Somehow we missed Dickie- definitely passed him (per the mesmerizing Strava flyby thing)- also saw Fast Friendly Guy
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