Vienna Thursday Coffee Club

[eminva]

Hello —

GB is organizing a Thursday Coffee Club at Caffe Amouri, located at 107 Church Street, NE in Vienna — half a block from the W&OD. We will have our inaugural gathering tomorrow starting at 7:00 a.m. I should be able to stay to 7:45 a.m. — but others are free to come and go earlier or later.

Please come join us. I will be bringing a new surprise. You will not want to miss this.

See you there.

Liz

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[TwoWheelsDC]

@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.

[americancyclo]

@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?

[TwoWheelsDC]

@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.

[hozn]

@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.

[rpiretti]

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

[rpiretti]

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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[vvill]

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

[Subby]

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

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[Dirt]

I should be there around 0700.

[dkel]

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

[hozn]

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

[Harry Meatmotor]

@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.

[vvill]

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!

[Phatboing]

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.

[GuyContinental]

@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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