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I just can't decide.

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Posted : 16/06/2013 8:10 pm
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😀


 
Posted : 16/06/2013 8:11 pm
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What size wheels are they for?


 
Posted : 16/06/2013 8:13 pm
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what sort of riding do you do? 8)


 
Posted : 16/06/2013 8:14 pm
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Book a demo before you take the plunge


 
Posted : 16/06/2013 8:15 pm
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Get silver ones, black ones aren't as strong.


 
Posted : 16/06/2013 8:16 pm
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I've got purple ones


 
Posted : 16/06/2013 8:17 pm
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Posted : 16/06/2013 8:19 pm
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Red ones is 36.765% fasters.


 
Posted : 16/06/2013 8:20 pm
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I highly recommend a skills course beforehand.


 
Posted : 16/06/2013 8:31 pm
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I've got gold ones on my mountain bike, green ones on my winter bike, and red ones on the race bike. For the obvious reasons.


 
Posted : 16/06/2013 8:35 pm
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Oh my days! I'd never given this much thought but now I'm quite worried.


 
Posted : 16/06/2013 8:36 pm
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Unecessary rotating mass IMO.


 
Posted : 16/06/2013 8:36 pm
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I use cling film as it's lighter less rotational weight


 
Posted : 16/06/2013 8:37 pm
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They don't look very aero.


 
Posted : 16/06/2013 8:42 pm
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just take a big poo before riding


 
Posted : 16/06/2013 8:57 pm
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Coloured ones to match your bike - I have red on one and purple on another 🙂


 
Posted : 16/06/2013 8:59 pm
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Do you have indecision issues?


 
Posted : 16/06/2013 8:59 pm
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I use cling film as it's lighter less rotational weight

I use nothing. My weight weenyness wins.


 
Posted : 16/06/2013 9:01 pm
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I iz rockin' da fish, innit
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(Not my pic, though)


 
Posted : 16/06/2013 9:04 pm
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and red ones on the race bike.

screams amateur. road bikes should never have dust caps.


 
Posted : 16/06/2013 9:17 pm
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I iz rockin' da fish, innit

I've got some of those in yellow and red - used to match my yellow and red 'Fisher but no good on my blue bikes 😥


 
Posted : 16/06/2013 9:20 pm
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Wtf is everyone 'umming' & 'ahhhing' about..... Gotta be pink innit 😆


 
Posted : 16/06/2013 9:22 pm
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I have a red metalic set I was given for Christmas. They look great, but to be honest, I think the transparent ones that came with my Canyon are faster. They are lighter as well (no paint).


 
Posted : 16/06/2013 9:45 pm
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Get the ones that come with a crown race.


 
Posted : 16/06/2013 9:46 pm
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Stolen ones.


 
Posted : 16/06/2013 9:47 pm
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Hope your using a torque wrench to tighten them and applying loctite, you'll almost certainly die (at somepoint) if you don't


 
Posted : 16/06/2013 9:56 pm
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Yeah good point - you'll void your warranty if you don't use the wrench.


 
Posted : 16/06/2013 9:57 pm
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I have some Mint Sauce ones if you want to borrow them to try them out.


 
Posted : 16/06/2013 10:09 pm
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[url= http://www.velominati.com/the-rules/#60 ]Rule 60[/url]


 
Posted : 16/06/2013 10:18 pm
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Mine are yellow. It's only now I read everyone's wise posts I realise why I've been going so slowly. I'll buy silver tomorrow.


 
Posted : 16/06/2013 10:29 pm
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Unobtanium on special at CRC 🙂


 
Posted : 16/06/2013 10:52 pm
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OP is a genius 😀


 
Posted : 16/06/2013 10:54 pm
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Airwave tubes give you green dust caps. This is unquestionably rad.

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Posted : 16/06/2013 10:58 pm
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Bullets... obviously.
Look fast, thinks fast... err mince fast

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Posted : 16/06/2013 10:58 pm
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Everyone knows dice are the one and only true dust cap to have.

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Posted : 16/06/2013 11:10 pm
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I have spent so much time and brain power on this over the last couple of years but was very surprised to see this thread title - I'd forgotten bikes have dust caps too...


 
Posted : 16/06/2013 11:22 pm
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I like the green airwaves ones, I happen to have them on 3 of my bikes.


 
Posted : 17/06/2013 1:22 am
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Mine are yellow. It's only now I read everyone's wise posts I realise why I've been going so slowly. I'll buy silver tomorrow.

Same for me, but as they are on the road bike I consider them an homage to the jersey 😀


 
Posted : 17/06/2013 1:51 am
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A valve cap for the over [url= ]18's[/url]
I wonder if it would affect you're performance? 🙂
I'm guessing you blow your tyres up with a different method?


 
Posted : 17/06/2013 6:52 am
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The heads off lego stormtroopers but only from the original films.


 
Posted : 17/06/2013 7:29 am
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I swapped out my xc ones for freeride/dh ones for the alps.


 
Posted : 17/06/2013 7:40 am
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Isn't t obvious?
The one second from the left on the top row of five goes on the front, and the one on its side for the back.
Sorted!


 
Posted : 17/06/2013 8:05 am
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Green anodized on the full sus and red on the SS. For no reasons at all - they don't even match anything else. My inner rad rebel coming out....


 
Posted : 17/06/2013 8:21 am
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The ones from the second OP pic will be fine, but they will, of course, have to be drilled out to make them lighter, sent to a specialist for poweder coating and some custom stickers made up form them. Something like 'One ####### valve' or similar


 
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