Captain Fastbastard Mayhem

Never know dude... Could have been a Ricky moment!

Awesome whip, Eric!

Whaaaat!? Noooo! Patches, how could you!? Wtf did you do now? See a hot auntie (Tracey Hannah, now that she's out for a bit) checking out the trails?

He thought a gap jump was a table... Endo into face of the landing. Oweeee...

Hey TVI, fork steerers are pretty standard, and even if it is a tapered steerer SID the stem would need to be 1 1/8" in diameter. Generally that is the standard size, but you do get stems that are 1.5" di for the larger, stronger forks (generally 150mm plus) Just don't get a direct mount stem! Edit: the diameter of a normal fork is 1 1/8" all the way through. Tapered steerers start at 1 1/2" and taper down to 1 1/8" but still need a 1 1/8" stem. The SID would be one of these, but the end result is the same. The stem needs to be 1 1/8 di at the mnting point. If your bars are 31.8mm then you need a 31.8mm stem.

Eish. Not cool. Strength to family and friends, whoever they are.

Damn sad looking bike... And that's one helluva break!

Hahah! Damn, Rob - trying to get all and sundry there! No real interest yet?

Oh, nice! You went for it then...

Very nice, Hairy

I laaaaaik!

Nah, he just morphs into a ginger nut.

A pinarello isn't a bike. It's a toxic mess of curves and angles designed to trick those with money into paying exhorbitant amounts for a pile of ****. THIS is a Pinarello.

that was phrased as a question, so I'll answer. Not on your nelly.

will result in the same circle, just higher up!

He's a ginger - he doesn't deserve a bike! ROFL Anyway - lekker bike, okie! And hell yeah to the sharing.

And at last - PROPER 29ers start arriving. Ones I might actually consider buying, if I was looking for a new bike.

just take the decals off then...

He has a normal sized crankset (chainrings) at 53/39 t He was asking if the crank arm (spider) being shorter than his MTB's crank arm (spider) at 170mm vs 175mm could cause him to spin faster than a bottle at a co-ed dorm room party. (or at least make it feel as if he is) - the answer to this is Yes, by the way. You will be spinning smaller circles with your feet, and your feet will travel a shorter distance per pedal stroke than if the arm was 5mm longer. He can't count...

Cassette can't be 50/12! Maybe 25/12? And 53/39 means you don't have a compact crank - you have a normal sized crank. You do, however, have a short Crank ARM at 170mm. That would probably be why you're feeling like a washing machine on spin cycle...

First one then...

Bob, the problem is he's comparing the "spinning feeling" to that of his MTB which I can almost guarantee has a more compact crank (and would therefore almost spin more than the road bike) That's why, I think, he was confused when people started referring to teeth and cogs / cassettes when in fact that had nothing to do with it, and he was referring ot the length of the crank...

Rofl... Thought that's what you meant when you were referring to "spinning like a banshee" on a road bike, when an mtb's crankset is more compact! and don't worry... Mistake is an easy one to make... Crank, crank arm, crankset wtf!? D for replacement crank arms, try crc. I dunno if the local okes carry the arms (or spiders, as they are also known) separate to the whole crank set... Just remember to get the same length arms as on your mtb! And you just want the crank arms, not a full crankset. Full crankset comes with chainrings and bb as well.

mega man called it!

Wait a minute... Slow... Do you mean that your road bike's crank ARM is shorter than your mtb's? In other words, it's more "compact"? 170mm vs 175mm? If that is the case then yes, a longer crank will definitely make a difference to your pedalling feel But "compact crank" in road terms refers to a crankset with chainrings that have less teeth than your normal 53/38t combination, thereby having a "compact" profile and being better geared for novices and those afraid of hills... not that the crank arm itself is more compact...