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About-town Kilo TT: Swept-back, whipped, shellacked, and fendered

By nononopositivism on 10/18/2010. Bike tags: Fixed gear | bad weather | Chicago winter | townie
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63cm Kilo TT

Velo Orange porteur bars (upside down), old 100mm SR stem

Kilo TT, Campagnolo

Formula laced to Mavic Open Pro, Panaracer Pasela TG

Formula laced to Mavic Open Pro, Panaracer Pasela TG

Eighth Inch (I think), Shimano UN72

Charge Bucket, generic post

can't remember, maybe Wellgos, SRAM PC-1 chain

46 x 17 for riding in rain and snow, Velo Orange fenders

Bad weather bike. In storage now. When I get back to the US, I'd like to replace the Charge saddle with a Brooks Team Pro, but I'm concerned about putting a nice piece of leather like that on a bike that's ridden through the Chicago winter. Might flip the porteur bars back over as well. We'll see.

Thanks to davebrochill.

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KGTburg Slick, clean,

Submitted by KGTburg on 11/17/2011.

KGTburg Slick, clean, utilitarian, bad to the bone, see you on Milwaukee Ave sometime

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I'm trying to fit fenders to

Submitted by mikeys on 04/11/2011.

I'm trying to fit fenders to my kilo as well. Can you tell me what vo fenders these are and what size tires you're running? I have pasela tour guards as well, but a 28 in the rear and 25 in the front. Let me know, thanks.

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At the moment I'm not in the

Submitted by nononopositivism on 04/12/2011.

At the moment I'm not in the same country as this bike, so I'm going on memory, but I'm pretty sure the fenders are the narrowest ones VO makes--the 37mm ones. And the tires are both 23mm--that, I'm sure of. I kind of doubt that I would have been able to fit the fenders with wider tires. As I recall, clearances were pretty tight at both the rear brake bridge and the fork crown. Good luck!

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Too nice for snow,salt and winter yuk

Submitted by Mtbfixed on 01/31/2011.

ATB Man, that bike is too sweet for winter.

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Thanks. It's spending this

Submitted by nononopositivism on 02/22/2011.

Thanks. It's spending this winter cozily tucked away in storage while I'm out of the country, but next winter it'll be in for a rude awakening.

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I absolutely love it!

Submitted by pateyectall on 11/24/2010.

I absolutely love it!

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How do those fenders fit? Is

Submitted by parkman14 on 10/18/2010.

How do those fenders fit? Is it tight?

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yeah, it's tight. and the

Submitted by nononopositivism on 10/18/2010.

yeah, it's tight. and the daruma took a little jerry-rigging, but it wasn't too bad. the nice thing about these vo fenders is that they're metal and can be bent to fit, unlike thermoplastic ones.

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alright because I have race

Submitted by parkman14 on 10/19/2010.

alright because I have race blade fenders, but those cover way more so I'd like to try those out sometime.

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thats a nice bike for being

Submitted by Dustintendo on 10/18/2010.

thats a nice bike for being a winter beater

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