bike thread

Necrometer · Post by **Necrometer** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 1:13 pm

http://www.cyclechicparis.com/

Geeheeb · Post by **Geeheeb** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 1:31 pm

i see bikes as tools, so i try not to judge what other people straddle...

however, cyclists can be tools as well...

valgalder · Post by **valgalder** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 2:06 pm

hey bike guys.. anybody have a good solution for a (Kryptonite) U-Lock bracket that doesn't suck? Mine snapped off while riding the other day - and the only ones i find for sale are the flexframe ones which everybody says doesn't stay secure ever.

Geeheeb · Post by **Geeheeb** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 2:40 pm

never had one work well...

Necrometer · Post by **Necrometer** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 2:43 pm

I attached mine to the top tube, duct-taped it in place, and attached a thing to allow the bendy part of the U to clip to the down tube... quite a lot of effort input but it works

Geeheeb · Post by **Geeheeb** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 3:52 pm

i might be down if the gears were internal in the rear hub

Geeheeb · Post by **Geeheeb** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 5:07 pm

have you ever seen or rode one of those? i haven't, and I'm very curious. I use a 2-speed coaster brake and 5 speed freewheel new sturmey archer. I'm not going to go back to external gears unless its campy or dura ace shit that is rock solid.

Krieg · Post by **Krieg** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 12:13 am

Those kind of bikes are pretty standard in Europe as "city bikes" or "trekking bikes" if you plan to ride as well long distances out of the city. Seriously, they are good for what they are meant to.

SPOILERSPOILER_SHOW

I have one

P.S., Internal hub gears are good for the city.

Edit: Except if you live in San Francisco

Geeheeb · Post by **Geeheeb** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 8:10 am

lots of people started going back to them over here within the last 10 years as they realized that mountain bikes are stupid for the city.

Necrophilic Mallard · Post by **Necrophilic Mallard** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 9:04 am

featherboa · Post by **featherboa** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 10:31 am

I am considering one for when car #2 dies

Geeheeb · Post by **Geeheeb** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 2:44 pm

that looks great man. HUBBA HUBBA!! GET IT!?

Necrometer · Post by **Necrometer** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 2:47 pm

what's up with that saddle

my buddy with roids has his saddle like that

do you have roids

Erik13 · Post by **Erik13** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 2:50 pm

hey ed what's up?

Necrometer · Post by **Necrometer** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 3:12 pm

the front tilting up like that seems weird, but then I have mine at the opposite extreme so exclusively my butt rests on the seat... instead of my groin ?

perhaps that seat angle has other advantages I don't know about

eddit: some research confirms that brooks saddles work better "nose up" so I guess I am less perplexed

Geeheeb · Post by **Geeheeb** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:59 pm

I like my seat as close to horizontal as possible, and slightly back from where KOPS would tell me to put it, probably about 1/4 to 1/2 inch which is pretty far. Your seat angle is kind of edtreme man.

Fuck...I'm Dave · Post by **Fuck...I'm Dave** » Tue May 07, 2013 12:04 pm

did some riding in Italy, road and mountain.

Rented bikes in Finale Ligure

Borrowed bikes in Lucca

Gay for Cock · Post by **Gay for Cock** » Tue May 07, 2013 4:53 pm

Over the past two rainy weekends I stripped down my Snipes hardtail and started putting all the parts onto my(our) old Jamis hardtail. Switched out the headset, stem, handlebars, gear shifters, brake shifters, rear rim, bottom bracket, crankset, took off the bash guard and added back a large chain ring, tubes & tires (fucking hate doing that), rear derailleur. Everything is set up except the derailleurs. For some reason I just turn into a JOFA when I try to set them up. How could turning two screws become so complicated for me?

Geeheeb · Post by **Geeheeb** » Tue May 07, 2013 5:19 pm

pics look fucking sweet dave!

featherboa · Post by **featherboa** » Tue May 07, 2013 10:19 pm

swee_t found a cargo bike she really wants butt she's second in line to get check it out

Pastor of Muppets · Post by **Pastor of Muppets** » Wed May 08, 2013 11:22 am

built this up today

Gay for Cock · Post by **Gay for Cock** » Sat May 18, 2013 3:37 pm

Changed out some parts on the old Jamis frame that we had. I took most of the downhill parts I had on my Snipes and put them on here. Hopefully I'll get out and ride a bit this year.

guardianoftheblind · Post by **guardianoftheblind** » Sat May 25, 2013 11:06 pm

spacehamster · Post by **spacehamster** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 8:14 am

So today I was going to strip the decals from my Cove STD and replace them - I had the old-style Cove logo on there that looks like a highschool kid drew it for his friends' Metal band, and I'd bought this pretty expensive decal set with the new logo. Turns out... I like it better with no decals at all.

Except I kept the skull on the head tube. Gotta have skulls.

Necrometer · Post by **Necrometer** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 11:11 am

debadging forever

which reminds me about my nonsensical reflective rear wheel

guardianoftheblind wrote:

shit is like $800 - and you can't even ride it anywhere because of the liability - I wonder what level of yuppster buys this? it's literally only good for trips where your only goal is making animated GIFs, which is strangely appropriate I suppose?

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