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

however, cyclists can be tools as well...

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.

never had one work well...

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

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

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.

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.

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

Edit: Except if you live in San Francisco

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.

I am considering one for when car #2 dies

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

what's up with that saddle

my buddy with roids has his saddle like that

do you have roids

hey ed what's up?

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

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.

did some riding in Italy, road and mountain.

Rented bikes in Finale Ligure






Borrowed bikes in Lucca

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?

pics look fucking sweet dave!

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

built this up today

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.

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.

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?