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Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-20-14, 08:12 PM
Replies: 7,515
Views: 3,719,976
Posted By IthaDan

http://i.imgur.com/Z86f3lWl.jpg...

http://i.imgur.com/Z86f3lWl.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/Z86f3lW.jpg)

Finally got my fat chance together. Still needs wider bars and a shorter stem, but it's at least rideable.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-10-14, 08:28 PM
Replies: 7,515
Views: 3,719,976
Posted By IthaDan

I was pleasantly surprised by that too- I knew...

I was pleasantly surprised by that too- I knew that rear derailleur would work, but after years and years of people around here being all http://i.imgur.com/9tOLwS0.gif about road shifters and...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-08-14, 06:53 PM
Replies: 7,515
Views: 3,719,976
Posted By IthaDan

Finally cabled and built up that old fat chance...

Finally cabled and built up that old fat chance Into a drop bar mountain bike. Total kitbash of parts- tricolor STIs, two different generations of XT derailleurs, some deore cranks with a modern...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
01-30-14, 09:20 PM
Replies: 7,515
Views: 3,719,976
Posted By IthaDan

Well aren't you pleasant. Your post was going to...

Well aren't you pleasant. Your post was going to raise eyebrows, especially without any of the specifics you came out with later. The fact that the confusion potential didn't occur to you is is a...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
01-27-14, 01:58 AM
Replies: 7,515
Views: 3,719,976
Posted By IthaDan

I don't think that's right.

I don't think that's right.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-16-13, 06:13 AM
Replies: 7,515
Views: 3,719,976
Posted By IthaDan

Already got the flite- the seatpost shim's toast,...

Already got the flite- the seatpost shim's toast, I think I'm swapping over to a silver post anyway, so I'll be turning a new shim today at work.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-15-13, 09:45 PM
Replies: 7,515
Views: 3,719,976
Posted By IthaDan

I don't think I have a lens wide enough to get...

I don't think I have a lens wide enough to get them all. :/

Edit: fat chance is the black to purple fade single speed in the album my sig links to. FWIW, just cleaned that album up a little.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-15-13, 08:11 PM
Replies: 7,515
Views: 3,719,976
Posted By IthaDan

awww. Crap. Guess I'll have to build up the fat...

awww. Crap. Guess I'll have to build up the fat chance after all. Onea these days I'll get to it. It's just hanging there right now.

Ti frame AND fork and stem and bars. :D I did well with...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-15-13, 08:01 PM
Replies: 7,515
Views: 3,719,976
Posted By IthaDan

I might have the bike to do it. Went...

I might have the bike to do it. Went Craigslistin' again. Found this today. This is how I got it- post a mile high and the seat all wonky. Debating swapping on cantis and the pair of 6500...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-14-13, 10:11 AM
Replies: 7,515
Views: 3,719,976
Posted By IthaDan

Yeah, seriously, seems like anything but a sora...

Yeah, seriously, seems like anything but a sora shifter (with the thumb paddle) would be a much better option. Please report back, I'm curious as well.

Edit: I guess he did report back, I'd lost...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-04-13, 10:33 AM
Replies: 7,515
Views: 3,719,976
Posted By IthaDan

FWIW, this is also the thinking behind the 26"...

FWIW, this is also the thinking behind the 26" wheeled Surly long haul trucker touring bike.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
02-16-13, 08:53 PM
Replies: 7,515
Views: 3,719,976
Posted By IthaDan

What's to hate? That thing looks like one hell...

What's to hate? That thing looks like one hell of a backroad bomber.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
01-09-13, 10:14 PM
Replies: 7,515
Views: 3,719,976
Posted By IthaDan

How are they anchored to the levers? Through the...

How are they anchored to the levers? Through the holes you slide the allen through to tighten the clamp for the bar itself?
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-20-12, 10:36 PM
Replies: 7,515
Views: 3,719,976
Posted By IthaDan

They made drop bar levers for magura hydraulic...

They made drop bar levers for magura hydraulic brakes? How does that work?
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-20-12, 12:14 AM
Replies: 7,515
Views: 3,719,976
Posted By IthaDan

No, they SHOULD be in the same holes, but all of...

No, they SHOULD be in the same holes, but all of the U brakes I've adjusted (granted they've been through a lot, I work at a coop) have needed adjustment past what the preload screw could afford, so...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-19-12, 09:20 PM
Replies: 7,515
Views: 3,719,976
Posted By IthaDan

I don't think I've ever set an already used one...

I don't think I've ever set an already used one up without putting the springs in different holes on the mounts. There was never enough travel in the return spring fine adjustment screw to use the...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-16-12, 07:45 PM
Replies: 7,515
Views: 3,719,976
Posted By IthaDan

Loving the scott drop-ins.

Loving the scott drop-ins.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-09-12, 06:57 PM
Replies: 7,515
Views: 3,719,976
Posted By IthaDan

Just dropping this here. Maybe we can get...

Just dropping this here. Maybe we can get ftwelder to chime in.

http://i.imgur.com/zMBpM.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/joqmx.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/fFghK.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/NWewr.jpg
Forum: Classic & Vintage
11-16-12, 04:06 PM
Replies: 7,515
Views: 3,719,976
Posted By IthaDan

Talk to me about stems. I see all you have...

Talk to me about stems. I see all you have moonshot angled stems to get the tops up high enough with the short headtubes of MTB frames. I just picked this up today, think it will hack it? Would...
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