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04-04-09, 07:31 PM
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GO, Mordecai!
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Rode a bit today. Nice and warm but windy as all hell! A little drizzle too here and there. Went to go get a hair cut and snapped this pic with my phone of the steed locked up on the sidewalk.
04-04-09, 08:05 PM
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Of course, you are entitled to your opinion, but I am curious what you don't like about it, or what you would suggest I change (or course, no guarantees I'll take your advice, since I still think it looks pretty good to me, and more imporatantly it rides very nicely).
he probably just hates on bikes with brakes and bikes that dont have an aerojoke.
04-04-09, 10:01 PM
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?que?
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the ghost bike makes me cringe. I ride past a ghost bike from a death I was at a year ago and it makes me ill.
04-05-09, 03:04 AM
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04-05-09, 03:05 AM
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04-05-09, 03:43 AM
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04-05-09, 08:09 AM
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04-05-09, 09:11 AM
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04-05-09, 09:32 AM
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04-05-09, 09:46 AM
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how do you like your brooks imperial? I just ordered one, waiting fo it to ship from across the pond.
04-05-09, 11:25 AM
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After looking at so many elegant bikes here, I'll submit my more jackleg version for your perusal. I had bought an old Raleigh mountainbike for 50 bucks a while back with the intention of putting studded tires on it and using it for my snow bike. Not too surprisingly the components turned out to be crap, and not wanting to spend too much more money I sawed off the shifter mounts, stripped it down, fixed it up with some left over parts, and some new paint and cork grips. Originally it had a tensioner and was 36x16 but I didn't like the look of the tensioner and the gear was too small. I was very fortunate to find when I mounted a 14 cog that the chain fit almost perfectly with the vertical dropouts. The 67 inch gear is just right for the rolling terrain here, and I find this is now my favorite bike. I am about 98% car-free and have been using this bike almost exclusively, it's such fun to ride. It's also surprisingly quiet, a feature I didn't expect.
04-05-09, 11:46 AM
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Here's my new fg/ss. I've only ridden the fixed gear side so far. It's a generic bike from Nashbar. On sale for $304, so I couldn't resist! Even though some of the bike is CHEAP, it was an excellent value. The frame gives me a supple ride and a comfortable position. I've been replacing the components. For instance, the pedals are 25 year old classic French pedals. It came with heavy tires and rims, and I've replaced the tires. I changed the rear sprocket to something larger, to give me a lower gear, so now my freewheel and fixed sprocket are of different sizes.
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04-05-09, 11:47 AM
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55cm Kilo TT
Unknown Stem
Unknown Bars
Tange Headset
Temp Cranks and Chainring (47T)
Sun M13 II laced to Formula Hubs
16T Dura-Ace cog and lockring
Unknown tires
Unknown Pedals
Christophe Cages and Straps
Axiom Seatpost
Old San Marco Laser saddle
04-05-09, 02:16 PM
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This is my ugly Betty
04-05-09, 02:17 PM
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Let's try that again.
04-05-09, 02:25 PM
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