Let's see some of your geared bikes........ (retired)
08-09-13, 11:15 PM
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friend of mine's roomate has a seafoam one as her daily. not a bad townie.
that said, your budget should be MUCH lower. like, 150.
that said, your budget should be MUCH lower. like, 150.
08-11-13, 10:50 PM
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built up my china carbons!
08-11-13, 11:20 PM
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08-12-13, 11:42 AM
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Just needs some bar wrapping, fenders, and a rack and it's good to go. Those things I'll piece together from friends/salvage/cl/swapmeets, though. Budget may come down to ~350. I have locking skewers and will be bolting all removable parts to the frame by some means. Gonna make this thing as un-appealing to try and steal as I can. Hopefully they'll look at it and deem it 'not worth the effort' and move on to an easier target. /shrug
08-12-13, 12:26 PM
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used stuff rules.
my fuji is gonna be finished at $500, found the frame, got used bars and seat from jdg, wheels from mconlonx and super cheapo stuff from scrod
i wanna build a townie but my area is too suburban for it to make sense
my fuji is gonna be finished at $500, found the frame, got used bars and seat from jdg, wheels from mconlonx and super cheapo stuff from scrod
i wanna build a townie but my area is too suburban for it to make sense
08-12-13, 04:11 PM
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it's like 200° outside right now....not gonna ride til later, so finally took some pics of the fastbike.
more here...
more here...
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08-12-13, 07:07 PM
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Gotdamn that Stevens is huge.
My new baby:
My new baby:
08-12-13, 10:05 PM
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My buddy just got a new bike and had a 300 mile week, my biggest week so far has been 225. Time to show him who's boss!
08-13-13, 02:26 PM
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Changed out the pedals on the MONOC and it's now down to 15.8 lbs with the Zipp 303 wheelset. The new pedals are about 1/4 lb lighter than the old ones and have a nice tension release indicator on them to allow consistent settings. Other than the full carbon fork, carbon seat and chain stays, carbon brake levers and carbon bottle cages, everything else structural on the bike is metal. To put it in perspective, my Bianchi Pista Concept with a rear Zipp disc and front Zipp 404 is only 0.2 lbs lighter, and it lacks bottle cages and a computer without which the MONOC would be lighter. When I began road racing in the 1970s, my race bike was steel and it weighed 22 lbs with its tubular racing wheels.
08-13-13, 06:42 PM
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Had to take advantage of the sw8 weather / lighting today too.
08-14-13, 08:07 AM
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yeah that thing sucks, #sellit
08-14-13, 11:07 AM
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Changed out the pedals on the MONOC and it's now down to 15.8 lbs with the Zipp 303 wheelset. The new pedals are about 1/4 lb lighter than the old ones and have a nice tension release indicator on them to allow consistent settings. Other than the full carbon fork, carbon seat and chain stays, carbon brake levers and carbon bottle cages, everything else structural on the bike is metal. To put it in perspective, my Bianchi Pista Concept with a rear Zipp disc and front Zipp 404 is only 0.2 lbs lighter, and it lacks bottle cages and a computer without which the MONOC would be lighter. When I began road racing in the 1970s, my race bike was steel and it weighed 22 lbs with its tubular racing wheels.
08-14-13, 12:41 PM
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Changed out the pedals on the MONOC and it's now down to 15.8 lbs with the Zipp 303 wheelset. The new pedals are about 1/4 lb lighter than the old ones and have a nice tension release indicator on them to allow consistent settings. Other than the full carbon fork, carbon seat and chain stays, carbon brake levers and carbon bottle cages, everything else structural on the bike is metal. To put it in perspective, my Bianchi Pista Concept with a rear Zipp disc and front Zipp 404 is only 0.2 lbs lighter, and it lacks bottle cages and a computer without which the MONOC would be lighter. When I began road racing in the 1970s, my race bike was steel and it weighed 22 lbs with its tubular racing wheels.
08-14-13, 01:28 PM
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