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I think those are Zipp track hubs.
They are probably the nicest and best looking track hubs available. Worth every penny. I had a set of 808 race wheels with those hubs.
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I really don't know. I hated fixed gear bikes before I started riding - but it mostly had to do with what's wrong (or right, depending on who you ask) with "fixed gear culture". In a lot of ways, I guess I still hate them.
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Gotcha. Did Angie ride before you guys met? Also, if you could go back in time to see any concert, what would it be?
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It gets really stupid when "FG culture" starts dissing normal cycling culture.
This pretty much sums it up:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sne...#The_Sneetches
This pretty much sums it up:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sne...#The_Sneetches
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Your cog is slipping.
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If I could go back in time to see one show, I would go back to 1981 and relive my first ever experience with live music (see post #56 on page 3 of this thread).
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Ahh yes, Bad Brains. Too bad they're a terrible live band now. I saw them at Riot Fest a few years ago. Worst thing ever.
Now to get interesting, if it's ok to do so...
What are your views on God, organized religion, and spirituality in general?
Now to get interesting, if it's ok to do so...
What are your views on God, organized religion, and spirituality in general?
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Your cog is slipping.
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I saw the Bad Brains a few years ago at a festival in New Jersey and then the next night on a cruise ship in New York harbor. Although they were a far cry from what they once were, I'd be lying if I said my eyes didn't well up when they began playing.
Just for ****s & grins, here's pic of me & HR in NY:
As far as religion goes, I have no real view on god because after all, he's got no view on me.
Just for ****s & grins, here's pic of me & HR in NY:
As far as religion goes, I have no real view on god because after all, he's got no view on me.
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I am jealous of that pic. At Riot Fest HR was changing lyrics to songs while eating a ****eating grin and making fun of the crowd that paid good money to see them play. It pissed me off.
Similar to my views on god too. I tend to align myslef with Humanism.
Similar to my views on god too. I tend to align myslef with Humanism.
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It gets really stupid when "FG culture" starts dissing normal cycling culture.
This pretty much sums it up:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sne...#The_Sneetches
This pretty much sums it up:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sne...#The_Sneetches
Dr. Seuss was a smart man.
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Scrod,
On the thin strip of adhesive for LizardSkins there is some paper covering it all the way from the front of the tape to the end of the tape. When wrapping, should I peel it as I go or rip the whole thing off and go from there? (my issue was the paper was coiling up the tape like a snake)
On the thin strip of adhesive for LizardSkins there is some paper covering it all the way from the front of the tape to the end of the tape. When wrapping, should I peel it as I go or rip the whole thing off and go from there? (my issue was the paper was coiling up the tape like a snake)
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I'm using standard cork tape right now($5 from Nashbar) and like the amount of padding it provides. I'm going to be buying new bars because I'm a *****, so I'll need new wrap. Would you recommend LizardSkins or is it significantly less padded than cork tape?
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I LOVE my Lizard Skins tape, but it is expensive. Some other tapes that I also love and will use on occaision:
- Specialized Roubaix tape. Grippy, spongy, and absorbs vibrations. I love the way this feels. Hard to describe the texture.
- Fizik Microtex in black or gray. It has a velvety yet grippy texture. Other colors don't have the velvety texture but are also called Microtex.
- Bontrager "Grippy" tape (actual name). It's similar to the Lizard Skins tape in the way it is tacky. Sort of hard to find, though. I've only seen it once in a shop. Maybe it sells out. There are 2 versions: One with normal padding and one without padding for use on aerobars and aerobar extensions where padding isn't necessary.
-- Not Scrod
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Take a trip to a well-stocked bike shop. Fizik, Bontrager, and Specialized all make around 3-4 different textures of grip tape.
I LOVE my Lizard Skins tape, but it is expensive. Some other tapes that I also love and will use on occaision:
- Specialized Roubaix tape. Grippy, spongy, and absorbs vibrations. I love the way this feels. Hard to describe the texture.
- Fizik Microtex in black or gray. It has a velvety yet grippy texture. Other colors don't have the velvety texture but are also called Microtex.
- Bontrager "Grippy" tape (actual name). It's similar to the Lizard Skins tape in the way it is tacky. Sort of hard to find, though. I've only seen it once in a shop. Maybe it sells out. There are 2 versions: One with normal padding and one without padding for use on aerobars and aerobar extensions where padding isn't necessary.
-- Not Scrod
I LOVE my Lizard Skins tape, but it is expensive. Some other tapes that I also love and will use on occaision:
- Specialized Roubaix tape. Grippy, spongy, and absorbs vibrations. I love the way this feels. Hard to describe the texture.
- Fizik Microtex in black or gray. It has a velvety yet grippy texture. Other colors don't have the velvety texture but are also called Microtex.
- Bontrager "Grippy" tape (actual name). It's similar to the Lizard Skins tape in the way it is tacky. Sort of hard to find, though. I've only seen it once in a shop. Maybe it sells out. There are 2 versions: One with normal padding and one without padding for use on aerobars and aerobar extensions where padding isn't necessary.
-- Not Scrod
Unfortunately, we don't have any real well stocked bike shops around here. Most of them are pretty small, and thus only carry a few brands exclusively, with the ability to order the other 90% of things they don't have. REI is about as well-stocked as it gets - cycling in Michigan sucks.
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Scrod,
I'm looking to purchase hoods, while clamp sizes aren't standardized, are the actual parts where the hoods would clamp to standardized?
Also, Soma vs Cane Creek hoods, any reason to go with one over the other?
I'm looking to purchase hoods, while clamp sizes aren't standardized, are the actual parts where the hoods would clamp to standardized?
Also, Soma vs Cane Creek hoods, any reason to go with one over the other?
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It gets really stupid when "FG culture" starts dissing normal cycling culture.
This pretty much sums it up:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sne...#The_Sneetches
This pretty much sums it up:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sne...#The_Sneetches
would ever dream
of dissing fixsters
or hipsters
or fixed gear freestyle tricksters
but if he did
that's perfectly okay
anyway
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