Foo - Oh, Temptation.......

This summer I will be going to Colorado to visit my nephew. He said that I could hang out at the business he owns the whole time if I want. I was invited to feel, touch and play with the merchandise. He also said that if there was anything that I needed or wanted, just let him know, I can have it. This is the business that he is part owner of:

http://www.Vecchios.com


Oh my gosh....*feeling faint*.... I can't "go" to his shop! I've got eye surgery to pay for!!!!! What to do, what to do.......

hummmm
choices choices choices

well actially no no choices :p

How can you appreciate the lustrousness of his merchandise if your eyes are not at 100% !!!!!!!!!!!
Surgery first, Trip later :D

All I can say is have fun!!!

Hey, I was there a last month, sweet store.

Cool. Can I get a 5 finger discount?

Uh...5 finger discount means stealing, doesn't it? Gee, I hope you don't try to steal from my nephew's store...

That's not very nice. :(

Uh...5 finger discount means stealing, doesn't it? Gee, I hope you don't try to steal from my nephew's store...

That's not very nice. :(
You're right. Me stealing from your nephew's store wouldn't be very nice. On the other hand, YOU stealing from your nephew's store....

:roflmao: you're evil jyosarrian :D

This summer I will be going to Colorado to visit my nephew. He said that I could hang out at the business he owns the whole time if I want. I was invited to feel, touch and play with the merchandise. He also said that if there was anything that I needed or wanted, just let him know, I can have it. This is the business that he is part owner of:

http://www.Vecchios.com


Oh my gosh....*feeling faint*.... I can't "go" to his shop! I've got eye surgery to pay for!!!!! What to do, what to do.......



ooooohhhhh!!!! :eek: please get me a nice road bike! have him ship it to me.O_O

You're right. Me stealing from your nephew's store wouldn't be very nice. On the other hand, YOU stealing from your nephew's store....


.....or ANY store would be against my morals. He IS my nephew, for gosh sakes. I try to do what's right. And God don't like ugly.

:roflmao: you're evil jyosarrian :D
How am I evil? I'm not the one stealing. Besides, Merton wants Siu to ship him a whole bike!

.....would be against my morals. I try to do what's right. And God don't like ugly.
Morals! That and catholic guilt are the bane of my existence and have hindered my attempts at world domination!

ooooohhhhh!!!! :eek: please get me a nice road bike! have him ship it to me.O_O


His bikes are custom. Your body needs to be there. He is going to take my measurements!! (Ahem) Just in case....... :D

His bikes are custom. Your body needs to be there. He is going to take my measurements!! (Ahem) Just in case....... :D
You're gonna become a roadie?!?

Hey, I was there a last month, sweet store.

Were you able to chat with any of the guys? Who was it?

You're gonna become a roadie?!?


No, I'll never go to "the other side". He was talking about getting me into a Moots. But ti is too rich for my diet.

Steel is real. Have him put together a cyclocross for you w/ some Long Shen lugs and Reynolds steel and you'll have something you can ride off-road.

Long Shen lugs....sounds Chinesey.


I can't get another 'nother bike.... No mon, no fun, you know what I mean, hon?

Morals! That and catholic guilt are the bane of my existence and have hindered my attempts at world domination!
You too huh?

Long Shen lugs....sounds Chinesey.


I can't get another 'nother bike.... No mon, no fun, you know what I mean, hon?
Taiwanese I think. Which is part of China I think. Anyways, no American company manufactures lugs anymore. Just a few craftsman that handmake the lugs. As for another bike, think of it as your sports bike. The one you take when you wanna go fast, but can still bunny hop potholes and jump curbs and steps.



You too huh?
This is all the pope's fault.

I couldn't get the link....but from the comments it appears to be a bike shop. Where in Colorado, and what's the guys name? I lived in there for 5 years, in Colorado Springs.

Yummmmmmy; Anchor PHM9

Colorado ROCKS!!! And whats wrong with being a roadie and a mountain biker??
In this state it should be a requirement!!

OMGod! I am jealous! You gotta get a road bike! ...is the surgery elective?

I wanna go!

Can I come? :D

An example of lugs: custom frame (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=172682). If your nephew can build something like this for you, I think it'd be a nice addition to the stable.

Edit: the frame linked above is a ss/fg, so it's not a road bike. So you wouldn't be crossing over to the dark side, more like the shady side.

Very cool,

Definately get a raincheck on that, eyes should always come first.

Oh, and I bet you shall be swayed by the dark power of the roadike soon enough....nothing quite as exhilarating as blasting down a nice road like some kind of cracked out cheetah, keeping up with cars, and having pedestrians yell in astonishment to how fast you are gong....seriously, the sheer speed a roadbike can attain is addicition incarnate.

Siu,

If I can be persuaded to get a mountain bike, you could at least try a road bike. :)

I've got eye surgery to pay for!!!!! What to do, what to do.......

uh, you got eye surgery??

oh, and buy the bike.

Were you able to chat with any of the guys? Who was it?

Naw, I just popped in really quick with my girlfriend as we were walking down pearl street, she's not into bikes and wanted to go home, so needless to say we left...

uh, you got eye surgery??

oh, and buy the bike.
AGreed. :p

I have a 20000 ton jack. Someone provide the truck and let's steal this building!

I have a 20000 ton jack. Someone provide the truck and let's steal this building!


wouldn't it make more sense to just steal the crap in it?

and plus, why would anyone even make a 20,000 ton jack? that's more than the brooklyn bridge weighs.... how the hell you gonna fit the brooklyn bridge plus some stack of smaller bridges on a jack?

You remove the wires and the bridges fold up to stack on top of each other.

how do you do that?

It's kinda like how refidgerators can be used to make things hot, and how stoves can make things cold.

Siu,

If I can be persuaded to get a mountain bike, you could at least try a road bike. :)


Can't do road. Bulging disk. Have to be upright.

Can't do road. Bulging disk. Have to be upright.

My apologies and condolences - maybe you could try a hybrid with slicks?

MMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmaybe. You guys, don't tempt me. I'm easily persuaded. That's why I really shouldn't(but I want to) go to his shop. I'm going there to visit HIM, but he will be at his shop all day. Nothing for me to do but to hang out. Or knowing him, he'll probably let me take a bike out (that I shouldn't do because I might get tempted and I have a hard time controlling myself when I want something REEEEAL bad).

I have a 20000 ton jack. Someone provide the truck and let's steal this building!
Aiight. We can dump the building here:

http://www.hiphopdirectory.de/bilder/getto.jpg

And when the neighborhood gets gentrified, we can sell it for mad dough! Til then, we can rent it out as a crack house.

MMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmaybe. You guys, don't tempt me. I'm easily persuaded. That's why I really shouldn't(but I want to) go to his shop. I'm going there to visit HIM, but he will be at his shop all day. Nothing for me to do but to hang out. Or knowing him, he'll probably let me take a bike out (that I shouldn't do because I might get tempted and I have a hard time controlling myself when I want something REEEEAL bad).
Siu, learn how to weld while you're there, then you can build your own frame! C'mon!

I have a 20000 ton jack. Someone provide the truck and let's steal this building!

I'll pick you up at your place tomorrow about 11:00 am. :)




MMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmaybe. You guys, don't tempt me. I'm easily persuaded. That's why I really shouldn't(but I want to) go to his shop. I'm going there to visit HIM, but he will be at his shop all day. Nothing for me to do but to hang out. Or knowing him, he'll probably let me take a bike out (that I shouldn't do because I might get tempted and I have a hard time controlling myself when I want something REEEEAL bad).

You only have one bike ? You need a road bike. My bulged disk goes road riding all the time. :D

I have one squishy, one hardtail and a comfort bike. Sometimes even the hardtail hurts my back. That's where the comfort bike comes in. That way I can still ride even if it hurts from me lifting heavy objects at work all day.

Can't they push them disks back in place? I'm ignorant on the subject so please explain why it can't be done.

I have one squishy, one hardtail and a comfort bike. Sometimes even the hardtail hurts my back. That's where the comfort bike comes in. That way I can still ride even if it hurts from me lifting heavy objects at work all day.
i'll letcha ride on my back so your back won't hurt ;)

If you had a partially filled water balloon and pushed on one side of it, all of the fluid goes to one side and stretches that side out. That side is now weaker than the other. When you bend over (on a road bike) your spine will compress the disk (water balloon) on one side and the fluid will go to the other. If the disk is stretched already(bulging), there is a chance of it rupturing. Very painful, very dangerous. They now have recently come up with a replacement disk but that is still in the testing stages, I believe. No road bikes for Siu Blue Wind :(

If you had a partially filled water balloon and pushed on one side of it, all of the fluid goes to one side and stretches that side out. That side is now weaker than the other. When you bend over (on a road bike) your spine will compress the disk (water balloon) on one side and the fluid will go to the other. If the disk is stretched already(bulging), there is a chance of it rupturing. Very painful, very dangerous. They now have recently come up with a replacement disk but that is still in the testing stages, I believe. No road bikes for Siu Blue Wind :(
Sounds painful. So disks aren't actually solid?

No, actually it's like a gel type substance from what I understand. It's a cushioning for the spine.

I have one squishy, one hardtail and a comfort bike. Sometimes even the hardtail hurts my back. That's where the comfort bike comes in. That way I can still ride even if it hurts from me lifting heavy objects at work all day.


No Problem... quit work, then get road bike. :D :D :D

Its ok, don't worry. Road biking is for old people.