Northern California - Ok, what did you buy???

Are you going to be able to get it broken in sufficiently by then? Mine have been comfortable from day one (at least once I got the alignment worked out), but some people haven't been so lucky. Don't be afraid to nose it up more than looks proper. :)

I picked me up some fahn-say I-talian pleather shoes this weekend.

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/6348/1551825188a0ecd6221coco0.jpg

They should really make these with a softer sole, and market them as slippers. Super-comfortable, just kind of a challenge to walk in.

Any recommendations on a decently priced bike rack? I have one bike and a Dodge Neon w/ a spoiler.

Thanks in advance!

My 305, bib shorts, socks, lube kit, and rim all showed up today. I'm soooo happy :)

My 305, bib shorts, socks, lube kit, and rim all showed up today. I'm soooo happy :)

Was the lube kit from the same company that sold you the 305, bib shorts, socks, and rim? :D

Any recommendations on a decently priced bike rack? I have one bike and a Dodge Neon w/ a spoiler.

Thanks in advance!

They're expensive by trunk rack standards, but the Saris Bones is the best one I've tried and are shaped to fit over most spoilers. I picked mine up at Performance in Walnut Creek, but I'm not sure if they still carry it.

JB

I bought a new saddle for my commuter. This one is harder but more aero and much lighter. Guaranteed to add +1-2 mph on my average commute speed.:D;)
http://www.performancebike.com/product_images/250/50-2389-BLK-ANGLE.jpg

Didn't buy, but just sold $250 on eBay! My Motobecane frame, Cane creek Brakes and Paul e-Lever. No one wanted my shoes or my shimano ultegra clamp on front deraileur, darn it.

Now the fun part: Shipping all this stuff.

Still up for grabs, the deraileur, a 220 gram SLR style seat, Ritchey 40cm ergo drop bars. I'm considering selling my 53cm 1987 Cannondale Black Lightning. Want any of this? You know where to find me.

I recently bought this for my commute. Since there's been alot of ignorant and reckless drivers out there, I thought I'd get better protected.
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Larg ... =19844.jpg
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=11915

Are you going to be able to get it broken in sufficiently by then? Mine have been comfortable from day one (at least once I got the alignment worked out), but some people haven't been so lucky. Don't be afraid to nose it up more than looks proper. :)

I picked me up some fahn-say I-talian pleather shoes this weekend.

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/6348/1551825188a0ecd6221coco0.jpg

They should really make these with a softer sole, and market them as slippers. Super-comfortable, just kind of a challenge to walk in.

Those are the same shoe's I have for my Spd pedals (khs)Best shoe ever. Fit perfect and super comfotable.

305 for me!! w00t w00t!!

http://mos.bikeradar.com/images/news/2007/08/30/Garmin%20Edge%20705%20Image%202-280-80.jpg

Should be here tomorrow. I can't wait. Way more than what I'd ever need, but so is my bike.

http://mos.bikeradar.com/images/news/2007/08/30/Garmin%20Edge%20705%20Image%202-280-80.jpg

Should be here tomorrow. I can't wait. Way more than what I'd ever need, but so is my bike.

How much are the 705s going for?

ok, let's see: Ergomo powermeter, Campy Chorus crankset (53/39), DA shifters, DA rear derailleur.
:)

http://www.bikemandan.com/bikesforsale/450_IMG_1646.JPG

just picked up this classic centurion. 63cm

How much are the 705s going for?

Depends on where you get it. There's several bundles you can get. The cheapest I saw was $500, the most was $700. I did the $700 bundle... it comes with heart rate monitor, cadence, a data stick, and whatever else. Didn't do too much research to be honest.

SRAM PC850 8 speed chain.

Dell XPS M1330 in crimson red like this one:
http://www.trustedreviews.com/notebooks/review/2007/10/11/Dell-XPS-M1330/p1

I got my plane tickets for Europe tonight!

7/10 - 7/29

Plans are:
- Arriving in Rome
- Taking the train/ferry to Sicily
- I know people there, and have an unoccupied place to stay :)
- Work my way up the Italian Peninsula, making various stops (Naples, Florence, Bologna, San Remo, TBD later exactly)
- Work my way through Monoco, check out the French Reviera.
- Head to Grenoble, get some rental bikes.
- Ride up Alpe d'Huez the day before the Tour hits it (7/23)
- Watch the Alpe d'Huez summit finish.
- Make my way to Paris
- See finish of Tour (7/27)
- Back home - flying Paris to SFO (7/29)

Nice, sounds like a great vacation. :)

Make sure to take lots of pictures!

I got my plane tickets for Europe tonight!

7/10 - 7/29

Plans are:
- Arriving in Rome
- Taking the train/ferry to Sicily
- I know people there, and have an unoccupied place to stay :)
- Work my way up the Italian Peninsula, making various stops (Naples, Florence, Bologna, San Remo, TBD later exactly)
- Work my way through Monoco, check out the French Reviera.
- Head to Grenoble, get some rental bikes.
- Ride up Alpe d'Huez the day before the Tour hits it (7/23)
- Watch the Alpe d'Huez summit finish.
- Make my way to Paris
- See finish of Tour (7/27)
- Back home - flying Paris to SFO (7/29)

I've said this in other posts, but this place needs a drooling emoticon... Damn! That sounds awesome!
This will have to do... :beer:

http://www.esoles.com/images/cycling_sole.jpg

I got a pair of cycling esoles. This is the best purchase I've made in a long time (right up there with a good fitting).

I got my plane tickets for Europe tonight!

7/10 - 7/29

Plans are:
- Arriving in Rome
- Taking the train/ferry to Sicily
- I know people there, and have an unoccupied place to stay :)
- Work my way up the Italian Peninsula, making various stops (Naples, Florence, Bologna, San Remo, TBD later exactly)
- Work my way through Monoco, check out the French Reviera.
- Head to Grenoble, get some rental bikes.
- Ride up Alpe d'Huez the day before the Tour hits it (7/23)
- Watch the Alpe d'Huez summit finish.
- Make my way to Paris
- See finish of Tour (7/27)
- Back home - flying Paris to SFO (7/29)


Sweet! I'm so jealous.

I got my plane tickets for Europe tonight!

7/10 - 7/29

Plans are:
- Arriving in Rome
- Taking the train/ferry to Sicily
- I know people there, and have an unoccupied place to stay :)
- Work my way up the Italian Peninsula, making various stops (Naples, Florence, Bologna, San Remo, TBD later exactly)
- Work my way through Monoco, check out the French Reviera.
- Head to Grenoble, get some rental bikes.
- Ride up Alpe d'Huez the day before the Tour hits it (7/23)
- Watch the Alpe d'Huez summit finish.
- Make my way to Paris
- See finish of Tour (7/27)
- Back home - flying Paris to SFO (7/29)

I hope you're on a reliable airline, with all the trouble of late. I just hope they get it all figured out before my mother in law comes to visit.. otherwise she'll be stuck here:eek:

I hope you're on a reliable airline, with all the trouble of late. I just hope they get it all figured out before my mother in law comes to visit.. otherwise she'll be stuck here:eek:

I'll see you at the Tour! My ATA flight leaves two days after yours!! :p

I did buy some new gloves and two tubes. I had to get new gloves because I tried a trick I heard about for making the old velcro sticky again. You are supposed to heat up the velcro with a hair dryer to curl them up so it grabs again... well... if you get too close to the surrounding material with a HOT hair dryer it'll burn a hole in it! Uumm... that's what I hear...

Plus, it didn't seem to work anyway... Doh!

Another Italian frame followed me home - this time a Ciocc with a funky criss-cross paint scheme and lots of chrome.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t267/jd6572/bikes/ciocc/ciocc-6.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t267/jd6572/bikes/ciocc/ciocc-9.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t267/jd6572/bikes/ciocc/ciocc-7.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t267/jd6572/bikes/ciocc/ciocc-8.jpg

My Dad built a TT bike out of a Ciocc in the 90s (with Campy Record)

He gave it to me when he got a new bike (Landshark), but we ultimately sold it.

Bossman, that is a great looking bike!

What size is that, 58?

I got my plane tickets for Europe tonight!

7/10 - 7/29

Plans are:
- Arriving in Rome
- Taking the train/ferry to Sicily
- I know people there, and have an unoccupied place to stay :)
- Work my way up the Italian Peninsula, making various stops (Naples, Florence, Bologna, San Remo, TBD later exactly)
- Work my way through Monoco, check out the French Reviera.
- Head to Grenoble, get some rental bikes.
- Ride up Alpe d'Huez the day before the Tour hits it (7/23)
- Watch the Alpe d'Huez summit finish.
- Make my way to Paris
- See finish of Tour (7/27)
- Back home - flying Paris to SFO (7/29)

Sounds dangerous :D

Came in the mail yesterday!
http://www.tierrabella.org/images/TB08_jersey_front.jpg

Of all jerseys this year that one is by far the coolest. The only one I went "Damn! I'd buy that one."
Ride's full now. Boo! I was assigned to work next weekend but just got word yesterday that my weekend duties are done indefinitely... Woo! :beer:
That's going to be a great ride CC.

redspoke you can have my reg if you want. not sure how exactly to transfer it - do you just go to the reg booth and givr my name?

The coaster brake of my daughter's bike locked up on the way back from school last week.

So we bought her a Girl's Trek MT60. Daughter wanted a turquoise bike (color being the major criteria for a 7-year old), and they had her color. She looked really happy graduating to a bike with hand brakes and shocks (with a whopping 1" of travel - there is definitely not 50 mm of usable travel with the fork on this bike). I can't wait to do some off-road rides with her.

http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/2008/kids/ages_6_9/mt60/

Lady helping us out at Chain Reaction in Los Altos was great to work with.

http://www.bikeisland.com/images/kilo-tt-gallery.htm

got the white frame.

http://www.bikeisland.com/images/kilo-tt-gallery.htm

got the white frame.

Classic

Bought this a couple of weeks ago at a garage sale:

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e157/sesamecrunch/Moulton1sm.jpg

It's a 1970 Moulton MK3. 16" wheels, full suspension. Very innovative bike for its day. I'm in the middle of restoring it. It now looks like this:

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e157/sesamecrunch/Moultonpaint2sm.jpg

I've got some wheels coming from another small-wheel fanatic in England, who replaced them in his rebuild project. So, it'll have international donor transplanted wheels.

It'll be a 3 speed, fully suspended cruiser. Should be fun to ride when it's all done!

Oooh, nice.

Derailleur cable and housing, bottle of Tri-Flo, and a map of Tahoe mtb trails.

Found this on Craig's list. A Fuso has been on my crave list for a long time and out of nowhere a 53cm shows up in Black. I'm going to strip everything and have Shaw's tweak the rear for 130mm spacing. The plan is Campy Chorus Compact since I already have some of the parts from the Pedal Force. It's not totally safe to ride as is, the left crank arm has an impressive crack a few inches long.

http://www.bosticman.com/bostic/cycling/fuso2.jpg

Very nice find Bostic. It looks clean too.

That Fuso is sweet. Did you buy it from a guy name Ed L.? A co-worker of mine has(d) a Fuso he was thinking of selling. Dave Moulton used to post here occasionally. I wonder if he still does.

The seller's name was Kevin. He had it in storage for several years, there is a lot of gunk still to clean up. I can't wait to get it fully operational. Riding it around the parking lot for 20 minutes was pure joy.

TANDEM!

1990 Santna Arriva - size 54/52

All fillet brazed Columbus steel tubing

Teaser shot :) (I'll make a new thread later):

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3142/2418508501_3fed1ba2f1.jpg

Wow, congrats Alan, Ramon and Marco. Looks like we'll be seeing lots of new bikes this summer. :)

A NOS Cinelli 101 stem to replace the 3T Motus on which clamp broke.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v734/genejockey/Cinelli_101.jpg

I think we should make Marco take the tandem out by himself on group rides so we can all keep up!

not bike-related, but...

BMW 335i Coupe Premium/Sport/manual

:)

I think we should make Marco take the tandem out by himself on group rides so we can all keep up!

+1, if he's really frisky, attach a tow rope to the tandem too.

It's pretty fun.

Very shaky and weird at first, but we got the hang of it pretty quickly.

The seller got out his single and came out with us, since he lives on a very steep hill.

He said there was a nice stretch of flat road at the top. He said, we could push the bike up and start up there if we wanted.

I said, no I think we can make it.

Next thing I knew, I was pounding it up the hill, and we totally dropped the seller on his single bike. Not bad :)

I'll have a story with pics in a new thread when I get a chance.

Make sure it's got good brakes!

TANDEM!

1990 Santna Arriva - size 54/52

All fillet brazed Columbus steel tubing

Teaser shot :) (I'll make a new thread later):

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3142/2418508501_3fed1ba2f1.jpg

I think I'm forever not going to have a tandem. Unless someone makes one size 60/48. :o

God! That would look weird. :eek:

I'm happy for you usps...

God! That would look weird. :eek:



Before someone chimes in with "GET AN ADAMS TRAIL-A-BIKE"... Trust me. I've already thought about it. :D

Get a Co-motion Periscope like David and Lisa have.

I'm sure it will work!