Is this Ghetto
02-21-10, 12:14 PM
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Is this Ghetto
My bike is technically my wife's bike, and I've been feeling a bit compressed on it. So, I angled the handlebars forward and adjusted the position of the brifters. It seems like it's going to work, but I was curious if this is considered sorta ghetto or if it's a pretty well accepted solution to tuning fit.?
02-21-10, 09:58 PM
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Not allowed, you must leave the controls just as assembled or you will suffer spontaneous combustion. Nice you could make the bike fit better with such a small tweak! Nothing ghetto about it...
PS We're not talking about turning drop bars up or having bar ends sticking straight up, are we? That would be ghetto...
PS We're not talking about turning drop bars up or having bar ends sticking straight up, are we? That would be ghetto...
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02-22-10, 08:28 AM
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That might bruise my ego a bit. But, I could probably do something obviously ghetto and 90% of the population around here wouldn't know any better.
02-22-10, 08:35 AM
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Are you outside, riding a bike, having fun?
If so, then who cares if it's ghetto or not?
If so, then who cares if it's ghetto or not?
02-22-10, 09:02 AM
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Well, scrub, having seen how much you ride and the bikes you do it on, that does make be feel better. 
02-22-10, 10:29 AM
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^^or possibly a mens bike haha. really though, If its comfortable it fits
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I saw a guy do a metric century with his bars turned up ghetto style and the brake cheaters installed. That was ghetto and noone had to ask.
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