What road bike do you have?
11-09-12, 01:40 AM
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NOT MINE!!!
This is what we call an Otaku Bike here in Japan. Otaku are guys with no social skills and live in a world based on Comic books. They fantasize over female characters in comics, and usually have lots of money because, as I said, they have no social life. Notice carbon frame and electronic ultegra etc.
This is what we call an Otaku Bike here in Japan. Otaku are guys with no social skills and live in a world based on Comic books. They fantasize over female characters in comics, and usually have lots of money because, as I said, they have no social life. Notice carbon frame and electronic ultegra etc.
11-09-12, 06:12 PM
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posted in Hot or Not but went from a Look 566 to this Venge. Love it
11-09-12, 06:17 PM
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NOT MINE!!!
This is what we call an Otaku Bike here in Japan. Otaku are guys with no social skills and live in a world based on Comic books. They fantasize over female characters in comics, and usually have lots of money because, as I said, they have no social life. Notice carbon frame and electronic ultegra etc.
This is what we call an Otaku Bike here in Japan. Otaku are guys with no social skills and live in a world based on Comic books. They fantasize over female characters in comics, and usually have lots of money because, as I said, they have no social life. Notice carbon frame and electronic ultegra etc.
11-09-12, 10:00 PM
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NOT MINE!!!
This is what we call an Otaku Bike here in Japan. Otaku are guys with no social skills and live in a world based on Comic books. They fantasize over female characters in comics, and usually have lots of money because, as I said, they have no social life. Notice carbon frame and electronic ultegra etc.
This is what we call an Otaku Bike here in Japan. Otaku are guys with no social skills and live in a world based on Comic books. They fantasize over female characters in comics, and usually have lots of money because, as I said, they have no social life. Notice carbon frame and electronic ultegra etc.
11-10-12, 02:59 AM
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NOT MINE!!!
This is what we call an Otaku Bike here in Japan. Otaku are guys with no social skills and live in a world based on Comic books. They fantasize over female characters in comics, and usually have lots of money because, as I said, they have no social life. Notice carbon frame and electronic ultegra etc.
This is what we call an Otaku Bike here in Japan. Otaku are guys with no social skills and live in a world based on Comic books. They fantasize over female characters in comics, and usually have lots of money because, as I said, they have no social life. Notice carbon frame and electronic ultegra etc.
11-10-12, 12:09 PM
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+1K about the above bike. It just hurts to think about.
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11-11-12, 12:20 AM
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If the image floats and doesn't move when the wheel rotates, I think it's pretty cool. But maybe on another bike.
11-12-12, 11:08 AM
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Serious question. I just found out about that OTAKU thing now but I know there's a high suicide rate in Japan.
11-12-12, 08:25 PM
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It's just the minority that are seriously addicted to anime that they spend every pennies for collecting those kind of ****. Personally, I can be friends with them, but I don't really understand them. But that's that. There are different kinds of people everywhere. I know that since I lived in USA in my childhood. So what are my needs for discriminating hardcore anime fans?
Also, women tend to be less interested in anime than men.
About suicide:
I don't know. Most people are fine of course. I'm fine too. I don't have any mental issues at all. Most people don't.
It's not like 9 out of 10 people commit suicide in Japan. Statistically, 24.4 people commit suicide out of 100,000 people. So that's 0.0244% that a Japanese would commit suicide. But it is high of course. Japan is the 8th highest suicide rated country.
11-12-12, 08:45 PM
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We call it agoraphobia/agoraphobic over here.
They obsess over comics, we obsess over bikes.
We're really not that different, many suicides go unnoticed over here? Most of them are labelled drug overdose, or something else, but its all the same in the end. Dead is dead.
11-13-12, 06:36 AM
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Anyway enough of that...back to bikes.
11-13-12, 04:50 PM
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help...
i got this bianchi xl ti-carbon, it says mega pro reparto corse... It's full dura ace. Can you help me with some info... price? rare? quality...etc
i got this bianchi xl ti-carbon, it says mega pro reparto corse... It's full dura ace. Can you help me with some info... price? rare? quality...etc
11-14-12, 04:47 PM
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Rode both of my 2 primary road bikes today. Commute to the store for a few items this morning and a usual 30 miles ride out to the Nazareth Speedway.
11-14-12, 06:23 PM
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11-16-12, 05:19 PM
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~1990 Basso Graftek
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11-17-12, 07:02 AM
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Damn Dan. Looks like you got the build all figured out. Turned out very nice man. Love that Basso.
11-17-12, 09:31 AM
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My local bike shop built this awesome 700c wheel for me, converting my kh 29er MUni into an 11 pound road climbing machine!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUBTc1ci48s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUBTc1ci48s
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Thank you. It didn't take much more than new tires, a new cassette and some epoxy to secure the right shifter boss. Still doesn't index as well as I'd like, but it's WAY better. I'm debating leaving the graphite paint and putting decals over it. I think it'd look nicely understated.
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11-17-12, 07:06 PM
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My local bike shop built this awesome 700c wheel for me, converting my kh 29er MUni into an 11 pound road climbing machine!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUBTc1ci48s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUBTc1ci48s
11-17-12, 07:33 PM
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11-18-12, 04:00 PM
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Civia Bryant, Alfine-8, Gates Belt and BB7 Road discs
Hey, all; recent joiner in this forum. Here are some pics of my road rig: 2011 Civia Bryant with Shimano Alfine-8 IGH, Gates Belt Drive and Avid BB7 Road disc brakes.
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Front and rear disc close-ups:
Drivetrain and dashboard shots:
I'm more of a recreational/fitness rider right now, returning to cycling after a 10-year hiatus and simultaneously making the conversion from mountain biking to road biking. I may consider something faster and a lot lighter down the road, but I think this bike is really helping me rapidly increase my speed (when I first got it a couple of months ago, I could only average 12mph on short, under 10 mile long rides and now I can average 15mph on 30 miles long rides; my speed continues to build at a decent pace).
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Overall shots:
Front and rear disc close-ups:
Drivetrain and dashboard shots:
I'm more of a recreational/fitness rider right now, returning to cycling after a 10-year hiatus and simultaneously making the conversion from mountain biking to road biking. I may consider something faster and a lot lighter down the road, but I think this bike is really helping me rapidly increase my speed (when I first got it a couple of months ago, I could only average 12mph on short, under 10 mile long rides and now I can average 15mph on 30 miles long rides; my speed continues to build at a decent pace).
-Ed