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01-18-09, 10:07 PM

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sorry non-drive side

mine got skipped over on page 22.

any haters?

in b4 bar/seat angle

01-18-09, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Deshi

I like the nontaped bar look but I must say that the blue straps dont really fit. Just my personal taste.

Agreed...they were the only extra straps I could find around my apt...I'm gonna throw some black leather ones on there soon.

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The fork looks a little bent, you might want to check that. In fact, the fork looks really bent, like someone hit a curb at full speed. I can't be the only person to see that.

Aside from that, and the lack of bartape, looks pretty...

I actually didn't even notice until you said something, but yes, it definitely looks a bit bent.

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did you just put it on craiglist today? https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/bik/997389008.html

Yeah, I built it and then realized it's really similar to one of my other bikes, so I threw it up on there to see if anyone would bite at that price...if not, I've got no problem keeping it.

GestapoTactics, I'd lose the reflectors and the larger chainring, and change the wheels out to something non-machined.

01-19-09, 09:18 AM

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Well, since no one found anything wrong with my Pake which I was sure you guys would find something other than a blinkie and some filler bolts, lets try the newest addition. This is my Surley Steamroller set up as my cruiser. Find something!!!!

01-19-09, 09:24 AM

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Agreed...they were the only extra straps I could find around my apt...I'm gonna throw some black leather ones on there soon.

Iv never had good luck with leather straps holding tight. Iv tried them brandnew, used, clean, dirty, frayed, you name it. I perfer nylon whe it comes to straps but I wear clipless on my main bike. I admit I have leather sraps on my cruiser but thats a little different.

01-19-09, 10:38 AM

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Looks good to me.

01-19-09, 12:22 PM

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i love the color of those new steamrollers, looks good to me.

01-19-09, 12:59 PM

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Looks good to me.

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i love the color of those new steamrollers, looks good to me.

Damn I just must be good. HAHAHA Thanks for the comments guys.

01-19-09, 01:02 PM

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Wait...you left on your valve stem caps. That's something...

01-19-09, 01:25 PM

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In general I am finding that many of you have your brake lever mounted on the wrong side... that is if you are running a brake.

Up here in Canuckistan there is a growing trend to set up one's brakes with the lever on the right and I have been doing this for so long that conventional setups with dual brakes take a little getting used to.

01-19-09, 01:31 PM

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I just like to be able to signal and keep my hand on the brake at the same time. There's no real right or wrong way to do it.

01-19-09, 02:05 PM

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Wait...you left on your valve stem caps. That's something...

Is that a bad thing? Im to OCD to not have them on or just one of them on. If I loose both in one day, so be it, ill leave them off. Until that day, they stay on.

01-19-09, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Deshi

lose the decals on your rims, get black track pedals vs. the silver road pedals on there now & it looks like your rear wheel would be a ***** to remove with the chain that short

nice ride BTW

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01-19-09, 03:27 PM

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lose the decals on your rims, get black track pedals vs. the silver road pedals on there now

I was thinking about ditching the stickers on the rims but wasnt sure. Who makes a set of affordale, decent quality track pedals in black?

01-19-09, 03:30 PM

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https://www.benscycle.net/index.php?m...4&currency=USD

i like these myself & they would look great on your bike IMO

01-19-09, 04:09 PM

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oh i have those. they are great. very comfortable

01-19-09, 05:32 PM

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https://www.benscycle.net/index.php?m...4&currency=USD

i like these myself & they would look great on your bike IMO

I admit they are great looking pedals and they are comfortable but I have tried a set and they do not fit my foot at all. I am a size 12 so it was hard sliding my foot in the straps without them getting cought on something. I was running L MKS clips at the time.

01-19-09, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by GestapoTactics

mine got skipped over on page 22.

any haters?

in b4 bar/seat angle

There's not one good thing about that bike, sorry.

01-19-09, 09:46 PM

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There's not one good thing about that bike, sorry.

uhhhhh.....
care to offer suggestions?

01-19-09, 10:08 PM

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I was thinking about ditching the stickers on the rims but wasnt sure. Who makes a set of affordale, decent quality track pedals in black?

i have some black gr-9s on one bike and some black miche pedals laying around somewhere

01-19-09, 10:08 PM

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@GestapoTactics...don't worry mine got skipped over on page 22 also. I saw yours though...

I would suggest getting rid of the yellow altogether...it does not look good IMO. Also, fix the handlebar angle, get a new crankset, and possibly a nicer stem and saddle. After all that you will have something to work with. Good luck........

01-20-09, 03:15 AM

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Well, now I'm curious... Any suggestions? The cat could stand to lose some weight. The machined front is because next year I'll have to run a front brake.

01-20-09, 05:46 AM

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uhhhhh.....
care to offer suggestions?

Well, the frame's fine, but your bar wrap has a rip in it, the CAT construction yellow Novatech/Weinmanns do nothing for me, the saddle, seatpost, and cranks are old clunkers...