11201ny

elTwitcho, my bike might not make any sense to you, but i can assure you that it's nimble & fast as a steel framed bike can be. before bringing yourself down (like i have unknowingly have) in a forum like this, you should consider why so many people are riding track bikes & parts in cities (like mine). they are squirrelly, light & fast. track frames seemingly are ideal for dicing through traffic. my bike is my own version of a hybrid (track & road). i love it & it suits me very well.

if you ever come down to NYC you should PM me and we'll go out for a jaunt through the city streets so you can see just how foolish all of this talk is. by the way, i'm also a photographer.

Jabba Degrassi

Burn....?

vvv The majority of my riding is in stop and go traffic where accelaration > top speed, and a lower gear ratio also forces me to spin faster on descents, which is actually a useful skill in cycling.

11201ny

Though my new bike was made by children in Taiwan, and has a gear ration designed to go slow, al least my road bars a fully covered!

"Burn....?
vvv The majority of my riding is in stop and go traffic where accelaration > top speed, and a lower gear ratio also forces me to spin faster on descents, which is actually a useful skill in cycling."

your iro has absolutely nothing to do with serious cycling. it's a commuter bike at best. and by the way homie, lower gear ratio does not make you accelerate faster.

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Any subsequent posts by the bickering parties will be deleted.

bw286

that looks great. i like it waaaay better than the san rensho

Jabba Degrassi

Ceci n'est pas un post.

DARTHVADER

yeah he should clearly get risers to solve this problem.
haha.

won't comment about jabbas bike.

Jabba Degrassi

Awwwwwww really? Come on, I'm a big boy, I can take it.

11201ny

yeah it's true, this bike is much better than that other bike. I am happy that it was made on an assembly line, & pieced together by children, rather than made by a recognized frame builder in Japan. Also, i agree that Campagnolo is inferior to the parts on the IRO.

bw286

more like, your old bike was all nice stuff that somehow came together to look silly and this one is budget stuff that comes together to look freaking awesome!
props!

Jabba Degrassi

Budget?! *heart breaks*

bw286

ah, right. i didn't realize the cranks were 75s, and the stem, post, brake, lever and headset could be anything.
the wheelset, the wheelset's budget though.

Jabba Degrassi

Yeah, the wheelset is pretty cheap, but they're also strong, hand-built, and stay true.

Full list is in my velospace, most of it is decent(ly expensive) stuff.

Batavus

My new ride. I's for sale.

Jabba Degrassi

What frameset is that?

Batavus

Fort pursuit alu 56 cm plus chromoly fork

Jabba Degrassi

Cool, I'm not normally a fan of pursuit frames, but that's a sharp-looking bike.

Batavus

Thanks! I'm pretty pleased with it myself. Mind you, All the really good goodies (hubs, rims) I had to import from the good old USA. You guys are spoiled when it comes to the availability of high-end single speed parts!

Jabba Degrassi

What's the wheelset and cranks? I like.

bw286

gran compes to deep v?

Jabba Degrassi

Damn, didn't even notice the lettering on the hub. I really gotta go get my eyes checked...

wearyourtruth

u's for sale? how much? [/lolcatz]

elTwitcho

Standover height is not a valid measure of bike fit.

For serious, I neither like aluminum nor pursuit frames but that bike is pretty slick. Is the front wheel a 650?

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I deleted the off topic posts. Don't come running to me if your mutually troll-inclined antics fail and backfire on you. Let's just stay on topic and stop ripping on other people's bikes.

Jabba Degrassi

I came running to you because my posts were being deleted but his were not, even though they were equally if not more inflammatory and off-topic. This is the single-speed forum, there's no room for double-standards.