Tonite, it will be done.. oh yes !
03-31-04, 05:11 PM
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Tonite, it will be done.. oh yes !
WEll all I have to do is throw a new tire on my new rim, thread on the track cog, and pump up the tires, and my project fixie will be complete...
I am stoked... I picked up the newly built up wheel today at lunch... I will do some final assembly tonite, and post up some pics tomorrow hopefully !!
boo ya !@
jeff
I am stoked... I picked up the newly built up wheel today at lunch... I will do some final assembly tonite, and post up some pics tomorrow hopefully !!
boo ya !@
jeff
03-31-04, 05:18 PM
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Nice. Look forward to the pics.
04-02-04, 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by stevo
dig the albys.
thanks
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04-02-04, 11:14 AM
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I'm new to this, so please forgive if I am asking a stupid question.
Your rear gear, I see there are two. Are both usable? Can you turn the wheel around and use the other gear? Flat vs hill gear? thanks.
Your rear gear, I see there are two. Are both usable? Can you turn the wheel around and use the other gear? Flat vs hill gear? thanks.
04-02-04, 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Applehead57
I'm new to this, so please forgive if I am asking a stupid question.
Your rear gear, I see there are two. Are both usable? Can you turn the wheel around and use the other gear? Flat vs hill gear? thanks.
Your rear gear, I see there are two. Are both usable? Can you turn the wheel around and use the other gear? Flat vs hill gear? thanks.
I guess you could set it up with 2 different gears... but both of mine are 16 Teeth
hope this helps
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04-02-04, 12:27 PM
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"although I need to find a way to clean them"
Beauty of cork...you can always sand the dirt off! (though I wouldnt do that too often nor too aggressively)
How's the forward position on those bars? I'd like a set for the few times I enjoy a casual ride; but that means I'd be on be on the forward portion most of the time (ride a hacked striaght bar now). The grips would prevent a quick bar-swap.
Beauty of cork...you can always sand the dirt off! (though I wouldnt do that too often nor too aggressively)
How's the forward position on those bars? I'd like a set for the few times I enjoy a casual ride; but that means I'd be on be on the forward portion most of the time (ride a hacked striaght bar now). The grips would prevent a quick bar-swap.
04-02-04, 12:34 PM
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well if I am grabbing the grips.. I end up sitting nearly straight up... very much like an older city bike style.. which was part of the appeal for me...
yesterday I rode down to the beach.. headwind the whole way.. only a couple miles... if I need to get aero, I can hold the bar at the forward bends... not too stretched out... but it helped a bit... I'm defintiely not time trialin' on that bad boy !
jeff
yesterday I rode down to the beach.. headwind the whole way.. only a couple miles... if I need to get aero, I can hold the bar at the forward bends... not too stretched out... but it helped a bit... I'm defintiely not time trialin' on that bad boy !
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04-02-04, 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by SipperPhoto
well if I am grabbing the grips.. I end up sitting nearly straight up... very much like an older city bike style.. which was part of the appeal for me...
yesterday I rode down to the beach.. headwind the whole way.. only a couple miles... if I need to get aero, I can hold the bar at the forward bends... not too stretched out... but it helped a bit... I'm defintiely not time trialin' on that bad boy !
jeff
yesterday I rode down to the beach.. headwind the whole way.. only a couple miles... if I need to get aero, I can hold the bar at the forward bends... not too stretched out... but it helped a bit... I'm defintiely not time trialin' on that bad boy !
jeff
04-02-04, 03:25 PM
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"Oh, c'mon, doing a TT on that bike would be kickass"
Was in Kona for the '96 Ironman. Some maniac rode a basketed-upright-grocerygetter (not to mention barefoot, wearing Hawaiin headress). Finished a farily respectable 12 hours or so IIRC.
Definatel Kickas
Was in Kona for the '96 Ironman. Some maniac rode a basketed-upright-grocerygetter (not to mention barefoot, wearing Hawaiin headress). Finished a farily respectable 12 hours or so IIRC.
Definatel Kickas
04-03-04, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by ImprezaDrvr
Oh, c'mon, doing a TT on that bike would be kickass.
heheh maybe a TT down to the grocery store maybe :-)
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04-04-04, 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Phatman
umm...your bike is pink, man...
uhh get your monitor fixed.. it is a Magenta color... damn the early 90's were bad time for bike colors... I'm debating painting it... at this point I just don't feel like stripping the bike down, and repainting...
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who cares if it is pink ( I would actually prefer real pink to the fuschia...). The surly blog touched on this regarding their pink 1x1 frames: "Remember: pink is fast, regardless of whatever your homophobic racer geek friend tells you."
04-04-04, 05:09 PM
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About your cork grips...
I got the same grips from Rivendell for my English 3-speed and I shellacked them for added protection. I never have to worry about dirt because it doesn't grind into the cork. I simply wipe them off and they look new again!
About your frame color...
That color is rad! A friend of mine has a Bianchi frame (that he thinks is fruity) the same color and I'm thinking of buying it and building it up. It's a good safety color if nothing else!
I got the same grips from Rivendell for my English 3-speed and I shellacked them for added protection. I never have to worry about dirt because it doesn't grind into the cork. I simply wipe them off and they look new again!
About your frame color...
That color is rad! A friend of mine has a Bianchi frame (that he thinks is fruity) the same color and I'm thinking of buying it and building it up. It's a good safety color if nothing else!
04-04-04, 06:33 PM
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actually I do like the color, it's the fade to white that I don't like.
04-05-04, 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by smurfy
About your cork grips...
I got the same grips from Rivendell for my English 3-speed and I shellacked them for added protection. I never have to worry about dirt because it doesn't grind into the cork. I simply wipe them off and they look new again!
About your frame color...
That color is rad! A friend of mine has a Bianchi frame (that he thinks is fruity) the same color and I'm thinking of buying it and building it up. It's a good safety color if nothing else!
I got the same grips from Rivendell for my English 3-speed and I shellacked them for added protection. I never have to worry about dirt because it doesn't grind into the cork. I simply wipe them off and they look new again!
About your frame color...
That color is rad! A friend of mine has a Bianchi frame (that he thinks is fruity) the same color and I'm thinking of buying it and building it up. It's a good safety color if nothing else!
jeff
04-05-04, 01:15 PM
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<sigh> that beach looks so... <sigh, deep breath> heh. If only there thunderstorms in SoCal...
I used to have cork grips, they were nice - i liked how they got real dirty looking. Nice bike man... I like the color - but like the other poster said - shame about the fade to white in the front...
I used to have cork grips, they were nice - i liked how they got real dirty looking. Nice bike man... I like the color - but like the other poster said - shame about the fade to white in the front...
04-05-04, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by robertsdvd
<sigh> that beach looks so... <sigh, deep breath> heh. If only there thunderstorms in SoCal...
I used to have cork grips, they were nice - i liked how they got real dirty looking. Nice bike man... I like the color - but like the other poster said - shame about the fade to white in the front...
I used to have cork grips, they were nice - i liked how they got real dirty looking. Nice bike man... I like the color - but like the other poster said - shame about the fade to white in the front...
I dig the cork grips.. very comfy...
The white does bug me the more I look at it... I'm thinking of eiher gloss black, or flat black, or a flat olive green.... just not sure yet
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04-05-04, 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by SipperPhoto
Shoulda been here last Thursday... out of nowhere torrential downpour with thunder and lightning for about 45 minutes... then it stopped.... weird..
I dig the cork grips.. very comfy...
The white does bug me the more I look at it... I'm thinking of eiher gloss black, or flat black, or a flat olive green.... just not sure yet
jeff
I dig the cork grips.. very comfy...
The white does bug me the more I look at it... I'm thinking of eiher gloss black, or flat black, or a flat olive green.... just not sure yet
jeff
... I love thunderstorms... sadly - its frickin' snowing here again. Flat black is never a bad choice, I'm doin' mine up flat black with a pin-up girl under the clear-coat a la the B17's, 25's, 29's etc of World War 2.
