What Did You Just Buy For Your Bike?
06-17-11, 12:10 AM
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GONE~
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06-17-11, 03:26 AM
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I'm in the process of upgrading my drivetrain.
So far, I've already installed my new heavy duty chain and Messenger ring, and I'm waiting for my new Tange BB.
I've also ordered new Bell WO Bike lights and new track nuts.
I've got some ghetto ass regular nut with some washers on the back wheel which is no bueno at all. Chain just gets loose after a few miles so I'm afraid my bike will throw the chain -- which happened once already while I was trying to go down this hill safely after a fairly long ride with a good amount of hills....
next up, maybe some custom wheels from Ben's Cycle lol. Trying to resist going the inexpensive route at Velomine only because i think having Surly hubs would be worth it in the long run.
So far, I've already installed my new heavy duty chain and Messenger ring, and I'm waiting for my new Tange BB.
I've also ordered new Bell WO Bike lights and new track nuts.
I've got some ghetto ass regular nut with some washers on the back wheel which is no bueno at all. Chain just gets loose after a few miles so I'm afraid my bike will throw the chain -- which happened once already while I was trying to go down this hill safely after a fairly long ride with a good amount of hills....
next up, maybe some custom wheels from Ben's Cycle lol. Trying to resist going the inexpensive route at Velomine only because i think having Surly hubs would be worth it in the long run.
06-17-11, 03:45 AM
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06-18-11, 05:22 AM
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Probably here:
https://www.bdopcycling.com/Wheels-FGSS.asp#FORCE
https://www.bdopcycling.com/Wheels-FGSS.asp#FORCE
06-18-11, 08:31 AM
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i smell bacon
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I got a pretty solid price on a complete FTP. So impulse buy.
The whole FTP is essentially brand new. The wheelset and the fork were really the only main factors that influenced my decision. I have a lot of things to sell now.
The whole FTP is essentially brand new. The wheelset and the fork were really the only main factors that influenced my decision. I have a lot of things to sell now.
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06-19-11, 01:40 PM
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THE STUFFED
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I would've never expected myself to buy one of these.
In black; I shall not be carried away by the likes of colored rubber.
LBS ran out of my usual randos and were having a deal on these; came down to only $5 extra. So it's time to expand my cycling palette.
Joke's on the tire nonetheless, I'm running it as a rear = tire death sentence.
In black; I shall not be carried away by the likes of colored rubber.
LBS ran out of my usual randos and were having a deal on these; came down to only $5 extra. So it's time to expand my cycling palette.
Joke's on the tire nonetheless, I'm running it as a rear = tire death sentence.
06-21-11, 08:01 AM
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don't door me bro!
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finally picked up via CL a rear wheel. can finally put all the pieces together and start riding the bareknuckle!
$100 got me a White Deep V rim, laced to a white all city hub with a suntor superbe 17T cog & dura ace lockring
$100 got me a White Deep V rim, laced to a white all city hub with a suntor superbe 17T cog & dura ace lockring
06-21-11, 08:20 AM
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06-21-11, 10:25 AM
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Cult Classic Cycling Club
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06-21-11, 01:08 PM
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Lezyne Pressure Drive and a pair of levers.
Guess I'm ready for flats now.
Guess I'm ready for flats now.
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06-21-11, 02:18 PM
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I'm always ready.
06-21-11, 02:33 PM
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I used to trust the abundance of crappy bikeshops around here. Chances are there's a shop within a 10 minute walk in this city - the sort that sell basic MTBs, stock a few cable-locks, a couple of basic MTB tyres and some tubes.
Since I moved to roadbikes with 700c, I've been lucky - just two flats in two years of commuting - so I hadn't quite noticed that these shops don't have a clue what to do with these tubes. "We don't service race-bikes" said the fellow of my nearest shop when I needed a new tyre for my conversion - a low-level Hercules. Some don't even have a pump for Presta valves, and if I flat at night, there's not even a bus to ride home. That, combined with the solo riding on the roadie, convinced me to get my own kit.
Since I moved to roadbikes with 700c, I've been lucky - just two flats in two years of commuting - so I hadn't quite noticed that these shops don't have a clue what to do with these tubes. "We don't service race-bikes" said the fellow of my nearest shop when I needed a new tyre for my conversion - a low-level Hercules. Some don't even have a pump for Presta valves, and if I flat at night, there's not even a bus to ride home. That, combined with the solo riding on the roadie, convinced me to get my own kit.
06-21-11, 07:21 PM
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"Race bikes"? Most bike shops do use shraeder valves because they use pressurized air, weird that they wouldn't have a valve cap converter though.
They really don't carry road tubes?
They really don't carry road tubes?
06-21-11, 11:35 PM
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This:
The MTB craze hit us hard. "If it doesn't have a front suspension at minimum, you're getting screwed" is pretty much the guideline here. Our local version of a fred dresses up in lycra, dons a bad-ass trail helmet with lights on it - and then does 5km/h rounds along parkways. Paved parkways.
I laughed when the storeowner said that. Ignorant idiot who's been running that store since my family moved into the area - must be over 15 years - and I always thought he was a bit of a crook, using his monopoly over the area to sell overpriced ****. Turns out it's true.
The MTB craze hit us hard. "If it doesn't have a front suspension at minimum, you're getting screwed" is pretty much the guideline here. Our local version of a fred dresses up in lycra, dons a bad-ass trail helmet with lights on it - and then does 5km/h rounds along parkways. Paved parkways.
I laughed when the storeowner said that. Ignorant idiot who's been running that store since my family moved into the area - must be over 15 years - and I always thought he was a bit of a crook, using his monopoly over the area to sell overpriced ****. Turns out it's true.
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06-22-11, 11:21 AM
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06-22-11, 11:46 AM
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rue the whirl
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