Originally Posted by
Boss Moniker
My friend, I do apologize.. the wording "a bit of" was not meant to belittle the extent of the injury. You mentioned it in passing (In fact, I didn't realize until you clarified that you got injured as a first responder on 9/11), and in casual terms so I assumed it wasn't debilitating. And I certainly wasn't comparing it with people who lost their lives that day. Again, I feel terrible that you took offense at this.
Additionally the tone of my post, though condescending, wasn't really meant for you. It was mostly meant for the people around here who build beautiful NJS bikes and put risers/flats on them because everyone else is doing it. Annoys me to no end, but really I'm just being irrational and provocational. For you, I ended up putting words in your mouth, which was a mistake. I was aware of this when I wrote it, so I added the "of course you can do what you want", but I guess that didn't help.
Looks like you do know more about tubulars than I do, though I assure you I have ridden them (though I do not own a set.. I am planning on getting some though). I'm not going to argue with you, though.
I hope you enjoy the bike, whatever it may end up being.
Apology accepted. No hard feelings.
Originally Posted by
fischer, max
oh, and if you could mention 9/11 a few more times that'd be awesome. it sucks that you got hurt, especially doing what really is admirable work that i'm pretty sure i don't have what it takes to do, but there's really no reason to evoke that sort of thing on a board like this unless you're trying to get attention.
Mentioned it three times. Once in reference to the injury itself, twice in reference to a callous, and apologized for, post (scroll up). You're the one continuing this, not me. Geeze if I wanted attention, I'd mention a lot more than what you are taking issue with. My life, thankfully, did not begin or end on that day. I mentioned it at first in the context of it being an injury that effects cycling for me. It really does effect my choice of components and my ridding style. I'm new here, do you get to decide what personal first hand life experiences may or may not be evoked that refer to fixed gear riding? If I've stepped on the toes of a forum mod or censor, please let me know so I can respectfully bow out. Though somehow I doubt that is the case.
Please, let this die. I have. Let's talk about putting my bike together.
Originally Posted by
deathhare
Same here. Does this bike even exist?
Originally Posted by
Cynikal
I'm still waiting for pictures.
I'll post some pictures over the weekend for everyone to enjoy or not.
Today's additions were a short riser stem (found on a scooter I destroyed a while ago), a pair of chopped flat bars (ditto), a MTB brake lever (ditto), some MTB grips, a bell, and a light.
Now I'm just stuck waiting for a shipment of Conti Gatorskin sew-ups to arrive in the mail. Some other toys are coming to...