The stuff you read in other forums...
04-06-12, 06:24 PM
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holyrollin'
The Mechanic's Forum has many knowledgeable posters, but the bulk of their knowledge revolves around not-very-old to new bikes.
It gets frustrating when you need *tweak* and they advise *frob* or even suggest outright replacement at the complete bike level. Because wouldn't everyone just be happier with a shiny new bike?
Also, they frown on rattlecan repaints. Powdercoat is apparently cheaper, as well as being more durable.
It gets frustrating when you need *tweak* and they advise *frob* or even suggest outright replacement at the complete bike level. Because wouldn't everyone just be happier with a shiny new bike?
Also, they frown on rattlecan repaints. Powdercoat is apparently cheaper, as well as being more durable.
04-06-12, 07:07 PM
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Riding like its 1990
Its not cheaper compared to rattle can. $40 for all stages of cans vs $125 or so for PC and sometimes PC turns out uglier. Nice way to fill in the nice lug work on an old frame. You can always splurge and get aerosol cans filled with catalized automotive paint. Never tried it due to fumes.
04-06-12, 07:52 PM
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What??? Only 2 wheels?
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Actually, it was whether you can go more than 10 miles without a bib. Or without eating oatmeal. Or something.
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04-06-12, 08:11 PM
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Being as I'm on this forum I'll be doing a before and after of my vintage hammer that I found in a dumpster and which was forged by British artisans and not mass produced by Chinese labourers.
04-06-12, 08:59 PM
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Riding like its 1990
04-06-12, 08:59 PM
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I spent an hour reading the alt bike culture the other day:
But it's even scarier in the A+S. Don't go in the A+S.
****et, Thailand: A devotee of the Chinese Bang Neow Shrine with a bicycle shock absorber piercing his cheek. During the annual Vegetarian festival religious devotees slash themselves with swords, pierce their cheeks with sharp objects and commit other painful acts to purify themselves, taking on the sins of the community.
https://www.guardian.co.uk/news/galle...91095&index=14
https://www.guardian.co.uk/news/galle...91095&index=14
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04-06-12, 09:19 PM
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What??? Only 2 wheels?
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I have one of those rubber-coated mallets. Used it re-assembling my GT6 transmission last year. Can't eat oatmeal with it though.
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04-06-12, 09:46 PM
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This will make you feel old and inadequate:
https://bikeportland.org/2007/06/22/s...raam-feat-4159
https://bikeportland.org/2007/06/22/s...raam-feat-4159
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04-06-12, 10:20 PM
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I used to spend a lot of time on the single speed and fixed gear forum, but the day I turned 30 I could no longer understand what any of them were talkin about. Now it frightens and confuses me.
04-07-12, 06:47 AM
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In my youth in the 70s, we would usually be riding in jeans with no underwear and a plain cotton tee and on summer travels would often cover 60 - 100 miles a day.
(I have only recently returned to cycling and thus far have found regular Docker's shorts more comfortable than padded bike shorts. But I'm told I need to try other brands of bike shorts.)
(I have only recently returned to cycling and thus far have found regular Docker's shorts more comfortable than padded bike shorts. But I'm told I need to try other brands of bike shorts.)
04-07-12, 06:59 AM
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Do bibs come in knicker-length tweed?
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04-07-12, 07:10 AM
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You know that's worthy of using as a signature, yes?
04-07-12, 07:11 AM
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04-07-12, 07:17 AM
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Cold out today. 45F. Gonna wear tights.
04-07-12, 12:01 PM
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I heard at tomorrow's Paris Roubaix Cancellara will be sporting some Daisy Dukes and a wife beater.
04-07-12, 03:27 PM
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Someone posted this on the Paceline forum today
https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2012/03/hammerforum-com
https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2012/03/hammerforum-com
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04-07-12, 08:24 PM
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This will make you feel old and inadequate:
https://bikeportland.org/2007/06/22/s...raam-feat-4159
https://bikeportland.org/2007/06/22/s...raam-feat-4159
04-07-12, 10:00 PM
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Someone posted this on the Paceline forum today
https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2012/03/hammerforum-com
https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2012/03/hammerforum-com
04-07-12, 10:09 PM
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With such close gear ratios, it's interesting that he didn't just use a flip-flop hub. Maybe it saved time to swap bikes rather than fiddle with the wheel.
04-08-12, 05:17 AM
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I prefer a Hart for framing, though, in the California pattern. I tried a Stiletto and didn't much like it.
