Your Most Recent Cycling-related Purchase
07-14-11, 11:58 AM
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My latest purchase: A Fizik Arione saddle, Some Power bars, and 3 packs of gu
07-14-11, 12:02 PM
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07-14-11, 12:04 PM
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Oh, your picture worked.
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07-14-11, 12:12 PM
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Throw the stick!!!!
The easiest way to post your own photo's is to upload them to www.photobucket.com and then post the img link here.
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07-14-11, 01:58 PM
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Bontrager XXXlite Limited Edition shoes (199gm each!)
Bontrager Node 2 comp / heart rate belt / cadence / speed / altitude, exc.
R3 Bontrager Road tires
Plus some cheap shimano pedals
'twas a good day for sure!
.Chris
Bontrager Node 2 comp / heart rate belt / cadence / speed / altitude, exc.
R3 Bontrager Road tires
Plus some cheap shimano pedals
'twas a good day for sure!
.Chris
07-14-11, 05:59 PM
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Just ordered my first carbon bike! A Franco Balcom road bike. Got in on a sweet frameset special. It comes with black and white paint graphics.
They offer custom paint as an option, thinking about going black with yellow accents. That would basically bring the price back up to the original price of frame.
They offer custom paint as an option, thinking about going black with yellow accents. That would basically bring the price back up to the original price of frame.
07-14-11, 06:07 PM
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That is an excellent first carbon bike. I have a teammate who used to have one and it was gorgeous. It got cracked in half during a crash though =/
07-14-11, 06:15 PM
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Ouch, how'd that happen? What did your teammate think about the bike? My buddy put me on to Franco. He's been riding one for almost a year and loves it, so convinced me to pull the trigger.
07-14-11, 08:21 PM
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He was doing a road race and some guy in front of him misjudged the corner and swiped his wheel, my teammate was okay but it basically cracked his top tube and downtube in half. He talked to Franco and they offered him a really good crash replacement option but he wound up picking up a different frame since his budget was small. While he had it, he absolutely loved it. It's hanging on his wall now
07-14-11, 08:57 PM
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Its been a good month for me. My wife bought me a new mountain bike for my birthday.
2011 Scott Scale 29 Elite. Today I went to look at new shoes and came home with a new set of Black and White Sworks shoes and an new Sele Italia Saddle. I hope I like it, it sure was expensive. I have been hating my Arione lately.
2011 Scott Scale 29 Elite. Today I went to look at new shoes and came home with a new set of Black and White Sworks shoes and an new Sele Italia Saddle. I hope I like it, it sure was expensive. I have been hating my Arione lately.
07-15-11, 02:20 AM
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07-15-11, 08:09 PM
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SCORE made me faster
$30 Park Home Repair Stand PCS-1. SCORE!!!
It is an olive color which must mean it is a few years old. Clamp works great. After I used it today to adjust the front derailleur, it made me faster! I beat my world record to the top of Emigration Canyon by 4 minutes.
It is an olive color which must mean it is a few years old. Clamp works great. After I used it today to adjust the front derailleur, it made me faster! I beat my world record to the top of Emigration Canyon by 4 minutes.
07-16-11, 06:56 AM
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Great score for just $30! Man your derailleur most have been really poorly adjusted...funny, I've been able to adjust mine without a stand just fine. But a bike stand is good thing to have and for $30 you did good.
07-16-11, 07:21 AM
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LG Baselayer for $20.00. I got the last one in my size.
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07-16-11, 08:29 AM
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Got a bunch of crap in the last two months I haven't posted up yet, so here goes.......
Amgen Tour of California jersey thanks to the link about the sale by a fellow BF person
Cosmic Carbone's - best set of wheels I've had to date
Voler FS bibs - Voler bibs are the Bomb, and I love their trilogy pad
Hammer Jersey
Set of Gatorskins
2 pairs of Hammer Bibs - voler trilogy pad again
two new pairs of lenses for my Oakley Flak Jackets - one Ruby and one ice blue
four new tubes
NOT PICTURED
case of 20 threaded 16 gram C02 cartridges
new 12-28t cassette
Rocketfish bluetooth sterio headset (I can listen to music and take and make phone calls handsfee!!)
Subscription to Netflicks............ not cycling related, I just like it!!
RD
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forgot to add the Oakley Flak Jacket glasses............
Amgen Tour of California jersey thanks to the link about the sale by a fellow BF person
Cosmic Carbone's - best set of wheels I've had to date
Voler FS bibs - Voler bibs are the Bomb, and I love their trilogy pad
Hammer Jersey
Set of Gatorskins
2 pairs of Hammer Bibs - voler trilogy pad again
two new pairs of lenses for my Oakley Flak Jackets - one Ruby and one ice blue
four new tubes
NOT PICTURED
case of 20 threaded 16 gram C02 cartridges
new 12-28t cassette
Rocketfish bluetooth sterio headset (I can listen to music and take and make phone calls handsfee!!)
Subscription to Netflicks............ not cycling related, I just like it!!
RD
**EDIT
forgot to add the Oakley Flak Jacket glasses............
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07-16-11, 09:58 AM
#5118
shedding fat
Clear frame and photochromic lenses. Fit great, sweat runs off away from lenses, but the frames are a bit heavier than I'm used to. Like it a lot so far. Fit me far better than the other 11 models of Oakleys I tried before I bought these!!!
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07-16-11, 10:36 AM
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Just bought another set of Kenda Kaliente tires for my Spinergy wheels I train on. The last set lasted a real long time, 3000-3500miles ride better, than the Krylions I have on my other bike that is my primary training bike. I think these are my new go to training tire. They also weigh just over 200g each.
07-16-11, 08:32 PM
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I ordered another mini pump, a Topeak Road Morph with the small built in gauge from Performance Bike for $25. I'll try that one out and compare it with my other pumps, a SKS Raceday Carbon, and a Lezyne Road Drive. The Topeak is the cheapest of the three, but I'll have to wait for it since it's on backorder.
Soloist Assassin; I use the Kenda Konstrictor tires and like them way better then Conti 4000s. One of the Kenda sets now have 2000 miles and still look great and no flats. I bought 4 pairs of these when I got a closeout for $18 a piece. Now if I can just get some Latex tubes on closeout.
Soloist Assassin; I use the Kenda Konstrictor tires and like them way better then Conti 4000s. One of the Kenda sets now have 2000 miles and still look great and no flats. I bought 4 pairs of these when I got a closeout for $18 a piece. Now if I can just get some Latex tubes on closeout.
07-16-11, 09:05 PM
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What are these? I they look great!!
07-16-11, 09:10 PM
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Bontrager XXXlite Limited Edition shoes (199gm each!)
Bontrager Node 2 comp / heart rate belt / cadence / speed / altitude, exc.
R3 Bontrager Road tires
Plus some cheap shimano pedals
'twas a good day for sure!
.Chris
Bontrager Node 2 comp / heart rate belt / cadence / speed / altitude, exc.
R3 Bontrager Road tires
Plus some cheap shimano pedals
'twas a good day for sure!
.Chris
07-16-11, 09:28 PM
#5123
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Scott S60 Speedster off Craigslist for my 17yo daughter who needed a road bike so's she could keep up with her reincarnation-of-Jeannie-Longo little sister. :-) Bike's got a couple scuff marks and it'll need a new chain before long but other than that it's in pretty good shape, and it fits my teeny teenager like the proverbial cycling glove. Yeah!
07-17-11, 01:54 PM
#5124
shedding fat
Tifosi. Almost all the frames are very well made with a cyclist position in mind. 3 things kill most riding glasses for me: 1. The lenses accumulate too much crud once sweat and water dries over them making it difficult see, 2. Frame's top sit too low on the face, so when you look up while on the hoods to see further ahead, 2/3 ofthe view is obstructed, 3. When I turn my head to look behind me and I find part of the frame obstructing my view. None of those happen for me with Tifosi but happens with all Oakleys I have tried to date.
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07-17-11, 02:14 PM
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Soloist Assassin; I use the Kenda Konstrictor tires and like them way better then Conti 4000s. One of the Kenda sets now have 2000 miles and still look great and no flats. I bought 4 pairs of these when I got a closeout for $18 a piece. Now if I can just get some Latex tubes on closeout.