Stupid Questions
08-23-05 | 05:07 AM
#76
Originally Posted by sloppy robot
displayed on my jeoperdy screen: "if i have a 16t rear and live in a moderatly hilly place and dont mind spinning a bit... what would be my ideal front chainring size be?"
A: Too many bes.
I got a million of 'em. (Unfunny jokes, that is, not bees.)
08-23-05 | 09:31 AM
#79
Yay!11! I has!!!1
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From: Eastcoast
Bikes: Cocaine the white stallion, Custom Witcomb pista, (Being restored) 80's Pogliaghi Track, (destroyed) RAP Round Breeze NJS, Cannondale Jekyll 900, 84/5 Pinarello Montello (all italian)
well said chombo. well said indeed.
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08-23-05 | 08:46 PM
#87
old codger
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From: Victoria B.C.
Originally Posted by wangster
huh?
08-23-05 | 10:42 PM
#89
hang up your boots
Joined: Aug 2004
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From: San Francisco
Bikes: 84 Pinarello, Trek Liquid 30, Torker CX 24, Gromada Track
does it look like an entrance to a mine tunnel?
stollen is not pie
stollen is not pie
08-24-05 | 03:37 AM
#90
LF for the accentdeprived
Joined: May 2005
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From: Budapest, Hungary
Man, people keep posting the wrong way...
There are three newish post that belong in this thread, and they somehow became thread-starters:
1: what do you prefer to see?
a well used fixie or a brand new clean one?
i prefer to see a well used fixie, since they looked like they have been well used. also it gives them a bit of character. i like seeing the battle scars and war wounds on them.
2: just bought an (old) used fuji that needs some work done on it and watnted to know:
1) should i get: traditional toe clips (pedal + normal shoe) or clip ins (special pedal and shoe) or is it personal preference?
2) how do i tell how straight the chainline is? do i just look from the rear up straight down to the cog on the crank and line them up?
3, from the mechanics forum, but a true gem: Why is it easy to stay on a bike while moving, but impossible once it stops?
That one hurt.
There are three newish post that belong in this thread, and they somehow became thread-starters:
1: what do you prefer to see?
a well used fixie or a brand new clean one?
i prefer to see a well used fixie, since they looked like they have been well used. also it gives them a bit of character. i like seeing the battle scars and war wounds on them.
2: just bought an (old) used fuji that needs some work done on it and watnted to know:
1) should i get: traditional toe clips (pedal + normal shoe) or clip ins (special pedal and shoe) or is it personal preference?
2) how do i tell how straight the chainline is? do i just look from the rear up straight down to the cog on the crank and line them up?
3, from the mechanics forum, but a true gem: Why is it easy to stay on a bike while moving, but impossible once it stops?
That one hurt.
08-24-05 | 07:29 PM
#92
Thread Starter
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From: Los Angeles
Bikes: Custom Holland Ti road bike, Custom track bike I traded a painting for.
What's with the tape wrapped around the top tube? Is it to differentiate your bike from the others?
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Ode to the after work nap ( ride your bike instead)
Ode to the nap
The evil, evil nap
It lures
you succumb
But only with good intent
Shortly I will rise
But you do not.
Do not succumb
To the evil, evil nap
08-25-05 | 02:01 AM
#94
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did that hurt? <random person looking at my full sleeve or plugs> I get this about once a week still. Sometimes I say yes sometimes no, depends on my mood. Not sure if this is just a conversation breaker or if that really all they want to know.
No brakes!, how do you stop? Isn't that crazy? Well I used to think so before I was converted, but now that I know the answer, it seems silly...I stop pedaling.
The best have to be when the answers are just above the post, but the person just couldn't read the rest of the thread that they felt the need to respond to. as Napoleon (and Ren) would say.... EEEdiot!
No brakes!, how do you stop? Isn't that crazy? Well I used to think so before I was converted, but now that I know the answer, it seems silly...I stop pedaling.
The best have to be when the answers are just above the post, but the person just couldn't read the rest of the thread that they felt the need to respond to. as Napoleon (and Ren) would say.... EEEdiot!
08-25-05 | 05:59 AM
#95
Originally Posted by Terror_in_pink
What's with the tape wrapped around the top tube? Is it to differentiate your bike from the others?
08-25-05 | 08:34 AM
#96
Yay!11! I has!!!1
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From: Eastcoast
Bikes: Cocaine the white stallion, Custom Witcomb pista, (Being restored) 80's Pogliaghi Track, (destroyed) RAP Round Breeze NJS, Cannondale Jekyll 900, 84/5 Pinarello Montello (all italian)
Are you gonna eat that?
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08-26-05 | 09:41 AM
#97
All Things Go
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From: dayton, oh
Bikes: 01 bianchi pista, custom. 04 felt f-15, full record.
Originally Posted by [165]
This just in:
I miss TrackFresh
I miss TrackFresh
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NO! It is the FARGATE! It is not some other kind of gate from a movie or TV show that I've never seen! Notice that it has a wheelchair and a pink mohawk? We're not getting sued!
NO! It is the FARGATE! It is not some other kind of gate from a movie or TV show that I've never seen! Notice that it has a wheelchair and a pink mohawk? We're not getting sued!
08-26-05 | 09:51 AM
#98
ambassador of good will
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From: NOVA
Bikes: many.
Originally Posted by s2sxiii
sometimes i miss myself around here. Then i come back around, and remember why i left. Looking forward to this winter.
