Changing parts to lighten up the bike
12-24-06, 04:10 PM
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your bike looks like you have alot of extra crap on it to lighten your bike get ride of the water bottle, cyclometer, humongo light, pump, lock, anything extra that stuff belongs in your bag anyway it will get stole if you leave that stuff attached to your bike out front of a bar
12-24-06, 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Ceya
The paint job look like a repaint.
All those accessories you have put on weight. look to stream line what you have on the bike.
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All those accessories you have put on weight. look to stream line what you have on the bike.
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12-25-06, 10:31 AM
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No the pic in post 18. Maybe the paint was being used differently. I stated that due to the dropout shot and seeing how the paint looked.
My Cinelli Super Corsa Strada paint was flush and you could see how well the paint was applied.
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My Cinelli Super Corsa Strada paint was flush and you could see how well the paint was applied.
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12-25-06, 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Ceya
No the pic in post 18. Maybe the paint was being used differently. I stated that due to the dropout shot and seeing how the paint looked.
My Cinelli Super Corsa Strada paint was flush and you could see how well the paint was applied.
S/F,
CEYA!
My Cinelli Super Corsa Strada paint was flush and you could see how well the paint was applied.
S/F,
CEYA!
12-25-06, 11:44 AM
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go with aluminum cranks, seatpost, stem and bars. Aluminum bars make a noticable difference when picking the bike up, not so much ride it.
As said above, I lot of that extra stuff can fit in a bag. Lights can be clipped on bags, which definatly helps from them getting stolen off the bike..
who cares about the paint job, you can't keep knee pads, wrist pads and a helmet on a kid that is playing one of those not-keeping-track-of-score soccer games forever. Let if get scratches, or just repaint it. I had old bar tape on my top tube to keep it from being scratched. Then I realized that I didn't care, or other parts of the bike would get scratched up while locking it in strange postions. If you don't like the paint job, just rattle can it.
As said above, I lot of that extra stuff can fit in a bag. Lights can be clipped on bags, which definatly helps from them getting stolen off the bike..
who cares about the paint job, you can't keep knee pads, wrist pads and a helmet on a kid that is playing one of those not-keeping-track-of-score soccer games forever. Let if get scratches, or just repaint it. I had old bar tape on my top tube to keep it from being scratched. Then I realized that I didn't care, or other parts of the bike would get scratched up while locking it in strange postions. If you don't like the paint job, just rattle can it.
12-25-06, 01:18 PM
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Inner tube wrapped around your tubing does wonders to keep scratches off. Failing that, some creative work with scissors and electrical tape can completely hide an ugly paint job...I had an old peugot, rode like a dream but I just couldn't stand to be seen with that ugly seafoam colour scheme, and the tape held remarkably well.
