To my knowledge, Kerry rides a Serotta Ottrott, not a 7.

seven makes some great bikes.. there should be no fronting on that.. 1700 for a seven is a way safer bet then 1300 for the dude whose been making a few frames and such..

you take jet blue.. you sit on the runway for 9 hours.. truff!

kerry does ride a serotta

oh and on the seven.. be sure to not be talked into their super chill out angles.. comfy is for couches

I won't argue with you. But the above comment is about as far from fact as can get.

And.... I wasn't speaking of 'those' people you are speaking of. I'm talking about the ones with a little more budget to spend on a bike. Anyway, don't try and turn this thread in to some silly argument that won't go anywhere.

THANK YOU!!!

Oh man, that's soooooo scary. LOL. My experience has been totally different. Unless you have 'first hand' experience no need to comment.

Dude, where'd you get all that hate from? Did your parents not love you enough. :)

http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/.../kerrybike.jpg

Just thought I'd post this up after I did some googling.

It looks like a Serotta to me.

If you're going to post about how you ordered super spendy frame and wheelset and have an even more expensive road frame on deck, I guess you've gotta be prepared for a little hateration.
SAYING THO.

Damn, even my prejudices are misinformed. Shame on him for not supporting his home-state builders.

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How, you're the one that said hating the big brands is justifyable[sic and I'm an ******* for using it]. What does the average rider get from a custom over an off the rack frame? Status among certain circles and thats it.

Even people "with a little more budget" are often best suited with an off the rack frame. The things you point to as benefits of going with seven such as geometry to the mm are meaningless. There is a reasonable amount of variation between the major brands and a cm here and a cm there are easily adjusted by moving the saddle and bars around. In fact your mm specifications probably won't last more then a season or two. For the premium that a custom frame commands you can get an off the rack frame of much higher quality.

Customs do make sense for people who something far from the mainstream such as a high end ss steel cx frame or for experienced riders who need geometry a few cms off the norms. That is only a small minority of riders and you clearly posted that hating the big brands is respectable in general. Why, just because they are more common? They provide high quality affordable bikes at every price point and serve the vast majority of the cyclists as well or better then a custom will.

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On a quasi-related question. Does anyone have pics of the IndyFab fixie that was built a few years ago that had a franken-fork of one leg road, one leg cyclocross and used a disc brake?

man, hes on the longfellow bridge sidewalk... that bridge has a bike lane! heh. sweet t-shirt though.

Curious - Having never seen one in person, how do these coupler retrofits work as far as locking your bike on the street?

Seriously...

That lock is doing effectively nothing to prevent a theft.

I'm going to guess that the average thief doesn't even know where to begin with the couplers. It takes a very special spanner to get those things loose as they don't hand tighten/loosen. To steal that bike, a thief would have to remove the fork and loosen the couplers. There are a lot more things to worry about in the world rather than whether or not a thief can figure out something that esoteric.

Stuff my coupler worries in a sack - got it. Thanks (seriously) for your answer.

OK, Thanks!

why the hell is he wearing a UW-Milwaukee tshirt!!?