Court, do you throw on drops when you do club rides? Roadies tend to freak out over bullhorns, they think they're going to get impaled.

I imagine he rides a road bike.

nah i only ride with my drops on sunday or late at night. I really dont like riding with them on in heavy traffic. they really increase my stopping distance. but i can sprint faster with them on. Or at least it feels like it. I assume it has something to do with the shift in weight and the shift in riding position but drops make the bike really really twitchy and i cant get enough leverage to skid in the seat

or I ride my road bike for group rides, plus the road bike does better manuals

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2037/...08638046_b.jpg

the road bike
http://stupidhurts.org/gallery/album...l_CIMG1000.JPG

Manuals, clipped in, sounds like pain.

you mean wheelies.

yeah it's hard to skid or backpedal if you're down in the drops so you gotta raise up and move your hands to the top or the curves.

Manuals are wheelies whilst coasting, aren't they?

Pedaling = wheelie

Coasting = manual

Back on topic:
http://a559.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...2005f85046.jpg
Mine. Just got it for xmas. Switched out the bars and chain ring. I love it.

I love orange bikes. Looks great.

What bars are those?

Man, I thought the Ritchey BioMax bars had a shallow drop.

Good lookin' bike, though. Orange wins.

i think it might be the angle. They look a bit like the Soma Walker bars...but they have hoods so I have no idea.

those bars look awful.

I believe they are road runnering bars, and are splayed out quite a bit hence them looking very shallow.

dirt drops perhaps?

yeah, they do look like dirt drops.

Not sure on the bars. I got them from a friend. The bike came with extra wide bars that were no good because I'm tiny. They feel good and I think they look pretty alright.
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/d...ss/bars003.jpg

huh....the flare and shallow drop looks like dirt drops, but the rise looks like randonneur bars. crazy. i dunno what's up. that's cool, though.

Do you guys generally keep your knogs on your handlebars? I have mine on my fork.

Can't with my front brake. But would otherwise.

that orange bike is really really cool emma

yea, I'm really diggin' the orange.

i hate stuff on my handlebars and would prefer to have my knog on the fork, but both of mine are bladed to the point where it won't fit. f that new school noise. currently i just stretch it over the spacers on the steer tube.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2049/...a9d1e8.jpg?v=0
i hope this shows up this time.. but i've updated my bike.. kinda beastly tho
needs new straps.. and a new stem.

^Just saw that bike on sj fixed. I like that back tire.
You going on that ride tommorow?