http://www.solitudecycles.com/assets...s/alex29er.jpg

not mine, but i'm really digging solitude cycles. this is the owner's personal ride.

True, but I'm also one of the staunchest Japanophiles as well. :) I also wanted a steel track frame so I could eventually put S+S couplers on it, which this bike may eventually get.

Frames with S+S couplers are typically made with specially butted tubing and I'm pretty sure it's not recommended to just add S+S couplers, plus I've heard quotes of 500 bucks for it.

i've heard this, and i've also heard about hundreds of successful s+s retrofits. you can get them added for as little as $300ish.

Quoted for truth. The manufacturer talks a lot about retrofits on his site.

yup, (almost) any round steel or titanium tubes can be retrofit.
haven't seen $300-ish anywhere. lowest I've seenin around $400.
and you'll need new paint on top of that.

is that a jones h-bar?

mother****ing taco ninja. i can't wait to kill some of that in 2 weeks.

all i gotta say is TACO NINJA **** YES!

you hipsters, Owls are the new ninjas

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And Ninjas eat pizza, not tacos

any place that has a burritto with falafel in it is awesome.

Amen, my brother!

most things in the world are less lame than "ninjas" and "pirates," but i do like the food at taco ninja, even though it's a bit pricey. www.taconinja.com. $1 taco mondays. jackpot.

There are places where you can get killed for even thinking of such an attrocity. ;)

look, if i can't have a delicious mission district burrito (which i have to say were better than almost all of the burritos i had while in san diego), i might as well accept bastardization in all it's glory.

I am going to eat at Taqueria Cancun in two days. I might pee myself I'm so excited.

Of course!

My friend moved to Olympia Washington a while back and everytime he comes back here he buys several burritos freezes them and carts them back up North.

Maybe I should start a burrito shipping business like these guys in France do with their cheese.

Yeah Cancun is good! What are your plans when you are here?
I'll be at the dinner party and up for riding anytime this weekend.

i just put on some nitto bullhorns :D

I managed to get us media acreditation to Wonder Con, so the lady and I are going to go nerd out for a while... that's the only thing on the horizon right now. Maybe go see Bob Mould in Sacto on Sunday night. Her parents live in Los Osos, so we're going down there for about a week - we're in SF this weekend and then again from the 22nd-27th. Sadly, we'll be sans bike. At some point, I'd like to hit up freewheel and american to try and get some stuff to finish building up the frame I made her... my main priorities are stuffing my face at cancun and golden era, going to amoeba, and enjoying the warm weather.

BIKE FORUM BURRITO RIDE!

lets do it. someone lend mcatano a bike. when you going to freewheel? I need to swap my rear cog for something smaller and get some grips.

Alloy Pista 3T bars, 14t No-Brand Cog (Just installed it 5 min ago) ... chain resized to match.

Ran out of black grip tape.. lol

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new bars! Nitto promanade on the carlton. Love them.

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Snazzy. I hope to start building a commuter like that in the next few months. Brit bikes 4 life, eh? :D