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^^^ are you serious? why not just stick a brake on it, or suicide hub it w/ a ton of locktite? a brakeless freewheel roadbike makes NO sense to me at all. it seems like any sort of reasonably fast speed would make it sketchy as hell to stop that way. If your going to ride brakeless, use the right equipment. On my old ss freewheel, the brakes would completly stop working when the (steel) rims got wet, so I had to do that (footbrake). Once I was riding down a long, steep hill and it started raining hard. the footbraking bull**** barely was slowing me down, I had to plant my foot down and ditch the bike, sliding it out from under me. I ended up smacking my head pretty hard on the pavement. luckily there were not any cars around. It was the most terrifying bike experience i have ever had, hands down- worse than going over the hood of a truck or getting sideswiped by a car and knocked across one of the busiest streets in town.
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oops i meant sbcdestroy
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Originally Posted by rpc180
Here's mine!
http://www.geocities.com/rpc180/FG_log/8x6_FG_Log17.jpg An ENO converted 2002 Cannondale R3000si. My first bike build. My first wheel lacing. The DC Pirates helped a whole lot, especially to poopncow for many nights at his place wrenching and some borrowed parts while things trickled in via UPS. A slew of online LBS's: E-bay, TheBikeBiz, Universal Cycles, Bikeman Network, Niagara Bike Works, and even Performance bikes for parts. And City Bikes who helped me find random **** all the time that I didn't have. |
Originally Posted by Serendipper
Wow. This bike looks soooo fast. Is it fixed? What tires?
the tires are vredestein fortezza tricomp, I looked EVERYWHERE to find them. i agree with the decals, is pretty over the top, maybe cause it looks like a nascar it also looks fast. or it could be the orange ... adds +5mph just standing still! |
those tires are sweet
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apparently you guys dont realize the amount of control you can still achieve brakeless...
this is only temporary so pull your panties out of your spandex and relax. for all of you concerned about brakelss control.... oberve, brakeless & with a freecoaster (bike rolls backwards without engaging the cranks) I rode like this for almost a year. ive applied it to a larger bike, not that hard... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVLmGYsrdVY |
you obviously don't travel faster than 5 MPH
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I do, frequently.
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Originally Posted by sbcdestroy
apparently you guys dont realize the amount of control you can still achieve brakeless...
this is only temporary so pull your panties out of your spandex and relax. for all of you concerned about brakelss control.... oberve, brakeless & with a freecoaster (bike rolls backwards without engaging the cranks) I rode like this for almost a year. ive applied it to a larger bike, not that hard... ...to be stupid. I agree. Stop trying to be tough, and get a brake or a fixed wheel. What's the point? You can buy a brake for $15.00 or get one free at the Co-Op. You sound pretty ridiculous buddy....It's not about BMX tricks, it's about real world riding, and the real dangers that come with it. |
I'm not trying to be tough. thats funny...
like i said it's only temp untill I can get a fixed hub ( 3 days now ) so relax. What's the point of you guys getting THIS worked up? you guys need to relax. way too uptight. |
Originally Posted by sbcdestroy
this is only temporary so pull your panties out of your spandex and relax.
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Maybe he only rides it on the sidewalk.
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Ha!
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I'm not really riding it much at all untill I get the fixed hub... I just ride it around the block to make sure it was mechanically sound...
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Originally Posted by sbcdestroy
I'm not trying to be tough. thats funny...
like i said it's only temp untill I can get a fixed hub ( 3 days now ) so relax. What's the point of you guys getting THIS worked up? you guys need to relax. way too uptight. |
Originally Posted by sbcdestroy
apparently you guys dont realize the amount of control you can still achieve brakeless...
this is only temporary so pull your panties out of your spandex and relax. for all of you concerned about brakelss control.... oberve, brakeless & with a freecoaster (bike rolls backwards without engaging the cranks) I rode like this for almost a year. ive applied it to a larger bike, not that hard... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVLmGYsrdVY |
that frameslide(?) on the bench was dope.
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I got decent shots today, I love the way this beast rides and looks so I don't care if you saw pictures yesterday, those were crappy:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...t/IMG_1751.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...t/IMG_1755.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...t/IMG_1752.jpg Take this Juvi! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...t/IMG_1771.jpg |
damn you are a dirty bastard
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you should pad that top tube a little. or put on bars that won't hit for when you are doing trixxxz.
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Originally Posted by babychris
I love ian schwartz's style. probalbly one of my favorite bmx riders.
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The fakie manuals were nice.
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Originally Posted by ryand
you should pad that top tube a little. or put on bars that won't hit for when you are doing trixxxz.
Maybe dumb question but does AL dent easier than Steel? |
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