thanks.
i'm running 42/17 or 19 now, on road, with rolling terrain.
42/20 would seem like a good compromise on the dirt.

owen..... oh word.:D

Whoa! How did I miss that bike?!

Insanely awesome.

that guchi is sooooooooooooooooooooo F*CKIN' HOT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

damn it what to build first you guys are confusing me ss off road or pursuit street machine......DAMN it so torn!

Hey, I saw that thing outside Mike's Bikes last weekend.

Puuuuuuuuuuuurty.

When confused, one should always conjure up a funny bike. In this case, an off-road pursuit bike, with drops and a front 650 wheel.

Have you seen spinergys on a cross bike before...that **** is nuts. The last thing I want in a race is one of those blades piercing my lung.

thanks 128. that **** is going in the "bikes that rule" file on my desktop.
anyon know what tires those are? they'd be great for what i'm putting together right now.

What isn't so great about a "sporty and fashionable recreation group" which sports a Hollowtech II crankset, a disc-only 8 speed internally shifting hub, and hydraulic disc brakes? If every commuter in the world had this group, all war would end and God would fart a cloud of bliss across our pitiful planet.

They look like Tufo clincher tubulars, some tires that I've always been dying to try.

the orange cross bike at the top of the page? those are definitely vittoria somethings, i can see the logo.

vittoria cross evo xg pro

internal gear hub + disc brake
I want.

I agree.

However, the crank appears to be a 105.

pictures aren't great, but final build on the plain jane:
Calfee Pista Roya
Syntace road bar
Thomson Elite seatpost / X2 stem
IRD Technoglide headset
Fi'zik Arione saddle
Sugino 75 cranks
PW hubs / OP
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amazing.

Calfee Pista Roya

ha ha, bat wings.

Cheeziest of the Cheeze!

Just got some road bars (i really missed my extra positions) and wrapped them up in some CUSH tape. stella azzurra eleganza is amazing. my wrapping job did not do it justice.

I didn't meant to look so serious in the third picture but that's how i get at 1 am.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/158/4...b8da110a0b.jpg

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A very smart looking conversion.

I like your bike. That's what I call a "fixed gear road bike". In a good way!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ackstands1.jpg

*not made by me

holy crap! that bike can ride up/down walls?!

holy crap! They make nerds candy bikes?!

hahaha...last week when i was in NY looking for trackstar, since they'd moved shop, i was riding down the street and saw that bike in the window of a sneaker shop; the saddle looks hella uncomfortable though with its plastic only body.