OT: Track bikes
03-11-08 | 11:46 AM
#28
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From: Boise, ID
Bikes: Specialized Allez Epic '91, IRO Mark V Pro, Schwinn Traveler
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03-11-08 | 11:48 AM
#29
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From: ~Serenading with sensous soliloquies whilst singing supple sentences that are simultaneously suppling my sonnets with serenity serendipitously.~ -Serendipper
Bikes: Guerciotti Pista-Giant Carbon-Bridgestone300- Batavus Type Champion Road Bike, Specialized Hardrock Commuter, On-One The Gimp (SS Rigid MTB/hit by a truck)- Raleigh Sports 3-speed,Gatsby Scorcher, comming soon...The Penny Farthing Highwheel!
03-11-08 | 11:50 AM
#31
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From: ~Serenading with sensous soliloquies whilst singing supple sentences that are simultaneously suppling my sonnets with serenity serendipitously.~ -Serendipper
Bikes: Guerciotti Pista-Giant Carbon-Bridgestone300- Batavus Type Champion Road Bike, Specialized Hardrock Commuter, On-One The Gimp (SS Rigid MTB/hit by a truck)- Raleigh Sports 3-speed,Gatsby Scorcher, comming soon...The Penny Farthing Highwheel!
03-11-08 | 11:56 AM
#34
what.
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From: SD, CA, USA
Bikes: raleigh rush hour
i had my first track class yesterday. it was amazing. i'm so stoked. i can't wait to start racing. next week we do our first time trial. i have a slight feeling i may be the fastest in the class. it's not a competition or anything. but it kinda feels good, y'know?
03-11-08 | 11:58 AM
#35
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From: ~Serenading with sensous soliloquies whilst singing supple sentences that are simultaneously suppling my sonnets with serenity serendipitously.~ -Serendipper
Bikes: Guerciotti Pista-Giant Carbon-Bridgestone300- Batavus Type Champion Road Bike, Specialized Hardrock Commuter, On-One The Gimp (SS Rigid MTB/hit by a truck)- Raleigh Sports 3-speed,Gatsby Scorcher, comming soon...The Penny Farthing Highwheel!
Awesome.
I remember when you were only this high. [ ______ ] Seems like yesterday.
*snif*
03-11-08 | 12:00 PM
#37
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From: Boise, ID
Bikes: Specialized Allez Epic '91, IRO Mark V Pro, Schwinn Traveler
03-11-08 | 12:01 PM
#39
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From: Van BC
OT: My geared Crosscheck (pic) is about to get pimped. I built a disc wheel for it, and am going to get a Cotic Roadrat disc fork ( https://www.cotic.co.uk/order/forks/ ) and one of those nice new Shimano mechanical road disc brakes. ( https://elitecycling.biz/page.cfm?Pag...ils&sku=BR8554 ) If I'm not feeling too poor when that's over I'll get a nitto UI-5gx stem. My current stem only has two bolts in front, so it's very hard to get it clamped down tight enough that the bars don't sag when I go off a curb. Plus the UIs are so so pretty.
03-11-08 | 12:03 PM
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Its 40 and sunny...heat wave? New saddle should be at home waiting for me. New crankset in the mail. Just mounted new tires. 4 long hours till i get to go ride. Also the extra hour of daylight might just come in handy. I just hope i don't get stuck in bike traffic like i did on the way home last night.
03-11-08 | 12:04 PM
#42
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From: ~Serenading with sensous soliloquies whilst singing supple sentences that are simultaneously suppling my sonnets with serenity serendipitously.~ -Serendipper
Bikes: Guerciotti Pista-Giant Carbon-Bridgestone300- Batavus Type Champion Road Bike, Specialized Hardrock Commuter, On-One The Gimp (SS Rigid MTB/hit by a truck)- Raleigh Sports 3-speed,Gatsby Scorcher, comming soon...The Penny Farthing Highwheel!
03-11-08 | 12:08 PM
#43
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From: Boise, ID
Bikes: Specialized Allez Epic '91, IRO Mark V Pro, Schwinn Traveler
Here's a link to the mfr, though I'm sure you've visited many times before. It's a 62 - I'm a big boy now.
03-11-08 | 12:11 PM
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From: ~Serenading with sensous soliloquies whilst singing supple sentences that are simultaneously suppling my sonnets with serenity serendipitously.~ -Serendipper
Bikes: Guerciotti Pista-Giant Carbon-Bridgestone300- Batavus Type Champion Road Bike, Specialized Hardrock Commuter, On-One The Gimp (SS Rigid MTB/hit by a truck)- Raleigh Sports 3-speed,Gatsby Scorcher, comming soon...The Penny Farthing Highwheel!
Get Cam outta here...we all know Jones is the capo. 
03-11-08 | 12:18 PM
#47
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Joined: Feb 2008
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From: Between the gutter and the curb
Bikes: Canfield Balance, custom Dobermann, Echo ES2, Haro Group 1, Soul Cycles Loki, & Bridgestone road bike
I'm sharing my cube with my Canfield Balance today and counting down until 4:30. We fire back up the local Tuesday group rides this week, thanks to the time change, and I can't wait to start riding after work with the locals again.
03-11-08 | 12:21 PM
#48
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I'm considering switching from the wacky cruiser bars I have on my bike to drops...
Still hemming-and-hawing on whether to slap a front brake on it and change the "gearing."
BTW, I'm trying to get something going (along the lines of the word quiz) where a front brake
installed on a fixed gear simply for safety's sake is referred to as a "Barry Brake."
Barry is a lawschool classmate who would be very happy if I put a front brake on the bike. Barry also
doesn't ride home after dark, which is going a little far, but I have to admit the brake thing is fairly reasonable.
Still hemming-and-hawing on whether to slap a front brake on it and change the "gearing."
BTW, I'm trying to get something going (along the lines of the word quiz) where a front brake
installed on a fixed gear simply for safety's sake is referred to as a "Barry Brake."
Barry is a lawschool classmate who would be very happy if I put a front brake on the bike. Barry also
doesn't ride home after dark, which is going a little far, but I have to admit the brake thing is fairly reasonable.
03-11-08 | 12:56 PM
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From: ~Serenading with sensous soliloquies whilst singing supple sentences that are simultaneously suppling my sonnets with serenity serendipitously.~ -Serendipper
Bikes: Guerciotti Pista-Giant Carbon-Bridgestone300- Batavus Type Champion Road Bike, Specialized Hardrock Commuter, On-One The Gimp (SS Rigid MTB/hit by a truck)- Raleigh Sports 3-speed,Gatsby Scorcher, comming soon...The Penny Farthing Highwheel!