After reading all of this I am convinced that g-punk and ilikebikes or whatever the hell his name was are friends in real life.

*MazdaSpeed

yes! Gfunk do you by any chance own a katana?

no katana but idolikebikes

when you typed this, did you really think it was funny? REALLY?

yeah what's up? you are unpleasant and not in a fun way, and your bikes are pretty much uninspired (like your life?), so you gotta give us something.

****ty bars thread

Change the saddle, keep the bars, put on a back brake, ditch the fixed cog and get a freewheel.

Voila.

the bike currently has a freewheel, I have a pair of really nice gran compe centerpulls that might find their way back on this bike. I also have an old flite saddle that might get a try out this weekend.

Rack?

So you're set! I know there are those out there who might say a Brooks is best for that bike, and I'm probably one. I have an old Flite too, though. Love 'em.

this thread is good. keep it going. i knew i'd missed something good in the week i was gone.

Bump because i wanted to see my saddle's setback in 08 and forgot how LOL this thread was.

Wow, to think as I was reading this I was getting really annoyed with a thread that's over 2 years old. That G-funk ******* was arrogant as hell. I'm really glad he isn't around anymore.

Also, that Bob Jackson is fantastic.

spooki, whats up with the saddle angle and the promulgation of the stiffness of titanium?

1) not sure. it's horizontal now, but i don't remember changing it. It's sorta why i came here looking for an old pic in the first place-- i don't remember moving it at all, but it's somehow positioned closer to the center of the rails now. it either slid back, or someone took it upon themselves sometime in the past two and a half years and i didn't notice...

2) not stiff as in stiffer than aluminum, stiff as in "wow... i didn't realize ti was stiff."
that's my official answer, anyway. i really don't know wtf i was talking about. i'd be surprised if the stem didn't have the slightest flex when climbing fast (esp. out of saddle), but it's barely noticeable and might even just be in my head.
for everything else, though, it's fine-- with the bonus of being light as alu and compliant on rougher roads (stick that last part up there with the other official answer).

It took me 2 whole pages before I realized this thread was 2 years old. I was ready to find that G-Funk character and punch him in the throat.