New Camera = New Pix
07-23-08 | 04:21 PM
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New Camera = New Pix
Finally got around to getting a new camera. I've posted this before after I initially converted but have made some minor changes in the meantime. I chopped the bars a little more, corked the ends, added the schwinn logo up front, swapped the 16t for a 17t (so I can has more skidzzzzz), swapped for a tektro lever and shortened cable, swapped for new seat, added rear light, and just put a conti gatorskin on the rear today...the cheap stock Kenda finally popped. Played with a few borders too
07-23-08 | 04:59 PM
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07-23-08 | 05:22 PM
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This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
07-23-08 | 05:23 PM
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Sweet buy and congrats on the camera. I have that exact frame/fork in a different color purchased for $30 that I'm going to build up into my first fixed. It's awesome to see it built up and I can't wait to finish mine. Thanks for posting that
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07-23-08 | 05:50 PM
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Give me a brake (get it?). I am just tired of sifting through 800 new posts everyday of people either a) asking whether they should convert bike x or buy a kilo, b) looking for some sort of affirmation of their conversion skills, or c) asking if something is a "good deal"
I appreciated people being stoked on their bikes, but the redundancy of this forum is beyond belief sometimes. And I know, I know it is THE INTERNET, and it is my choice to come here and sort through the crap, and it is the prerogative of the individual to post whatever s/he chooses, BUT this does not belie the fact that a majority of the threads on here are a useless waste of time/space and ultimately amount to a "who gives a f'uck?" since the 'brown shirts' moved in.
07-23-08 | 09:33 PM
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Give me a brake (get it?). I am just tired of sifting through 800 new posts everyday of people either a) asking whether they should convert bike x or buy a kilo, b) looking for some sort of affirmation of their conversion skills, or c) asking if something is a "good deal"
I appreciated people being stoked on their bikes, but the redundancy of this forum is beyond belief sometimes. And I know, I know it is THE INTERNET, and it is my choice to come here and sort through the crap, and it is the prerogative of the individual to post whatever s/he chooses, BUT this does not belie the fact that a majority of the threads on here are a useless waste of time/space and ultimately amount to a "who gives a f'uck?" since the 'brown shirts' moved in.
I appreciated people being stoked on their bikes, but the redundancy of this forum is beyond belief sometimes. And I know, I know it is THE INTERNET, and it is my choice to come here and sort through the crap, and it is the prerogative of the individual to post whatever s/he chooses, BUT this does not belie the fact that a majority of the threads on here are a useless waste of time/space and ultimately amount to a "who gives a f'uck?" since the 'brown shirts' moved in.
07-23-08 | 10:49 PM
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Give me a brake (get it?). I am just tired of sifting through 800 new posts everyday of people either a) asking whether they should convert bike x or buy a kilo, b) looking for some sort of affirmation of their conversion skills, or c) asking if something is a "good deal"
I appreciated people being stoked on their bikes, but the redundancy of this forum is beyond belief sometimes. And I know, I know it is THE INTERNET, and it is my choice to come here and sort through the crap, and it is the prerogative of the individual to post whatever s/he chooses, BUT this does not belie the fact that a majority of the threads on here are a useless waste of time/space and ultimately amount to a "who gives a f'uck?" since the 'brown shirts' moved in.
I appreciated people being stoked on their bikes, but the redundancy of this forum is beyond belief sometimes. And I know, I know it is THE INTERNET, and it is my choice to come here and sort through the crap, and it is the prerogative of the individual to post whatever s/he chooses, BUT this does not belie the fact that a majority of the threads on here are a useless waste of time/space and ultimately amount to a "who gives a f'uck?" since the 'brown shirts' moved in.
07-23-08 | 10:56 PM
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Nice conversion, didn't take long for someone to mention how not having clips or straps is dangerous. I guess people get a ***** around here if they get to say "Foot Retention" in a thread first.
Anyhoo, that's a sweet looking job on that bike. My first fixed gear was a schwinn conversion and it looked somewhat similar. Have fun with it.
Anyhoo, that's a sweet looking job on that bike. My first fixed gear was a schwinn conversion and it looked somewhat similar. Have fun with it.
07-23-08 | 10:58 PM
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bank robber burger
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Bikes: fuji thrill mountain bike, caloi rat rod beach cruiser, fuji sports ten fixie
Nice conversion, didn't take long for someone to mention how not having clips or straps is dangerous. I guess people get a ***** around here if they get to say "Foot Retention" in a thread first.
Anyhoo, that's a sweet looking job on that bike. My first fixed gear was a schwinn conversion and it looked somewhat similar. Have fun with it.
Anyhoo, that's a sweet looking job on that bike. My first fixed gear was a schwinn conversion and it looked somewhat similar. Have fun with it.
nice bike. if you so decide to upgrade to metal pedals, there are tons of options too. i think those are cruiser pedals and thats the reason u cant run straps or clips on them. at least you have a handbrake incase you get a little squirrelly.
bike looks good!
07-23-08 | 11:27 PM
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Thanks for the positive comments from the more mature people. I'm used to riding my road bike without clips or straps and once I started riding this I really didnt see the need to have clips either, they seem dangerous to me but oh well. Yes I painted it myself. Removed all the brake brackets and everything I didnt want on the frame first, then used Krylon primer, paint, and gloss. If youre going to rattlecan, stick with krylon
07-23-08 | 11:56 PM
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Thanks for the positive comments from the more mature people. I'm used to riding my road bike without clips or straps and once I started riding this I really didnt see the need to have clips either, they seem dangerous to me but oh well. Yes I painted it myself. Removed all the brake brackets and everything I didnt want on the frame first, then used Krylon primer, paint, and gloss. If youre going to rattlecan, stick with krylon
07-24-08 | 07:33 AM
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Give me a brake (get it?). I am just tired of sifting through 800 new posts everyday of people either a) asking whether they should convert bike x or buy a kilo, b) looking for some sort of affirmation of their conversion skills, or c) asking if something is a "good deal"
I appreciated people being stoked on their bikes, but the redundancy of this forum is beyond belief sometimes. And I know, I know it is THE INTERNET, and it is my choice to come here and sort through the crap, and it is the prerogative of the individual to post whatever s/he chooses, BUT this does not belie the fact that a majority of the threads on here are a useless waste of time/space and ultimately amount to a "who gives a f'uck?" since the 'brown shirts' moved in.
I appreciated people being stoked on their bikes, but the redundancy of this forum is beyond belief sometimes. And I know, I know it is THE INTERNET, and it is my choice to come here and sort through the crap, and it is the prerogative of the individual to post whatever s/he chooses, BUT this does not belie the fact that a majority of the threads on here are a useless waste of time/space and ultimately amount to a "who gives a f'uck?" since the 'brown shirts' moved in.
07-24-08 | 07:57 AM
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I was expecting something about cameras or picture taking in general.
Foot retention. Is still gives me a woody even if I didn't say it first.
Foot retention. Is still gives me a woody even if I didn't say it first.