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05-14-04 | 12:47 AM
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05-14-04 | 12:55 AM
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Beausage is Beautiful
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Those dropouts make me want to cry
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05-14-04 | 12:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Fugazi Dave
Those dropouts make me want to cry
that bike..... oi oi oi ..... akkguuuuuhhhh i cant take it.
this is the 'if you were on a desert island' bike.
05-14-04 | 01:01 AM
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Beausage is Beautiful
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From: Saitama, Japan
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Yeah. Really, the whole bike makes me want to cry.
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05-14-04 | 06:58 AM
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Coasting makes you grumpy
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From: Indiana
Bikes: Specialized Stumpjumper M2Comp; Habanero Ti-Team; Slingshot Road; 1962 converted Raliegh fixer aka: The Beast
It is a lugged stem. Frame supplier Long Shen sells the needed stuff. You can choose from two different lug styles, that one is the more standard version.
The dropouts are without rival. Never seen anything like em. In fact, that shot has been my desktop since I saw it. <drooooool>
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The dropouts are without rival. Never seen anything like em. In fact, that shot has been my desktop since I saw it. <drooooool>
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05-14-04 | 10:10 AM
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Know Your Turf
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Bikes: Surly LHT
So, if you don't mind an ignorant question, are these unpainted steel
thingies decoration, or do they have some function? If the latter, what is
it? I imagine taking the frame in half -- but could that really still
be strong?
thingies decoration, or do they have some function? If the latter, what is
it? I imagine taking the frame in half -- but could that really still
be strong?
05-14-04 | 10:12 AM
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All Things Go
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Originally Posted by ephemeralskin
seriously. but did you happen to notice the ss couplings???
that bike..... oi oi oi ..... akkguuuuuhhhh i cant take it.
this is the 'if you were on a desert island' bike.
that bike..... oi oi oi ..... akkguuuuuhhhh i cant take it.
this is the 'if you were on a desert island' bike.
Idiot question. Can you explain what ss couplings are? I'm assuming they're the steel rings on the top and down tubes...
05-14-04 | 10:12 AM
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floor sleeper
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Bikes: Raleigh Twenty, Puch 3 speed road conversion, lookin' into a Karate Monkey for a cruiser
Those are the couplings...
That bike is freaking sweet, love the placement of the fender/rack eyelets too... Mmmmm, vanilla...
That bike is freaking sweet, love the placement of the fender/rack eyelets too... Mmmmm, vanilla...
05-14-04 | 10:13 AM
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Danger is my middle name.
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Bikes: Can't stand the damn things...
Those little connections hold a very rare mineral, coitionium. It is purported to make you a better lover.
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05-14-04 | 10:17 AM
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All Things Go
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Originally Posted by lucklust
Those little connections hold a very rare mineral, coitionium. It is purported to make you a better lover.
We'll let you slide today in light of your recent injuries. May the gods strike down every beige sedan in your area and send you 72 virgins to speed your recovery. I also hope the coitionium in the Pista is undamaged.
05-14-04 | 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by s2sxiii
Idiot question. Can you explain what ss couplings are? I'm assuming they're the steel rings on the top and down tubes...
05-14-04 | 10:20 AM
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Do you like sex...
'Scuse me?
Sex. The physical act of love. Coitus. Do you like it?
I was talking about my rug.
You're not interested in sex?
You mean coitus?
No, I mean S&S couplings.
'Scuse me?
Sex. The physical act of love. Coitus. Do you like it?
I was talking about my rug.
You're not interested in sex?
You mean coitus?
No, I mean S&S couplings.
05-14-04 | 10:21 AM
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All Things Go
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From: dayton, oh
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Originally Posted by robertsdvd
Aye, they couple the frame together... (word?)... you can take the frame apart...
BUT, i once asked a contractor friend of mine why he didn't put a widow's walk on his beach house. He said "why do you want one more thing in your roof that can leak?" I'd live in fear of ****ing up those couplings, and the frame is beautiful enough on its own. I'm seriously considering putting a down payment on one so that i can give it to my self as a graduation present after i pass the bar next summer. Instead of getting a car, that is.
05-14-04 | 11:25 AM
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SuperstitiousHyperrealist
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From: Boston
Bikes: unknown road conversion, half built Benotto track
Those have to be the nicest looking bikes I have ever seen. Crazy...
05-14-04 | 12:57 PM
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Know Your Turf
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From: Seattle
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Ok, so "ss couplings" allow you to take the frame apart. I would
imagine that would profoundly weaken the frame, or change the
dynamics of the ride.
No? How not?
What does "ss" stand for?
imagine that would profoundly weaken the frame, or change the
dynamics of the ride.
No? How not?
What does "ss" stand for?
05-14-04 | 01:04 PM
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ready for the freakout
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Bikes: Spicer track
not "ss", but S&S... that's the name of the company that makes 'em: https://www.sandsmachine.com/
05-14-04 | 01:19 PM
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Know Your Turf
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I just spent some time at the Vanilla bicycle web site. I have to say,
those are some incredibly beautiful bikes. I'm not sure I would want
to own one: those are works of art; but I like to ride my bike. How
could I bear to get one of those beautiful things wet? or dirty? or
greasy? or scratched? It would be like using Michaelangelo's David for
target practice.
those are some incredibly beautiful bikes. I'm not sure I would want
to own one: those are works of art; but I like to ride my bike. How
could I bear to get one of those beautiful things wet? or dirty? or
greasy? or scratched? It would be like using Michaelangelo's David for
target practice.
05-14-04 | 01:23 PM
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The Cycling Photographer
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Originally Posted by bluejack
Ok, so "ss couplings" allow you to take the frame apart. I would
imagine that would profoundly weaken the frame, or change the
dynamics of the ride.
No? How not?
What does "ss" stand for?
imagine that would profoundly weaken the frame, or change the
dynamics of the ride.
No? How not?
What does "ss" stand for?
jeff
05-14-04 | 02:59 PM
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From: Fredericktown Ohio
Bikes: Panasonic,Peugeot Px10,Cinelli super corsa, Cinelli Olympic Pista, Bianchi Pista, Gitane Tandem, all fixed Gear
Originally Posted by SipperPhoto
acutally, from what I have read.. the S&S coupling actually make the bike stiffer feeling...
jeff
jeff
I have a Cinelli Super Corsa that I put a set of S&S couplings on and they indeed do stiffen up the frame. The couplings have a toothed interface that is compressed by a threaded collet that insures that they never come undone until you use the wrench to do so. I have had the bike up and running for over a year and can feel no difference in handling and it adds on the equivalent weight of an extra water bottle to the bike. The couplings are made out of stainless steel and are a very finely made piece of equipment. They allow the bike to be taken apart and I place the 2 halves in a bag along with the wheels and they transport to anywhere on public transportation where you just reassemble the bike and ride away with the bag over your shoulder. An elegant solution to traveling with your bike without going to the small wheeled folding bikes that are available.
Fixedgearhead
05-14-04 | 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by fixedgearhead
I have a Cinelli Super Corsa that I put a set of S&S couplings on and they indeed do stiffen up the frame. The couplings have a toothed interface that is compressed by a threaded collet that insures that they never come undone until you use the wrench to do so. I have had the bike up and running for over a year and can feel no difference in handling and it adds on the equivalent weight of an extra water bottle to the bike. The couplings are made out of stainless steel and are a very finely made piece of equipment. They allow the bike to be taken apart and I place the 2 halves in a bag along with the wheels and they transport to anywhere on public transportation where you just reassemble the bike and ride away with the bag over your shoulder. An elegant solution to traveling with your bike without going to the small wheeled folding bikes that are available.
Fixedgearhead
Fixedgearhead