New Bike!
 

I'm excited! I've been riding a Trek 950 for a while now, but I've been itching for a road bike. I picked up a 2007 Specialized Langster and so far it's awesome. I haven't been able to ride it yet because I need to pick up some pedals. I might just pick some cheap ones up tomorrow to ride it then get some better ones down the road. Any recommendations? This is a bad phone picture, but thought I'd just post a pic anyways.

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It's also got a brand new WTB seat on it. What do you all think?

Looks good. I recommend mks pedals; they are cheap, durable, and come in many different styles to accomodate different types of riding.

ok cool. I'll take a look and see if they have those when I check out the pedals today

This just struck me as really funny.

+1. I heart MKS GR-9s.

bike looks nice!

gr9 are gr8

I LOL'd.

Same

How else would you rate a bike, besides sitting it in the house?

Ride it? Heavens no!!!

Langster, ride is good, the bike is light. Compact geometry made me hate it after a while though.

It is a nice bike though, cheap, good components and well built

Who took the stock saddle off? That looks like a mountain bike saddle O.o

sweet bike!

MKS pedals are good. You might have to order them, though. I bought a pedal setup at Performance. Forte pedals w/ Forte straps and clips. They are great and very cheap. I recommend them

haha I'm sorry, I should clarify. When I picked it up, he had pedals on it to try out and it was awesome. I haven't been able to ride it since I brought it home.

Today I went to a local bike shop and bought some standard pedals for it so i can ride it, then in the next couple weeks, I'll pick up the GR9's.

It's raining a little bit here, but once I get out of work, I'm going to go for a ride. I'm still new to Fixed Gear, but I think it'll be fun. I don't plan on switching it to single speed.

Sweet! just found out the cranks were upgraded to Dura-ace 175mm.

you may want to be careful with those 175 cranks, pedal strike is never fun.

How much extension do you have past the stem? Looks like a solid inch+

I'm sorry, I should have mentioned that I'm still learning the in's and out's of the bike. I'm not sure what you mean by the stem or pedal strike. I think for pedal strike, you mean when you get hit by the pedal if you can't keep up with the speed or something.

Pedal strike is when you lean into a turn and the pedal hits the ground. It's not a problem with a freewheel bike because you can coast through the turn with the inside pedal at 12 o'clock. With a fixed gear, you have to keep pedaling all through the turn.

Longer cranks (and wider pedals) are more susceptible to pedal strike.

I ride 165s and still scrape my toe a lot when riding. It's something to watch out for, especially on 175s.

Oh ok, now I understand. One time, my foot slid across the road while turning, but no other time. It wasn't a harsh hit, though. Very light.

The part I was talking about is where the fork & handlebars meet, you have a bit of extra tubing length on the fork steertube, which makes it stick up past the stem (the part that connects them)

Oh ok, when I bought it, the guy told me that it's still stock and that he never cut come of it off. Maybe it's something I'll look into

Don't cut it off. You may decide to raise the stem after riding for a while. The extra steerer tube above the stem won't hurt anything. Also, some threadless headset caps require a spacer above to stem to fit properly.

Ok, I'll keep it intact.

get some cheap wellgo clipless. clipless is infinitely better for a ss.