Touché

About NJS being the BEST SEAL OF QUALITY?

I'm gonna be serious for a second here and just say that a friend and I cut through an evo2 ulock with a rebar cutter in under a minute (my lock, i lost the key)

campus security cut through my kryptolock with a cordless angle grinder in like 15 seconds. those are only like a hundred dollars.

don't worry, if you leave a flashy $1000 track bike outside in a city it'll get stolen

welp, at least i'll have a ****ty backup bike to ride when the nice one gets stolen!

Damn son, you're either rich or you're even worse with money than me.

i will never ever ever ever ever ever lock up my nice bike.
Even if they stole my beater kilo i'ld still be angry/depressed/pissed/sad/go ballistic.

No kidding, I wouldn't lock up my Vigorelli unless I had sniper teams stationed on all surrounding rooftops. Even the, what if they missed and nicked the bike?

Hahaha!

I almost sig'd this. Almost.

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i saved it to my bike quotes archive :P

I was pissed when someone stole my motobecane conversion. looking back on it it's a good thing it was stolen since it was horridly unsafe and like 30lbs with steel 27"s, but still, anger.


set up a masi coltello for fun riding and track sessions, use these wheels:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Cane-Creek-Endur...item414c8c008f

use the fuji for a lockup bike. if you really need to get the seatpost out just take the bb out, spray down the seat tube with liquid wrench, then clamp the seatpost in a bench vise and start twisting the frame back and forth to break the seal with the seat post. you'll eventually be able to get it out. when it's out, sand it with a fine sandpaper to get the corrosion off and reinsert with grease.

ended up getting a new complete felt tk2 on ebay

What happen man? TK2? That's not steel, your friends are gonna laugh at you for having an alum. bike.

Seriously though, enjoy your ride and lock that **** up well.

Good move Its best to have the Beast Everyday Bike and The sunny Day bike. My sunny day bike Never gets Locked up and If I loose the Beast I would be pissed But would not be the end of the world (My velospace has my Sunny day bikes only)

That's a nice bike.

The next move is to take the Track Intro class at Kissena and have fun racing.

Everybody's gonna get a big hate on when I say it, but the Leader 722TS is pretty much the best steel deal I can think of. Comparable to a BN Iro All city. You get SS dropouts with tensioners, hydroformed oversized triangle, very clean and neat welds, and a pretty good quality Powder Coat for 330ish shipped.

Wasn't that the frame Leaderbike made that big thread about? I think everyone eventually agreed that it is a nice frame for what it is, especially considering that Leader took so much input from BFSSFG itself. 71deg headtube is odd though.

yeah not a bad bike. would have cost me like $400 with a fork and shipping though. that's what i got my brazed keirin sprint frameset for with headset and bottom bracket :D

wasn't liking the 71 deg head tube. definitely not a bad bike though

I'm more of a C&V guy so maybe I missed it. TK2 is a nice bike, odd choice to be leaving outside in NYC, but if the budget allows then I guess go for it. I agree on the headtube angle of the 722, maybe they wanted to eliminate toe overlap. My copy has none with 28s and the handling is still tight

I live in manhattan and couldnt see myself buying any bike more expensive than my kilo. And even then Im super paranoid, I lock up with a 15lb fahgettaboudit chain for frame and rear and evo mini lock for the front wheel. I try not to leave it locked outside for more than a couple hours, and never during nighttime. There are a few perks that come with this though, when I take off my backpack full of locks and books to joyride I feel like a rocket.

Oh and something that might be useful that I conjured to avoid parts being stolen. I take bits of tin foil and shove them tightly into allen bolts to avoid people from unscrewing things. If you do it well enough and really compact/flatten the aluminum it also looks as though the bolts have been completely welded or soldered, and its impossible to stick an allen wrench in. When I need to readjust or replace stuff I just take a knife and slowly/carefully ease the foil out.

If I'm going to cut through your evo mini to steal your front wheel, I'm gonna pry the tinfoil in the tracknuts out, also. I'm a bike thief, you can absolutely count on me carrying a knife.

Haha, well to a typical bike thief wandering a busy street in broad daylight you are most likely going to move on to the next target. Its all about appearances/small things that would make the job an extra hassle. And having great big, poison yellow and orange locks. haha