Today I put in a cruddy muddy wet 15 miles with multiple flats. Had to call for a ride home :/

I need to buy a trainer

or a patch kit

.. and i totally have a stomach flu.

****

i feel like **** and im all by myself in this apt with no gf to keep me company :(
i wanted to do something fun/social tonight too but thats not happening :( :( :(

ok im gonna go back and curl up in a ball near my bathroom again

Cheer up. Things could be worse. You'll live.

Finished cleaning and polishing this crankset today.

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...73898596_n.jpg

I used the same technique to polish both the crank arms and the chainrings (600d sandpaper, followed by 1000/2000 wet, then polishing compound and a cotton ball). For some reason the crankset got nice and shiny, and the chainrings got dull. I dunno what the hell is going on.

Oh, and here's a before picture of the chainrings...

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...13479652_n.jpg

28 years of grime. I'm not sure they've ever been cleaned.

Bfssfg I need your opinions.

On my local cl there is a yellow 1993 rb1 and the seller agreed to 500


http://southjersey.craigslist.org/bik/3634001097.html

Should I buy this.

Even at $500, that's steep. Ask around the Classic forum.

I disagree, check out these completed ebay listings:
Frameset for $550: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bridgestone-...item4d0984c23e
Complete for $637: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bridgestone-...item27ce6a1911

If it fits you, I think it's a good deal.

werd. going to bed now.

The RB1 is a cult bike.

It's not a '93. 1993 RB-1/8 came with bar ends. Brifters came in 1994.

I wouldn't buy a complete RB-1 except as a collector's piece. That one ain't a concourse example. On the other hand, if a clean frameset came around for the right price...

rb1 is nice, would ride

price isn't amazing but i think it's good enough if it fits and you like it

Alas it's a Japanese equivalent of a paramount :lol:

In that case, I would get it.

Was seriously considering an ebay RB1, same color, minty condition, listed at $750.

Picked up a Waterford-built Paramount from the same era for $50 less.

$500 is a fair price for a collector bike like the RB1, but there are other bikes out there of similar quality for cheaper.

I know it isn't the best bike ever made, ill probably just make my kilo nicer than nagroms

today i cleaned my room and moved my 722 out of the way to vacuum and marveled in its light weight

beats the **** out of this boat anchor ive been riding all winter. least its keeping my legs strong

Coffee date yesterday lasted four hours. Nonstop talking. Went amazingly well. And then she and I made plans for later that night because I had to run home to grab some stuff for a friend. Was a pretty good day overall. And then this morning I fried up some bacon for breakfast.

Not a bad weekend. Just too bad its so cold/wet that I can't get out on the bike.

...and served her breakfast in bed?

I wish. She had some thing super early this morning for her sorority, so she ended up just going home.

I dated a girl at CMU once...and in the long run she ended up marrying one of my buddies.

Today I:

Rode outside for the first time since December :o then came home and finished up on the rollers. It's still cold and windy here.

nice.

Aww c'mon man it can't be that cold in va

Yesterday Tiny Fix held a 10-hour bake sale fundraiser and we raised over $1k for a doored and hit&run cyclist. Article and pics (of me and my girls) about the bake sale here. Used a Square reader for the first time to take credit cards - what a cool product. We live in the future, y'all.

The bike shop where we held the bake sale gave me 20% off that awesome cool cinelli kaleidoscope bar tape (I think someone here has it?) and a new chain for my hybrid so I can sell it.

Today I am catching up on household chores and painting. Verrrry slowly getting the house ready to sell.

Did you go to school here?