Congratulations Leuky! Enjoy that premium membership and more importantly the feeling of success :thumb:

Today I tried my ATACs for a big ride. I've got them on road shoes. Eggbeater quattro pontoon from an old cleat protects it. Interesting, eh?
http://www.majhost.com/gallery/act-i...e/roadatac.jpg

Today I brought my FTP down to school to keep my TET some company. Yayyyy!!!!!!

Oh, and I finally got a smart phone this weekend. Yayyyy!!!!!!

Fix the img link plz?

Today I bought a bunch of tubes and some 10 dollar cyclocross tires to put on my fixed gear

o you didnt know? we doing super smartphones now.

Today I feel really good even though I went on a 85+ bike ride all over the east bay yesterday. I did concord->Lafayette>>Wildcat Canyon>>Grizzly Peak>>Skyline>>Pinehurst>>Canyon>>Walnut Creek>>Moraga>>Redwood Rd.>>Castro Valley>>Hayward. all on my lo pro.
http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/48171834/
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grizzly peak by hwdxbassist, on Flickr

Cool ride! Did you post it here?

took my new bike out for it's maiden voyage.

today i got the bejesus massaged outta me.... several times i almost passed out.

I can see you're fully taking advantage of the muscular men we have here at the spa.

Today I took a good ride from north of F'dale to Fairhaven and back It's my last full weekend in Bellingham so I went riding regardless of the wind.

Once I got to fairhaven and checked my cell it wouldn't take my password. Apparently I got sweat in there and now the keyboard isn't typing right. Since it's a blackberry it will wipe the phone if I get it wrong 10 times. It took me 5/10 tries to realize the keyboard was whack. Now I've got it in a bag of rice and I'll check it again in the morning. At least the Bold 9900 is coming out in November!!

Put the RD/Brake/BB/Crankset on the roadie to be :)

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I would but I have no "trip meter " or other ways of verifying my rides.

Today I rode my bike. Haven't been doing that much lately. Woke up and it was 60 degrees outside, so I did an "Aww hellz yeah" and pulled my road bike out of the garage. I'm realizing more and more when I ride it that I like it more than my sw8 fixay. Maybe it's the reasonable geometry, or the Brooks saddle, or the option to change gearing, but mostly I think it's just the fact that I love to coast and I don't ride like a badass anymore.

Touro's?

I happen to have been wrangling with my new roadie build too; adding electronics to a group adds a whole different playing field of installation... who said cable management was only for computers? :lol:

\that trick saved mine and my ladies old iphones a few times, one time sleeping on a couch on tour i poured a bottle of gingerale on myself/my phone in the middle of the night, another time i accidently knocked her phone out of her hand and into a kiddie pool, both times the phones were fine after a day in rice, good luck

Yep yep, touros. This bike is nothing fancy really. I'll still be proud to say I put the damn thing together myself though.

Post picturesssss of your roadie. I want to see this madness.

:lol:

I'm kind of in the same situation. If I had a bike computer I would record my rides!

I just had my heart broken at the LBS when the shamal wheelset (same logos as the front single I have) they had which looked cheap/ salvageable (it was a frankenstein wheel; shamal hubs were replaced with ugly plastic fad ones; damaged spokes) was going for $500... RIDICULOUS.

My neighbor picked up a Shamal wheelset for $600 MAJOR JELLLAZZZZZ

Nice; was it completely original? Logo type?

I wanted to haggle but the owner didn't seem the type to and my wife wouldn't be so happy especially after spending the upwards of more than what your neighbor payed plus a zero to the end of that number and what the LBS owner wanted for the set I saw.

would you guys cry if i sold a complete bike with gipemme tecno416 wheels[they ARE shamals] for $450?

because that happened last weekend.

You got a good deal; well on your part.

Although they are similar, gipemme's are not equal to shamal's; they're equivalent of knockoff's; in modern perspective, weinmann DP18's to velocity deep v's. They are heavier.

I think I still have a set of tecno416's back home in the basement; I got the set for cheap ($100 I recall) because they were tubular and the owner flatted the rear.

http://www.btt.com.ar/foto/o/11/89/1...shamal_r26.JPG
These. Looked original to me, don't know though

Yup those are it! Those were the ones the LBS I went to had too. BUT with the exception of some ugly aftermarket hub (I know seriously, WTF, still wanted $500).

Your friend still paid a quite a bit more than they are actually worth.

Today I'm getting ready to practice for swimming. We have a huge meet Thursday all the way down in south Missouri... should be an interesting time.

In other news I get the Earl back from the LBS on Thursday. New bars, brake levers and tape. I'll post pics when I get it, should look awesome!

$600 for a shamal wheelset seemed like it was pretty good to me

They're 20+ years old and long obsolete from my higher end roadie standpoint. Basically you're only paying for looks/ street cred... considering the like, hplusson formation face's, can be had for much cheaper.

Good point. They look flashy! I wouldn't mind some!