the guy who built it is INSANE. plus he's exactly my fit.. this bike fit me perfect.
he's like a mad frame building scientist.

the hydraulic disc brakes were the scariest **** i've ever tried to stop with

You know you want this so you can sell cookies in a tent at swap meet

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I remember feeling that way the first time I tried hydraulics. I used them for years on my mountain bikes, but I found that they really are not necessary for anything other than downhill. I suppose they would also be helpful when carrying heavy loads. I ended up switching to mech. discs on my mountain bike for the easier maintenance, although bleeding brakes is pretty simple.

yeah... cakes don't get super heavy... so maybe I wouldn't have him built it with hydraulics

today i am sad i can't go drink beers with jdgesus at 2pm



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At least from this website, it sounds like Seattle's fixed scene is awesome. Here in St. Louis, I feel like its growing. Take that with a grain of salt though. I always feel my hobbies are increasing in popularity once I start getting more into them. A little bit of ignorant optimism won't kill me.

scene?

Well, it looks like you guys hang out.

I hang out with a lot of fixed gear riders. My roommate, for example, is one of them. Are you actually confused about the term, or are you thinking I meant it in a hipster connotation? I didn't, by the way.

edit: Maybe its different in Seattle, but I've only met or seen a handful of riders. There can't be too many of us down here, at least in the Metro STL area. We are pretty tight knit, and if you ride fixed and you like to be social, there's a chance our group of bros know you. Or maybe we are just really ignorant and STL fixed gear scene is huge.

The guy who lives above me organizes alley cats and weekly events, centered around cycling with an emphasis on SSFG. I feel that moving into my apartment with a fixed rider, who will eventually do some graphic design work of them, is like mainline injecting myself into the STL fixed "scene". Sorry if I sound douchy.

second edit: When I use the term scene, I can see how it would be associated with a counter culture. I have openly stated on this website that I think the counter culture involved with fixed gear is lame as ****. A lot of the guys we roll with are way into that, and I have nothing against them as long as they aren't all up in everyone's face about it. I just like riding my bike with other people.

Today,

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Same thing happened to my AllCity CKC clips like less than a week ago. The straps are still held open and are functional, I've just been having minor problems with toe overlap.

It's funny. I have no problem dropping $400 on a crankset, but hesitate when faced with the decision to replace a stupid clip or just run with my broken one. I'm bad with money.

I would just say that seattle has a good bike scene in general.

It's not part of my culture, it is how i live. A bike is my only transportation (beside public transit), so it tends to bleed into a lot of things I do.

Pretty awesome. I'm not sure I could live car free though.

I would love to, but I'm pizza driver. Unless I start doping the **** out of my blood, there would be no chance I could deliver the same amount of pizza, making the same amount of money, on a bike.

It comes down to having to get a job that will work with my school schedule. I put in for a position at our local 24hour coffee shop (har har laugh it up) because I heard they are always hiring overnights. If I get the interview, I have the job. That's how its always been for me at every single job I've ever tried for. I hope when I'm putting in resumes for big-boy jobs, my luck (lol.) will continue.

Depending on what you are studying consider working for the university....it's a sweet ass set up.

I was a research assistant for three different projects, it ruled, good pay and super lax.

It's surprisingly easy, especially in Seattle. When I moved to SF 4 years ago I sold my car and haven't regretted it for a minute. The extra cash in my bank account is nice.

I believe I'll have a car in the summer. Living in Seattle, working in Everett. Hmph.

I checked the mass transit schedule and it says it takes 1.5 hours to get from Seattle to Everett. Might as well just ride. -_-

Today I put my Michelin Pro4 tires on the Kagero and went out for a ride. I instantly hated them. They were slippery as all hell and even after riding for a while, my front wheel slid out while going around a fast corner - pefectly dry road, no sand, etc - and I (somehow) barely avoided eating ****. As soon as I corrected myself, the bead popped off the rim and the tube blew out.

Moral of the story? **** Michelin Pro4s. The roadies can have them and all their hype.

^jesus christ. thanks for beta testing

Yeah, but did you get a picture?

I didn't. I was too pissed at my bike.

Yeah about an hour on the commuter train.....no idea how long it takes driving in traffic.

You like hiking and backpacking and such? If so i will have to tag along when you go....the only thing I might miss a car for sometimes. I usually rent a car a few times a year to do some trips.

Krylion Carbons are the only michelins i trust....

I would be down to do such things, though I have no gear. Lol. <---- nature noob

I think I heard the drive is about 30-40 in traffic? Honestly that's what I drove for my internship last summer and it sucked. -_-

Maybe I'll alternate biking/driving days.

Tubulars ;)

I live in San Leandro, and go to school in San Jose.... i commute by public transportation... THAT ****ing sucks... ~2hr commute

Today I was ready to troll all of you with a threadless stem adapter on my lo pro...

but then I realized it doesn't fit.

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shims dawg...
shims on a stem adapter... lol, make sure to use bar shims too
1 inch shimmed to 1 1/8, adapted to threadless, 25.4 shimmed to 31.8.
doesnt get more janky... lol

but ignore all of this cause i just realized the lo pro is 1inch, and i assume your adapter is 1 1/8...
meh

No, no it's too big.

I don't know how this could happen. The adapter is 25.4 instead of 22.2.

What's the logistics of that? BART to fremont and then bus?

Exactly. I had a 730am class last semester. NEVER AGAIN.

pretty much, catch the 500am bart train and get to school at 615, due to the lack of commute traffic. yet, you catch the very next train, which makes you miss that same bus, and you get there at 745am due to the abhorrent amounts of ****ing traffic.