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hamfoh 01-16-12 11:49 AM


Originally Posted by hairnet (Post 13726848)
looks mighty uncomfortable

why do you think that? just curious

redpear 01-16-12 11:57 AM

I don't understand the rationale behind anatomic bends. Not that I'm against them, I just have never heard why they're bent like that. It definitely looks uncomfortable.

hamfoh 01-16-12 11:59 AM

me either really, but I wanted another pair of semi compact drops but didn't exactly just want the same thing all over again. these are on sale at ebay for $40 shipped

ddeadserious 01-16-12 12:16 PM

Today, I added up the [expected] cost of a new 722 frame/fork/headset + shipping(based on the coghouse prices), and came to the realization that I could have gotten a Kagero for the $599+free shipping deal for less money. :|

hamfoh 01-16-12 12:18 PM

steel is reeeeeeeeeeeeal

but yeah, you can get a gazetta frameset for that price.

ddeadserious 01-16-12 12:22 PM


Originally Posted by hamfoh (Post 13727243)
steel is reeeeeeeeeeeeal

but yeah, you can get a gazetta frameset for that price.

True... I really do appreciate how nice my current 722 rides(especially compared to the Gravity Swift I had). Damn bikes.

EpicSchwinn 01-16-12 12:58 PM

Today I am no longer a teenager!!
Today my girlfriend woke me up with apple pie and a triple tall extra hot non fat latte (my favorite drink!)! Damn. I don't think it gets better than this... <3

I also got a park tools chainwhip and lockring spanner and a new v-neck from my parents :D Can you get much more BFSSFG than lockring spanners and v-necks :lol:

I'm hoping my new drops come in today! Probably not though since I'm pretty sure MLK is a shipping holiday.

muckymucky 01-16-12 01:40 PM


Originally Posted by hamfoh (Post 13727243)
steel is reeeeeeeeeeeeal

but yeah, you can get a gazetta frameset for that price.

today i saw that movie real steel. what a piece of...

TMonk 01-16-12 01:44 PM

happy bday chwinn.

carleton 01-16-12 02:11 PM

Today I...

Started a band: The Carletons

Sherblock 01-16-12 02:14 PM

So how often do you google your name?

TejanoTrackie 01-16-12 02:28 PM


Originally Posted by carleton (Post 13727737)
Today I...

Started a band: The Carletons

I've got a band too. Los Tejanos.


carleton 01-16-12 02:28 PM


Originally Posted by Sherblock (Post 13727754)
So how often do you google your name?

Maybe a couple of times a year.

chrissss 01-16-12 03:51 PM


Originally Posted by Nagrom_ (Post 13724603)
so...... my gf's dad is considering getting a Cervelo S2...... im going to try to convince him to do so..... Cervelo's "Share the Ride" deal ends Jan 31... basically buy two bikes, get 2,000 dollars off. Which means, he gets an S2 for ~2.5k, and i get a free T1..... we'll see how this works.

If you ride the T1 on the street I will personally punch your face...with my fist.


Originally Posted by Dannihilator (Post 13725304)
Today I got in a very frigid road ride.

Had to go the final 25 miles sans water, since the last bottle froze.

Same thing happened to me today. My phone also stopped working and my eyeballs need chapstick on them now.

http://distilleryimage8.instagram.co...381b65e3_7.jpg

EDIT: Also, it's funny. During todays ride, riding back into the city with that gnarly freezing headwind I was the most miserable person in the world and never wanted to ride a bike ever again.
Fast forward 2 hours and a long hot shower later and I'm in an awesome mood.

Nagrom_ 01-16-12 03:56 PM


Originally Posted by chrissss (Post 13728204)
If you ride the T1 on the street I will personally punch your face...with my fist.

nah lol... take it to the velodrome... good time to start.

misskaz 01-16-12 03:58 PM

Today I purchased a domain for the website of the fixed gear bike club/gang my friends and I are forming. I'll link to it soon, but I'm waiting on a friend to clean up the logos in photoshop and once I drop them in I'll be ready to post the site. I'm so excited; we're gonna host bar nights and rides and events and it's gonna be super fun and hopefully as a side benefit get more women feeling comfortable and confident on bikes.

I'm also trying to figure out a name for my fundraising team for St. Baldrick's Foundation (they raise money to fund research to end childhood cancers). I and three friends are going to be shaving our heads for this charity in two months and we need a good team name so we can start promoting it and organizing fundraisers.

Luckily this is all stuff I can do from my couch, since I am feeling supremely lazy today.

hamfoh 01-16-12 06:22 PM

are you in the suicide riderz!?

misskaz 01-16-12 06:44 PM


Originally Posted by hamfoh (Post 13728837)
are you in the suicide riderz!?

Hahaha, no. We're not cool enough to ride around in the dark in a Target parking lot and record it on video. LULZ

jimmytango 01-16-12 06:58 PM

Her bike gang is rad. I love it, even though I can't join.

Today I worked. Final health inspection on the restaurant is tomorrow, and I feel that there's no way in hell we will pass. If we don't, I don't know what the future holds. Kind of freaking out.

Dcv 01-16-12 07:13 PM


Originally Posted by redpear (Post 13727145)
I don't understand the rationale behind anatomic bends. Not that I'm against them, I just have never heard why they're bent like that. It definitely looks uncomfortable.

I have bars w anatomic bends and it's actually comfortable, don't care much for the way it looks though.

Dcv 01-16-12 07:16 PM


Originally Posted by chrissss (Post 13728204)
EDIT: Also, it's funny. During todays ride, riding back into the city with that gnarly freezing headwind I was the most miserable person in the world and never wanted to ride a bike ever again.
Fast forward 2 hours and a long hot shower later and I'm in an awesome mood.

It was cold this morning, 19 degrees when I got on the bike.

misskaz 01-16-12 07:20 PM


Originally Posted by jimmytango (Post 13728985)
Her bike gang is rad. I love it, even though I can't join.

Only tiny women on fixed gears can be IN the gang, but our events are open to everyone in the bike community. Well, except for the all women/trans alleycat (a *****cat, hahaha) we're planning.

jimmytango 01-16-12 07:33 PM


Originally Posted by misskaz (Post 13729077)
Only tiny women on fixed gears can be IN the gang, but our events are open to everyone in the bike community. Well, except for the all women/trans alleycat (a *****cat, hahaha) we're planning.

I know. We've had this discussion. I'm just giving you ****. If I'm off work/have enough advance notice I'll work a checkpoint for the *****cat. If normal alleycats have cute girls, why shouldn't a *****cat have cute dudes?

Build your own 01-16-12 07:35 PM

My ride to work this morning was great.Few cars on the road due to MLK day and picked my layers just right for the 9deg ride to be neither cold nor overheat...good start for the week.

PlattsVegas 01-16-12 07:38 PM

It's MLK day? I feel pretty far removed from the states...


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