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Old 02-15-12 | 03:49 PM
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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. -_-
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Old 02-15-12 | 04:15 PM
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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.

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Old 02-15-12 | 04:18 PM
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^jesus christ. thanks for beta testing
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Old 02-15-12 | 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Scrodzilla
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.
Yeah, but did you get a picture?
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Old 02-15-12 | 04:27 PM
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I didn't. I was too pissed at my bike.
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Old 02-15-12 | 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by yummygooey
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. -_-
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.
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Old 02-15-12 | 04:38 PM
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Krylion Carbons are the only michelins i trust....
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Old 02-15-12 | 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by zoltani
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.
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.
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Old 02-15-12 | 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Scrodzilla
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.
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Old 02-15-12 | 04:45 PM
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I live in San Leandro, and go to school in San Jose.... i commute by public transportation... THAT ****ing sucks... ~2hr commute
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Old 02-15-12 | 04:45 PM
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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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Old 02-15-12 | 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by redpear
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.

:|
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
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Old 02-15-12 | 04:57 PM
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No, no it's too big.

I don't know how this could happen. The adapter is 25.4 instead of 22.2.
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Old 02-15-12 | 04:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Nagrom_
I live in San Leandro, and go to school in San Jose.... i commute by public transportation... THAT ****ing sucks... ~2hr commute
What's the logistics of that? BART to fremont and then bus?
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Old 02-15-12 | 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Leukybear
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.
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Old 02-15-12 | 05:23 PM
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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.
we need a bike only freeway from sac to san jose amiright? =>
then another one from stinson beach to san jose.
then san jose to LA.

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Old 02-15-12 | 05:30 PM
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let's be the first to do it in america. then we can call it BIKEWAY 1. and in 10 years bikeway will be a verb.
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Old 02-15-12 | 05:34 PM
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or we could start with more bike lanes?

lol... but in all seriousness, i could bike there in the same amount of time, if there were no stop lights and and it was a straight shot, haha
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Old 02-15-12 | 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by muckymucky
we need a bike only freeway from sac to san jose amiright? =>
then another one from stinson beach to san jose.
then san jose to LA.
Occupy the PCH
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Old 02-15-12 | 06:11 PM
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Today my stem came in the mail so I wrapped my bars and put them on my bike.

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Old 02-15-12 | 06:29 PM
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Dat saddle position...
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Old 02-15-12 | 06:41 PM
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Installed my fancy FSA stem.

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Old 02-15-12 | 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by yummygooey
Dat saddle position...
red/blue lines: where a non-setback seatpost would be relative to the saddle rails
orange line: where usable rails end at front
green line: length to end of rails relative to non-setback seatpost

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Old 02-15-12 | 07:00 PM
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Old 02-15-12 | 07:03 PM
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Flites have short, awkwardly placed rails. I maintain that they do not belong on zero setback seatposts unless they're slammed all the way back.
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