SRAM makes the best looking components. Shimano stuff looks like aliens made it. Campy is meh. FSA is meh. Etc.

I have the SRAM Rival component set and a Force crankset on my roadie and I absolutely love it.

Am going to look at and possibly buy an 80's Team Fuji frame that has been well maintained.

today i ate cheesecake and pineapple upside down cake for breakfast

Today I hit 30.1mph (according to RunKeeper) on a 46x17 ratio.

Holy cadence.

I have been trying to talk my brother to trying out cycling. Today he tells me he wants a sweet fixie. He doesn't even know what fixed gear is

but he knows he wants it sweet

Fixie hit the local high school big last year. It's weird to go to the LBS and see these kids that claim to be sponsored by Leader but without a Leader bike.

ftfy

He's 15, 6 feet tall and 120 lbs. I want to get him into racing but that fixie thing was a show stopper. I don't think I will ride my fixie to my parents' house anymore

As an Australian, I can confirm that this is how we see the world.

Today I realized that yesterday I spelled "brakes" as "breaks". I'm dumb.

Same here, bro.

I passed a bike cop training ride on my way home from a club ride. There were about 25 of them and they were all riding on the sidewalk.

That's pathetic.

Here they ride 2 abreast. Be sure that no ordinary cyclists gets to do this without being chastised

They were on the sidewalk, but the sidewalk was on the perimeter of a medium size park, so it's not like there was a ton of foot traffic from shops, bars, etc. Maybe they were going to patrol the park, but there were an awful lot of them. For the record, I think riding on the sidewalk is stupid dangerous and not cool to do for pedestrians' sake.

Anyway, I dropped them all. They might not have known that we were racing, though.

http://www.overlookednewyork.com/bik...ages/mike.html

http://www.overlookednewyork.com/bik...ges/Mike-D.jpg

doode isnt that scrod?

I have a hard time believing it, that's illegal in a lot of places. From what I've heard bike cops get pretty intensive training, they aren't just handed black Cannondales and told to cruise around. Last saturday was my city's annual street fair where they close down the main drag and it fills with carnival like stuff and thousands of pedestrians. They had bike cops and I saw one of them take a 12 stair like it was no big deal.

edit: hairnet, you really get **** from the cops for riding two abreast? I'm pretty sure that is legal (as in, specifically mentioned in written law) everywhere for both bikes and motorcycles.

Today I had another adventure with my nearly non-existent front brakes. Went down a hill way too fast, turned too tightly and slid the right pedal on the road. Kicked the bike out WAY left and threw my balance way off but I saved it.

I think it's time for some new pads?

It's legal but they don't like it. Last time it happened I was pulled over for "impeding traffic" and was given a warning. The road wasnt all that busy and he was a total ass about it

Riding 2 abreast in Vancouver is illegal but I am not sure about the rest of the province or country.

Today I thoroughly cleaned and relubricated my drivetrain. It's super quiet now.

its legal in seattle, but no more then 2