Today I:
04-27-12 | 06:16 PM
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I dig the dropouts. They're nice & simple. I also like the fork being sans lawyer tabs.
Surprisingly, not much.
Seriously! The top tube is a little shorter than on my 58cm Leader but the seat tube is the same. I was originally thinking I should get a 56 but it was way too big.
Surprisingly, not much.
Seriously! The top tube is a little shorter than on my 58cm Leader but the seat tube is the same. I was originally thinking I should get a 56 but it was way too big.
what makes the godzilla more expensive btw? and any reason why it uses 1"?
Last edited by hamfoh; 04-27-12 at 06:29 PM.
04-27-12 | 06:55 PM
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That blue looks so good
04-27-12 | 07:07 PM
dino quadz!
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From: Tokyo, Japan
Bikes: Salsa Mukluk Ti, Air 9 Carbon, Look 464, Astuto Road, BMC Trailfox 02
Idk Japan vs Italian manufacturing
04-27-12 | 07:19 PM
Still kicking.
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From: Annandale, New Jersey
Bikes: Bike Count: Rising.
Today I had a good first day of being 32 at the pumptrack/dj's.
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04-27-12 | 07:49 PM
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04-27-12 | 08:16 PM
Elitist
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From: Atlanta, GA
04-27-12 | 08:26 PM
THE STUFFED
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Bikes: R. Sachs Simplicity; EAI Bareknuckle; Madone SLR9 Gen 8
Happy Birthday Dan!
04-27-12 | 08:36 PM
Still kicking.
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From: Annandale, New Jersey
Bikes: Bike Count: Rising.
04-27-12 | 08:36 PM
Still kicking.
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 19,659
Likes: 47
From: Annandale, New Jersey
Bikes: Bike Count: Rising.
04-27-12 | 09:27 PM
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I thought Dan was retired... so I didn't expect 32.
Happy birthday though, hope it was (is) a great one!
Happy birthday though, hope it was (is) a great one!
04-27-12 | 09:32 PM
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It was.
My work allows for a lot of time to ride.
My work allows for a lot of time to ride.
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04-27-12 | 09:34 PM
Just smang it.
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From: Bellingham
Bikes: Felt F1X, Kilo WT, Dawes Deadeye
Today I saw a sign that reminded me of evilcryalotmore
04-27-12 | 09:36 PM
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04-27-12 | 09:39 PM
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Had to ride through mud ............ bike is all clean, not its shower timez for me!!!!
04-27-12 | 10:08 PM
The space coyote lied.
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today I'm so seduced by this ride. If they say $200 I might have to bite.
04-27-12 | 11:19 PM
THE STUFFED
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From: San Francisco, CA
Bikes: R. Sachs Simplicity; EAI Bareknuckle; Madone SLR9 Gen 8
04-28-12 | 12:04 AM
Brown Bear, Sqrl Hunter
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04-28-12 | 12:14 AM
Hi, I'm Bryan.
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Bikes: 2010 Focus Mares
Today sucked. A lot. Sigh. I got to ride my bike, and didn't self-medicate by getting wasted, so I guess it wasn't that bad.
04-28-12 | 08:07 AM
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Woke up at 4:30 a.m. after drinking with the wife last night and produced this in my hungover state:
https://app.strava.com/rides/7487779
Still running 48x16 and yes, that MFin'g wind is still out of the SSE 20-25. Watched a group of riders in a memorial ride run down a jogger cause she was using the MUP and you now memorial rides require you to paceline and charge the leader six abreast on a two-lane MUP. If I wasn't hung over, I might have chased him down just to mock his stupidity.
https://app.strava.com/rides/7487779
Still running 48x16 and yes, that MFin'g wind is still out of the SSE 20-25. Watched a group of riders in a memorial ride run down a jogger cause she was using the MUP and you now memorial rides require you to paceline and charge the leader six abreast on a two-lane MUP. If I wasn't hung over, I might have chased him down just to mock his stupidity.
04-28-12 | 08:51 AM
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today I swap my rear Zaffiro 23c with my friend's Randonneur 28c 
04-28-12 | 10:26 AM
Your cog is slipping.
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From: Beverly MA
Bikes: EAI Bareknuckle
Stem is 100mm and it's not cramped at all. As long as I'm within 55ish - 56ish, I'm good.
04-28-12 | 10:27 AM
Your cog is slipping.
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04-28-12 | 11:41 AM
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For the last two days, I took the bolt out for a ride. Words can't explain how wonderfully this bike rides - there is a smoothness about my fixed gear that I cannot get from my road bike.
Yesterday I pulled off a pretty savage ride :
Long story short, I opted to jam home after a 60 mile recovery ride. Tired of going slowly for 60 miles, I had to book it, and I did.
Long version in case anyone is interested :
The thing that made this ride unique was I was racing up guadalupe (about 450 feet of climb over 1.5 miles, nothing big) against this kid on a supersix evo who was furiously trying to pass me. We started the ascent at the same time, coincidentally. We kept passing each other and at the very end, he made one last minute attempt to come up past me. I looked at his front chainring and saw him in the 34, and wished I had one too for this final push... I read the expression on his face, one of twisted fury and agony, and I just thought to myself... "must beat this guy with my 1 gear... must beat him". No matter how much pain there was I closed a 20 foot gap and came up past him. I looked back and he had his head down just churning away - he had run out of energy after the final sprint trying to pass me. As I reached the final apex, I could hear my spoke beads plinking on the rim and pedaled away. All in good fun - I could tell he truly did not want to lose to a fixed gear bike, especially one as dumb looking as mine with spoke beads. Great satisfaction was had. I beat my personal record up this hill by 40 seconds, which was set 4 days ago on my road bike. Sometimes, you just need to HTFU and pedal.
Yesterday I pulled off a pretty savage ride :
Long story short, I opted to jam home after a 60 mile recovery ride. Tired of going slowly for 60 miles, I had to book it, and I did.
Long version in case anyone is interested :
The thing that made this ride unique was I was racing up guadalupe (about 450 feet of climb over 1.5 miles, nothing big) against this kid on a supersix evo who was furiously trying to pass me. We started the ascent at the same time, coincidentally. We kept passing each other and at the very end, he made one last minute attempt to come up past me. I looked at his front chainring and saw him in the 34, and wished I had one too for this final push... I read the expression on his face, one of twisted fury and agony, and I just thought to myself... "must beat this guy with my 1 gear... must beat him". No matter how much pain there was I closed a 20 foot gap and came up past him. I looked back and he had his head down just churning away - he had run out of energy after the final sprint trying to pass me. As I reached the final apex, I could hear my spoke beads plinking on the rim and pedaled away. All in good fun - I could tell he truly did not want to lose to a fixed gear bike, especially one as dumb looking as mine with spoke beads. Great satisfaction was had. I beat my personal record up this hill by 40 seconds, which was set 4 days ago on my road bike. Sometimes, you just need to HTFU and pedal.
Last edited by gigantor; 04-28-12 at 11:48 AM.