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Yesterday I, took a trip to the LBS to have a BB serviced (crazy old adjuster cup type.. i know not how to do) and to have some wheels trued.

All for the sqrl's biek.

Mumonkan

08-06-12 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by jimmytango (Post 14574220)

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Good times.

total jack move, but at least he did right in the end, and you had a more exciting day than i did

Jaytron

08-06-12 06:31 PM

At least he made it right... right on the spot.

Dude must've been loaded.

Dannihilator

08-06-12 06:31 PM

Today I had an eye doctors appointment, then put in 40 miles.

nuhtowel

08-06-12 06:38 PM

Scrod, if some stranger was in my house doing their laundry, it would probably be the last time they did anything.

That is ****ing bananas. Who would think thats ok?

jimmytango

08-06-12 06:50 PM

Oh guys, dude was obviously loaded. Funny part is that he didn't get off the phone the entire time. *******.

Jaytron

08-06-12 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by jimmytango (Post 14574331)

Oh guys, dude was obviously loaded. Funny part is that he didn't get off the phone the entire time. *******.

wtf?!

Maybe should have "broken" other things haha.

LesterOfPuppets

08-06-12 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by jimmytango (Post 14574220)

**** her. She doesn't know you guys, so she can't judge. **** that ****.

Today I got a gentle nudge from a car in the parking lot of my shop while test riding a customer's bike. Just enough of a nudge to send me into the curb, fall over, and land on the pocket my two-week-old phone was in. Dude that hit me was on the phone and eating a burger, admitted fault, bought the customer a new bike (similar to his old one) on the spot, walked with me to the Verizon store in the strip mall and paid for me to order a new phone, and drove away in his Land Rover. Good times.

I wanna get hit by that guy.

nuhtowel

08-06-12 07:26 PM

who gets the old bike?

Edit: Oh yeah, I got a chicago made schwinn fo free today

jimmytango

08-06-12 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Jaytron (Post 14574341)

wtf?!

Maybe should have "broken" other things haha.

Dude, if I could've snuck my bike under his wheels I totally would've.

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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets (Post 14574388)

I wanna get hit by that guy.

Nah, I'd rather not get hit by anyone ever.

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Originally Posted by nuhtowel (Post 14574458)

who gets the old bike?

Edit: Oh yeah, I got a chicago made schwinn fo free today

Customer kept it. Honestly, it wasn't in terrible shape. The for was bent and front wheel went out of true (I hit a curb).

seau grateau

08-06-12 07:54 PM

All the people who hit me are ****ing poor. I need to ride in some nicer neighborhoods.

Jandro

08-06-12 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by seau grateau (Post 14574560)

All the people who hit me are ****ing poor. I need to ride in some nicer neighborhoods.

Seriously. The one and only time I was hit by a car (that dove into the bike lane and slammed on his brakes... trying to get a spot) I was on my cervelo... which was definitely worth more than this dude's car. He was freaking skettttccchhyyyy.

cc700

08-06-12 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by jimmytango (Post 14574220)

**** her. She doesn't know you guys, so she can't judge. **** that ****.
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yeh ples in a few weeks your cycles will synch up and you'll be best friends. /sexism

also:

Sherblock

08-06-12 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by cc700 (Post 14574769)

yeh ples in a few weeks your cycles will synch up and you'll be best friends. /sexism

i love you

cc700

08-06-12 09:10 PM

lets hug it out gangnam style

Sherblock

08-06-12 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by cc700 (Post 14574796)

lets hug it out gangnam style

yes plz

solipsist716

08-06-12 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by jimmytango (Post 14574516)

Nah, I'd rather not get hit by anyone ever.

This. I will forever have a faux-vagina carved into my shin thanks to the last car fender to dig into me.

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Originally Posted by seau grateau (Post 14574560)

All the people who hit me are ****ing poor. I need to ride in some nicer neighborhoods.

Also, this. Both times I've been hit it's been by nurses who drive white cars, too. ****ing weird.

"I can't afford this! (in between sobs)" <--- Identitical quotes from both incidents, but neither time were those words uttered by the dude whose bike/body got thrashed.

tl;dr: people are dumb.

hairnet

08-06-12 09:32 PM

Got my yellow/white fade Centurion LeMans. All 6208 with 6207 crankset, very pretty. The parts will mostly be kept as spares as I rebuild the frame with my modern 105 group. I will keep the brake calipers on it though. It will be a good conversion frame when find something nicer for gears

Work was weird with two new employees on a slow day. I really showed off how awkward I can be

Dannihilator

08-06-12 09:33 PM

This reminds me, I had a close encounter today involving me, some lady in a dark grey mazda, and some dodo in an old clapped out white nissan sentra with a black passenger side front fender who decided that the gap between me and the lady in the mazda was plenty wide and proceeds to gun it and go in the gap, I didn't flinch, which kind of worries me.

Nagrom_

08-06-12 09:45 PM

Today I finally finalized my wheelset. Math puts it at sub 1900 grams, and aero as hell.

Also doesn't break the bank.

calv	08-06-12 10:11 PM

What did you build?

Nagrom_

08-06-12 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by calv (Post 14575000)

What did you build?

The front is an H+Son Formation face radially laced to a Circus Monkey road hub (including allen skewer) with Sapim CX-Rays and Polyax nipples, with velocity veloplugs. Comes in at 843 grams. The rear is the same but 3 cross laced to a Novatec. comes in at 1050 grams.

So, sub 1900, 42mm deep, bladed spokes, and comes in under $450.

You could easily shave off a hundred bucks if you used Lazers instead of CX-Rays.