Today I:
#201
THE STUFFED


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Bikes: R. Sachs Simplicity; EAI Bareknuckle; Madone SLR9 Gen 8
#202
Still kicking.


Joined: Oct 2002
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From: Annandale, New Jersey
Bikes: Bike Count: Rising.
Cool.
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Appreciate the old bikes more than the new.
Appreciate the old bikes more than the new.
#203
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Painfully average.
Joined: Jun 2010
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Bikes: Caad10 / All-City SP
This is what happens when you're pissed off from bombing a midterm, drunk, have no tools, and really REALLY want to finish this last part to start building your bike:


#204
Your cog is slipping.



Joined: May 2009
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From: Beverly MA
Bikes: EAI Bareknuckle
Keep going. It always feels like there's no way you're ever going to get that thing in there but it eventually will. Wait...what did you use?
#205
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Painfully average.
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Bikes: Caad10 / All-City SP
the problem is that it went in crooked, so i'm using this screw driver to tap the side that's higher to try and straighten it out. Using the threaded bolt to pound the screwdriver, lol.
#206
Your cog is slipping.



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From: Beverly MA
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Dude...you won't do it without a hammer. Time for a trip to the lbs!
#207
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Painfully average.
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Bikes: Caad10 / All-City SP
Seriously. I want to raaaage. Haha. I got it in lower, but it's crooked so when I tighten it down the fork can't turn smoothly.
#208
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Painfully average.
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Bikes: Caad10 / All-City SP
Doh, today I installed the ball bearings upside down on the top headset cup, so that's what was causing the rough turnage on the fork. I flipped it over and reinstalled it, tightened it down, and there's like 1mm worth of play on the fork since the star nut is not straight, there's a tiny gap on one side of the top cap.
Ridable? I'm talking like a SLIGHT movement going back and forth on the fork, you can't really even see the distance it moves, only feel.
Ridable? I'm talking like a SLIGHT movement going back and forth on the fork, you can't really even see the distance it moves, only feel.
#210
Today I received the prototype for our upcoming windbreaker/light jacket (aka the 'Calv'). It was a perfect day to put it through the paces because this morning was misty/foggy and clear but pretty windy this afternoon. I can honestly say it surpassed my expectations. Stoked!
#211
i smell bacon
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@ Calv - a crappy LBS will charge you <$10 for a star nut and installation; a cool one will charge you less. Or just buy the right tool... Nashbar has a cheap one.
#213
Your cog is slipping.



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From: Beverly MA
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#214
"Dude! I could tell that was a fixed gear bike as soon as I saw it!"
"O ya? How could you tell?"
"It's just the fluid motion of the feet, brah. Us cyclists can just tell."
"All right..."
::gets on a moped and rides off::
did I get trolled?
"O ya? How could you tell?"
"It's just the fluid motion of the feet, brah. Us cyclists can just tell."
"All right..."
::gets on a moped and rides off::
did I get trolled?
#215
Also, either go to sleep or good morning to you!
#217
Ouch! Well, good luck with finals, and goodnight! haha. That is probably my cue to sleep now...
#218
Tarck is rough. Our trolliest trolls are no match for their least trolliest trolls. I prefer to stay at BFSSFG with my daily "get the Kilo" comment. Their kit is pretty cool, though... and if BFSSFG were to make a kit it would have to be equally as cool.
@ Calv - a crappy LBS will charge you <$10 for a star nut and installation; a cool one will charge you less. Or just buy the right tool... Nashbar has a cheap one.
@ Calv - a crappy LBS will charge you <$10 for a star nut and installation; a cool one will charge you less. Or just buy the right tool... Nashbar has a cheap one.
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#219
i smell bacon
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Bikes: Geekhouse Deerfield, GT Edge Ti, Spooky Skeletor, TET Track, Ritchey P-650b, Bridgestone MB-3
I'm not creative enough 
It would be sweet, though. I need some kit for this summer so I can get my cool on.

It would be sweet, though. I need some kit for this summer so I can get my cool on.
#221
THE STUFFED


Joined: Oct 2009
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From: San Francisco, CA
Bikes: R. Sachs Simplicity; EAI Bareknuckle; Madone SLR9 Gen 8
Finished assembling the rear wheel of my beater wheelset was getting ready to do the finishing stuff when it came to my attention that I utterly forgot something for work AND the fact that I used my only spare DA lockring for my reynolds sdvc66 wheelset.... hopefully the included formula one won't let me down for a couple of days before the DA arrives.
#222
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Joined: Jan 2006
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From: East coast
Bikes: Specialized Tarmac Expert, Cannondale R700, Specialized Langster, Iron Horse Hollowpoint Team, Schwinn Homegrown
Got my package from Retrogression, so I should really concentrate on getting the Pake built. Finally....
#223
Your cog is slipping.



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From: Beverly MA
Bikes: EAI Bareknuckle
Finally!
#225
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From: East coast
Bikes: Specialized Tarmac Expert, Cannondale R700, Specialized Langster, Iron Horse Hollowpoint Team, Schwinn Homegrown



