No. How about you stick to reputable brands?

Like State. Those bikes are awesome.

I'm going to buy three of them and keep them boxed up in a time capsule.

Yeah. I hear State has an amazing new track machine out.

[edit] Dammit Scrod!

I think brakes should be a concern as well as tires. Road calipers will get gunked up and lose stopping power really easily, which is why dicks or cantis are generally the standard on cross bikes.

:eek:

Ironically, you tend to see even more dicks on road bikes.

Ftfy

Bro.

Alright I got convinced by a friend to just buy a cross bike. I'm gonna go check out a ridley x-bow, caadx, and some others tomorrow. Usually I just put together a bunch of cool parts n such, but I sort of want the warranty that a shop will have. Cause cyclocross.

Should I overhaul the bottom bracket in my 88 Fuji, or should I replace it with a Shimano UN55? Would it be better to just replace the old bottom bracket with a sealed system?

i plan to do literally all of that on basically the same bike, but i overhauled it when i first got it and its basically fine

i just want to change it out for a un55 so its less of a pain in the ass to adjust and maintain

If you overhaul the BB properly it will stay adjusted for a long time and may not need to be adjusted again. But then, you may have no choice but to replace it as well

Should I try to do something with my Windsor - The Hour (I have a pile of parts I took off my road bike) and try to make it look nice or just try to sell it and get a nicer fixed gear? I've hardly ridden it in the past few months, but once the weather cools, I'm thinking it'll be a fun commuting bike now that my legs are stronger.

http://speshuled.smugmug.com/Categor...IMG_0250-M.jpg

Ride it.

Should i by thishttp://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?sbk=1&nav=SEARCH&itemId=321085310776

Really like the color, meh on the price but not unreasonable

it looks new, so far the only other price close to that i can find new is at citygrounds for 165 and only comes in black and dirty nickel.

Most bike warranties specifically state that racing will void the warranty.

I'd pay a hundo for that frame, no more.

The current Rum Runner has a 1 1/8" head tube. The one you bought is the older 1" version. (edit: Which means the carbon fork you were asking me about on the Retrogression forum is out of the equation.)

Also, learn how to type and post a link for ****'s sake.

booze.

I blame my phone

Your phone doesn't drink.

This is true but my phone wouldn't stay on the full site for Ebay, kept redirecting to the mobile one so i copy pasted the mobile link.
Any ways, does the older rum runner use the same seat post size?

I can't decide if I should buy a second pair of Omniums for the Leader since it's now gonna be my winter/hauling bike or if I should just pick up a cheaper set of cranks that aren't on a GXP BB.

Would of transferred the ones over from the Kilo but they were chrome and that would just be gross.