Surface rust doesn't matter much, it's when you see the rust going deeper and actually eating away the metal that you should worry a little.

Scrod,

What other languages do you speak--or want to speak--besides English?

what inspired the growth of dreads ?

None.

At first, I never really thought about why. I was a punk rock kid who just stopped brushing my hair and they happened. My first batch of dreads grew down nearly to my waist, then I cut them off (which I regretted almost immediately). It wasn't until I suddenly had short hair again when I realized that having dreads inadvertently sums up a lot of my personality and personal politics - in that I honestly don't care what people think of me, I don't adhere to what society tells me I'm "supposed" to do and I don't like being forced to spend my money on things I don't actually need. The amount of money people spend on even the most common hair care products is insane. No thanks. The dreads quickly grew back.

To me, having dreads is like giving a giant middle finger to the way the world works without being obnoxious or overly offensive - which the punk rock kid still living inside me finds very satisfying. I'm admittedly a pretty weird guy who thinks weird thoughts and really don't like a lot of stuff about the world. Instead of being a negative ***hole all the time, I find my own personal rebellions and revel in them quietly. It's not so much a need to be "different" but rather a desire to not be the same (which are two entirely different mindsets).

I find it oddly humorous that most of the people who give me dirty looks in the grocery store or wherever have absolutely no right to be looking down their nose at anyone. For example, I was leaving the post office the other day when this fat, trash heap of a woman with a cigarette hanging from her lip yelled "Hey! Wash your hair!" from a parked car. Instead of getting mad, it literally made me smile. It's almost like I know some sort of secret.

too good

thanks for that, we approach the world around us in very similar ways, though i do not have dreads. i know exactly what you mean, not being the same, i try to pass that on to my children by example. have a groovy day

I'm swapping my Omnium chainring to an FSA track chainring and need some good single-speed chainring bolts since the Omnium ones are too thick. Any suggestions? Sugino makes some knurled ones...does that really make a difference?

I used the stock Omnium bolts with an FSA chainring. No problems.

i swapped out my Velo Orange Left Bank bars with my Nitto riser bars on my single speed. the lever clamps were perfect for the VO but just a tiiiiny bit (they'll hold in place but I can slide them around with a small amount of force) too wide for my nitto. any suggestions for something to use as a shim to tighten them down more?

If you had the tools, you could probably butcher and cut a set of regular bar shims and use that.

/notscrod

I kinda did that with my gfs bars (charge urban riser) but they're too thick here.

and I no longer have the tools

Any lbs should have a ton of little hard rubber shims that typically come with reflectors. A small piece beneath the front half of the clamp should work perfectly. Angie has her lever shimmed like that without any trouble.

If the shim will be too thick, a wrap or two of cloth electrical tape should do it.

Scrod,

I just drove by a LBS that opened recently that looks like they focus on MTB, rock climbing, super outdoorsy stuff. I looked on their website and it says they're hiring and I'd love to get some experience in a bike shop. On their site, it says to send in a resume, but my resume shows a bunch of education, criminal justice and design ****, but nothing regarding bikes or mechanic work. Should I send me a resume with an ambitious seeming cover letter/paragraph thing, or should I just go up there and talk to them?

/highschoolkidquestionat23yearsold

I say go in and talk to them. I would never hire anyone to work at my shop based on a piece of paper and most likely wouldn't want to be employed by one either.

That's what I was thinking, thanks.

pulled off a wheel from a recent purchase that was an ambrosio tubular (Medaille D'Or) rim laced to a technique carbon hub. any idea what that's worth? googling technique stuff is impossible.

No idea.

dear scrod...do you mind a rehash over panaracer pasela tgs?

my rear non-tg pasela just bit the dust so i need replacement. i can not find the thread/s, but if i remember correctly once upon a time you posted that tg paselas you had ran extremely small? which is weird, because my regular 25c paselas run big & there is almost no clearance below my front brake when it is pumped up near max psi.

anyway...nashbar has a 20% off deal thru tonite, makes tg paselas $20/ea but smallest they have is 28c.

a while back you had a premium brew...to your knowledge, do 28c tg really run so small that it could work up front on a maxway lugged frame/fork with a brake?

thanx...

25c Pasela TGs run more like a 23 and 28c measures about 26. The regular Paselas are a different story.

I had 25s on my PB and had plenty of room to spare.

My 28s are about 26mm wide while still 28mm tall from the rim


my 35s measure 35

Yeah...I forgot to mention that the bigger sizes are pretty true to size.

I was about to ask you about something like this, I know that the Fyxation Session is actually larger than stated but what about the Fyxation Accela? I bought a pair of accelas 28's from retro and I'm used to Randonneur's 28's that are more like 26 actually.

The Accelas are pretty true to size.

Has anybody purchased a dodici gara yet from you?

And on another note, I remembered I received a metallic retrogression cut decal with an order from you guys, which oddly resembled what you guys had as the headbadge for retrogression excel frame.
Which leads me to ask, is the lack of pictures of built up excels odd?