By eating the beards of my enemies.

Be careful, you have competition!

hahaha!!

Ask Scrod thread: most serious place on the internet. Not appropriate they say!

I appreciate the response Scrod, and all the people who confused my questions to you as questions to them.

For the record: I wasn't asking him to divulge industry secrets, maybe the 1 day shipping thing was a bit too involved. You can basically talk to any rep that visits regularly and they'll tell you anything you want to know about shops on their stops, some aren't regional either so I've heard stories about RG without ever stepping a foot in San Diego. I do understand it being too involved for a thread like this though.

Either way, trial and error is definitely the best way of learning most things and it's not that I'm looking to copy anything from Scrod, I'm just generally curious as we both operate in the same type of business, in a similar amount of sq footage, just thousands of miles apart. Next time I'm in California I'll have to make time for SD to shoot the **** and check out the shop. I'm happy for you and that you've been able to make just doing the fgss really well a viable business in a place that has sunshine 365 days a year. Livin' the dream!

Ham I have a question for you: what is your buddy's back routine? cuz damn

http://images.bigcartel.com/bigcarte...0/IMG_5956.JPG

This is so key. SS/FG riders are under-served by the typical bike shop.

They took his beard!
dey terk his berd
derkaderrr

Dear Scrod,

Would you be able to provide any input on how well the new cinelli work frameset handles rust from observations at the shop?

From what I've read up on about the frameset, it was basically designed to rust to give each their unique patina. Painted with a minimal clearcoat protection which doesn't do much in regards to moisture to speed up the process.

I'm truly excited for 5-10 years from now when people are blasting and powdercoating those frames and putting new Cinelli decals on them. I like to think at least a couple people will come up with some interesting color schemes.

A friend of mine from back on the East Coast bought one right when they first came out and rides it nearly every day in all kinds of weather without any signs of rust or "patina" yet.

I think Cinelli just put that disclaimer on there because for the same reason lawnmowers come with a giant sticker instructing to keep your hands out of them - because people are dumb. They most likely just don't want to deal with everyone trying to get replacements if their raw steel frames eventually start turning colors.

Wait your supposed to keep your hands out of lawnmowers, where is the fun in that? Next you are going to tell me I can't use my weedwhacker for shaving!

+1

we have one from the first batch of 60 that went out and it looks just the same as it always did

Question on stems....

I currently have a single-speed "rain bike" with bullhorns. Its stem is 110mm and 7 degrees. I feel the reach is a bit too much since I can feel the tendons ache in my shoulder and elbow. I don't have this issue with my road bike (same frame size, just with drops)

I'd rather keep the bullhorns on the SS and wanted to know if I went with a shorter stem, would the degrees also change.

If so, how do I decide on what stem to get 100mm or 90mm or....is it better to go to a LBS and have them figure it out for me?

Thanks Scrod! :)

It's common to use a shorter stem with bullhorns than you would with other bars so I'm thinking 110mm is much too long. The only way to really get it right is through trial and error. Maybe a local shop has some used stems laying around they'd be willing to let you experiment with?

Next time you ride, try to imagine having your hands 10mm, 20mm, 30mm or 40mm closer. You should be able to get a feel for what seems right and go from there.

Are those Supercheap FWs any good? looks just like the Excess

Are you really asking about the quality of a $2 freewheel?

To reiterate: it's a freewheel that costs two dollars. :lol:

So you're saying its totally a quality product, right? I can't tell if you're laying the sarcasm on really thick or not.

Thanks Scrod! Is there a magic(calculator) behind the "degrees" if I got shorter or could I just go with 7, which is what I have now, then experiment going shorter?

Many thanks and happy Sunday! :D

Orly ?

Hey Scrod,

Is the dog really worth $10K ?

They must be twice as good as the dollar cogs.

I will give you $5 to run a $1 cog for the next year..


i feel pretty safe, given I didn't know $2 cogs existed, and I am betting $1 cogs would be impossible to find, both new.

Our site sold $1 cogs before you were around. I used one on the shop errand/beater bike for about two years - on a suicide hub, no less.

Please send $10 to:

Retrogression
attn: Dave Scrod
2545 El Cajon Blvd, Suite C
San Diego, CA 92104

Totally. She has a celebrity background!

Proud dollar cog owner here. You can donate my $5 to charity or buy 2.5 freewheels with it.

First come, only served. Watch your mail.

Hey, Scrod. New site looks awesome!

I noticed no Colossi frames. Are you done carrying them?

Stack and reach calculator

Thank you :D

Edit: Ah, found this too! Perfect! :)
http://yojimg.net/bike/web_tools/stem.php

Thanks, man.

Dealing with Colossi was a bit of a nightmare. Look in the clearance section.