thanks, ive seen it said dozens of times but my ocd forced me to ask anyway

Hmm, OCD and fixed gear where you can't stop pedaling. A connection? It might explain me :o

Great vid, thanks! What about risers for the Bianchi? (second part of my original question)

You'd put risers on a Bianchi? :eek:
Isn't that some form of heresy? I'm sure they won't work with them purely on principle.

Oh dear, am I crossing a sacred line somewhere?!

Almost certainly. I'm sure Scrod will set us right. Do I suspect a 10% surcharge on my next order from him? :eek:

Instead of reading through 369 pages to see if it's been asked: What bike do you ride daily to work or which one do you ride the most?

I don't see anything wrong with putting risers on it but if you're going for 'townie', why not use townie bars of some sort?

Because my left hand is still bandaged up, gripping a handlebar is a bit of a challenge so I've been cruising on my Fuji townie. My Thunderdome is usually my daily rider.

Track stand
 

Hey Scrod,

Sorry for all these less than brilliant questions but thanks for putting up with the noobs.

My latest question concerns track standing. Does fork rake and the resulting trail of a bike effect the ease of track standing? I know that it takes some practice but falling, with both feet strapped in at a stop light is quite embarrassing. I've done this. I was just curious if 53 mm of trail is making mastering this technique a bit more challenging.

Hmmm..... something to consider.

What happened to your hand that its wrapped up?

He punched out a customer who walked into his store asking to buy a single Tektro cross lever.

I talked about it a few pages back.

Yes, a bike having a slack head tube angle or a fork with more rake will naturally be more difficult to keep steady while trackstanding because the front end will be more squirrely as the bars turn, especially at very low speed or while stopped.

Do you know anything about the availability of the 2015 model fizik saddles? Specifically i am looking for the aliante r3 or r5. Are these available yet or any idea when you might be able to get them?

Thanks.

No ETA on the Fizik dealer site for either one.

Scrod,

I was in the area so I stopped by your shop on Monday, man was I drooling all over your sidewalk, sorry.

How do you make bikes into such works for art ?

Are you doing any Black Friday sales ?

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=419728Scrod, is it possible to get parts for Park Tools? I have the shafts for 4 Park HHP-2 bearing press tools that I won in an auction, but I am missing the other 4 parts that complete the tool. The two stepped bushings are readily available on the web but I need the two end pieces to make a complete tool. Any place you know of that sells these?

Contact Park Tool directly through their site. They'll help you out.

Be sure to come back on a day we're open! :)

We probably won't do any in-store "Black Friday" sales but will most likely have some sort of Cyber-Monday something-or-other happening online.

When will you have the Alex AT400/novatec wheelset in black back in stock?

Can I see a picture of your hand

Hey Scrod,

Thanks for the Hozan pliers, super impressed with how quick they got here to the land of Skippy. I'd forgotten how well they worked; I got a pair of wheels with Campy record hubs, and was chewing the sh** out of the Campy locking with my locking tool.

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=420086

So glad it is almost healed.