I found most of the stuff on the side of the road.

Apartments dumpsters have been more lucrative for me than bike shop dumpsters. It takes a LOT of peeking on a daily basis 'til you find one, though. Sometimes bike shops with a busy repair business will have stuff that folks left behind so you should ask them what they have for cheap. Some C&V dudes are actually able to cruise bike heaps in their local landfills. A lot of areas will have one day a year where you can huck your large trash out on your lawn and the city will come by and grab it. This can also be a goldmine.

The absolute best for me has been my local Salvation Army. $10-30 bikes that I spy on the day before half price day, get there when doors open and rejoice.

I don't wear a watch.

Of all the times I've ridden my bike in Oakland and Davis, I've only found abandoned pink/purple Mongoose. fuuuuuu

Ok I found that on sheldon brown's site also. Looks pretty easy to use. Thanx

That's because it's the Bay Area and anything not nailed to the ground gets stolen, broken down, and sold at swap meets. :|

Scrod,
do you smoke (cigarettes)?

^For real, man.

Nope. I did for a long time but quit about 5 years ago. It wasn't difficult at all...I just decided I didn't want to smoke anymore, so I didn't.

Whenever I see someone struggling with quitting smoking, I really don't understand. All it takes is some discipline.

Another thing that made it easy is the realization of the industry I was helping to support, how much money it cost me and what I was potentially doing to my own body. I'm a tough mother****er and I'll be damned if something as stupid as cigarettes would be the thing that brings me down.

srs question. i've been (mostly) off for about 2 years now and riding was/is a major motivation to quit.

good on you, mr.zilla!

I was referring to Jandro, about the bay area. Not you. :lol:

I think the same thing and it pisses me off sometimes that my bro won't quit. I say won't and not can't because I know he can, he just doesn't want to. The social aspect of it is stupid too, he'll just be sitting there at a party not even thinking about cigs and someone will ask him "Wanna smoke?" and I'll see him hesitate for the briefest instant before agreeing. I KNOW he doesn't want to smoke, but he just does because one of his friends wants to.

any recommendations on lightweight wheelsets, fairly low profile rims? I was looking at the black open pros on velomine but $250 to walk away with origin8 branded hubs seems :|

I've been smoking for eleven years, and I know I need to quit, but I don't want to. Stress relief.

Dave, is the Flite around the same width as a stock Kilo TT saddle? I remember the first day I rode on it, my ass was sore for three days. I quickly switched it for a B17 and Turbo, which are considered wider.

Hairnet made me paranoid about dropping $100+ on a saddle that might be too narrow for my ass. :lol:

I never even sat on my stock Kilo saddle so I have no idea.

I had a Flite on my Kagero for a spell and after this weekend's 50 mile leisure ride, I decided it's back to my trusty (and very comfortable) Turbo. The rear of the saddle measures just about as wide as the Turbo - yet contoured a bit differently - and the shape just didn't work for me, even with padded liners beneath my shorts. It's too bad because the Flite is a nice saddle and I really wanted to like it.

You'll need to shim the lever. Just about all risers have a diameter of 22.2 near the grip area.

1000g/1060g for front/rear isn't exactly "light". The black Sun M13/Formula wheelset will weigh pretty close to the same and is a lot less money.

Maybe build some KinLins?

The Wabi wheelset is lightweight, good quality, moderately priced and well built >>> http://www.wabicycles.com/GXwheels.html

I always forget about the Wabi wheels. Thanks TT!

I personally love my Wabi wheelset. A year and a half with no problems, and I beat the crap out of my rims.

Do Nitto Noodles provide a large enough space on the "elbows" to rest your hands comfortably... even without hoods?

I always forget about Wabi too! Damn those flakes ruining a group buy of non machined kinlins!

Assuming you had the time, what would you charge to have a build kit... built. I'm not ready to get into wheelbuilding just yet and so it's either have you or have the guy here build them for me, if I go that route

Yes.

30 bucks per wheel.

cool cool!

do you have any idea what the standard velomine deep V wheelset weighs? with its formula hubs / DT spokes, I think you or Angie used to have a set? I was trying to find the weight and came across a thread that said deep Vs tend to weigh a bit more than they're listed at. I'm just trying to figure out how much weight I'd be dropping with a shallow kinlin or wabi set

silver or gold bike chain? im thinking silver

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6223/6...484e7dbe_b.jpg

In my experience, Deep V rims (by themselves) weigh a little less than published weights. I'm not sure what a typical set of Deep V/Formula/straight-gauge spokes weighs but they're definitely not light.

Silver.

I'm back with my headset :( sorry.

What is going on here? Am I doing something wrong or is this thing toast? After installing this stem I can't seem to get the headset/steerer tube right..

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