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Old 08-15-15 | 02:37 PM
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Imagine truing those wheels.
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Old 08-15-15 | 03:10 PM
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I don't think it's necessary - I can't see nipples.
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Old 08-15-15 | 07:12 PM
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They're probably inside the rim, which would make it that much more difficult.
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Old 08-17-15 | 08:13 AM
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With such wide rims and huge number of (short) spokes, do such wheels even need truing often? Seems like they'd be pretty stable, unless you crashed etc...
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Old 08-17-15 | 08:20 AM
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That's what I was thinking: maybe it doesn't need to be trued, just once when it's assembled.
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Old 08-17-15 | 08:38 AM
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Old 08-17-15 | 09:06 AM
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jackass?
I'm afraid of it.
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Old 08-17-15 | 09:14 AM
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I got crosseyed trying to understand that.
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Old 08-17-15 | 11:05 AM
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Old 08-17-15 | 02:36 PM
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jackass?

By the looks of things, that front-wheel-drive bike would also steer via the front wheel, must make pedalling whilst taking a corner awkward.
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Old 08-18-15 | 09:08 AM
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Old 08-18-15 | 09:14 AM
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I was gonna ask "What's wrong with that?" but then I saw the stitches.
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Old 08-18-15 | 09:24 AM
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That is definitely different but I don't know if it is JA or not. Kind of digging the fact that it is so different.
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Old 08-18-15 | 09:43 AM
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IIRC that sw8 leather covered fixay had something to do with pharrell williams
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Old 08-18-15 | 09:55 AM
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Old 08-18-15 | 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Mumonkan
IIRC that sw8 leather covered fixay had something to do with pharrell williams
and was WAY overpriced.
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Old 08-18-15 | 01:35 PM
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After seeing so many bad hand stitched handlebars I can actually appreciate the job they did on the leather work. Doesn't make it any less stupid, though.
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Old 08-18-15 | 07:45 PM
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I feel like this belongs hereeeee.....
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Old 08-18-15 | 08:28 PM
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I feel like this belongs hereeeee.....
couldn't make it past 2 mins.
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Old 08-18-15 | 08:37 PM
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I just watch it and hit 3 over and over...
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Old 08-18-15 | 08:40 PM
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this little turds room is the size of my entire apartment
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Old 08-18-15 | 08:58 PM
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Old 08-18-15 | 09:23 PM
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There's some things he "want talk about."
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Old 08-18-15 | 09:41 PM
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$12 a wheel for truing is crazy? This guy...
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Old 08-18-15 | 09:49 PM
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I wasn't gonna make fun because I talk to myself all the time but I don't put it on the interwebs so fire away...
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