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10-29-15 | 06:16 PM
#3551
Member
Joined: Oct 2015
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From: Surprise, AZ
Bikes: '99 Giant Upland
I know that a lot of you are saying to yourselves, "How can I make my bike look more like a piece of indoor exercise equipment?" Well, here is the answer:
I know what you are all thinking: those shifters are enough to make you convert back to 18 ratios of pure bliss.
I know what you are all thinking: those shifters are enough to make you convert back to 18 ratios of pure bliss.
10-29-15 | 06:55 PM
#3553
Clark W. Griswold
Joined: Mar 2014
Posts: 18,328
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From: ,location, location
Bikes: Foundry Chilkoot Ti W/Ultegra Di2, Salsa Timberjack Ti, Cinelli Mash Work RandoCross Fun Time Machine, 1x9 XT Parts Hybrid, Co-Motion Cascadia, Specialized Langster, Phil Wood Apple VeloXS Frame (w/DA 7400), R+M Supercharger2 Rohloff, Habanero Ti 26
Agreed. For touring and long distance riding they offer a ton of hand positions and places to mount stuff. Me I like a good drop bar for touring but maybe if I was doing a ton of off road touring I would probably go with a butterfly/trekking bar.
10-30-15 | 08:01 AM
#3555
Veteran Racer
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 11,855
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From: Ciudad de Vacas, Tejas
Bikes: 34 frames + 80 wheels
It seems like this thread has really wandered away from true jackassery. Anything that has a practical purpose is simply not jackass.
10-30-15 | 09:07 AM
#3556
Senior Member
Joined: Feb 2014
Posts: 2,750
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From: SD
Bikes: Handsome Fredward, Trek 1.1
11-01-15 | 11:36 AM
#3565
Calamari Marionette Ph.D
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 7,861
Likes: 41
From: Coeur d' Alene
Bikes: 3 Chinese Gas Pipe Nerdcycles and 2 Chicago Electroforged Boat Anchors
11-01-15 | 04:00 PM
#3566
canis lupus familiaris
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 2,254
Likes: 1
From: North Carolina
Bikes: En plus one
11-04-15 | 10:15 AM
#3569
Senior Member
Joined: Sep 2014
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From: New York Metro Area
11-06-15 | 10:39 AM
#3572
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Joined: Mar 2014
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From: NYC
This is one of the worst Bianchi Pistas I have ever seen (though not the worst). Shame, too, since some of the parts are decent, if not downright respectable. Truly goes to show that the whole is quite often less (sometimes way less) than the sum of its parts.
bianchi pista
bianchi pista
11-06-15 | 06:32 PM
#3573
canis lupus familiaris
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 2,254
Likes: 1
From: North Carolina
Bikes: En plus one
This is one of the worst Bianchi Pistas I have ever seen (though not the worst). Shame, too, since some of the parts are decent, if not downright respectable. Truly goes to show that the whole is quite often less (sometimes way less) than the sum of its parts.
bianchi pista
bianchi pista
11-06-15 | 06:40 PM
#3574
Senior Member
Joined: Jul 2015
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It's like that Bianchi got halfway sucked into the Jackass blackhole but was able to be yanked out at the last second. Except for the reflector and seat hangy thing, the rear triangle/cranks/rear wheel are okay...the front half is an abomination.
