I have had Thomson stuff, probably won't ever buy it again. Will definitely buy Ritchey stuff again.

Today I will be riding fixed to work. That is all.

tom ritchey rules but the parts from china he puts his name should never be compared to cnc'd aluminum from wherever in georgia it comes from.

LH Thompson has a pretty nice facility in Macon Georgia. Bike parts are only a small part of what they do.

The state of Georgia actually has a decent amount of aerospace engineering companies and Georgia Tech has one of the top AE programs. Thompson does lots of stuff for aerospace as well as custom design, testing and process engineering. I hear that they do tours. [MENTION=281169]rex615[/MENTION] would probably like to check it out.

Made in 'Murica by good 'ol boys!

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That does sound very interesting, I must look into it. Thanks for the heads up.

I have a Thomson Stem/Post on my Ritchey MTB. The best of both worlds!!!

If your ever heading down toward Macon or coming to Atlanta let me know.

I just wish Thomson made a setback post that doesn't look weird.

Will do. I'll be out on holiday till after new year's and then traveling for work. Chicago in January (brrr).

I would love to ride the Silver Comet again and have lunch at Frankie's in Rockmart.

They do. Maybe you're weird.

I like the way it looks with the kink in the post.

I have a Masterpiece setback on my race bike, and a straight Elite on the MTB.

Rock Lobster has a Ritchey WCS carbon 3k weave, thing is also very nice. Matches the fork too.

i think they look good when theyre on the right bike

Tru

Frankie's is closed. :( Some of my friends ran into Frankie waitressing in a small country restaurant in Hiram.

Sadly, Slaughter's Store has closed too, leaving a huge hole in some of our routes way out west.

Killer ride today: 5.25hrs, 91 miles, 3000+kj. Puts me at slightly over 15hrs of riding time for the week. Nice!!!

Early in my ride I saw [MENTION=424913]jacobversus[/MENTION] riding in the opposite direction towards Del Mar. It was right on the bridge that separates Solana and Del Mar. I yelled "Bikeforumz!!!" pretty loud, but I don't think that he heard me. He was wearing earbuds.

That is a shame, Frankie's was such a cool place. Loved the walls with all the signatures. My son and I got to sign it too a few years ago. They were intrigued by our "stickbikes".http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=492026

We went by there this summer and remember Frankie's was closed that day so we went on ahead and had lunch in Cedartown (IIRC). My son was bemoaning missing out on their excellent eggplant (melanzane alla Parmigiana) and you could even find decent beer there.

Today I realized my saddle was like an inch too low. Did this **** just gradually slip down into the frame**********

I have had a couple that used to do that (better than having them become frozen in place, I guess.) I mark them with a magic marker or some nail polish to monitor any movement.

Now that I lube them with carbon assembly paste (thanks Scrod) I don't have the issue, but the mark is still useful when the bike has to go in a car and the seat is removed. Makes putting them back together a bit less fiddly.

Probably. It seems like something that you would notice on a short time scale.

Probably. I always wonder how long it took me to notice.

Yeah, I always score my seat posts when I get the height set. Pulled up the post there was the old score mark again.

For the last few days I had noticed it felt off and planned to readjust by few millimeters at most.

Binge-watched four hours of "Duck Dynasty." Good lord, that four hours of my life I'll never get back. At least I was getting paid to do it…

Haha! Dang, I totally didnt notice. I'm usually pretty aware of other cyclists too! Beautiful morning for a ride.

(Saturday)I rode for the first time in three weeks and got a solid 20 miles in. Ran into an acquaintance on a fat bike group ride and actually got to clean my bike and re-lube my chain before having to return to civilian life. Twas nice.

Today the shop received an email from someone asking if we could special order a Kilo TT because BikesDirect is out of stock.

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haha