Top tube padding or no?

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

09-16-13 | 04:52 AM

#26

seau grateau

Senior Member

Joined: Sep 2009

Posts: 9,948

Likes: 400

From: PHL

Bikes: Litespeed Catalyst, IRO Rob Roy, All City Big Block

Quote:

Originally Posted by cobrabyte

I'm kind of getting this "beating up your bike is cool" vibe in this thread. No. Taking care of your tools so they last longer is cool.

Hey bros, My bike has 30 scratches and 3 broken spokes. The seatpost is seized in the frame and I haven't greased or lubed anything since I bought it. How ****ing street cred am I dudes!?

Actually my seat post is seized and my bike ****ing rules. It was seized when I bought it, magically at the perfect height. It was like buying a custom frame. Bazillions of street creds.

09-16-13 | 05:40 AM

#27

ThimbleSmash

The Viceroy

Joined: Jan 2012

Posts: 298

Likes: 0

From: NSB,Florida

Bikes: SE PK Ripper FG,Trek Classic Steel, Free Spirit FG, Raleigh Pointe, Centurion Sport DLX, Schwinn CrissCross

Quote:

Originally Posted by europa

You've got to watch this, there's a whole My little pony culture called Bronies now - yup, teens and adults watching My little pony and talking about it on the interweb just like we do with our fixies.

There are times when I despair for the human race.

I hear they are even invading the BFSSFG as we speak, burning your threads and molesting your fixies. Love and tolerate bro.

Quote:

Originally Posted by cobrabyte

No one wants to look like they just walk their bike on the sidewalk. Got to have that mad tarck messenger street cred.

09-16-13 | 08:31 AM

#28

cobrabyte

one life on two wheels

Joined: Jul 2008

Posts: 2,552

Likes: 24

From: St. Petersburg, FL

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeremyLC

I think it's more of a "riding your bike and not worrying about it" is cool. I doubt anyone would say you shouldn't take care of your equipment, but a bike will get scratches through the course of normal use, there's no sense in getting too wound up over it.

tl;dr - Take care if it, but don't freak out over normal wear and tear.

I can appreciate that, that's pretty much my approach.

Quote:

Originally Posted by seau grateau

Actually my seat post is seized and my bike ****ing rules. It was seized when I bought it, magically at the perfect height. It was like buying a custom frame. Bazillions of street creds.

I actually have an old MTB that had a seized seatpost when I got it. Same deal; it's at the perfect height for me with a Brooks mounted. I should put a QR seatpost binder bolt on it and lock it up downtown just to **** with thieves lol