The Shopping Thread!
09-02-07 | 06:49 PM
#4001
Senior Member
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From: Topanga, but I'm not a hippy
Bikes: IF Club Racer, Bike Friday Pocket Rocket
09-03-07 | 12:40 AM
#4002
Old & Getting Older Racer
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 5,343
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From: SoCal
Bikes: Bicycle Transportation: 2022 Hyundai Kona Electric, 2019 Kia Niro Plug-In Hybrid
Hi,
I don't pose at Starbucks because I don't drink coffee.
You MUST take all new bike photos before you ride it.
I don't pose at Starbucks because I don't drink coffee.
You MUST take all new bike photos before you ride it.
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Thanks.
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09-03-07 | 08:35 AM
#4005
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Joined: May 2006
Posts: 2,698
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From: San Diego, CA
Bikes: 1999 Norco ht mtb/2006 C'dale road bike/2007 Colnago CLX
Hope you have a quick recovery!
At first I thought that's my bike frame.
At first I thought that's my bike frame.
09-03-07 | 05:25 PM
#4006
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Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 56
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Better
I am doing okjust the normal pain after sweaping the pavement, thanks for asking. I will start rding again tomorrow slow pace early morning. do you guys think my frame will survive a few days with that ding? I am waiting for the other one to arrive.
09-03-07 | 08:05 PM
#4007
They Exist
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 1,680
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From: Costa Mesa, Ca........ Life is good...
Bikes: Yeti 575, Intense Tracer, Specialized Rubaix Pro
That's more like a major dent.
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09-05-07 | 04:22 PM
#4009
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Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 3,563
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From: Huntington Beach, CA
Bikes: Specialized Roubaix Pro & Iron Horse Mavrick 5.5
I wouldn't ride it, the top tube is under compression and could fold like a Bud can at anytime. Turtle45 has a DENT much smaller than that BUT, it's in his down tube, and that's in tension, not compression and has held up well for quite a few thousand miles.
Again, I wouldn't ride it.
Again, I wouldn't ride it.
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Ralph (not Ralphie) on a Roubaix in
Huntington Beach, CA
& Iron Horse Maverick 5.5
Ralph (not Ralphie) on a Roubaix in
Huntington Beach, CA
& Iron Horse Maverick 5.5
09-05-07 | 04:34 PM
#4010
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Joined: May 2006
Posts: 2,698
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From: San Diego, CA
Bikes: 1999 Norco ht mtb/2006 C'dale road bike/2007 Colnago CLX
Hmm, Pieralberto, how much do you need to pay for the replacement frame?
09-06-07 | 04:25 PM
#4015
Arrived today (from eBay seller) and it is @$(#!$ fantastic. How come no one told me about Thomson seatposts earlier?
09-06-07 | 05:48 PM
#4016
Senior Member
Joined: May 2006
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From: San Diego, CA
Bikes: 1999 Norco ht mtb/2006 C'dale road bike/2007 Colnago CLX
Too bad they don't work for me; I need min 20mm setback to avoid leg cramps with my bike.
09-06-07 | 06:15 PM
#4017
That is too bad, I just looked and the setbacks are 16mm. I have the zero setback. They are just so easy to setup. Nice workmanship. Much better than the Record carbon I had.
09-06-07 | 10:48 PM
#4020
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From: Topanga, but I'm not a hippy
Bikes: IF Club Racer, Bike Friday Pocket Rocket
09-07-07 | 12:27 AM
#4021
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Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,113
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From: Torrance, CA
Bikes: '06 Specialized Allez Expert
My last purchase? Two Michelin Pro2 Race tires (red) to test head to head against the Specialized Mondo S-Works tires (black) that I recently got. (Winner goes on my new wheelset. Loser goes on my backup wheelset. Probably keeping my Ksyrium Equipes as backups and giving my dad the Easton Circuits.) Two short valve Specialized tubes for my new wheels. Two long valve Specialized tubes. (Don't want to carry short valve tubes as spares because a) they aren't long enough on my other wheelset and b) someone else might need the tube.) Extra wheel magnet so that I don't have to move the magnets around.
My next purchase? A valve extender. I like how the shorter valves look on my wheelset, but I can't pump them up with my floor pump. Argh. Happily, I can pump them up with my Topeak Road Morph in the meantime.
My next purchase? A valve extender. I like how the shorter valves look on my wheelset, but I can't pump them up with my floor pump. Argh. Happily, I can pump them up with my Topeak Road Morph in the meantime.
My last purchase should show up tomorrow: a descente volem wind/rain resistant jacket from colorado cyclist (I'm getting prepped for winter).
09-07-07 | 12:35 AM
#4022
riding once again
Joined: Oct 2005
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From: San Diego, CA
Bikes: '06 Cervelo R3, '05 Specialized Allez
Nah... I never flatted either in a few thousand miles of riding. So now I run Vittoria open tubulars, confident that the bike gods don't want me to flat. A thousand odd miles later, so far so good.
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09-07-07 | 12:52 AM
#4023
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How does it shift, especially on the 28? You're the first I've heard to install this new cassette, and in that it technically violates Shimano specs, would be interested in your shifting experience.
09-07-07 | 06:07 AM
#4024
Scum, Freezebag!
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 4,546
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From: Poway, CA
Bikes: 2007 Leader 796R w/ 10sp DA and 2005 Jamis Dakar XLT FS MTB
I used to run a 28 on a compact crank with a short cage derailleur...Shimano still works. The distance from the 28 teeth to the first jockey pulley isn't all that much, but the chain still moves freely.
09-07-07 | 07:44 AM
#4025
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From: Topanga, but I'm not a hippy
Bikes: IF Club Racer, Bike Friday Pocket Rocket
It's a dura ace rear deraillieur. It should be OK, I'll let you know.
FWIW, Specialized is putting this cassette on a lot of their 2008 models next year with a variety of different RDs (dura ace - 105) and the 9 speed version of the cassette on Tiagra models.
It's a great range for those moving from a triple to the compact. With the 11t gear, the 50-11 is bigger than a 52(or 53) / 12 and the 34/28 combo is pretty much the same as a 30/25.
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