Nice new ride!
Road bike:
- Thread starter BurlyShirley
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Was fooling around with my bike and found that the "carbon seatpost" is actually aluminum, but with a carbon wrap. Bummer right? Well, I was rooting around in my attic and found a Thomson post that fits teh roadie!
Awesome!
Awesome!
can never go wrong with a Thomson
BWAAAAHHH !!!!
Yeah. I swapped my "carbon" post out pretty quick once I realized that my Thomson used for DH'ing: fits, is about a pound lighter, and I trust it more.
I bought a Trek last year so I could ride with BigT, instead of her riding with me. I'm stronger, and quicker than I was, and have more explosive acceleration since I started riding the road.
I guess crossing traffic off the line into a full-on sprint helps.
I guess crossing traffic off the line into a full-on sprint helps.
I really liked seeing the triple ring on that bike, confirming your notion.
The only way to be non-GRS on a skinny tired bike is to reduce the number of rings and cogs by as much as possible:
Scored off of craigslist for $25, added a few parts bin parts and spent about $30 on tires and a chain.
The GRS brigade has no idea of what just zipped past them.
Ride a trek and make trek at the same time. Cool.
What was that? You mean, barring how much fun a fixie is, they're quite possibly some of the most non-functional bicycles made?
Sick bike Burlypants. Lose the triple. First you turn into a hippie, then you put bees on your XC bike, and now a triple? I'm beginning to lose faith in your manhood...
Geezus, I had no idea how trendy I have to be now that I have a road bike. Cant have that third ring hanging off there. No way I'll fit in with teh cool roadie fags.What was that? You mean, barring how much fun a fixie is, they're quite possibly some of the most non-functional bicycles made?
Sick bike Burlypants. Lose the triple. First you turn into a hippie, then you put bees on your XC bike, and now a triple? I'm beginning to lose faith in your manhood...
It's a training tool, not a lifestyle choice you dorks.
Au contraire, you will fit in with teh cool roadie fag ATTORNEYS.
We're only telling you for your own good...think of it as the bird and the bees talk for buying road bikes.
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You know, I really shouldn't talk considering the "small" ring on my "road" bike is a 36...
Your immense amount of life experience has shamed me. I shall immediately sell both of my fixed gear bikes because you deem them "non-functional".
Got $5000?
Generally the folks who give you **** about riding a triple are the roadie posers you want to avoid.
I do. I won it racing some teenagers up a mountain in North Carolina.
Obviously. If it were a lifestyle choice, you would have known that a functional lightweight from the 70's is plenty of bike for the money and would make a fine "training tool". The lifestyle choice here appears to be "buy first, ask questions later" and garner post-purchase approval.
Oh darn, I didnt garner the approval of a middle-aged, lonely, Magnum P.I. mustache wearing tool who somehow manages to constantly get himself banned from a pretty accepting and liberal cycling site. Woe is me. How ever will I make it?
Nice. I think I am selling mine tomorrow and ordering a Masi Gran Criterium CT. Not sure why I am selling a steel bike for aluminum and carbon, but I sure might.
what bike you sellin Bogey?
Hey GFTJ, wanna teach me how to road ride? Come down and ride Natchez, or I can head up to LBL.
I hear the Trace ( the road that runs thru LBL) is a popular road ride. Ive never ridden it but would be glad to if you wanna. Hell if its dry this weekend i might be able to.
PM'ing you.
IRD Impala frame/Reynolds Ouzo Comp/Dura-Ace STI-rear der/Open Pro-Ultegra/Roleur compact cranks
It's been posted before.
I'll see what I can find.
Losing the triple would be expensive. New crank, new front derailleur, new shifters, and new chain, and probably a new rear derailleur to do it properly.What was that? You mean, barring how much fun a fixie is, they're quite possibly some of the most non-functional bicycles made?
Sick bike Burlypants. Lose the triple. First you turn into a hippie, then you put bees on your XC bike, and now a triple? I'm beginning to lose faith in your manhood...
Quit making fun of him, he bought a roadbike, his manhood is already getting smaller and cancerous.
The Ito
Haha... it's ok, you wouldn't believe the lame music i have to put up with when i go to my spin class. It's all worth it when you get out on the trail and don't gas.
Here. It has a the Reynolds fork, as I am afraid to sell it to the guy as big as he is with a full carbon fork. The WCS cranks are in a box, so I am selling it with Truvativ Roleurs.
nice bike Bogey...what you gonna replace it with?
Probably a Masi or a TCR carbon.
The Rogue Dead Guy was better.
TCR's are pretty damn sweet