Me too now. :barf:
I hate carbon fiber:
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That reminds me, I've got a head in the freezer.
hmmm cinnabon would make for awesome lunch.....
Well that was poor planning, now wasn't it?
No way you're going to defrost that thing in time for lunch. Not even in the microwave.
He could put it on a stick and eat it like a popsicle.
You guys are lucky it's Friday.
Only if you want the outside to get all crispy and the inside to have barely defrosted.Hrm, you're right.
Wonder if I can just put it in the oven and bake it...
You should just grind it up and make gelato.
Boy, this thread is a real gem.
Where would I find a meat grinder that big? Or should I use a hacksaw to chop it into manageable chunks?
Hey, it's friday!
Get a Thomson post if the carbon sucks.
Maybe you could just slice it up real thing for some carpaccio.
Seriously though, check out that carbon fiber grease Ilinked to originally. Designed to pretty much solve all your gripes short of the splintering.
Mmm, antipasto platter!
Today, on Cooking with Hannibal: Hannibal shows 5 ways to deliciously prepare a severed head, and weaves a placemat out of unused hair!
LOL! What the hell has happened in here?
Yeah, thanks for the link. If it were earlier in the game, I would go that route, but the post has taken just a little too much damage I think, for me to feel comfortable long term. Sucks but guess Ill just get a thomson and a sore back or a ti one and a lighter wallet.
Too much coffee?
Have you looked into a thudbuster perhaps? Maybe with a really stiff elastomer?
It takes a special group of people to make that happen.
I love you guys
...and not in any way that would relate to my ass muscles, either.
No thanks.
Err Umm RE-railBelieve it or not, back in the day i used to own this frame. Got it after an earlier plastic model of another STS broke.
Man what was i thinking....
i can say i've been interested in trying out the new GT i-drives for a light XC bikey....
Skookum and I were bike buddies! Marvel in my bike cool-ness
Mmm Carbon...and Skookum is annorexic next to me. lol
Kind of how I feel about it, but worth a shot anyway.
The slipping sounds like a tolerance problem, or maybe you were hamfisted and crushed it.
But I agree that posts are not ideal yet. Anything where the carbon is bonded to an aluminum head like that still spooks me. I broke an easton carbon post clean off at the line of insertion and been riding aluminum or ti since.
...line of insertion...jeez did I really just type that in this thread?
But I agree that posts are not ideal yet. Anything where the carbon is bonded to an aluminum head like that still spooks me. I broke an easton carbon post clean off at the line of insertion and been riding aluminum or ti since.
...line of insertion...jeez did I really just type that in this thread?
Rhino, that is the worst saddle Ive ever seen.
OG, tolerances on Columbus tubing off? maybe, but I doubt it.
OG, tolerances on Columbus tubing off? maybe, but I doubt it.
Engineer speak for the nasty?...line of insertion...jeez did I really just type that in this thread?
Nah it's cool it's got a "Wide Load" sticker in the back...:biggrin:
Jokes K...
That frame actually held up ok for the time i had it, but it sure didn't climb worth beans. But hardly any of the frames back then did.
That saddle is freaking pastel pink and blue with white lettering. Im surprised it doesnt come with a lisp.
Well if you find that repulsive you should have seen Rhino's Birkenstock spd's he was running back then.
Actually in all seriousness i wouldn't be suprised if he got some cowboy boots cleated up for spds...
I'm not sure any of those posts are hi-quality:
The last one was on a Panasonic.
You'd be hardpressed to find a picture of a Thomson breaking, but I bet I could find an carbon Easton, FSA, Deda, etc....
I think it is probably not the post, but the frame. You might be able to ream it out with a flex hone, and that would increase the grip...The slipping sounds like a tolerance problem, or maybe you were hamfisted and crushed it.
But I agree that posts are not ideal yet. Anything where the carbon is bonded to an aluminum head like that still spooks me. I broke an easton carbon post clean off at the line of insertion and been riding aluminum or ti since.
...line of insertion...jeez did I really just type that in this thread?
I have broken a couple of Kalloy posts back when I had a surly instigator. They are trash and shouldnt really be counted as "metal"
Are you saying you want to remove material from his seat tube to increase the grip? Err, unless you are talking about scoring, I don't get it.
Still anything that has a chance of denting or bending before fully breaking is better than something that will just break.
Especially a handlebar going down a rocky descent or a jump landing failing, no thanks.
Especially a handlebar going down a rocky descent or a jump landing failing, no thanks.
For real. Busted sternums and pereniums are teh suck!
I've broken cheap seatposts before. It was a result of my fat ass landing too hard on the seat, not the cheapness of the seatpost.
Although my fat ass has abused several Thomson seatposts with no breakage.
Although my fat ass has abused several Thomson seatposts with no breakage.
I have ass bombed and exploded a few thompson hardwares. I keep extra in my camelback tho.
ass bombed? The image is horrifying.