the angle of that seat looks.. painful
probably not as bad as it looks but I had to do a lot of adjusting (this was right after I installed it)
the kickstand!
This just goes right over my head. Is there something weird about that kickstand, or are kickstands just lame in general?
― some of the greatest artists ever are bland (los blue jeans), Monday, 22 June 2009 04:26 (fifteen years ago) link
virginia plain a bike that good-lookin' ought to go slow so folks can appreciate it
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Monday, 22 June 2009 06:34 (fifteen years ago) link
kickstands are funny. i never used the word lame.
― cutty, Monday, 22 June 2009 11:27 (fifteen years ago) link
i am the resident roadie snob but i try to be positive. following hunt3r's example ;)
― cutty, Monday, 22 June 2009 11:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Very elegant bike, I like it.
Sometimes I wish I had a kickstand. Loading up with groceries with the bike insubstantially supported by the poxy racks outside the store I have lost the whole bike tumbling over with egg related disasters into the bargain.
Can't bring myself to fit one though, which is crazy because I already have baskets and it would make loading at 24-pack so much easier.
― Mornington Crescent (Ed), Monday, 22 June 2009 14:26 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm surprised my bike passes muster with such aficionados! It rides like a dream though; I've just got to get a handle on shifting.
― Virginia Plain, Monday, 22 June 2009 22:42 (fifteen years ago) link
my experience with kickstands is that they arent robust or stable enough to be really useful. or the ground isn't level, or it's dirt, etc. it seems like those antique flickstands that lock up front wheel wheel would be more helpful for reliable leaning, tho ive never used one. i dont think they even make those anymore. /oldster
― iro with the brown bag (Hunt3r), Monday, 22 June 2009 23:18 (fifteen years ago) link
two legged motorcycle-style kickstands are the jam, but they shouldn't be on anything but a classy town bike or like a surly big dummy
― i want to marry a pizza (gbx), Monday, 22 June 2009 23:20 (fifteen years ago) link
wdybll IN THE FUTURE
http://www.wists.com/thumbnails/c/70/c7094f628b5d139d8b2a895ec7bc7c93-orig
― ledge, Tuesday, 23 June 2009 09:24 (fifteen years ago) link
assuming future advances in magnetic superconductivity
― wilter, Tuesday, 23 June 2009 10:42 (fifteen years ago) link
it's hilarious to look at cannondale 'concept bikes of the future' that they said would come out around now... apparently, bicycle design took a different tack.
― a terrible camera... with fangs and shit... (ytth), Thursday, 25 June 2009 02:03 (fifteen years ago) link
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3632/3655788004_493e7cee4f.jpg
― Mark C, Thursday, 25 June 2009 15:48 (fifteen years ago) link
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/2410/image001x.jpgNo bike, just traffic.
It's a Fuji set up as a single-speed. I am poor and so the grip tape has electric tape patching it up and the crank has a crack in it and the light on the front is tied on with kitchen twine. I'm sparing you.
― bamcquern, Friday, 3 July 2009 04:11 (fifteen years ago) link
But I can pick it up with my pinky and I guess that's my criterion for Will Ride.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3594/3682998658_f25519b0dd_o.jpg
― i want to marry a pizza (gbx), Friday, 3 July 2009 17:50 (fifteen years ago) link
My friend has a single-speed I could pick up with my pinky. Kinda jealous, as I stood on the scale holding mine, then not holding it, and there was a 27 lb. difference!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v694/adnaus23/IMG_0588.jpg
It's a jalopy, but it's my jalopy!
― naus, Saturday, 4 July 2009 03:02 (fifteen years ago) link
It's a very attractive "jalopy."
I got a new gear for my crank today and it's bigger. I'm not used to it and I wonder if I ever will be (huff, huff, wheeze). I'm pretty sure I'm faster, though.
― bamcquern, Saturday, 4 July 2009 07:13 (fifteen years ago) link
that's a hot jalopy
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Saturday, 4 July 2009 16:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Los Blue Jeans: Wow, what a coincidence! I just bought that exact same blue mid-80s Fugi Pulsar (ladies edition) for my gf so that she could keep up with me on my own ancient road equipment. She likes it just fine.
― Jermajesty's Secret Cervix (Pillbox), Sunday, 5 July 2009 04:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Gettin pinker:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2480/3734875299_03842307c4.jpg
― Mark C, Sunday, 19 July 2009 19:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Like the pink, but where are your brake levers???
― Teh Movable Object (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 19 July 2009 20:00 (fifteen years ago) link
There's ony one, on the underside of the right top (this is the fixed gear bike). The lever's a bit annoying tbh - I want a smooth, more ergo, longer one really. In pink :)
― Mark C, Sunday, 19 July 2009 20:25 (fifteen years ago) link
my frame cracked and they sent me a really ugly one for warranty
http://cyclechicny.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/specialized-tricross.jpg
looks like that but with road tires
― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 19 July 2009 20:30 (fifteen years ago) link
What did you have before? My friends with Tricrosses speak very highly of them.
― Mark C, Sunday, 19 July 2009 20:34 (fifteen years ago) link
a 2004 sirrus, so i guess it's an upgrade and i shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth
http://camworld.org/images/sirrus_bike.jpg
still, there was something about monochrome that i found a lot more appealing
― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 19 July 2009 20:36 (fifteen years ago) link
I guess it depends on the (relative) specs, but it should be interesting to compare the two. Are you stuck with the Tricross or will you be getting a permanent replacement Sirrus (or other)?
― Mark C, Sunday, 19 July 2009 20:41 (fifteen years ago) link
"stuck" with the tricross - i have no idea why they didn't replace it with a sirrus frame but that's what i got
― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 19 July 2009 20:43 (fifteen years ago) link
sorry but i prefer the tricross
― cutty, Sunday, 19 July 2009 21:13 (fifteen years ago) link
you could probably sell the tricross and buy a used sirrus in mint condition and have lots of cash left over?
― (*゚ー゚)θ L(。・_・) °~ヾ(・ε・ *) (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 19 July 2009 21:32 (fifteen years ago) link
is ugly paintjob for sure
― ledge, Sunday, 19 July 2009 23:51 (fifteen years ago) link
in fact up till now i thought the classic red white n black scheme was unfuckable with. good job proving me wrong, specialized!
― ledge, Sunday, 19 July 2009 23:55 (fifteen years ago) link
dude buy a lotto ticket
― iro with the brown bag (Hunt3r), Monday, 20 July 2009 00:07 (fifteen years ago) link
http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/Chass3ur/IMG_1277.jpg
mrs h's commuter/errand bike. i bought 93 vintage specialized hybrid frame/fork/headset--$20 on craigslist. i had to buy a saddle, seatpost, tires, and rack, but everything else was in my junk bin. rides great. looks...well, its an abomination. you cant have it all for $100. weird stem/seatpost config necessary to fit super long legs/short torso.
― iro with the brown bag (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 21 July 2009 11:55 (fifteen years ago) link
super long legs/short torso
pics plz (sorry)
Bike looks fine, though. Is it a trick of perspective or is the back wheel bigger than the front?
― Mark C, Tuesday, 21 July 2009 14:08 (fifteen years ago) link
is your wife still faster than you?
― cutty, Tuesday, 21 July 2009 15:22 (fifteen years ago) link
not on a bike. running? def. swimming? probly.
― iro with the brown bag (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 22 July 2009 04:24 (fifteen years ago) link
the old nail:
http://i28.tinypic.com/2lntysw.jpg
the new one:
http://i29.tinypic.com/2yod9as.jpg
― euskaltel husker du (haitch), Monday, 27 July 2009 14:25 (fifteen years ago) link
lol reflections
― euskaltel husker du (haitch), Monday, 27 July 2009 14:26 (fifteen years ago) link
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3577/3774038462_5fcb4fa094.jpg
― Mornington Crescent (Ed), Saturday, 1 August 2009 22:55 (fifteen years ago) link
http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/Chass3ur/Golden017.jpg
commute over lookout mtn
― iro with the brown bag (Hunt3r), Sunday, 2 August 2009 16:08 (fifteen years ago) link
i want to ride those climbs!
― cutty, Thursday, 6 August 2009 12:20 (fifteen years ago) link
DREAM ITDO IT
-vail public shitter grafitti
― iro with the brown bag (Hunt3r), Thursday, 6 August 2009 23:16 (fifteen years ago) link
from dream
What bikes do we lust over?
to reality
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2645/3850489642_e33f377e69.jpg
― ledge, Monday, 24 August 2009 09:38 (fifteen years ago) link
nice. ive been looking at xc bikes and having a hard time getting used to the idea of modern mtb riding position. i feel like im sitting straight up and down.
im going to moab friday. really reluctant to ride my ancient bike with little cracks in carbon on the down tube. maybe i'll just bring a road bike.
― iro with the brown bag (Hunt3r), Monday, 24 August 2009 14:47 (fifteen years ago) link
awesome, ledge! i want a new XC hardtail...
― cutty, Monday, 24 August 2009 17:14 (fifteen years ago) link
29er? some schmoe at vn sez 26er hardtails are now dead.
― iro with the brown bag (Hunt3r), Monday, 24 August 2009 19:53 (fifteen years ago) link
or how about a 69er
http://www.mountain-bike-world.com/image-files/69er.jpg
what is this nonsense
― ledge, Monday, 24 August 2009 20:57 (fifteen years ago) link
o_O
― the people vs peer gynt (goole), Monday, 24 August 2009 20:58 (fifteen years ago) link
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/3509/snapshotg.jpg
^^^ pic of me w/pista, taken outside the thompson center in downtown chicago. there's this old guy who has made it his mission to photograph all the messengers in town, so he'll hang out at the TC, snap photos with his ancient point and shoot, and then come down with copies for everyone weeks, maybe months later. in this case, my friend kyle just emailed me the pic, 1.5 years later
― crabRCISE (gbx), Monday, 24 August 2009 22:12 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.bike24.com/images/products/p049777.jpg
can't find the exact same specs as mine but this is the frame/bars/post with a mix of 09 ultegra with 08 dura-ace brifters and 08 easton circuits (discontinued).
basically it was a lot of bike for a fred like me but with the economy crapped out and my friends' own a bike shop and i sold them a car and we worked out a couple bikes as part of the exchange.
― *⁂((✪⥎✪))⁂* (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 15 September 2009 06:27 (fifteen years ago) link