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
but now i'm in the top 20 riders (top 10 climbers!) in the world as rated by strava.com... pure lolx0rz for those who know my low-wattage and fat ass. here are some crappy cell phone pix from the road (i should be riding but i had to pull over out of exhaustion):http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2455/3891357368_186228db2b.jpghttp://farm3.static.flickr.com/2657/3869038526_89a94006bb.jpghttp://farm4.static.flickr.com/3581/3862660865_3cec4dd4b5.jpghttp://farm4.static.flickr.com/3549/3845524255_9bc06aca30.jpg
― *⁂((✪⥎✪))⁂* (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 15 September 2009 06:32 (fifteen years ago) link
niiiiice
― ROCK BAND: BORBETOMAGUS (haitch), Tuesday, 15 September 2009 06:33 (fifteen years ago) link
crazy nice. is the top tube ovalized? also interesting headtube/downtube junction.
― iro with the brown bag (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 15 September 2009 12:40 (fifteen years ago) link
my bike is old and ugly but I love it
― cozwn, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 13:14 (fifteen years ago) link
show us it!!
― ROCK BAND: BORBETOMAGUS (haitch), Tuesday, 15 September 2009 13:18 (fifteen years ago) link
shasta can i move in with you, sugar daddy
― cutty, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 15:12 (fifteen years ago) link
nice lakeside pix. i have a bianchi but its not that nice
― am0n, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 15:28 (fifteen years ago) link
the frame is STIFF... i rode steel, titanium, aluminum and carbon before choosing this frame. it's monocoque, so no joints, lugging, buttings, or seams. the top tube is trapezoidal and the downtube is upside-down teardrop-shaped. i am neither small nor petite and carbon was an issue for me but now i ride relatively fearlessly. some of the descents following the climbs pictured above i'll hit 45mph+.
1st pic is from the top of Mt. Tamalpais with a fog-shrouded San Francisco peninsula in the distance.2nd pic is from the approach to Mt. Tamalpais (locals call it "Seven Sisters") overlooking Bolinas and Stinson Beach.3rd and 4th pics are at the base of the mountain at a reservoir called Alpine Dam.
― *⁂((✪⥎✪))⁂* (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 15 September 2009 21:24 (fifteen years ago) link
for historical purposes, you cross and mtb riders should note that mt. tamalpais served as the birthing ground for mountain biking as we know it today. there is a trail along a ridge in the near-background in pic #2 that is quite famous.
― *⁂((✪⥎✪))⁂* (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 15 September 2009 22:45 (fifteen years ago) link
tamalpais high (at about three)
― am0n, Wednesday, 16 September 2009 01:08 (fifteen years ago) link
old and ugly but as I said it gets me where I'm goinghttp://img.skitch.com/20090918-nsq2r3yb8nt67isn75r1p9dbin.jpggot it (rebuilt and re-conditioned) from this v.opinionated bike charity
― cozwn, Friday, 18 September 2009 14:06 (fifteen years ago) link
My new old bike (before / after):
http://i652.photobucket.com/albums/uu241/dnvnoo/mai_baiku_II.jpghttp://i652.photobucket.com/albums/uu241/dnvnoo/mai_baiku_iib.jpg
1983 Trek 400
I took off some of the ixnay crapay, next step is to get the derailleur sorted (right now it is basically a ss) and get some new handlebar tape (want to go w/ a deep red) / brake hoods. I kinda like the patina of the decayed and gooey old hoods but I want my bike to look loved. Yahhh trick i know I should have taken off the lock before the picture.
So much lighter than the Fuji upthread.
― my future wife has to love talking about the ninja turtles (los blue jeans), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 03:45 (fifteen years ago) link
sorry that should be:
http://i652.photobucket.com/albums/uu241/dnvnoo/mai_baiku_IIb.jpg
― my future wife has to love talking about the ninja turtles (los blue jeans), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 03:46 (fifteen years ago) link
http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/6374/bikebn.jpgNew frame, new saddle and seat post, old everything else.
This new frame is chromoly. It's a little heavier than my last two, but after going through two aluminum frames in two years, I could use something a little stronger. And maybe it's a more comfortable ride?
― bamcquern, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 15:15 (fifteen years ago) link