bike thread

[guardianoftheblind]

goddamn that looks fun

[spacehamster]

goddamn that looks fun

It was! Up until I took a full speed ass-dive onto a bunch of gravel, anyway.

[Vlygar the Impregnable]

Still have my Dahon I got for free a few years ago. It does it's job perfectly for city/street biking. I've only changed the tires and brake pads once from being worn and I oil up the chain every once in a while. It's nowhere near as cool looking as the other pictures in the thread but here's a pic of a similar model anyways. I have a bungee and grate shelf over my rear tire.

[Geeheeb]

Still have my Dahon I got for free a few years ago. It does it's job perfectly for city/street biking. I've only changed the tires and brake pads once from being worn and I oil up the chain every once in a while. It's nowhere near as cool looking as the other pictures in the thread but here's a pic of a similar model anyways. I have a bungee and grate shelf over my rear tire.

I should move this post to the classified section.

[Vlygar the Impregnable]

Haha. Didn't mean for it to be read that way.

[Reverend]

Its not a bicycle, but i love the bitch non the less.

[The Pope of Chili Town]

those cross checks are pretty rad.

I just got some new bull horns, digging them quite a bit for the commute

[guardianoftheblind]

ok, this is what i ordered actually.

[guardianoftheblind]

my bike's nickname?

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

SPOILERSPOILER_SHOW

yuk yuk yuk

[aeser]

IRO ftw!

i got a mark V too.

[Honky Kong 64]

Honkey kong heading to Critical mass.

I road this in to work today.

[NANOplague]

I wish I could ride to work but most of the commute is highway. I hate the thought of being one of those guys holding up cars in high traffic areas where there are no bike lanes also.

[father of lies]

Yeah, its a cheap piece of shit, but it was free. I'll look online for tutorials tonight, maybe.

I think the only money I'd put into it would be a seat, if I can fix the other stuff myself. I don't think it's going to collapse into itself any time soon, it's barely been used.

[Phritz]

There is an awesome tutorial on youtube.

please, post it! i can do almost all bike repairs myself, but i just can't wrap my brain around the shifting, setting the derailleurs etc.

[Parachute]

I like those bullhorn handlebar things, at least for the looks. I haven't ridden a bike in years!

[doubleblumpkin]

Do you have to wear slacks and a silk shirt when you do it?

[father of lies]

Yeah, I watched that, and a few other longer ones, too. I'm goign to do that right now.

[The Pope of Chili Town]

ok, this is what i ordered actually.

I also ride a Windsor (Hour) and love it. Yeah the Iro kids frown upon them but they are solid enough for a SS/fixed. Change the parts out as needed and you are gold. I changed my cranks and stem out and changed the bars to bull horns. great commuting rig for me.

Enjoy your new ride.

[neckbeard]

That is almost exactly what I was talking about. HOWEVER. You are a pretty light guy? I think you could ride that for a number of miles and Be happy. But look down the road for an investment on new wheels, pedals and Other parts which will be somewhat cheap to replace. Those have a Nice steel frame and I see people riding on them all the time and they seem happy with it. I do know after reading lots of bike forums that the components are just meh (not even in a bike snob sense, just in a limited lifetime sense).

Bike-Hornie post.



Hey, remember that Ross I got with the decent cranks? I need to get that thing tuned up, maybe single-speeded.

[father of lies]

I made some adjustments on my Walmart piece of shit. I still can't get below seventh, but at least seven and up work properly now. I don't know if it's bent or mounted wrong, but no amount of adjustments would make the front cage move at all. Hmm.

[BlackRadish]

I made some adjustments on my Walmart piece of shit. I still can't get below seventh, but at least seven and up work properly now. I don't know if it's bent or mounted wrong, but no amount of adjustments would make the front cage move at all. Hmm.

It's because your components are made of potmetal.

[father of lies]

Hahaha yeah... I think my dad may have wiped out on it, because I think the whole assembly is a little bent. It's fine for now. I went through a bush today.

[BlackRadish]

I made some adjustments on my Walmart piece of shit. I still can't get below seventh, but at least seven and up work properly now. I don't know if it's bent or mounted wrong, but no amount of adjustments would make the front cage move at all. Hmm.

It's because your components are made of potmetal.

thats that new super light shit thats replacing carbon right?

fo sho. Trash that plastic jazz, you want metal of questionable consistency.

[guardianoftheblind]

need the handlebars raised up a bit, but it feels AWESOME

[Silly Billy]

need the handlebars raised up a bit, but it feels AWESOME

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