WDYBLL

dope. i have yet to see a Kona I didn't like. also most dudes who ride them are stealth punishers ime.

kinda want to build up one of these if i can find anyone stocking the frame:

http://www.konaworld.com/bike.cfm?content=kapu

epic lugwork

yep v v pretty frame.

I'm finding this bike of mine to be hellof nice to ride, don't think I'll bother w/carbon seatpost imo

It is the first picture of Me and My Bike!!

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs311.ash1/27707_10100110001008979_8829370_53866025_1625488_n.jpg

197something Ross Eurosport complete with FFS (Front Freewheel System; the pedals freewheel while the chain/back gear stay completely still--so weird!) and a license sticker expiring in August 1975. Also it weighs like 40 thousand pounds.

You've got something stuck in your spokes there, Steve. Cute bike though!

nice

was sure I'd posted my road bike itt
http://img.skitch.com/20100526-tg32pj4ia1jhfnrkibi6khsrxf.jpg

clean those back rims! for shame....

;-P

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1173/4728934994_4534bc445c_b.jpg

saddle pointed skywards

cam angle + leather saddle = nose up

deal with it

http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/4227/dealv.gif

XD

Some overexposed shots of the new bike:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v694/adnaus23/bikess/005_20A.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v694/adnaus23/bikess/003_22A.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v694/adnaus23/bikess/002_23A.jpg

And one of the old bike:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v694/adnaus23/bikess/011_14A.jpg

(BTW does anybody here know how to braze a steel frame?)

sweet man!

niiiiice

tho why do ppl have such tipped up cockpits like that

flip flop stem imo

just picked up one of these for the gf
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3158/2911553541_c67806475e_z.jpg
it rides pretty nicely actually. being a noob I googled the bike and found this thread. would an upgrade from the stock wheels improve the ride a lot?

That's great. David!

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/5079267076_6bf7f59ca8_b.jpg

it has so many....parts

EXCELLENT. what was the last word on the lost bike, just sol?

SOL indeed. Didn't turn up on CL or eBay, pittsburgh's finest didn't find it.

Most of those parts need to go back on E's bike.

wait wasn't it stolen in chicago? i m confused

I was in chicago when it was stolen.

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

i m dum

anyway, it's ready in time for local bike club's cross 101 evening tomorrow. Hoping it is a club of nice people with spare space on the bike racks. Really want to do more group stuff.

http://i53.tinypic.com/uy6w5.jpg

near home, the 'gateway to melbourne' (lol)

http://i52.tinypic.com/343p6vp.jpg

self-portrait

nice. Still cold in Melbs?

fine and 17 today, it was a treat!

I think it was about 28 today in Brisbane and starting to get humid! can't wait for summer tbh

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4147/5205910328_111e867a5c_z.jpg

lol minnesota

back from being coupled, new group, some heavyish wheels i borrowed from a friend to try out for a while. tale of the scale: 17 lbs 3 oz as you see it. too bad my riding time is nil.

http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/Chass3ur/DEAN.jpg

niiiice

really want a coupled bike. what'd it run you if you dont mind me asking?

retrofit was $750 on special i think. i sent it at thanksgiving, only got it back last week. guys at b1l3nky are very nice tho, and i tried not to bug them. i didn't need it for the winter. the s&s case and accessories cost though. the transaction made no sense if not for my theoretical 10 year time horizon, and then...no it still didn't make sense. i'm taking it to sc on vacation though, so i'll start trying to get some value out of it.

took it for a shakedown ride, feels exactly the same as before, but the little cable splitter on the rear brake pings on the top tube and is utterly intolerable. gonna try to relocate it further forward to see if that works. it's that or like, wrap it in felt.

hmmm. at that price I'd rather roll it into the cost of a new bike.

retrofitting steel is like $450, if that makes a difference. i tried to find a used ritchey breakaway, but i couldn't seem to find one for a reasonable amount. plus, their luggage is not truly airline baggage compliant in size. i think someone on a smaller ritchey frame could use a compliant s&s case thought- you're on a 54ish?

"though"

i like it dude. i have a teammate who got his surly coupled (or did it come coupled?) and he is a field guy so he's always flying around during most weeks, he finds time to ride nonetheless. The whole cable coupling apparatus kinda blows my mind tbqh.

i don't travel v. often, i'm just tired of my couple times a year where i visit family and i can't ride. if there's something i _want_ to do on vacation, it's ride. but in the end, it's not my travel bike, it's just gonna be my only road bike.

(also, we were very close to going to italy this summer to ride for a couple weeks, but have reconsidered and decided against it ;_;).

first impression as total newb to sram-- weeeiiiird. sorta plastic-y and sticky feeling, and the throws seem a little long. not bad at all though, i'm sure i'll get the hang of it.

think i'm on a 52, tbh, not quite sure.

cross-checks come pre-coupled as traveler's checks now---cost about a G for the frameset. very nearly got one when i got my surly, but they were backordered or something, i can't remember.

retrofitting would def be cheaper, but i'd probably want to get the dropouts replaced, too, and by that point we're getting close to whatever a travelers goes for cost (i know a store manager and two qbp employees)

new pub bike
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5262/5621468200_6a8722e719_z.jpg

The early 90s were awesome for bike colour schemes

pub bike w/clipless pedals for fast getaways

fun bike. i like the pink accent stripe on seatstay. my 89 rb1 had that saddle, those pedals. like the look of the deeeeeep drops (didn't like riding them much tho).

Lovely

got me a project/pub bike:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2126/5771614579_7275cddd25_z.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5069/5772021998_dfe20bdf1d_z.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3076/5772021974_29b8565d33_z.jpg

Some major cleaning and rust spot removal required - have tried the alu foil trick on a few spots and that works awesomely well.

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/262645_10150208445745678_519735677_7438899_5224659_n.jpg