WDYBLL

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

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

wdybll IN THE FUTURE

http://www.wists.com/thumbnails/c/70/c7094f628b5d139d8b2a895ec7bc7c93-orig

assuming future advances in magnetic superconductivity

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.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3632/3655788004_493e7cee4f.jpg

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No 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.

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

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!

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.

that's a hot jalopy

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.

Gettin pinker:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2480/3734875299_03842307c4.jpg

Like the pink, but where are your brake levers???

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 :)

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

What did you have before? My friends with Tricrosses speak very highly of them.

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

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)?

"stuck" with the tricross - i have no idea why they didn't replace it with a sirrus frame but that's what i got

sorry but i prefer the tricross

you could probably sell the tricross and buy a used sirrus in mint condition and have lots of cash left over?

is ugly paintjob for sure

in fact up till now i thought the classic red white n black scheme was unfuckable with. good job proving me wrong, specialized!

dude buy a lotto ticket

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.

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?

is your wife still faster than you?

not on a bike. running? def. swimming? probly.

the old nail:

http://i28.tinypic.com/2lntysw.jpg

the new one:

http://i29.tinypic.com/2yod9as.jpg

lol reflections

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3577/3774038462_5fcb4fa094.jpg

http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/Chass3ur/Golden017.jpg

commute over lookout mtn

i want to ride those climbs!

DREAM IT
DO IT

-vail public shitter grafitti

from dream

What bikes do we lust over?

to reality

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2645/3850489642_e33f377e69.jpg

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.

awesome, ledge! i want a new XC hardtail...

29er? some schmoe at vn sez 26er hardtails are now dead.

or how about a 69er

http://www.mountain-bike-world.com/image-files/69er.jpg

what is this nonsense

o_O

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^^^ 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

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.

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.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2657/3869038526_89a94006bb.jpg
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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3549/3845524255_9bc06aca30.jpg

niiiiice

crazy nice. is the top tube ovalized? also interesting headtube/downtube junction.

my bike is old and ugly but I love it

show us it!!

shasta can i move in with you, sugar daddy