WDYBLL

tamalpais high (at about three)

old and ugly but as I said it gets me where I'm going
http://img.skitch.com/20090918-nsq2r3yb8nt67isn75r1p9dbin.jpg
got it (rebuilt and re-conditioned) from this v.opinionated bike charity

My new old bike (before / after):

http://i652.photobucket.com/albums/uu241/dnvnoo/mai_baiku_II.jpg
http://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.

sorry that should be:

http://i652.photobucket.com/albums/uu241/dnvnoo/mai_baiku_IIb.jpg

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/6374/bikebn.jpg
New 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?

here's my mountain bike:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2586/4059348067_f117384bee.jpg

and my commuting bike:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2700/4060101896_4a5dbce414_b.jpg

in that first pic, i didn't mean to poach the trail... i came up the other side, where there's no sign, and then was surprised that the sign said it was closed... but there were plenty of other bikers and hikers on it, so i'm wondering if it's really closed or not.

it would appear that you live someplace v pleasant

ha- the first pic is in china camp state park in beautiful marin county... some of the last legal singletrack in the immediate vicinity of san francisco.

the second pic is indeed somewhere v pleasant- the seaside enclave known as oakland, ca.

i was guessing the first one was tamarancho

http://static.paulsmith.co.uk/images/width484/img-3085-33395.jpg

old bike

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2661/3685552423_62489308ea_o.jpg

new bike

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2549/4118031974_fa3d1dbdf6_o.jpg

unavailable :(

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2549/4118031974_f9270fcc5c_o.jpg

nice dude! will you go clipless? for me?

are clips bad

niiiiiice

I'm going clipless soon

v nice eman

cutty is right, you should get some clipless if only for those times you want to go on a long ride that is not just A-->B (i wear bike shoes all the time, but they're still inferior to real shoes for non-biking comfort, which is why i've got comfy slip-ons at school)

or just do what a lot of ppl do and ride yr street shoes on yr clipless when yr just getting around. it's really not much of a pain when you get down to it

also most clips/straps just get mangled over time, and are generally a pain

i'll look into it at some point. not really looking forward to learning how clip in and out without falling

you can do it. you're a smart boy.

lol

or just do what a lot of ppl do and ride yr street shoes on yr clipless when yr just getting around.

that would be good. do most clipless pedals allow for that? obv the eggbeater ones don't

nice dude! will you go clipless adjust your saddle? for me?

(unless nose down really really works for you)

ya it was pointing up at the store and hurting my weenis and taint so i had them adjust it but they went a notch to far i think

you don't want to lose penis head feelings

also you don't want to lose weenis head feelings

i will always rep for "what works for you." except for plastic reflectors on spokes.

whomi kidding, i got a list of the forbidden shit.

congrats on bike

former roadie trying to be cool admits he really still judges everyone

also if there are reflectors on those pedals. take them off! buy some knog lights.

I have two pairs of bike shoes, one that look like trainers and have a deep recess and can be walked around in. The others are pretty rigid and hard to walk in. (I wear through a set of cleats in the walking shoes in about 2 months).

I keep meaning to go to the machine shop to build a clip in platform for my pedals.

former roadie trying to be cool admits he really still judges everyone

"non-shockah"

thx Hunt3r. got a proper fit this time and the difference is huge.

also if there are reflectors on those pedals. take them off! buy some knog lights.

are u joking or ? a co-worker recently got ticketed by baltimore's finest for riding (a freestyle bmx) at night w/out a headlamp. had no idea about that law. aren't rear lights more important??

what joke? get knog lights for the front and back. white and red LED.

i would never ride at night without flashers. but reflectors are in the realm of kickstands. utilitarian but avoid like the plague.

I prefer solid beam to flashers, but would rather have both.

or just do what a lot of ppl do and ride yr street shoes on yr clipless when yr just getting around.

sup:
http://www.trackosaurusrex.com/pblog/images/Picture_4.png

lol i never even noticed them down there. there's even reflectors screwed to bottom of the clips

THE MAKING OF am0n, ROADIE

I don't know, as far as I've seen reflectors are much better for actually being visible than knogs. Reflectors show like crazy if you hit them with headlights, and knogs are just so pathetically weak.

(should go without saying that this is all on top of a set of "real" lights, like a Planet Bike Superflash or something)

the knog bullfrog is a pretty strong rear flasher

second on superflash, v. good.

my 13 y/o front halogen system is on its last legs, so i got a dinotte

http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/Chass3ur/Snapshot_20091119.jpg

about as bright as a 30 deg 15 w. not much throw tho.

don't make me buy spandex cutty X(

u will spandex

one step at a time. eventually you will step into some spandex.

spandex has teeth down there am0n

3rd the planet bike superflash.

superflash ownes, i love mine

and yeah, stay away from the tiny eggbeaters. they make platform/eb hybrids, but they're hueg.

my atacs are fine for short jaunts

don't fear spandex

i'm sold