amorphic
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Well wonderful. I can't ride that shit. I'm old.
*Oh and also I have no beef with anyone who rides aluminum... I still think you're fucking nutso.
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Fuck aluminum. Fuck aluminum in the ass with a giant red hot spinning iron cactus. Riding aluminum makes me feel like I'm geting a fucking spinal tap. And I'll tell you why. I'm not a 130 pound cat 2 sprinter so I don't even know why I should even be riding an aluminum frame but I am. Carbon is sweet. Carbon is like assfucking a supermodel while riding down a hill made of butter. But some faggot part of my brain makes me neurotic for riding a frame that's essentially made of plastic. I like metal. Metal lasts FOREVER. Unless it's aluminum, which you accidentally mal-touch and it crumples into fucking dogshit. I'll tell you it's either TI or fucking steel. I can't afford TI so steel it is. Oh and preferably some baller steel like Reynolds 853, not that I can afford that either, but still. Awesome. End Rant.
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Well I'm going to go ahead and be THAT guy...haters get fucked. I have SSH and an NES emulator on this thing with Megaman 3. Holler.
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This is retarded. Just another check mark on Vice's giant list of sensationalistic garbage. Scopalamine is a truth serum. It's been used since at LEAST WWII to get information out of captured enemy soldiers, spies, etc. It intoxicates you and renders you unable to lie while you're under it's effects. Well, in the simplest terms. It fucks you up and puts you in a state of thinking where the concept of lying not only isn't considered, but simply doesn't make sense. It's not a "mind control" drug or world's most "awful" drug. It's an amped up version of the drunken "I love you man" talk you have with your buddy when you've had 10 too many.
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Airless tires (and by airless I'm guessing you mean solid rubber) are total shit. They only come on cheap bikes, but are none the less sometimes touted as being "better" than regular air tires. They're bad for you wheels and bike as they provide a LOT less cushioning compared to air; They're bad for YOU because they're much harder to push because of increased rolling resistance, and again less cushioning. Stay away from them.
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So what exactly are floating shelves?
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Good score on that frame Rubbish. I don't want to be the guy to jinx it, but hey, be careful. No snapping that shit in half the first week you have it.
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So wait, what exactly is the deal with the soda? Some sort of weird ICP status symbol? Having gallons of it stashed in the trunk or arranged in your room...it seems like any asshole could go out and buy 75$ worth of soda and have a really bad ass myspace ICP picture. YO HATCHETMAN I GOTZ LIKE FITTY GALLONS A SODAZ UNNNNH DRINK IT ERRRYDAY
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Grats on the tri time Hesh. That is the Redline Monocog 29er....quite a bike for 450$ if you ask me. 700c wheels with huge mountain tires=rolls over anything.
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The new toy. Had a bit of buyers remorse at first, then it was all instantly destroyed when I spent 4 hours thundering around a construction site. What a fun bike.
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Just do it Joker....
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^^^good god is that a hot frame. titanium is sexy.
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Set Lurkbot to stealth mode.
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Did a really great century on the old Fuji today. 50 miles of flats and great rolling hills through farm country. Didn't plan so hot for nutrition and the last 20 or so were TORTURE. Still a great ride though. Nothing like 80's japanese steel to zip you around.
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anyone here have any experience with ceramic bearings? I would never need such a thing but I'm curious as to the differences...
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I ended up getting Record BB and crank and let me tell you it's smooooooooth as silk. What sort of components are you considering for your rig Joker?
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what category do you race on the track?
As far as the USCF is concerned, cat 4. With what they're doing now in Colorado Springs, I'm a Dev/"C". I'm pretty new to actual racing at the drome.
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Track bikes have STEEP geometry, and very tiny amounts of rake. Those bikes have more rake than my geared road bike, and those bikes all have very shallow angles on all of the tubes. They're obviously made for hipster types that want a "track" bike for screwing around on, but never to actually be used on a track or raced legitimately. It seems like more and more of these bikes are being taken in the direction of "grown-up" bmx type bikes...riser bars and all that shit. No hate or anything Blaise, just saying. I fucking hate riser/flat bars on track bikes. Bullhorns or track drops only.
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^^^That's some funky ass geometry on those frames...none of those will EVER see use on the track. blech.
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Fuckin Feldman knows what up. Holler at your Blackmetalzzzzzz
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Footage and specs on the largest nuclear weapon every produced/detonated on Earth. Holy ass...
http://www.nonk.info/cool_pictures/cool_pictures/biggest_bomb_in_history_tsar_bomba.php
EDIT: 12ozprophet can't display cyrllic for some reason. bah.
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look into mavic open pros and velocity aeroheads as well. are you a heavy guy or not?
Nah not particularly....6'4" 175. I'll check those out. Thanks for the knowledge man.
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amorphic, are you trying to get a true track wheelset, as in lightweight rims like araya's made to be ridden with tubular tires laced to looseball hubs, or are you talking about a "track" wheelset that you plan on taking to the street... as in formula/phil/miche hubs sealed laced to some deep v's/open pro's/whatever... if you're trying to go the second route, benscycle.net has about the best deal you'll find, but it'd be good to get them trued after they ship because they're not the best builders in the world. velocity/formula (2) would run you about $235 shipped, more for phil woods/nicer hubs. dunno what to say for the first route because i don't run tubulars.
but if you can get something comparable in price locally, it's way better to just seek out the best wheel builder in town and have him build up your wheelset. saves time and supports local bike shops.
I'm sort of looking for something in between. Clincher, definitely not tubular. Something that could be taken to the track and not immedietely smoldered, but also is down for streetability. I suppose I'm asking for the best of both worlds; Light and not as heavy as the Deep V's, but still tough enough to thrash on. I've been looking at Mavic Ellipses. I just don't want something that is going to be completely unusuable at the track.
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Good alleycat (I guess you could call it that. more like impromptu race, but whatever) yesterday. Highlights include:
-Dude eating it hard on concrete in the dash to the bikes, rode the whole thing anyway bleeding all over everything.
-Some guy on a 29'er mountain bike who managed to beat several hipster track bike dudes by 5 mins or so. Props to mountain bike guy.
-Some guy getting arrested for blowing a light or god knows what about 1000 feet from the finish, going to jail because he had a warrant in Utah.
-Big glasses of whiskey at one of the checkpoints. Ick.
Big ups to el cheapo races. Someone recommend me a good online place for track wheelsets in the sub $500 dollar range. Nothing great, but no ebay crap either.
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Oh I hear it on the stem and seatpost...that'll help the vibration a bit but man I still get jolted the fuck out on the gnarly road conditions around here. Expense doesn't mean a whole lot to me...If it rides well great if not then fuck it. My 400$ redline chro-mo frame rides nicer than a lot of more expensive MTB frames. My AL roadie just rocks my ass off plain and simple. I hear you on the precision/stability front...riding an AL frame is like driving a scalpel around.