NerdUnit

Okay dude with crazy Butter issues. Here's the deal with Mongoose. Several years ago they were bought by a larger company. In an attempt to get a bigger market share the new owners started to sell Mongoose to department stores. This is a very bad thing for a quality bicycle brand only sold by independent bike dealers. Why? Two things happen. 1. In order to sell at walmart prices the quality of the bike goes down considerably. 2. #1 causes the brand to loose it's reputation as a legitimate bicycle maufacturer. The repercusions of this are independent bike dealers (local shop) can no longer sell a $1500.00 Mongoose or a $350.00 for that matter because walmart has em for $100.00. The loose there cache. $100.00 bikes last about a year with daily use. If you are a teenager shit will last half a summer. The first repair cost will generally eclipse the initial cost of the bike. So to hear you are on two years you are doing well. If you were to depend on that bike you would have been dissapointed a long time ago. I'm sorry to say you fell for the plan and bought what you thought was a Mongoose of old (the guys who made em' good) so the new guys could get rich. With that said you are having fun riding and the bike is lasting. That is good. I bet you take care of your possessions which is nice. You know the value of a dollar. If you ever decide to get more bike invoved come back and ask questions "bicicletas" is good for info. I'm not hating either. This may explain why doods were all Ha ha.

Soup: I feel you on the bike sentiments. Shit is rugged. When tough guy fools I know bust on me for racing and the tights they always shut up when I break it down. 60 MPH in a millimeter of lycra is serious shit. One mistake and its ICU for weeks. Even at 30 or 40 a crash is disaster. It's just like graff. You're on point or you pay the price. Some of the craziest and most psycho people I know are all about road racing for exactly those reasons. Don't know you're living until you're dying.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Put your self on rations. Don't sweat the racing. Get smart and stay fit. Bike racing isn't going anywhere. Oh yeah, don't get caught either! Ha. j/k.

Yeah I bought a track bike once. Everything was what it should have been except for the hubs. Nice but not up to par. Bikes are always a gamble though. Even when you do homeworks. Now I keep it to Craigs List so I can go see the item. And if you know your shit you can end up paying less not bidding for more. Cash in hand is tough for people to pass up.

Yo Joker: That is gonna be a serious Protour machine. Reynolds wheels are top notch. I don't know much about the Scotts but I can tell you the Look is a predictable and stable ride. Comfortable road racing bike geometry. But it is racing geometry. No doubt about it. I have assembled some older KG586's and the craftsmanship is amazing. The Look tubes are only stiff where they need to be. Each tubeset is different for each size frame as well. Comfort is a big consideration in a Euro road frame for the big mileage. US bikes are usually crit machines super stiff at all costs. Boooo. Cannondales are great racing machines but I think you are getting something special with the Look. Way more racing knowledge behind the Look marque. Yeah that SRAM is nice Force or RED. You will be posting the flicks no? I have a few I'll get around to posting myself. I have some cool racing machines. Somebody's goning to be a happy camper. Are you goning to assemble it? Have fun. I'm jealous. HAhAh.

Oh no worries man. I stepped in and sent Bob a check today.

I read your prior "ulock" post. I still don't get what you are trying to say with the follow up I refered to.

This still doesn't make sense. Do you rent locks to threaten people? I never heard of renting a lock to lock up your bike either. This is confusing.

Oh yeah I came in here to post this. Kids in the Hall - Courier jokes.

HELLO! Earth to Joker. BUY THE LOOK! Fuck all that Cannondale noise. Look has been making Carbon bicycles longer than just about everyone. Very nice stuff. You need a good mechanic to cut the post for you though. Buy the Look. Unless you want to buy American, but the Americans that will sell you one are jerks so forget them...buy the Look. You prolly have race wheels already. If you don't like DA sell it and buy Chorus or Force. My 2 cents.

I think we all can agree. Ronald is about to get his McSmash on. Or she's about to get clowned ha ha. Oh man. Bad.

Wow that is a very cool and interesting place. Special on winter rates! I still can't go. Ha HA.

Yeah that's what happened. I think all the wallrides out of the banks were putting a damper on things as well. The building was white and the whole place had sealer on the asphalt. Bad combo but wicked fun. You could have a real contest cause proof was on the wall! Good times. That shit was steep and tall too. It was 4 or 5 bays long. Roll in and push super hard across the bottom and you could get a good launch outta there. Blunt fakies and FS lip-slides were my favorties. It may be time to go skate soon. Boardslides on the ittinerary.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ That was funny. Chief. Ha ha. I'm not laughing cause it's topical (Thanksgiving) Cause that's a heavy townie put down. Haven't heard that in a while. Always laugh when I do though. My Thanksgiving just brightened up.

Word up on the Bank to parking block. I used to skate an awesome one in an industrial park. It was a series of loading dock doors and the parking lot sunk down below them but on either side were two huge banks with a block on top of each. That was an Olde Tyme spot when I started to skate there. We used to bump into Fred Smith once and a while. Rumor had it he brought the blocks. Boy that dude really ripped that spot. Those blocks were so worked in too! Like glass I tell ya. Eventually some kid split his wig and mommy bugged so party over. They put asphalt curbs along the bottom. Boooooooooooooooo.

Oh man! I dated a Thai girl for a while and I ended up 40 lbs. heavier than I should've been. And I was riding a bike 50 hours a week! If I were you I'd be immoble by now. Beans, rice and all that goodness AND Thai food. Oh man. Yo seriously Thai food is the business. PAD SEE EW - PAD KEE MAO - Drunken Noodle - Basil Fried Rice - Pad Thai. Oh you Sir are a lucky man, unless your lady frowns on cooking. I hope that's not the case. Check the other half my man. Give it a try. Yo even Mango Sticky Rice?

I don't know? Not tryng to be elitist though.

Oh shit! I hope we don't go past step off shove its! I just got those back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 But I have the up the curb ollie dialed at any speed now. Ha I'm old! Are you guys gonna be bummed I wear Lakai's. They were free and if this makes it cooler they were samples that nevah' hit the market. Yeah that's right I got peeps on the inside!

I am sorry to hear you were taken to a bad Thai restaurant. That sounds like some fancy pants round eye joint. Thai food for the regular guy is the bomb. Don't rule it out just yet. I feel you on Indian food though I always pass on that.

Everything about those markers is cool. Fonts color and the fact there bottles. Never seen these thanks.

Yo this thread is cool. Refrigerator cars always have good graphics but these blue ones are tight. I like how Frost is up all over those things. Ha. The name fits the car. Nice.

I was on the youtube and found this piece of history. Cool old Safety film. Check out this guys Pumas and Santa Cruz board. They even have some sidewalk surfing with wipeouts. Skateboarding has changed so much. Cool to see the old shit.

Scu-Rah!

Yeah word. Maybe some people can't surf in the city or whatever and want to carve down some hills and shit. Function trumps fashion always. Remember stupid micro wheels and boards with no concave. Lame. Shit went backwards for a min in the early 90's. You were fucked if you followed fashion. Couldn't even ride across town on wheels like that and that's all you could buy! Arbor boards are pretty cool too. They make some nice Snowboards as well. They make longboards that are like street boards with nose and tail. Check them out.

"put the lotion in the basket!" Ha HA