rubbish heap two Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 both of those are classic/classy saddles. and comfy to a lot of people's asses to boot. you better ride one of them. personally i <3 arione... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soupBDC Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 San marcos are classic the same way sambas or chuck taylors are classic. You can't beat em, only be different. Tom Boonen's been riding a regal for years and just keeps getting the same one reupholstered. Im thinking of buying one just so I have a real saddle instead of this plastic one i got off the pista concept. Plus those big fat pointless rivets sing to me. Has anyone cut their steerer tube before? With spacers I dont think it matters how jagged and shitty a cut it is....right? I kindof want to lose the nub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist 666 Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 i've cut down a new fork before. i used a pipe cutter and a file to kill the razor sharpness that was left over. the hard part was putting on the headset pieces w/o a press or any headset specific tools. in the future i'll just go to a shop... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christo-f Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Yeah, installing headsets sucks. I've done it once (DH pig pro into a stinky) and it went like a dream. Just used blocks of wood and a hammer. However, I was able to see how disastrous things could if you screwed up. Bike shop for sure now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist 666 Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 yeah, i used 2x4s and rubber mallet. i was sketch cause it was an aluminum frame and i was scared i was going to wobble it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christo-f Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Yeah, that's pretty much maximum fail when you ovalise your headset because you were too impatient or heavy handed with a malled. IF it's a good shop they'll also have a facing tool and make sure everything fits super nice. I don't play with hubs or wheel builds either. I'll true a wheel, but that's it for me. I work to earn money so I can pay other people to do things I can't do well myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoiseuth Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 pressing a headset without a headset press is a big risk. hubs and wheels are all about patience and knowing when to walk away for a bit. those saddles are limit one per dealer. snazzy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shai Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 I know how to install a headset with stuff you can buy at any hardware store, but I wouldn't recommend it unless you had seen it done before and I would never do it on an aluminium frame. I can also install crown races using similar means, but same as above. In other news, I got my cross bike back and put platform pedals on it today. I stilll need to replace the brake pads and install a rack though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist 666 Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 yeah, i've seen jerry-rigged presses that seemed pretty safe. long bolt, a big nut, and 2 steel washers and 2 rubber washers. i'm still going to a shop. i just spent $700 on backpacking gear. this will be a good summer and fall. still got atleast 200 more to spend... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Todays race was fucked... I knew it was going to be. A long neutral start due to some broken road surface and then a turn... a surge... and next thing you know three guys are off the front. For a few miles at least they never get more than maybe 15 seconds up the road so there's no real fire in the main field to bring them back right away... but being the uber-domestique that I am I go to the front and hammer it anyway. I get one guy to work with me and we take turns doing pulls. I eventually get wicked tired and look back for someone else to pull through. I motion for the guy in third wheel to move up and pull through. The kid looks me in the eyes and says "I have no interest in that.". What the fuck was he doing third wheel in the chase then? At about mile twenty I start to notice that the group of three is struggling and eventually one of them comes back into the field. At about mile thirty it's pretty obvious these guys are gaining time on the main field. I go to the front again and the same guy I was doing rotations with earlier is already there, so we work together again. Eventually some more guys start pulling through and we actually get a steady paceline going. Unfortunately... that lasted for maybe a mile. I slip back into the group and recover for a bit. My team captain gives me the plans for the final five miles so I sit tight and wait. I get the word that the break is a minute and 15 seconds up the road... and now is the time for us, my team, to pull it back. Six of us go to the front and just lay it down. We do get some help this time from two other teams and we get the break within ten seconds of being brought back into the fold. They hang out there for a bit and there's a few surges to bridge but none really stick. It was kinda interesting to see that most of us in the field were so spent from the fast pace that we couldn't even bridge a ten second gap. The weather and the wind didn't help. With about 3k to go we catch the break and immediately one of my team mates goes for a solo flyer. He gets caught with about 2k to and them again, another team mate takes a flyer. He gets caught with about 1k to go. Then the guy who I was doing pulls with earlier takes a flyer and I sit on his wheel because I'm so fucking tired that there's no way I can pull through. Doesn't matter though because we get caught shortly after anyway. I have no idea where it came from but I went for a flyer and got about five feet up the road and my thigh seized on me. I moved to the right and tried to stretch it out. It worked but all I could do was stroll in for the finish. I don't think I finished last but damn near it. I felt pretty good during the race and to be able to chase a few times and and work with the team to bring the break back let me know that my form is not completely lost after my crash. A few more weeks training and I should be alright. Oh yeah, at one point we had to almost come to a stop due to a bad crash up the road in the Pro 1/2 field. Apparently someone collided with a van as the van passed the field of riders. Absolutely insane... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HESHIANDET Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 damn, ill. your race reports are always awesome dude. i rented a decent bike on saturday in sf. giant tcr, all ultegra, ksyriums. it was pretty comfy, light, full carbon. not too bad, classless though. ANYHOW. rode from the marina into the presidio, up to golden gate park, out to ocean beach, down to the bridge, over the bridge, did the headlands loop, back to the marina. shit was NICE! not too cold, but a lil chilly. felt like i rode 70 miles of my home turf. so many hills. dudes in sf dont play, i was getting sonned left and right, but i wa son some eat a banana tourist type shit. super fun. i would love to ride there every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greasy Weasel Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 hey hesh, were you at the gold sprints? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soupBDC Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Jesus I hope the cat 1/2 pack's okay. I imagine the van wanted to pass the pack and the pack wasn't slowing down to let him back in so he kamikazeed the whole group. Hesh what kind of terrain does philly have? Anything? Im sitting in my garage right now stripping the paint of my frame's rear triangle with Jasco.... For no reason what so ever. It'll either make the bike look like a rat roadie... or look totally fucking rediculous. Either way I dont care because I checked out the Aluminum soloist today and I'm fucking sold. Im thinking older polished veloce shifters with the holes in the levers, black veloce brakes, FSA K-light cranks, ceramic fsa mega exo bb, chrome deda stem and polish out my Control tech ergo bars so the entire front end is shiny (/no homo). Friend just gave me some old chrome nokon cable housing for a dollar so this shit may possibly out-robocop Joker's old CR1. Either way Im dreaming here. Like i said it's a couple months out. I'm considering just selling my motorcycle tho and getting it now but she's a little hard to part with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHDS Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Found this in my Nana's basement not long ago. It's aged well since 1962. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soupBDC Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 under construction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HESHIANDET Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 i was not at the sorints. philly has very mixed terrain. there are some good hills and great rolling terrain out of the city. i just found the ride in sf to be on 110% the entire time. good times. oh and the weather was better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MESTHREE Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 weee first road bike. yeah yeah not bad for $50! guessing 1986ish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HESHIANDET Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 it needs help. also adjust your quick release so its facing up w/ the blade of your fork.... anyone else consider improper quick release setting totally toy. no offense mes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MESTHREE Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 hah no offense taken. im not a total bike retard...my homie (who is) has been babysitting it. its a flip and sell project at this point. This city is no place for me to be riding a road bike, id kill myself for sure /chicken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubbish heap two Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 it needs help. also adjust your quick release so its facing up w/ the blade of your fork.... anyone else consider improper quick release setting totally toy. no offense mes... yeah sure. just like aligning tire labels with valve holes or rim labels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soupBDC Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Mest I wouldnt invest in anything with that bike, whatever you can flip it for now is what you're gonna get for it later. Miele's the huffy of canada. Haha rubbish I think it's more like bar tape being unraveled, the post as low as it can go, and having clips without straps than the ole logo/valve alignment thing (pay no attention to my rear wheel). For non-bike people it's like driving with your mirrors folded in, gas door open and your nose pushed up against the steering wheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUNBUNBIGGY Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 From the NEWYORKCITY Thread: RIP Dondi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soupBDC Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Everything in that picture is amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubbish heap two Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 that's fucking baller. i got major respect for the guys riding track bikes in new york in the 70's and 80's. dondis riding tubs on the street too! super proper track setup. was dondi a messenger at one point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HESHIANDET Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 not sure, i know zyph is super serious roadie so i always assumed dondi raced and what not judging by that photo. thats not an around town bike.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MESTHREE Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 yeah since miele got bought out by procycle it is but...people seem to like the old ones from back before they got realllll shitty. hence the flip. already had offers more than quadrupling what I paid for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUNBUNBIGGY Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 The forks look weird on that dondi photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
"inkie" Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Dondi was working as a messenger with Zephyr, there's a picture of him and Zeph hanging out together with their bikes next to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Today is De Ronde Van Oeste Portlandia ride. 42 miles and 18 climbs. Some of the climbs are in the 25-28% gradient range. Not sure why I agreed to do this ride since I'm about ten pounds over my racing weight. I'll be sure to give a full report later... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fun haver Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 and hipsters riding tubulars? maybe if they didn't realize that disc wheel they bought on ebay wasn't a clincher, that's about the bulk of the 'scene'. no one rides them, and the majority of kids that got started in the last year couldn't even tell you what they are. that hurts. although i ride a fixed gear im not an idiot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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