Brickos Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Sydney fools... What: Deus Bicycle Swap Meet Where: Deus Carpark, Deus Ex Machina, 98-104 Parramatta Rd, Camperdown When: Sat Jan 16, 12pm How much: Gold coin entry for BikeSydney View map Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubbish heap two Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Going to ride Eugene to Portland on Saturday... very excited. 130+ miles... then turning around and heading back Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Soup Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 The yamaguchi looks nice at a glance but I dont really understand track geo with track ends + gears. Why not get a tri-bike thats actually designed to do what it appears the expensive custom yamaguchi bike is trying to accomplish. Uh maybe because it's a triathlon bike? Exactly... the hip shit these days is an Italian road bike with possible aero wheel, single front ring and risers. Holy shit. Maybe i got out and back into cycling at the right time. I officially am unhip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beartrapper25 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 No exactly. "i wanted a road bike that felt like a track bike--sort of a reverse conversion--one that i could convert back into a track bike if the urge hit. after looking around, i hit up sachs. his wait list was long (though still on my radar for another project). i tried out some tri bikes, cyclocross bikes and road bikes. i assessed what i liked, what i disliked and what i wanted to retain from my track bikes. i factored in aesthetics and emailed yamaguchi. he understood what i was after and 3.5 months later, i had this. i designed the paint to compliment KY's sick fillets and geometry. my bike can beat up your bike." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mynameaintbic Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 laziest photoshop ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubbish heap two Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Damn, I wanna know more about those shoes she's wearing... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcay Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 ^ BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I thought the same thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acer910 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 All Day I Dream About Sex. they are adidas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubbish heap two Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Yeah, we know that. The question is what model, and why they aren't on adidas.com. I like to think my Sidi's look halfway decent, but those shoes are straight flossin'. Also, if a world class athlete is riding them, that probably means Adidas may have actually gotten their shit together as far as cycling shoes go. Normally, that would be a totally moot argument - pros get paid to ride what they ride and generally don't do it out of preference, but all contact points - saddles, shoes, handlebars, and tires, are generally still ran out of preference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gitmosteez Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 whenever i ride with shoes i wear a cheap pair of lake triathlon shoes. one strap. smashed the whole bridge pedal with em. haha. a guy passed me on the st.john's bridge hill and was like "wow, hardcore single speed." at this time, i was like "nah dog, its a fixed" and then got outta the saddle and passed him back up.:lol: :lol: shit is just fun to ride. definitely need to start riding that hill more often, feels good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubbish heap two Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 gitmosteez you talking about the St. Johns bridge in PDX? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 No exactly. "i wanted a road bike that felt like a track bike--sort of a reverse conversion--one that i could convert back into a track bike if the urge hit. after looking around, i hit up sachs. his wait list was long (though still on my radar for another project). i tried out some tri bikes, cyclocross bikes and road bikes. i assessed what i liked, what i disliked and what i wanted to retain from my track bikes. i factored in aesthetics and emailed yamaguchi. he understood what i was after and 3.5 months later, i had this. i designed the paint to compliment KY's sick fillets and geometry. my bike can beat up your bike." Hes an idiot. That's a triathlon bike. If he was smart he would've gone with Santa Cruz's bike with convertible dropouts and the same geometry. They made em for a few years, but i forget what they're called. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24Carrot Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealmighty... Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Get rid of that stupid aerospoke and put wider bars on. Would be much nicer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KM4RT Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Morning ride through wine country...sharing the trail Demoralizing and motivating...getting passed by Liquigas at the base of the climb. They disappeared after a few corners. It's like this for about 3-4km :) The view on the way back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twin123 Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Tarck as Fuck...but seriously why would you want to ride that. I also see the pic is from 07 so never mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubbish heap two Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Well I made it. 144 miles and 3000' elevation gain, from Eugene to Portland. Things that sucked about the ride: -Last night I was playing basketball with my roommates in some worn ass shoes, and ended up getting blisters on the balls of my feet. Today, I could feel the blistery pain for about the first 30 miles, then it disappeared. -I flatted in the first 15 miles... never a good sign haha. -It was rainy for the last 50 or 60 miles, but at least the wind was in my direction mostly. -I took a wrong turn, got lost and rode about 7 miles in the wrong direction, and my phone's GPS was doing some major failure shit. Backtracking was the only thing that got me back where I needed to be. -I hit a pothole in the last 10 miles in Portland, in the dark. Just plain couldn't see it, and it was a nasty deep one. Somehow I didn't pinch flat (definitely should have with how bad the hit was) but did throw the rear wheel a good deal out of true, so I had to disengage the rear brake and it was rubbing the fender for the last stretch. Cool things about the ride: -The Williamate valley scenery in some places. -Silverton. Pretty cool small town. The fucking Main St. turns into a 20 percent grade from downtown to residential... -Longest ride for me yet. I was in the zone for awhile and feeling great, especially on some rolling hills with a tailwind where I was keeping my cadence above 100 in 42/11 (on the descents) and just stomping. -Some other spandex dude wanted to race me in the last 10 miles in inner city Portland. I won. I really wanted to be like "dude, jokes on you, I've been riding the last 8 hours from Eugene" but I kept my mouth shut. -I made a bacon jelly cream cheese sandwich to eat as comfort food over the last 40 miles and it was SO GOOD. Try one. Seriously. -Nuun tablets are the truth. No cramps. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Damn dude... that's a long ride. Congrats on doing it! That first race of the season is so close... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
count chocula Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 damn rubbish, sounds like a ride and a half - hopefully you got some flicks. i'm playing lazy today and skipped this mornings crits... i deserve a day off ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubbish heap two Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Chocula... I wish I got pics. I don't own a digital camera, and if I did, it's hard to find room to store it between spare tubes, sandwiches, air pumps and Clif bars in my jersey pockets. Joker, can't wait for the first race. Although that short 15% grade uphill finish hits you like a ton of bricks when the rest of the course is pancake flat. I think I may ride out to Albany and preview the finish line in a week or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoiseuth Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 a fixfixfix/freedom riders production. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acer910 Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 started restoring/repairing beachcruisers for all the rich white people that live on the beach. our first job was actually on a really nice early 70's steel lugged track frame that someone had put a geared back wheel onto. guy was wondering why the chain would get all fucked up when he had it in the smallest gear in the back, there was literally 0 clearance between the triangle and the chain. then fixed a bunch of flats on some beach cruisers. got 3 free beachcruisers missing various parts and made 2 frankenstein bikes out of them. made 60 bucks and got 2 free bikes over the weekend. plan on renting the bikes we got for free to tourists come summer time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat ralphy Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 no reason, just some eye candy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat ralphy Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 lulz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twin123 Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 started restoring/repairing beachcruisers for all the rich white people that live on the beach. our first job was actually on a really nice early 70's steel lugged track frame that someone had put a geared back wheel onto. guy was wondering why the chain would get all fucked up when he had it in the smallest gear in the back, there was literally 0 clearance between the triangle and the chain. then fixed a bunch of flats on some beach cruisers. got 3 free beachcruisers missing various parts and made 2 frankenstein bikes out of them. made 60 bucks and got 2 free bikes over the weekend. plan on renting the bikes we got for free to tourists come summer time... What happened to the bike you were building? I'm also trying to visualise how someone could cram a cassette wheel onto a track frame though and try to shift with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acer910 Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 ive got like 5 bikes im working on haha whats even crazier, they had a rack on the back of the bike. the nut that was on the inside of the frame that was on the bolt for the rack was literally worn almost in half from the chain hitting it. he couldnt shift out of the one gear that has eaten away at the nut and if he pedaled over 70rpm it would hit against various things. i ended up turning the bolt around, grinding down the head quite a bit because it was to be tightened with an allen instead of a crescent (so as long as the hole stayed the same you could alter the rest of the head) then i just adjusted the downtube shifters (still trying to figure out why a bike with adjustment screws in the dropouts had bosses for downtube shifters) i got it to shift and ride in every gear perfectly except for the smallest cog. also got a old gary fisher frame someone rattlecanned that had a king headset on it and the triangle is weird as hell, the chainstay doesnt extend from the bottom bracket. instead it comes from about 4 inches up the seatpost. im thinking of putting drops, fenders, rack, and toestraps on it and selling it on craigslist as a commuter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealmighty... Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Like this? elevated chainstays gave shorter chainstays, less chain slap, and more tire width. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acer910 Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 YES! ive been asking around as to what model it was but nobody at the lbs knew... it looks like the chainstay would flex a little too much but it is made with a real sturdy tube so i dont know. but i think it would make a badass commuter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_R_O_N Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 WTF is up with Conti gatorskin tires? All i heard was nothing but hype, yet i destroyed a brand spanking new tire in two days? Would anyone suggest a better tire for riding fixed, because if i kill a fucking tire within two days on the regular, im going back to riding road bikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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