WDYBLL

what means these: "bum bars", or "dui bars"?

flipping yr bars like that is an urban signifier meaning "destitute" or "I lost my drivers license. again"

how so? i am not making much money, but dudes it's mad comfy that way

oh and i never had a drivers license

nice, whiney!

dude, it is a ~stereotype~

Uh, I assume that's directed at me, cozen. Curse this name; i chose it before i was aware of the hyperposting mr. we¡ng@rten.

oh shi-! ha, sorry, didn't even notice. nice bike

whiney g weingarten on the moon

Katy Perry Found Drowned In The Sea Of Tranquility

yo wotm yr nishiki looks pretty well-kept
sorry to derail the conversation

http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/Chass3ur/IMG_1535.jpg

in shakedown trim. the rear wheel gap is comical. the bb/massive downtube is seriously stiff, i could not make it rub at all.

...rub?

and yeah that gap is lol

bikes that are soft will often have the chain rub/grind on the f. derailler if you sprint hard, esp in the big ring. nowadays with big al and carbon frames, this does not happen too much i guess.

i need a new inner ring, like a 42.

http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/Chass3ur/IMG_1536.jpg

dig the creative reconfiguration of airstrykes. they're a little too short, i might get some s bends

hunter back in the hunt

scaTTante!

hi dere

http://i45.tinypic.com/14tlx01.jpg

http://www.usacycling.org/forms/officials/BikeMeasureForCommissaires101.pdf

is your tt bike uci legal? r u SURE? lol etc etc

nice, haitch

http://retrovelo.de/system/html/paul_modern-856ee5d9.jpg

Just paid for it, longer stem is on order, then I ride it home.

fricken sweet

nice. only improvement i can think of is a 100% chain guard.

Here's the specs:

http://retrovelo.de/paulalfine.html

It is a far sportier ride than I thought it was going to be. I am in love.

wow, take good care of that beauty, it looks like it could last a few lifetimes.

i like their framebag! its so cool that no one seems to sell it?

expectedly pretty pricey.

went for a ride w/some friends this weekend. girlfriend was riding something really similar to this. found out it was a refurbed ww2 bike or something like that

http://retrovelo.de/system/html/klara_klassik-2988fd84.jpg

I'm in Yurp, the price of the bike didn't kill me, but it is expensive if what you want is a pseudo-Dutch city banger -- this is much more than that. US dealers are all Dutch bike specialist types, which fits a lot of the Retrovelo models but not all of them.

The frame bag is silly money, however. Doesn't necessarily mean I won't break down and buy one, though...

how much is the bike

~€1500 in Germany

Clever Cycles in Portland has it for around $2500 -- that's a good price, but I paid less over here.

http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2010/startracks/100419/kate-winslet-2660.jpg

Looking good Steve.

my felt, looking slightly dorky straight outta evans, fettling it today to get rid of the reflectors etc, adding some black diamond tape for some night-time visibility.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4024/4493212082_77dfe746b2.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2796/4522217064_1d4c08c0ff_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2741/4522218028_4577d82875_b.jpg

Back slightly earlier than I had hoped because:

a) its freaking cold out and I wasn't even in a long sleeved top
b) have eaten precisely 4 squares of ritter sport since midday

However lovely to ride once I got the seat position right, although I need to check the bolt tension with the torque wrench at work as it definitely slipped a little.

better photos to come when it gets light again.

fantastic

*gazes longily*

*and longingly*

ed that is hottt

a bike shop in the next suburb is a BMC dealer, has a 2010 team machine on the floor - almost too thin and spindly for my liking tbh, would still accept grudgingly if given one

I live in a cramped first-floor flat. One bike is on a rack at the bottom of the stairs by the front door, balanced above a push chair and assorted bits and pieces, the other was on a rack hanging above the really steep stairs leading down from our kitchen to our half-a-garden, dangling above various buckets and things. This set up was started when I bought my winter bike last October: the heavy winter bike was on the sturdy rack by the front door (for easy access for winter rides) and the lightweight racer was on the difficult-to-access back stairs, sitting out the winter.

Earlier this month, with spring finally here and the racing season well under way, I swapped the bikes over. Within a few days the rack on the back stairs revealed it couldn't handle the weight of the winter bike. There was a loud crashing sound and I discovered this:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3499/4561020762_281233a5a8.jpg
The wall is too crumbly to support a rack that will take the bike. I tried this as a temporary storage solution:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3056/4560392521_449095bd5c.jpg
but unsurprsingly that wasn't very convenient.

http://i40.tinypic.com/w4uib.jpg

yet to ride a thing tbh

http://i43.tinypic.com/1z4juhu.jpg

i didnt realise the cateye wireless computer would be so chunky and ridiculous looking. why oh why didnt I just get a gps thingy...

sweet

white shoes = A++

ha yeah they old. Should not have just ridden hills though. Legs felt not too horrible buy I spewed up in my a little bit ~srsly unfit :/

*mouth

dope. i have yet to see a Kona I didn't like. also most dudes who ride them are stealth punishers ime.

kinda want to build up one of these if i can find anyone stocking the frame:

http://www.konaworld.com/bike.cfm?content=kapu