niiiiiiice
― cozwn, Wednesday, 16 December 2009 11:39 (sixteen years ago)
wilter i flip-flopped several times on what i was gonna do - then saw the new ultegra group on chain reaction cycles site for like $800 local (with benefit of weekend discount) and snagged it, have been mulling over frame choices since. will just sneak under $3k when done!
― mississippi butt hurt (haitch), Wednesday, 16 December 2009 11:42 (sixteen years ago)
:)
― shartin jort (am0n), Wednesday, 16 December 2009 18:33 (sixteen years ago)
caad9 clicc, rollin on 700c x 23s
― mississippi butt hurt (haitch), Thursday, 17 December 2009 03:12 (sixteen years ago)
... sippin on gin & juice
― cozwn, Thursday, 17 December 2009 08:57 (sixteen years ago)
sippin on energy gels
― crazy shituations (cutty), Thursday, 17 December 2009 10:19 (sixteen years ago)
picked it up from the shop today - if i could find camera i'd have pix. daresay i won't be needing another road bike for a long time, so awesome. light but solid if you know what i mean.
i am not liking the (speedplay) pedals i got, however. they're the light action model and there's just too much play for my liking.
― jon goin hamm (haitch), Monday, 28 December 2009 14:13 (sixteen years ago)
here is my bike that i found in the garbage one morning and have been riding the shit out of, dudeshttp://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd210/jdchurchil/bike%20stuff/DSC_0004.jpg?t=1263605317
― i should rectify that (jdchurchill), Saturday, 16 January 2010 01:29 (sixteen years ago)
^^rocking the bum-bars?
― naus, Sunday, 17 January 2010 03:11 (sixteen years ago)
DUI-bars, they're called
― everybody's into weirdness right now (gbx), Sunday, 17 January 2010 17:57 (sixteen years ago)
http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs222.snc3/20958_624294581608_11709377_36436780_1427018_n.jpgI've joined the club, guys. Got such a good deal on it off Craiglist that I worried it might be stolen. Now I just have to get rid of my Diamondback mtn monster.
― smothered in country gravy (Whitey on the Moon), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 20:37 (sixteen years ago)
what means these: "bum bars", or "dui bars"?
― i should rectify that (jdchurchill), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 21:13 (sixteen years ago)
flipping yr bars like that is an urban signifier meaning "destitute" or "I lost my drivers license. again"
― mage pit laceration (gbx), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 21:30 (sixteen years ago)
how so? i am not making much money, but dudes it's mad comfy that way
― i should rectify that (jdchurchill), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 22:33 (sixteen years ago)
oh and i never had a drivers license
nice, whiney!
― I think ur a probotector (cozen), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 22:34 (sixteen years ago)
dude, it is a ~stereotype~
― mage pit laceration (gbx), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 22:44 (sixteen years ago)
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.
― smothered in country gravy (Whitey on the Moon), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 22:55 (sixteen years ago)
oh shi-! ha, sorry, didn't even notice. nice bike
― I think ur a probotector (cozen), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 23:06 (sixteen years ago)
whiney g weingarten on the moon
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 23:38 (sixteen years ago)
Katy Perry Found Drowned In The Sea Of Tranquility
― mage pit laceration (gbx), Thursday, 21 January 2010 00:28 (sixteen years ago)
yo wotm yr nishiki looks pretty well-keptsorry to derail the conversation
― thatwillultimatelyresultingalaxy-galaxymergersonacosmictimescale (jdchurchill), Thursday, 21 January 2010 18:29 (sixteen years ago)
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.
― u b ilxin' (Hunt3r), Friday, 12 February 2010 00:01 (sixteen years ago)
...rub?
― werewolf bar mitzvah of the xx (gbx), Friday, 12 February 2010 00:02 (sixteen years ago)
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.
― u b ilxin' (Hunt3r), Friday, 12 February 2010 00:19 (sixteen years ago)
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
― u b ilxin' (Hunt3r), Friday, 12 February 2010 00:35 (sixteen years ago)
hunter back in the hunt
― werewolf bar mitzvah of the xx (gbx), Friday, 12 February 2010 01:10 (sixteen years ago)
scaTTante!
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Friday, 12 February 2010 12:04 (sixteen years ago)
hi dere
http://i45.tinypic.com/14tlx01.jpg
― the deep housing bubble (haitch), Saturday, 13 February 2010 06:48 (sixteen years ago)
http://www.usacycling.org/forms/officials/BikeMeasureForCommissaires101.pdf
is your tt bike uci legal? r u SURE? lol etc etc
― u b ilxin' (Hunt3r), Saturday, 13 February 2010 14:25 (sixteen years ago)
nice, haitch
― am0n, Monday, 15 February 2010 16:23 (sixteen years ago)
http://retrovelo.de/system/html/paul_modern-856ee5d9.jpg
Just paid for it, longer stem is on order, then I ride it home.
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 18:13 (sixteen years ago)
fricken sweet
― shite new answers (cutty), Wednesday, 17 March 2010 18:18 (sixteen years ago)
nice. only improvement i can think of is a 100% chain guard.
― neurological bandwidth doctor (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 17 March 2010 18:43 (sixteen years ago)
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.
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 20:09 (sixteen years ago)
wow, take good care of that beauty, it looks like it could last a few lifetimes.
― ✌.✰|ʘ‿ʘ|✰.✌ (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 17 March 2010 20:11 (sixteen years ago)
i like their framebag! its so cool that no one seems to sell it?
― neurological bandwidth doctor (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 17 March 2010 21:57 (sixteen years ago)
expectedly pretty pricey.
― neurological bandwidth doctor (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 17 March 2010 22:03 (sixteen years ago)
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
― jaxon, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 23:44 (sixteen years ago)
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...
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 18 March 2010 07:22 (sixteen years ago)
how much is the bike
― shite new answers (cutty), Thursday, 18 March 2010 13:56 (sixteen years ago)
~€1500 in Germany
― caek, Thursday, 18 March 2010 14:08 (sixteen years ago)
Clever Cycles in Portland has it for around $2500 -- that's a good price, but I paid less over here.
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 18 March 2010 14:08 (sixteen years ago)
http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2010/startracks/100419/kate-winslet-2660.jpg
― ✌.✰|ʘ‿ʘ|✰.✌ (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 8 April 2010 19:24 (sixteen years ago)
Looking good Steve.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Thursday, 8 April 2010 23:09 (sixteen years ago)
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
― problem chimp (Porkpie), Saturday, 10 April 2010 08:25 (sixteen years ago)
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 topb) 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.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Thursday, 15 April 2010 00:54 (sixteen years ago)
better photos to come when it gets light again.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Thursday, 15 April 2010 00:55 (sixteen years ago)
fantastic
― fat mantis (Hunt3r), Thursday, 15 April 2010 02:11 (sixteen years ago)