WDYBLL

nice bike tza!

when my randonneurs (finally) wear out, im getting another pair with reflector sidewalls. ive been astonished by the toughness and longevity of randonneurs. no flats in 3800 mi on the rear!
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i got the GP4000seses with the reflector sidewalls. pretty good!

already posted on fb, but just got this today :D

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/185557_10150250790516538_687686537_7666089_7231016_n.jpg

they're not reflectors, they're lights. they're required by the city of alexandria. apparently cops are really vigilant about harassing bike people.

at least on the back if that's what you're talking about.

nm i see you are talking abt on the wheels
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(there were reflectors front/back that i took off to put on the lights. anyway.)

corey, that is lovely

http://a.yfrog.com/img736/9539/ssaa.jpg

Higher resolution:

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6143/5991197812_b645c0c577_z.jpg

looks like a nice ride! Stem is v unslammed tho

(not that that matters obvs)

Yeah, I need to make some adjustments. Local (and national) cycling champ T0m St@n1ford is going to give me some pointers.

luv how heated SLAM THAT STEM blog is getting at gerard vroonen's recent 'low bars are not necessarily the best' articles (aka justification on why they've made all the cervelo head tubes longer)

also dr. inigo just published a report on how aero can be a power suck.

http://www.bikeradar.com/racing/article/aero-position-isnt-everything-31165

... a rider's 3rd or 4th most aero position out of the windtunnel may be their fastest.

Vroomen had a great post on a position which I find very comfortable; loose grip on TE hoods, arms bent at the elbows, elbows directly under the shoulders and behind the hoods. Works nicely with the marginally shorter top tube I have on the bmc.

I'm about to have a new photo for tt. My bro just took a fixed out of storage, swapped it to a freewheel, and bequeathed it to me and to the Brooklyn streets. Very, very excited!!!

My first ss! And it only weighs like 15 lbs!

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e66/LimitedLiabilityGirl/WDYBLL.jpg

Haven't adjusted any geometry, just put it in the car and brought it home. <3 <3 <3

niiiiice

bigtime

I don't even know what make it is? Or what the parts are, except the ones that say "Specialized" on 'em. V light, even twitchy.

specialized langster, i reckon. pretty good freebie!

ha, the sticker was made by a really good friend of mine

oh you know the all hail the bl4ck market dude?

I'll say it's a pretty good freebie! My brother had it in storage because it's not even one of his top 3 most-ridden bikes since he built up a Crosscheck for everyday and some kind of mtn bike and something else, I forget. I feel just giddy to have it. Doesn't fit me yet but i'll tweak.

Sweet.

My bike is coming today, it is it is!! I used shipbikes.com and got a bike box from the local store who were happy to throw me one from their store-room--the price was TOTALLY cheap for 3-day FedEx ground shipping to NY!

I brought wrenches to work and plan is to assemble it here and ride it home.

YAY YAY YAY YAY

awwwww YEAAHHHHHH

$48!!! That's all it cost, and I could have put up to 60lbs of stuff in the box w it (but I didn't).

I really want to get this for my other half. She doesn't even like pink but it's so classy looking! And 30% off!

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Images/Models/Original/48569.jpg

My wife is cooing over it, thats for sure!

that's hott

link?

i like the dudes' version of those creme bikes - porteur rack, guards, oldey-timey light on some of them.

I do too. Sory, the link is here.

hmmm. i am actually in the market for a vicar bike for munchen pootlen.

this seems like a pretty good deal, but any other brands at around this price i should be looking at?

that bike is v v pretty, mark.

seriously someone talk me out of buying that bike

no

though, you might be able to find an old pootler used somewhere? i've got a phillips with an SA 3spd hub that's probably fifty years old and as many pounds, and it's just fine for short jaunts around the hood.

the second hand market for, well, anything is crazy in munich. e.g. this bike will sell at that price: http://munich.de.craigslist.de/bik/2525661302.html and people do things like say "i bought this fridge for €700, the extended warranty was €100, and i've had it for a year, so i'm willing to sell it for €650." it is nuts.

i mean tell me if i'm being a cheapskate, but this guy would be delusional in any other city on earth, right? http://www.toytowngermany.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=226549

$120 would be a bit steep, yeah. so even operating under the assumption that $=€ , that's kinda nuts

lol i just offered him €20.

what kind of liar/idiot/shut-in says a bike with white plastic pedals and albatross handlebars is the fastest bike they've ever owned?

the ss 2010 creme sold out in my size just before pay day :(

I meant to post a photo from yesterday called "WDYDLLL on an island?" because my previously-from-California bike has now been to Midtown, but I just didn't get around to it. Oh well.

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Taken by a friend who's a professional photographer - he's got a contract for a cycling website to promote cycling in Devon and Brittany, and I'm his model. This is last Wednesday, at dusk, along the Exe estuary, after 20 miles.