thinkin baout bikes

Do you gain much from that? You have a shorter cable run for sure but what about weight and you still have 2 vulnerable cables on the stay.

well, weight's sort of out the window once you strap on a 3 lb Rohloff anyway, and you've only got one more cable than usual, both on the non-drive side

lets just forget about that crazy idea and move on

anyway: got xc ski boots, and it occurred to me that winter cycling shoes could probably be designed very very similarly, and aren't, and i'm confused as to why

http://www.performancebike.com/images/performance/products/medium/20-5379-BLK-ANGLE.jpg

well, see, there u go

i was mostly thinkin of Lake-style winter boots which are just gore-tex hiking boots w/cleats in em

damn i thought i was gonna make a million dollars :(

ive no idea how good they are. i really like garneau's clothes-- they are not super duper durable, but i think they fit and feel great. i have been less impressed upon checking out their other gear.

wearing some LG tights ~right now~

it's just that all these high-end XC boots are all carbon-y and HI PERFORMANCE but still pretty reasonably priced (as compared to winter cycling boots---well, the Lakes at least). i got last year's top-shelf Atomics for $200. i mean, i'm guessing waaaaay more ppl xc ski than bike in the winter, but these things are so techy i'm surprised there isn't some roadie analogue (but again, i haven't really looked)

skate boots? yeah, they are pretty technical i guess. those lg boots are on sale for $150 at perf.

ive not been skating now in like 3 years. xc is sorta a pain from denver. at least in boulder you can hit eldora in 40 mins. from denver, everything is at least an hour and 15 minutes.

huh, weird! i mean i guess it's not shocking that in mn i can hit miles of trails w/in a short walk from my house, or a 15min drive

like, there are thursday night races at the park allllll winter

that would be really fun.

shit just melts off so fast here. when they get enough snow in boulder they set up some track in n. boulder park. at least they used to.

npr inspires new wave of bike builders. it seems like yesterday when you could just buy a fixie and be cool. now they want you building shit.

awaiting story about npr listener impaled on shattered bamboo top tube.

lol

yeah these bamboo bikes freak me out a bit, i know it'd probably be fine when built by someone who knows what's what but... it's bamboo!

"Everyone who leaves the studio says, 'Wow, my bike is my favorite object now,' " says bike expert and engineer Marty Odlin.

favorite object?

thinkin baout a giant bowery (lol i know rite) or similar for a commute bike - to run as singlespeed rather than fixed. tho i would like something with braze-ons for a rack on the back, and the bowery ain't got em. maybe something like this??

pretty cool imo

http://www.irocycle.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=163

since i <3 my rob roy what they dont make no more u_u

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shortpants51/sets/72157622613740666/

^^^ interesting imo

dude is a local frame builder and behind bars is a cool local shop (on the wrong side of town for me u_u)

i'm seriously thinking about putting down a deposit for a custom frame around xmas of my last year in school. little grad gift to myself.

q: what do i get????

u should get a mooooooots

get a job sonny *taps cane*

well yah that is the point do u see

A friend of mine has just started designing Ti bikes - his first prototype is a commuter but he'll be making a road bike soon I think.

what do you want this bike to do?

gbx your CX w/ hub gearing bike is near reality!! (minus the DI2 bits, but u can't have everything u kno)

haitch thanks for the flag on this-- i have a cross frame with an internal eight and a grip shift hack. im gonna check out the versa brifter!

ok, its $180. my hack cost less than $5 and works pretty well. :(

ooof

china: skipping fixies and 'irony'

thinkin baout this potential massive increase in the supply of SCANDIUM

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/its-called-scandium-and-it-could-become-qlds-next-export-star-20100517-v8pc.html

also lol@ metallica minerals

didn't know where to post this so posting itt
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127137816