WDYBLL

this is what a 7'6" person's bike ll:

http://www.deseretnews.com/photos/midres/web-653582.jpg

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/7217076/former-nba-center-shawn-bradley-stolen-custom-bicycle-found

80cm!!

they make 36ers you know sheesh

My new commuter: http://i.imgur.com/GM335.jpg

lol

luv yr basket

ILX crapped out just about the time I finished this

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/birdnestsoup/DSCF8777.jpg

^ This is what my eldest will wake up to tomorrow morning. So excited, and that's just me.

RAD

http://modculture.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/09/bobbin.jpg

So it appears my last pic didn't work

http://i42.tinypic.com/wvtsfc.jpg

cool bike. pink derailler cable = excellent detail.

that looks oddly like a spot in colorado that i know.

Putting tubulars on it makes it a less good winter trainer but this local dude who hangs out in a bike store sold me Rovals with tyres for $99

is that a ti quill stem?

Not actually sure. It is Ti coloured and pretty light. I should put it through the XRF at work and find out.

It was on eBay and it matched the Dura-ace shifters and the headset that came with the frame.

Guys I have the opportunity to buy a 2008 Tarmac w full rival for a g

how do I shot

halp!!

Back alley vasectomies. (its a really good deal)

Oh I think I can swing it ~maybe~ but I may have to sell some stuff

So.

I HAVE A ROAD BIKE IT IS MADE OF CRABON

PICS

siiiiick

thought that ed was suggesting that the back-alley snip was the good deal for a moment there, haw

excellent

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7041/6891384169_d2cc5e8a2d_z.jpg

Nice, flip the stem

looks like fun to me

Nice, flip the stem

we'll see, gotta ride it first!

flip stem or flag post

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8491/8350149226_60d9d4eeec_b.jpg

Lapierre X-Flow 412. My beloved Trek got stolen, fortunately was insured and peculiarly was allowed to pick replacement worth 137.5% of its insured value.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151433627144104&set=a.10150176501714104.349278.665599103&type=1&theater

Bianchi Via Nirone Tiagra.

Now why didn't that work?

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/578493_10151433627144104_953485469_n.jpg

tiagra 10 speed, zora? a mechanic i was talking to swears it's smoother and works better than the more expensive stuff due to the cable routing.

That's the one. I didn't have the £ for a pricier bike anyhow, or the chops these days. The frame's a good fit; it's a manly bike & I'm of the female persuasion, but with a femme saddle it's comfy enough. I won't get to ride it until March now, but I'll be training hard then. I've been dragooned into riding the Dunwich Dunamo :/

DYNAMO.

No performance report, but I was sorta shocked at the plastic/stamped steel shit look of the latest ultegra brifters on mrs hunter's new ride.

Shimano stuff generally works great up and down the line ime, have fun zora!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/limitedliabilitygirl/8496612598/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/limitedliabilitygirl/8496613258/

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8231/8496613258_26cb92e3e2.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8225/8496612598_0290558ab9.jpg

So now I know what the inside of the tubes looks like. Huh.

suddenly go boom? you ok?

Nah, I got hit by a car over two months ago, I just picked up the bike from the police station--apparently they store your shit when you're taken to the hospital. Now I have to get it to a bike shop for a repair/replace estimate.

Depending on how that goes I'll be back on ILTRMB asking for new bike advice, I hope!

did you end up getting a new bike?

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3760/12088232293_2375b3c1ac_z.jpg

My city ride. Bought from a dude in the valley down in LA, shipped it up to SF when I moved here. Swapped straight bars out for drops. New brakes levers/stem/saddle/seatpost/pedals, but the bronze chainring+calipers are original, same with the Suntour shifters and derailleur. This type of Suntour group has some kind of "auto-trim" function that happens when you shift front chainrings, according to Sheldon Brown.

Was tough for me to take the clips off, both for practicality and style reasons, but this is my main mode of transport and it's time for me to start wearing adult shoes sometimes.

Oh and definitely too small for me (every time I get on my road bike I'm surprised at how comfortable I feel) but I'm pretty emotionally attached at this point.