Bicycle Thread

[Mr Eps]

.....?

[mad082]

ok, they don't do an anodized purple, only powder coat. they also only do sealed bearing but the velocity sealed bearing wheels roll pretty well. you are looking at RRP of around $450 (plus postage). price to you $350 plus postage. however i'm not sure how much postage will be or if it would even be possible to post as it is going to be very clost to the limit as far as size goes for posting through australia post. and sending it any other way will cost too much

[mad082]

saw some cool stuff at the apollo bike show. flat bar fixy for $700, road handlebar fixy for about $900. they are pretty retro (even have a retro style badge on them). i was talking to the owner of apollo about them and he said that they only sell because they are basically a fashion item (and he thinks they are a completely stupid idea). he said it's all the chappel st types that are buying them. anyone who actually wants to ride because they like riding and aren't a yuppy who will only buy something because it is the current fad will go flat bar. which kinds of explains why you have one rowan, LOL. you are like sau's resident bruno.

probably the coolest thing there was a road bike with top of the line SRAM red gears which have a computer built into the cranks that give you a readout of how many watts you are putting out. oh and it only weighs 7kg (complete bike). the bike is only $12500 for anyone looking at putting it on their christmas list i think they are also doing a version without those specific cranks which drops the price down to about $8000 or $9000. there was also their top of the line MTB which is running new sram XX gears. it is a 20 speed mtb gearset. so you have 2 at the front and 10 at the back. it also has the new remote hydraulic lockout forks. in the past all remote lockout forks have been cable operated. these new ones are hydraulic, making the action lighter and easier to do as it is just a button you push in. it is around $8000

the best thing there that is actually worth talking about though, is the new urban bikes. basically this comes into the market between hybrids and mtbs. hybrids were more aimed at the more mature rider. very comfortable seating positions, etc. urbans come are designed for people who want a mtb to ride on the road. basically people like jase. they have slightly wider, chunkier tyres than hybrids (so will go offroad a little bit more), slightly better suspension than a hybrid, but not as much travel as a mtb, and most of all, not so much of an upright frame. they are actually more like what you see some bicycle couriers use overseas (the ones who aren't too busy being 'individual' by following the trend of riding fixies. i will post up pics of them tomoro (will just be copied from the catalogue, which is out in the car and i'm too lazy to go get it, and i can't connect my phone to this computer anyway) but they look really cool. if it wasn't for the fact that i want to get another road bike, i would sell my mtb and get one as they just look cool and make more sense than a mtb with road tyres as they are lighter and better suited for road use than a mtb, but aren't as much of a pure road bike as a flat bar, and aren't as grampa as a hybrid. only slight let down was the price. they are a bit more than the equivilant mtb, but there are reasons for that which i couldn't be bothered going into (but it isn't just because they are aiming them at yuppies who they think will pay the money)

[JAS-25T]

One of my cousins is after some tyres for his MTB like the city tyres you can get but not quite as full on as the skinny ones I got from you Marco. Hook a brother up

[Xmetal]

Maxxis Holy Rollers FTW!

[JAS-25T]

Yeah nah. More like the ones I have now. Drifters

[xALmoN]

Maxxis Holy Rollers FTW!

holy rollers are like 2.2in minimum width, so thats a little thick yeah?

how about the panaracer t-servs?

[mad082]

how about michelin city 26 x 1.85? or 1.4's?

[JAS-25T]

the michelin is a bit rich though isnt it?

[mad082]

i run the michelins so they can't be that expensive, LOL

they are about $45 your price

[JAS-25T]

for two?

[mad082]

sure.... postage will be $50 though, LOL

[JAS-25T]

Whats something more on a budget then?

serfas drifters go alright?

[mad082]

dunno, LOL

you can just get cheap metro tyres that are 1.5 wide for about $20rrp

and this is a picture of one of the 700c urban bikes. i reakon it looks tough.

[JAS-25T]

thats what my bike is after around 200bucks of mods.

cable discs ftl.

[mad082]

yeah. only downside of that bike is the cable disc brakes. it's actually similar spec to your bike this year.

[Mr Eps]

haahaaa marc very funny take the piss now that i hav a job with no nett and cant fight bak

in my defence im not a fixie rider AND NEVER WANT TO BE

im not a cafe strip dwelling shit head with no job who built a fixie with ebay parts. onliy toride it 3km a day toand from my studio apartment.

the difference between me and a fixy doucher are...

i kept mybrakes - they come handy

i hav dropbar- flat is useless in wind.

i wear a a HELMET. nota cid riding cap.

i use my bike tocommute ~45km aday. the capo is not like other made fixys. it weighs far less than most bikes ive felt. commuting on perths bike paths ive only been been beaten by a red specialized carbon road racer... but he was gnarly speed.... inshort im not a fixy rider n mybike isnt a fixy... its atrackbike with brakes on it and ts insanely fast!! and i love it

oh another difference is iknowa lot about bikes .. fixy fans seemto not know shit from clay

in further news the alias still gets used a lot... im going trails/xc riding every saturday itsgiven me a whole new appreciation for it... im still learning but the others push me hard to hammer the downhill s

ps jase for an mtb skinnyslick look at maxxis xennith.. they may look fat but contact patch is skinny so they do roll good... my only complaints are.. theres no side tread meaning no ?bite? wen u lean into corner so takes getting used to.. also thy very sticky like glue which giv gr8 traction but i qudstion their longevity ... but for how cheap they are just thrash for 3 or4 months and get a new set

ps spelling ,miastakesr cos typing wit ps3 remote like a loser

[mad082]

so you have often heard people talk about chain stretch and thought nothing of it. generally once a chain hits 1% stretch it is time for a new one. here is one that was too stretched to measure (i put the indicator on it and put it to 1% and it had slop of about 1.5mm, LOL).

the chain on the left is a new chain. the longer chain on the right is the old chain. it has the same number of links as the new chain. i measures about 4cm longer. that is why if you ever need a new chain you don't measure the old one to see now long the new one needs to be, you go off the number of links.

[mad082]

oh and i meant to add that by the time the chain got to being that stretched it also required new cassette and cranks because the chainrings were too worn to just put a new chain on and have it work. yet if they had put a new chain on ages ago they wouldn't have needed new cassette and cranks yet.

[BoyWhoCriedWolf]

sucks to be them lol

good to be you

first time ive ever said that lol