Bicycle Thread

[Mr Eps]

ummmmmmmmmm don't you have home n contents insurance?

sorry tohear about ur loss bro.. im always worried my ride will get nickt

[xALmoN]

nope, i dont think so.. no insurance i guess. i haven't even made a police report, there's this whole window between 23rd dec and now when it happened, i dont know when. I dont really mind not having the frame back, but i do want my wheels.

should i make a report? and what can i do if i spot the guy riding my bike?

can i like nudge the guy with my car?

Edited January 20, 2010 by xALmoN

[Mr Eps]

hey thread revival here.

@ marc - I'm kinda thinking about building a bike... i have no reason to do so - i have a good bike as we speak and it flies along... but... i just want to build a bike...

in saying that, i want another single speed... my caad5 optimo frame serves me very well and nobody can keep up with me on it... so i simply want "another bike" by getting an older frame, POSSIBLY painting it and adding my own PROPER componentry to it...

but not your average "fixie" componentry... ie... no flat bars, no Velocity wheels, no fix gear, no brooks saddle ...

i'm thinking bits like tektro aero brakes cannondale headset san marco saddle truATV cranks etc - new school parts on an oldschool frame

the frame i can attain, is a raleigh pro-am 1980's build... looks to be in good condition... 54cm steel frame with vertical dropouts...

my question is -

do you think it's a DUMB ASSED idea to "build a bike"? (your bias against single speed aside)

do you think that a raleigh pro-am frame would be a good frame to start with?

[NZM.031]

i aint marc... but building a bike with your seleciton of bits is the best fun.. hours of scouring ebay for bargains though.

i have built all my bikes from the frame up.

[Mr Eps]

sweetttttt.... got pics???

[mad082]

build your frame if you want to, just expect to shell out a hell of a lot of coin if going all new. my guess is that going all new the parts would add up to somewhere around $1000, maybe more depending on brands used, as well as where they are sourced from.

and what is wrong with velocity wheels? or aren't they a good enough brand name for you? just peel the sticker off them and put some other brand name sticker on them if you don't want to be seen with them. unless you feel like shelling out a heap of money on a set of easton wheels, or to a lesser extent mavic (i prefer easton over mavic unless you are spending lots and lots on wheels, but that is just my personal preference).

that is my whole point with fixy riders. they disregard what is good to get what is cool. road bike riders aren't much better.

[Mr Eps]

velocity wheels are great - i'm not disputing their quality! never have never will - except over here out west one of the comp riders cracked a wheel on a pot hole and broke his neck due to an accident last year

not cool

i *may* go velocity wheels it's just that i don't want a bike that will obviously blend in with hipster fixie riders...

orritey i'm gonna do it - and i'm gonna build for a lot less than a grand!!!!

FYI

my bike was $1790 rrp

if i can build for less than the 1,100 i paid for it, i'm wrapped.

[Mr Eps]

also - the current fork is built to take a 27" wheel... will that take a 700c fullsize?

i'm confused between the modern 27 inch measurement and the french 700c..

is there even a difference?

[NZM.031]

french are dumb... nuff said...

marc is right.. .road bike riders are stupid snobs.. main reason why i ride alone is because i hate being judged on my pieced together Felt F95 because it doesnt have a carbon frame... they see the number on the frame and judged it and me from that.. stupid road bike riders.. go ride your $10000 orbea orca and eat your stinking pancakes.. hope you get heartburn and reflux on the 2km ride home.

[Mr Eps]

bikers eat pancakes? nobody told me!!!!

*exxy bikes still can't keep up with me... they get pretty pissed off too when a single speed glides by and overtakes them =P

[mad082]

also - the current fork is built to take a 27" wheel... will that take a 700c fullsize?

i'm confused between the modern 27 inch measurement and the french 700c..

is there even a difference?

yeah they will fit. 27" rims are actually a fraction larger than 700c (i'm talking a matter of a few mm). you should still be able to get the brakes to work too. just have to be carefull on tyre choice, but since you will be running road tyres you won't have much of an issue there.

french are dumb... nuff said...

marc is right.. .road bike riders are stupid snobs.. main reason why i ride alone is because i hate being judged on my pieced together Felt F95 because it doesnt have a carbon frame... they see the number on the frame and judged it and me from that.. stupid road bike riders.. go ride your $10000 orbea orca and eat your stinking pancakes.. hope you get heartburn and reflux on the 2km ride home.

what shits me off the most about roadies is that half of them are riding bikes that are 10 years old but have 9 speed dura ace running gear, but they will say that the new 105 gear is shit, yet it is pretty much just dura ace from about 3 or 4 years ago, so it's better than their old dura ace crap

[Mr Eps]

pffft. dura ace...

...indeed. *walks away pretending to know what i'm talking about*

[xALmoN]

No chris king, no care. =D

[xALmoN]

And why would you want a cannondale headset?

Cannondale stuff, is overpriced.. unless you're getting them cheap.. taiwanese FSA stuff is good shit.

[NZM.031]

hahaha... chris king FTW!!

haha too true marc, or roadies that *ABSOLUTLY MUST HAVE* the latest groupset because its way more betterer than the last years stuff... hence why you get ebay bargains.. and as far as weight saving... there is not much weight to be saved between sora, 105, and ultegra... theres about as much weight difference in them as in in a pair of ankle socks vs long socks.. SFA..

eps.. havent you seen the pancake eating cyclists?? man you need to get out.. they are along every beach front.. where the road is flat. they all pull up on their latest model Look or Time bikes... with all the trimmings.. and clip clop in and eat pancakes...

oh and eps.. heres a pic of my absolutle favourite bike, which was pieced together from ebay and farken.net.

identiti dr jekyll frame, race face cranks, snafu pedals, e thirteen chain ring, sun double wide rims, hayes disc brakes, dirt jumper forks, etc, etc.. all up cost around $500... worth over $2000 if you were to buy it all brand new.

i used it for d/h as i wasnt comfortable on a dually at the time.. felt awkward.. i like my hardtails.

[xALmoN]

Damn, makes me want to build a new bike for myself..

I'll go back to what i used to have, a planet x jackflash.. my most recent dobermann pinscher got stolen, to be frank, i hated how it rode...

[Mr Eps]

gnarly bike is gnarly.

the riding position must kill ur abs n quads tho!!! maybe its angle of pic...

[Mr Eps]

*Attaches flamesuit for uploading my bike*

500 bucks u say... u guys seem clued up about ths stuff can i call on u guys for parts advice??? i found a 80's vintage cannondale dedicated track frame in good nic so going that route instead of some dodgy road frame

[Trozzle]

There's my ride, bitches. haha yes I just copy+pasted goodle images result...

2007 Norco A-Line Park edition. Amazing bike. Great fun for urban riding too, be it down to the local shops or into the city. That being said, very impractical. Tyres and suspension are an absolute killer if you actually need to pedal still great fun popping onto the rear wheel, finding balance point, and cruising down the street....

And you thought a SKYLINE would bring in the jailbait >.>

[NZM.031]

riding position was spot on for downhill and big jumps... dont sit down much of the time there.. and the angle with the 4" dirt jumpers was spot on for me.. i had bigger 5" pikes on the front and it had too much rake.. 2.5" fronts and 2.3 rear tyres.. the thing was bombproof.. unfortunatly i wasnt.. had a big crash and fractured alot of bones in my left side... bike didnt even look like anything had happened.

aye trozzle... A-Line ftw!!.. i had one of them 2 bikes before the identiti above... it was a build up from scratch aswell... a-line frame and bomber forks, race face northshore crank, hayes 9" discs... etc etc.. nothing truvativ on it. haha. i didnt like it when they changed to colours in 07 though... i was going to buy a brand new one but they didnt do them in black anymore

yes very impractical but tooks tough as all f$%k.. really want a specialized demo 9 in army green or the metallic red now.. they are getting a bit old so i should be able to scoop one up and start building again.

or a sinister R9... hell yeh.

i just love the motocross style bikes they look phat as.