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01-05-2011, 06:27 PM
|  | Gettin' crazy with the Cheez Whiz! | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Visalia CA | | | Biking '11...tooth cogs...
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Continued from here - carry on, then...
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Originally Posted by Smurf-o-Death Hello? Pink sparkles? That alone makes it more awesome than a robotic sharkodile with lazer beam eyes that go pew pew pew. | Fuzzrocious #34 Mediocre Bassist #193
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01-05-2011, 06:45 PM
| | Gettin' crazy with the Cheez Whiz! | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Visalia CA | | Bringing the last post from the old thread here for consistencies' sake...
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Originally Posted by Mark Reccord  Wow.
I'm gonna do that myself as soon as I get the new bike.  | Some years ago, a kid shows up in the shop with a full D/A Merckx (kid's about 5' 4" or so, and the frame's a 61cm...warning flags begin unfurling...); he had bought a cheapo, cable-driven speedometer from Pep Boys or something and (brace yerself) had drilled a hole straight thru the top tube and bolted the speedo there. He had it in the shop asking for help in calibrating it, and "...what up with those pedals?!?" (1st-gen D/A SPD's).
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Originally Posted by Smurf-o-Death Hello? Pink sparkles? That alone makes it more awesome than a robotic sharkodile with lazer beam eyes that go pew pew pew. | Fuzzrocious #34 Mediocre Bassist #193
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01-05-2011, 07:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Sunny St. John's, Newfoundland | | Quote:
Originally Posted by My name is Mudd Bringing the last post from the old thread here for consistencies' sake...
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Some years ago, a kid shows up in the shop with a full D/A Merckx (kid's about 5' 4" or so, and the frame's a 61cm...warning flags begin unfurling...); he had bought a cheapo, cable-driven speedometer from Pep Boys or something and (brace yerself) had drilled a hole straight thru the top tube and bolted the speedo there. He had it in the shop asking for help in calibrating it, and "...what up with those pedals?!?" (1st-gen D/A SPD's). | Hahahaha! Perfect! Another mod for the Tracer.
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01-05-2011, 09:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lincoln, NE | | Anyone with experience riding in the Black Hills area of SD (Spearfish, Sturgis, etc)?
Considering entering the Dakota Five-O race: http://www.dakotafiveo.com
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01-05-2011, 10:41 PM
| | Gettin' crazy with the Cheez Whiz! | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Visalia CA | | | OK, that sounds like too much fun.
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Originally Posted by Smurf-o-Death Hello? Pink sparkles? That alone makes it more awesome than a robotic sharkodile with lazer beam eyes that go pew pew pew. | Fuzzrocious #34 Mediocre Bassist #193
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01-06-2011, 02:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Birmingham, UK | | | Nice. Sucks that I'm in the UK!
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Originally Posted by Relic That's your masterly-bated fish hook. | |
01-06-2011, 09:42 AM
|  | The older I get, the better I was. | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pasadena, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by My name is Mudd Some years ago, a kid shows up in the shop with a full D/A Merckx (kid's about 5' 4" or so, and the frame's a 61cm...warning flags begin unfurling...); he had bought a cheapo, cable-driven speedometer from Pep Boys or something and (brace yerself) had drilled a hole straight thru the top tube and bolted the speedo there. He had it in the shop asking for help in calibrating it, and "...what up with those pedals?!?" (1st-gen D/A SPD's). | Noooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!   |
01-06-2011, 09:51 AM
|  | that video LIES | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California | | | Gonna do some archaeological digging in the big pile O parts, out in the freezing-arse garage- my semi-rookie friend can't get wid my skinny saddle- we'll try to set him up better. I might surgically remove the ugly seat biz from the fixer-upper/lame horse.
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01-06-2011, 10:11 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Birmingham, UK | | Speaking of saddles, I dropped the angle of mine a bit, as per your reccomendation...it's ace! way more comfy. Thanks.
Now it's just my stomach fat that gets in the way of me using the drops all the time...Come on summer, we need thee.
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Every ding has a story. Team Trace Elliot #3 Christian P&W bassist #97 EHX club #23 Boss rocks! club #17 British bassist #68 Quote:
Originally Posted by Relic That's your masterly-bated fish hook. | |
01-06-2011, 10:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: somewhere in middle America | | Quote:
Originally Posted by EricF Noooooooooooooooo!!!!!!! | No kiddin, although I also cringe at what people do to guitars and basses. |
01-06-2011, 10:51 AM
| | Gettin' crazy with the Cheez Whiz! | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Visalia CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by EricF Noooooooooooooooo!!!!!!! | There was also a guy who let his friend try to add rack braze-ons to his Klein Pinnacle Elite with an arc welder; the guy who decided his 80's Trek 8000 needed a steeper head angle and tried straightening the fork blades in a metal press, and then wanted the broken fork warranty-replaced; a shop regular (who should have known better) who orders a Litespeed Ultimate built up w/Record and then bitches that the frame didn't have rack braze-ons (and didn't think I was too funny when I asked him if he'd install a trainer hitch on a Testa Rossa); I had a mechanic once who somehow managed to install an English rt-side BB cup on an Italian frame...to this day, I have NO idea how he did manged to get the cup all the way up against the BB shell.
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Originally Posted by Smurf-o-Death Hello? Pink sparkles? That alone makes it more awesome than a robotic sharkodile with lazer beam eyes that go pew pew pew. | Fuzzrocious #34 Mediocre Bassist #193
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01-06-2011, 11:09 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Birmingham, UK | | | I was in my LBS the other day and a guy came in with a (fully assembled) BSO with no wheel bearings...No idea how it got into that state...
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Originally Posted by Relic That's your masterly-bated fish hook. | |
01-06-2011, 12:04 PM
| | The older I get, the better I was. | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pasadena, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by My name is Mudd I had a mechanic once who somehow managed to install an English rt-side BB cup on an Italian frame...to this day, I have NO idea how he did manged to get the cup all the way up against the BB shell. | A 4'-long piece of steel tubing slipped over the the handle of your cup wrench will get the job done. Don't ask me how I know this. |
01-06-2011, 12:05 PM
| | that video LIES | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California | | | More than once I've heard of guys putting a left side pedal in the right arm or vice-versa. That's determination.
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01-06-2011, 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by My name is Mudd I had a mechanic once who somehow managed to install an English rt-side BB cup on an Italian frame...to this day, I have NO idea how he did manged to get the cup all the way up against the BB shell. | Several layers beneath the overt stupidity of that act, there's an admirable trait.
Tenacity
...or maybe just more stupidity. |
01-06-2011, 03:44 PM
| | Gettin' crazy with the Cheez Whiz! | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Visalia CA | | In that particular individual's case... Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoover ...or maybe just more stupidity | This.
As a side note to this, the frame (an SLX Torelli) actually survived the experience. I was able to back the cup out and install an Italian cup just fine. I did use a BUNCH of blue Lock-Tite on it tho.
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Originally Posted by Smurf-o-Death Hello? Pink sparkles? That alone makes it more awesome than a robotic sharkodile with lazer beam eyes that go pew pew pew. | Fuzzrocious #34 Mediocre Bassist #193
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01-06-2011, 06:00 PM
|  | Louisiana Superdome. S 127. R 22. S 12-13. Moderator | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Mobile, Al | | | To follow-up my request for assistance in the previous thread, I now have a mountain bike and will be taking it on the trails for the first time this Saturday to determine just how out of shape I am! I was all set to buy the Felt 29er when my girlfriend convinced me to wait until after Christmas to see if I could find any better year-end deals. She did this to surprise me with a Specialized Stumpjumper FSR Comp. I wasn't wanting a full suspension, but I sure can't fault her for it! It's a few years old, but her neighbor has owned it since new and has taken great care of it. I'd give y'all some pics, but right now it's at a friend's house waiting for Saturday's ride. I'll try to get some pics then.
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01-06-2011, 06:15 PM
| | Gettin' crazy with the Cheez Whiz! | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Visalia CA | | | NICE frame!
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Originally Posted by Smurf-o-Death Hello? Pink sparkles? That alone makes it more awesome than a robotic sharkodile with lazer beam eyes that go pew pew pew. | Fuzzrocious #34 Mediocre Bassist #193
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01-06-2011, 10:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lincoln, NE | | Quote:
Originally Posted by My name is Mudd In that particular individual's case...
This.
As a side note to this, the frame (an SLX Torelli) actually survived the experience. I was able to back the cup out and install an Italian cup just fine. I did use a BUNCH of blue Lock-Tite on it tho. | It's italian threads, they will come loose eventually anyway  |
01-07-2011, 07:40 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Takoma Park, MD (DC) | | Well, after 23 years of riding racing-style bikes, I think I might have to switch to a recumbent. Despite having my bars level with my saddle, I'm having persistent tightness / soreness in my upper back and neck, as well as tingling / itching / numbness in my hands.
Anyone interested in a 56 cm Merckx SXM with Chorus, let me know.
Oh, and if I get a recumbent, do I have to grow a beard and wear Birkenstocks? | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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