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Got some new tubes for my bike. Went riding with daughter!http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1464641344.jpg
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1464641399.jpg p.s.- calling all bmx geeks- I need a blue diacompe mx (short arm length - I think) brake caliper. Also blue levers. |
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N+1 for free
This weekend I did a gravel ride, something I enjoy a lot (Gravel Metric, Waterman, IL). Didn't finish building up my all-rounder for it, so at midnight the night before I put my "road bike" in the stand, took off the fenders and 32mm tires and stuffed in the 42mm Cazaderos from the other bike. Zip-tie pump mount to seat tube, borrow second bottle cage from another bike, swap Zimbale saddle bag for Acorn saddle bag, took 30 minutes.
It was like discovering a whole new bike! I loved it. All the things it is on the road - fast, nimble, comfortable, stable - it is on gravel. Plenty of hero gravel, but also rougher/looser stuff, muddy grass doubletrack, plain grass. Also I think it looks kinda boss. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1464727278.jpg |
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After telling everyone how safe my ride to work is and how little exposure to car traffic, some ass clown runs into me on one of the bike/pedestrian bridges.
There is work being performed on the underside of the bridge deck and the bike lane width is reduced in 3 or 4 places along its length. I saw this guy coming, slowed down as he was closer to the narrow area. It was so weird how he just kept drifting over towards me while I was yelling at him "heads up, heads up, heads up". Crash.... Great googly moogly. If he hit a kid on a little bike instead of me, it would have been much more serious. A little sore and cut up. Thought I had separated my shoulder at first and my knee took most of the blow from his bars. After I could walk again I rode up the hill and home. Still can't believe it. |
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Didn't smell any booze on him but who knows. I am damn sore this morning. |
New bike day is always a great day.
Quiring custom Ti 29er hardtail. Paragon drops, takes me less than 10 minutes to convert from 1x11 to Single Speed. Scott Quiring the building is a personal friend and a artist at welding Ti, feels real good to support a friend and have a work of art that is a rocket all at the same time. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1466015728.jpg |
Moots made lugged steel touring frames. Before they went to welded titanium. Who Knew?
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Didn't take a close-up pic, but this Priori track bike has titanium rims . . . oozes cool.
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Kevlar wheel discs, and the lady owner looks fit enough to ride it (and she does).
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Someone needs an ivory RB-1 to complete the set. However, I don't think they made them.
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Had a XO-1 in orange, miss it every day.
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