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porsche4life · porsche4life's Garage

I guess the real question is what do you want for it? I'm in Tulsa at least once a week these days

greglepore · 02-18-2013, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by mikeferg75

Handmade Bicycle show is in Denver this weekend, I should have some cool pics to post soon. Anyone else going?

NAHBS | North American Handmade Bicycle Show | #NAHBS

Go over to 906 and tell Don Ferris that Greg Lepore says hello... .

look 171 · 02-19-2013, 12:58 AM

Hey Joe,

Stopped by my friend's shop today. No luck with the old style shoe. Sorry, they were all gone. Someone bought all of them a couple of years ago.

Joeaksa · 02-19-2013, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by look 171

Hey Joe,

Stopped by my friend's shop today. No luck with the old style shoe. Sorry, they were all gone. Someone bought all of them a couple of years ago.

Oh well! Thanks for trying!

Joeaksa · 02-19-2013, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by javadog

I'm not. Like I said, the seat post is adjustable...

The fact is, this frame is too big for me if you size it in the classic manner. That said, It makes absolutely no difference to my riding that this frame is too big. That's probably true of most people and you can make the argument that a larger frame has its advantages.

JR

In the old days we did not like the larger frames as they weighed a bit more and also flexed more...

Up to the rider and if the price is right...

javadog · 02-19-2013, 08:43 AM

For me (and I suspect a lot of riders) that is mainly a theoretical distinction. I don't pedal hard enough to flex a frame and the weight difference is less than a good Tabs-approved 5 minutes spent on the throne.

JR

Laneco · 02-19-2013, 09:41 AM

64cm? You guys KILL me... Depending on the bike and the fit, I've owned anything from 51cm down to my Specialized Allez at 47cm.

That is a beautiful bike but it is REALLY big. Is it 64 to the center of the union or to the top of the seatpost tube? Some makers measure them differently. I think Sid should just swing a leg over and give it a try. It is truly lovely - look at the lugs on it...

angela

javadog · 02-19-2013, 09:43 AM

64cm is measured from the centerline of the bottom bracket to the top of the seat tube.

JR

porsche4life · porsche4life's Garage

You going to send me some cash Angela?

. Don't have a ton of bike budget righ now..... At least in the man powerd kind....

javadog · 02-19-2013, 10:20 AM

Ahh, so you have another slush fund? One for a bike powered by gasoline, perhaps?

Having graduated from a respectable business school many decades ago, with highest honors I might add, I can teach you how to pay for one thing using money set aside for another...

JR

porsche4life · porsche4life's Garage

I encourage my customers to do that all the time... I tell them they just need to borrow a little money from pile A, to make pile B big enough to buy my product....

And I'm still working on a degree from a mostly unknown business school.

911S Targa · 911S Targa's Garage

Another old school BMX guy here.

911S Targa · 911S Targa's Garage

9elf · 02-19-2013, 12:05 PM

I'm rebuilding a 1981 Ciocc that has been sitting for 20 years under a house.

Here's 5 minutes work on the buff. Anyway, I think its art.

Joe Bob · Joe Bob's Garage

Yep...they clean up nice and blingy. They are getting to be a real PITA to get parts. SRAM and Shimano are killing them, the bike shops are getting killed by the internet and less and less want to screw with Campy.

9elf · 02-19-2013, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe Bob

Yep...they clean up nice and blingy. They are getting to be a real PITA to get parts. SRAM and Shimano are killing them, the bike shops are getting killed by the internet and less and less want to screw with Campy.

Agreed that Campy are trailing the race and SRAM are really getting their act together, but for an old Italian steelie, there can be no other

jtkkz · 02-19-2013, 12:53 PM

my brothers show bikes SyCip Bikes - Handcrafted in Sonoma County, California for '13 NAHBS in Denver

650B

carbon seatstays & top tube

mikeferg75 · mikeferg75's Garage

Nice, Look forward to seeing them and saying Hi.

vonsmog · 02-20-2013, 07:25 AM

This is my Son's fixie he just made out of carbon fiber and some of his old carbon fiber hockey sticks! Ride is nice and very smooth, I was impressed with it. Weight is alright at just about 19lbs. He could shave some off by getting a better fork and a lighter crank, and ring gear. All but the fork and heavy chain is stuff scarfed from other bikes. Not much $$ into it, just time to make it. Also a photo of it next to the mog, as the Porsche is still tucked away for it's winter nap!

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