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Reposting my nodox version to show support for the anti AI sloppers

>>2071042
This is one of my favorite bikes I have seen. Love the over branding and meme value.

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I have to shart but have no mart. Suffering.

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>>2071046

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So I went through all the trouble to build this thing just to realize I hate how drop bars feels. Debating between throwing on a surly moloko onto it or just stripping it down and selling it/throw it away.

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>>2071045
I just don't like to remove any stickers except for obvious warning labels on things

>>2071059
Nope, it's drop bars. I hate the feel and the control they give me. I went as wide as I could find and it still feels narrow for me. The "natural" wrist position feels awful for me. I actually tried a vintage road bike im fixing up for sale and that was even worse because that's super narrow. I should have started with that before building up my rust bucket, could have saved time and money.

>>2071053
Is that a fucking titanium seatpost?

>>2071043
isn't that the Marlboro special?

>>2071063
I like the look, mine is the rusty piece of shit itt and someone told me to remove the stickers from the wheels to make it fit the rat bike theme better but I just can't do it, I like the look
>>2071065
Saddle too.

>>2071067
Marlboro bike has unc brakes

>>2071101
this is "post your bike thread," not "post pictures of bikes you find on the internet thread"

>>2071042
>>2071045
It looks like one of Brenton Tarrant's weapons.

>>2071116
not really

>>2071101
Good accent choices. Poor composition

>>2071053
Went for another ride on this thing and I still don't like drop bars. This thing i getting 2 weeks before I toss that shit.

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>>2071109

>>2071053
>>2071124
Your drops are probably angled incorrectly. Let's see from the side. The ends should be pointing towards the rear brake pads

>>2071138
Will post later but that's not the issue, it really is just how you're supposed to grip the bars. It doesn't fill me with confidence like a flat bar and it doesn't feel natural to me.

>>2071142
try a moustache bar before giving up? i personally hate drop bars but you did put effort into this bike..

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>>2071138
I actually hope I have this set up wrong. My thumbs were going numb in the hoods during a 20 minute ride.
>>2071145
I'll give it a try with some Surly Moloko bars i have lying around. Nice flat bar feel and a better aero position than drop bars.

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For fucks sake

>>2071147
>>2071150
PHONEPOSTERS SHUT THE HELL UP

>>2071152
Cry me a river

>>2071150
>radial lacing
i think imma hurl

>>2071147
i don't think moloko's will take road levers? only suggesting the moustache to avoid recabling. idk maybe you can make it work tho

>>2071156
Oh that. i have some tektro canti levers lying around somewhere from the first bike i built

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>>2071154
Since when does radial lacing have spokes that cross?

>>2071158
>the cross is 0.01mm away from the hub
it's not doing shit!

>>2071159
>Moving goal post

>>2071159
What is it with people on this board having no technical knowledge? You've never seen low spoke count aero wheels?

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>>2071067
>gangstalkers are so confused they think I'm marlboro anon
Good good my plot is working

>>2071131
whoa, you work for the Radavist? I heard the pay sucks, but the man orgies are mind-blowing

>>2071116
the letters are factory decals, no schizo hand-scrawled gibberish

>>2071124
stem length both stack and reach plus tilt and hood placement greatly affect fit, even a few mm. and each factor affects all the others.
maybe a drop bar isn't your thing, but since this is your first one, it's highly likely the fit is off. it took me several hundred miles of tinkering to dial mine in, and it was my first, also.
and of course, bar width and bend dimensions. iirc you went with a wide one? I went to the co-op and gripped all the bars they had to feel the differences. also got a shitty adjustable stem temporarily to play with the reach. I personally went with a compact drop the narrowest width offered, 38cm. my shoulders measure right around that between the pointy bones. it helps to have a tailor's flexible measuring tape.

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My budget, carbon road bike during an early spring loop around the Tatra mountains. It climbs fantastic, but descending with rim breaks when you have a carbon rim is scary AF.
Also a radar taillight is fantastic.

>>2071171
surely someone makes an aftermarket alu brake track you can stick on? or you mean the heat affecting the carbon is sketchy?
>radar taillight
it lights whenever a car comes close?

>>2071172
they beep
ones that connect to your garmin or w/e also give a visual warning on screen
they also usually come with a taillight
nta btw

>>2071172
>lights whenever a car comes close?
It shows you how many objects are approaching you from behind and more or less how fast are they going on your GPS computer. And it has a breaking sensor, so it lights up more brightly when you are breaking.

>>>2071172
>surely someone makes an aftermarket alu brake track you can stick on?
I doubt I could ever stick it on well enough. Older style, carbon rim break wheels were made like that though.

And the breaking is good enough desu, only when it's dry though, especially in the flatlands. However, the solution to breaking when descending is to unironically relax and send it, breaking only when it's necessary, and not pussy out and break until the breaks fade.

>>2071170
I appreciate the info I'll give it a try to play with the fit. The reach feels good the position looks good in the mirror. A huge factor is the unfamiliar feel. I find drops to be weird and don't like the control they give me in shitty streets compared to a flat bar. Even if I get it dialed in to where it's comfortable I doubt I'll stick to it very long.

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ive done like 1800km on this thing since i got it and not had a single issue, not even a puncture

>>2071181
half a meter of saddle to bar drop lmao

>>2071193
I'm mad jelly. Where is this? That's also a lot of shit, did you ever think of streamlining or you prioritize the comfort over minimalism?

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>>2071194
I'm in Abisko, Swedish Lappland right now.

>That's also a lot of shit
It's still kinda winter touring up here so you need to pack a bunch of stuff you wouldn't bring otherwise. It's not all that much actually though. I don't even have a tent. The front bags are usually nearly empty. That space is reserved for food and drinks over long distances. The next opportunity to buy groceries is in Kiruna, about 100km from here.

>>2071195
>No tent
So you're just cocooned in your sleeping bag? Or you put up a tarp or something? I'm gonna try my hand at backpacking this year, so i'm fascinated by people who do this.

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>>2071196
The last time I brought a tent on a trip was back in 2019 when I cycled to Naryan-Mar. A tent is oo much of a hassle in my opinion; I'm usually way too tired at the end of a day to find a good camping spot, setting it all up and then taking it all down in the morning. Takes too much time and takes up too much space inside the panniers. So yeah it's just me, my sleeping bag and my sleeping pad. It works well enough. In most European countries cemeteries are my go-to option to spend the night. Obversation towers, hiking shelters, bird blinds are great options too if available. Bus stops can work, and if the weather forecast for the night is good you can always sleep on a tractor path in a cornfield or something.

In Scandinavia you have dedicated wilderness shelters, called gapahuk in Norwegian and vindskydd in Swedish. Those are amazing, pic related.

>>2071197
What's your opinion on bike packing setups with a frame bag, saddle bag, essentially all soft bags you pack that don't really detach vs paniers?

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>>2071198
Way less available space and way more of a hassle for practical purposes but it does look a bit cooler than a classy pannier setup.

>>2071181
good grief... you must be some sort of giant to have such a seat post height...

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>>2071042
sexo
>>2071046
nice work on the paintjob
>>2071199
gorgeous pics, godspeed anon

>wrecked kitchen stripping and waxing chain
>received wrong sized cog and handlebar
>almost took a finger off trying to make it work despite missing the magic ratio (hence the horrible slack)
put some old parts back on just to test the new wheelset around the block and it was all so worth it

>Hotman

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New wheels and tires. Tires are not inflated. Still working on removing the wheel stickers. Aliexpress shifters, cassette and calipers have been purchased.

>>2071409
looks like a fun little death trap. are you doing ltwoo?

>>2071409
I can't wait to see the finished product. You're doing my dream of an AliExpress build.

>>2071411
Sensah. I want the weird brake turny shifters. The bike came with ltwoo r2 2x7 and I wasn't a fan of needed my thumb on the inside to upshift compared to my microshift r8. Its not bad but I am memorized by the brake lever style shifting and want to try that next. It'll be mechanical dicks but thats fine for the paved vike trails and old crushed limestone rail lines I ride. I dont actually ride on roads and sheeit.

>>2071442
Who did you go for for mech discs and do they make an mtb version

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>>2071042
61cm lol

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>>2071396
>received wrong sized cog and handlebar
nice Wilier, like the handlebar

>>2071457
Hybrids actually but I still consider those mechanical since they are cable pull and are nowhere near the power of real hydraulic brakes. I went with them because I dont need that kind of braking power to ride flat bike trails in straight lines and my frame uses internal routing so I would have to bleed the rear. Its pain in the ass to bleed my Shimano mtb brakes let alone mystery meat china brakes without bleeders valves and retarded reservoir designs.

>>2071182
>>2071208
is it really that bad? im 6ft and this is a medium

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>>2071490
>t.

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>>2071465
thanks, these anatomic drops actually came with the frame, really liking them so far. I ordered pursuit bars and got regular bullhorns instead, is what I meant

finally got the rest of the components today, so build basically done for now

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bought an old Raleigh Grand Prix for 160 bucks on Craigslist. guy threw in a pair of drop bars and road tires, which was nice. i might mod it, i might not. i bought this for college to get around on. before this i had a Trek 830 Mountain Track (essentially just a old gravel bike) that my dad gave me. thoughts? what should i change?

>>2071500
I would change that stem and handlebar for a silver one, I would get brown/tan grips and a brown leather saddle. Different pedals maybe.

>>2071500
looks to be in nice condition. I'd ditch the kickstand and reflectors personally. I wouldn't spend any money on it... it would be really easy to spend $600 on your $160 bike and end up with a $160 bike.

>>2071498
I got some anatomic drops from the co-op because they were the narrowest width and I really liked them, but I ended up ordering narrower and those are compact, which I also like. but if they offered compact anatomic in 38 mm for around the same price, I'd cop

>>2071500
shit man, if you ain't at least 6'1", it's too big for you.
otherwise, for getting around on in college, you're pretty golden. I'd put the shifters on the downtube because stem shift puts an awkward bend in your arm, but that's just me. the kickstand is dead weight imo, but you do you; the bike weighs a ton anyway.
when you wear those new-looking tires out, I'd put on slicks that were as wide as will fit into the fork/rear triangle/brake calipers.

>>2071506
i'm 6'2". the tires apparently have about 100 miles on them. i honestly don't really like the tension shifters so i might swap them once i get around to the bars, but i need to learn more about bike wrenching first. and yeah, it's a chromoly frame with an aluminum fork, the bike weighs like 30 pounds. tires are prob gonna get swapped once i move and get settled in.

>>2071507
frame and fork are braised gaspipe like all of the mid/low raleighs of that era. if there was any molybdenum in those tubesets it never mattered.

>>2071508
*brazed
f autocorrect

>>2071508
oh okay cool the guy was just lying out of his ass about the fork being aluminum. very cool, old man from Craigslist.

>>2071507
>chromoly frame with an aluminum fork,
>30 pounds
are you sure that's cromo? that saddle looks heavy, and the kickstand, but if it's cromo/alu seems like it should be less.
you bought a size that fits, so you did your homework, good.
not sure what you mean by tension shifters? they're friction not indexed? you can get integrated shifters for cheap off ali now; triggers, or brifters if you mean you're changing the bar for a drop.
it will be much faster with slicks, you will notice immediately.

>>2071510
he probably just didn't know anything about the bike. the only reason I know is that I rode things like it daily for like twenty years straight. it's a perfectly good bike in abnormally good condition and the price was fair. it is heavy, the brakes will kind of suck and the wheels look like the original single-walled steel rims which go out of true every six months but are relatively easy to learn to true on. no bike thief will give it a second look if it is locked to a campus rack. nothing to get upset about here.

>>2071510
Yeah that bike is for sure all steel. Maybe even hi tension steel and not even cromo judging by the weight. I would personally keep a flat bar, I tried drop bars and found them uncomfortable. If you keep a flat bar get trigger shifters, no reason to stick with stem/downtube shifters if you can put them on the bar. Friction shifting is fun though, especially on anything under 9 speeds, very low maintenance. Your seat tube is also probably a pound of steel, not to mention the steel seat clamp and that saddle with giant steel springs.

>>2071171
Honestly my rim brakes feel really good, almost as good as my disc setup. I did by some expensive pads with a fancy carbon specific compound tho

>>2071561
Oh no you can't say that. You've now triggered the disc brake people who could never figure out rim brakes so now they hate them vehemently.