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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.

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Got a new stem for the crossroads for longer reach and height. It works a lot better and has eliminated the discomfort I felt in my thumbs when gripping the handle bar. Next step is to polish is since there no chance I'm leaving it black on this build.

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I realize you can barely see the stem in the other pic

>>2071586
It it steel or alloy and how do you strip and polish it?

>>2071589
Alloy. Going to try sanding it right away with something like 600 grit and then polishing it right away. If I can avoid working up from rough to super fine I will.

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Rided the cheap grabel bike today

>>2071586
jeez, aren't the grips uncomfortable with the bar spun like that?
>>2071590
I've turned several black components into polished silver. scrape the black off with the roughest you can get ahold of. 600 isn't going to work. shit, 320 was the finest I used at the end and then steel wool and then aluminum auto polish. I think I got the black off with 80 grit.

>>2071602
It was actually uncomfortable when it wasn't like that. Very comfortable now. Noted about the paint. I'll see about maybe doing a chemical strip.

>>2071604
You vsn also just leave the part out in the sun. I've had top caps turn into smooth aluminum from sun bleaching the paint/anno away

>>2071604
I mean, they may have used some different finish on your stem, but shimano crank and Microshift brake levers the black was caked on

>>2071586
>posts another pic where you can barely see the stem
but it's ok, I can picture it mentally at this point

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>>2071613
Im a little retarded sometimes

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>>2071602
I realize it looks more upturned from that angle than it really is

>>2071608
That's a long process and I still would need to rotate the piece

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currently waiting on parts to make my road bike conversion.

going from 53/18 to 48/15. I'm either the smartest person alive or completely retarded.

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Clearing muh stickers

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Definitely didn't fail to fully sand out some runs in my primer coat that showed up in my color and clear coats and just put a $20 ebay sticker over it. No, thats an art piece I put on because I wanted to.

>>2071682
bud the welds are worse than any horror movie I've ever seen, nobody is going to look at the paint

>>2071683
I mean it's a walmart hike he's repainting and building up into an AliExpress special, what do you expect

>>2071683
Alloy frame have goobery looking welds if you dont go in and grind them down. They dont weld up pretty like a steel bike.

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And now it looks like a modern white woman with tattoos like Lainey in walmart bike form. That paint was fragile as fuck and I needed to protect the top tube so I went with bike protection stickers in graffiti style which was always what I wanted. I wanted a graffiti spray can paint bike but also a satin metalic silver bike so I merged both, sort of.

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>>2071721
In daylight. You cannot unsubscribe from my blog.

>>2071722
Wouldn't want to. Can't wait to see the finished thing.

>>2071721
>>2071722
grim

>>2071722
no a fan of the stickers at all tbqhwyfam. it looked so much better clean.

>>2071722
Nice, adds some texture to otherwise featureless bike. Add matching white stickers on the inside of the fork.

>>2071737
Forgot text. How do I pimp it so kids stop thinking I'm riding one of their bikes?

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Finished my road bike project last week. Specialized Allez comp from 2010/11. Picked it up for £60, sandblasted the old finish off and rattle canned the new one on. Full groupset upgrade to Shimano Tiagra and aliexpress for everything else, I think the only original hardware is the white stem spacer and the wheels now. Looking to get the rims switched out soon but I don't mind them for now

>>2071740
ick

>>2071740
Cool paint job

>>2071739
make a little flag pole and fly the receipt from it.

>>2071740
nice

>>2071742
>>2071747
nah

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>>2071046
>I have to shart but have no mart.
Shoutout PPP

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made my fuckbuddy get a bike, ignore the bar angle i made it normal after her first ride
Claris and cable dix under 300 she would not stop smiling while riding it around, needs to stop freaking out about cars though. She will get there

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>>2071850
Anyway, posting my bike cave

>>2071850
>chipped, week old black nail polish
>black hoodie
Does she have a shark plushie from Ikea in her room by any chance?

>>2071855
She got about 100 plushies and no bedsheets and she has to talk to the police about her offensive social media posts man

>>2071740
what's with that stem tho. Must handle like shit

>>2071858
Why only fuck buddy and not girlfriend?

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no bully plz

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>>2071789
:(

>>2071861
Yeah it's a 35mm which I got to compensate for the old bars longer reach. I've got the same stem in 70mm, was already thinking I might swap it over and try it out but I don't mind the short stem desu, steering feels fine to me

>>2071863
i don’t like her in that way and i miss my ex

>>2071870
I'm sorry anon. I just went through a break up too. Im gonna miss her a lot.

>>2071866
does your back get sweaty?

>>2071866
Chad bike

>>2071884
Shit sucks man. i have been trying to like other girls but it aint workin
Good luck my nigga

>>2071866
sick steed son

>>2071869
I expect to be kept fully informed each time you need stitches from that falling on you. rim brakes in the current year, come on

>>2071897
>rim brakes in the current year, come on
Oh shut up, people act like you're gonna die from using rim brakes like suddenly they stopped being functional. Ffs someone posted a video of a guy bombing down a hill at 50mph with a coaster brake. Stop being a cry baby.

>>2071885
Not much. The seat mesh is firm and has good air circulation ("Ventiseat" from Holland)

>>2071181
I think your seat post is a bit low anon

>>2071899
sure thing, I'll go retrofit coaster brakes to my whole stable

>>2071396
does that chain slack give you problems?

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>>2071505
I ended up adjusting them so the top is horizontal instead of the bottom (makes more sense without the hoods imo) and they're even comfier on the tops and bends now
a bit wide for me at 40 but they'll do fine for now, while I wait for the pursuits
>>2071914
oh yeah, I intended to wait with serious riding until I finally get the right cog for my magic ratio, but got impatient and dropped the chain practicing skids a few days ago
chewed up the crank and chainring and tore straight through the foot strap, scary stuff

also got my saddle (but not the seatpost, strangely enough) stolen literally the first time I took it into the city. luckily found another fizik for cheap but feeling paranoid now

>>2071851
dudes rock. how are you hanging the left one up, I'm looking for something just like that

>>2071912
That's not as clever an answer as you think it is

>>2071915
Nta. Look for pedal wall hanger

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>>2071897
still riding with rim brakes on my sirvelo
still stop as well as my gravel with discs, better when the discs have been contaminated by a speck of dust and the stopping power is suddenly cut in half while my alu rims can be dirty to shit and still stop as they were clean

>>2071965
I honestly don't understand the rimbrakes don't work meme. I could stop with cantilevers in the rain on cheap pads going downhill.

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>>2071967
It comes from people who either live near mountains or larp as if they do. If i were going down a mountain I probably would prefer disc brakes but I wouldn't be opposed to riding down with a good set of rim brakes I set up and know will work well

Rim brake old. Old look bad.

>>2071976
this is the one reason why rim brakers are seething about discs so much. Even a bike noob can immediately spot that their old pinarello is dated and has zero street cred.

>>2071987
Roadie street cred is the worst street cred you can have. Negative aura street cred.

>>2071988
Of course they want to be admired by other roadies and cyclists for their choice of riding a decade old cervelo but nobody cares

>>2071989
I have the utmost respect for grizzled old boomers riding once-fancy, now obsolete bikes they bought new when they were young and strong. Not so much for zoomers on clapped out dumpster dive pinarellos that they claim are better than new thing because (????)

there's cred and there's cred

>>2071967
rim brakes are exclusively used by retards who get some 30 year old piece of trash and insist it's "retro charm" when it is in fact just a pile of scrap tubing that does nothing but reveal the owner is an utter wrenchlet

invariably those rim brakes havent been changed out since the bike was bought, seven owners ago

any serious commuter will get discs after tiring of adjusting rim brakes every weekend and them still sucking, become a mountain bike rider where discs are essentially mandatory to not die, become an Electra™ Townie® cruiser obsessed loser with coaster brakes, be a gorillabrained fixie rider whose legs are the brakes, or will be a wannabe racer and have no brakes at all. there is no >USE CASE for rims anymore other than physically not having mounting points for disc brakes and even that is solvable

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>>2072007
>serious commuter
If someone called me this shit id sprint directly underneath the nearest bus

>>2072008
it seems like an oxymoron but consider the >USE CASE of someone who rides a comfortable but mostly conventional bike just to get around. they don't need particularly high speed or robustness but need a machine that is generally insensitive to weather and easy to maintain. that kind of person would prefer discs since you set em once and forget it for like a year, compared to rim brakes that need constant adjustment and wear quickly by nature of what they're made out of

same as no car driver is a "serious commuter" but the average commuter-driver has a particular set of wants and needs and are prolific enough that they influence what's on the market and what's considered "normal"

>>2072009
So discs are better for wagies got it

>>2072008
nta but the phrase "just commuting" enrages me because back when I worked in an office I had a 13 mile commute including both fairly dense city riding and open-air "go as fast as you can pedal" riding, with elevation changes, and I'd constantly get unsolicited advice (from people who once did a 2.5 mile commute in a mild climate and never tried it again) about how you don't need gearing, you don't need comfortable contact points, you don't need brakes that work well, you shouldn't pay attention to rolling resistance or aerodynamics etc, because it's "just commuting", try having people jump in front of you all the time because they were looking for cars and not bikes and then tell me brakes are irrelevant or saving watts is only for racing when you're spending 2 hours in the saddle every day just getting around

>>2072012
Pretty much, used to “just commute” 20miles, on an entry level 29er mtb
Bike was ok but i can’t believe nobody said hey bro get a fucking road bike you idiot
I dont wagie anymore and both my disc/rim bikes are pretty sick. memes aside id take my disc bike in bad weather but mostly cos i don’t care about it as much. but man, shit stops just as well ngl. I was team disc but thats because its what i had, now i think why the fuck dont i buy more nice 2010s rim bikes and slap big chainrings and deep carbon wheels on them and slam the stem its like free money

>>2072014
road bikes are godawful for commuting unless you live somewhere that is warm year round

same for rim brakes, every rim brake enjoyer eventually reveals themselves to be a filthy californian

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>>2071965
why is lying your go‑to move, and what are you trying to gain from it?

>>2072018
>le commutey leroadbike BAD
>galifornia!!! :DDDD

can you shut the fuck up now it’s boring

>>2072028
For the record, this moron >>2072018 is not me >>2072012

>>2072035
Its ok i figured

>>2072018
>road bikes are godawful for commuting unless you live somewhere that is warm year round

I use my roadbike from late feb to late november and a beater gravel bike for the months with road salt/slush/ice. Forcing yourself to commute on a slow bike for the whole year is ret imo unless you're only doing like 10km or something.

>>2072012
to be fair what you were doing was totally unreasonable unrelatable nonsense that nobody should do

>>2072041
It's only unreasonable if you insist on having a "practical" (completely impractical) dutch piece of shit because of internet peer pressure

>>2071042
>/pbyt/
>Post Bikes You're Treading

>>2072041
This. REAL cyclists don't bike to get around. They bike to WIN.

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Just fitted these Pirelli PZero Race TLR 40mm... they are comfy AF and insanely grippy but still roll well. Used my connections in the cycling industry to get them at my LBS for full retail price + tax.

>>2072104
>Used my connections in the cycling industry to get them at my LBS for full retail price + tax.
Top jej

>>2072104
I don't think I've ever paid sticker for a tire

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she's dead and so am i for posting this

>>2072109
The creation of a mad man

>>2072110
white smoke came out of the wiring so it is fucking over. tomorrow i will maybe pick up some more tools and pretend as if i have any mechanical inclination and as if whatever passes for a God can allow himself to exist after allowing me

I Got Places To Be, Nigga

>>2072109
visible mental illness

>>2072111
based future chinesium fire statistic

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>>2072113
to the credit of ebikes, smoke only came out once i started troubleshooting. had i left it alone it would have made a small click, I'd have taken the failure at face value, thrown the entire thing into the trash, and called an uber

instead i chose to become a chinesium fire statistic by trying it with another motor, observing the plug rocket out of the socket under actual combustion, and then trying it again under "Self-Learning Mode", only after becoming frustrated with my shitty drill not being able to destroy a spare chain

if radio shack still existed i'd take apart the controller and try to identify what cap exploded but the world is an unfair and overcomplicated place

>>2072115
typically what smokes first in a shorted motor controller circuit is either the mosfets in the speed controller or the microcontroller.

also you know there's this thing called a smokestopper? aka inline fuse...

>>2072116
>aka inline fuse...
oh jeez sorry for not installing one of those in my normally sealed unit that came as one piece, that i bought used on top of all that. the battery doesnt have its own fuse either, definitely. my fault, just like everything else. same as the kickstand going past its positive stop and the handlebars being out of spec

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>>2072117
mhm
the problem is definitely not (You)

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>>2072117
*
just... you know... to be mean

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>>2072119
>system fails
>my fault for not hitting every individual component with a multimeter every second of every ride

at least post a link to a chinky oscilloscope, it is a three-phase AC output after all

>>2072120
>somehow it's also my fault for not keeping track of second-to-second changes in tolerance of physical mating
i have a digital caliper btw and do hit everything with it before i order replacements; only things that have been jankier have been larger than my calipers

>>2072121
well your meme folder is on point anyway
nobody can take that away from you
except the people that can take that away from you

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>>2072122
>except the people that can take that away from you
no one can hurt me more than i hurt myself

other people that do hurt me only hurt me because i am doing something i already know can and will hurt me

>>2072123
>no one can hurt me more than i hurt myself

I've done impossible things before. Don't tempt.

>>2072124
>done impossible things
based dg enjoyer, please do not sample my printer (i cant stop you but i dont own a printer and cannot protect you from Ontological Issues)

>>2072123
>>2072120
>>2072115
>>2072109
>there are retards and faggots in the thread again

>>2072128
the thread lasts like two years
we rotate in sometimes
that is what 4chan is for

my bike fell back in bounds after locking it, how do i protect it from theft

>>2072132
the core principle is to never lose sight of it once locked. you have ten seconds at most, two minutes if you are willing to risk it. there is no bike shitty enough to escape their gaze.

>>2072106
New girl in the store almost made me spill my spaghet but I forgot my wallet in the car so had a moment to stuff it back in.

>>2072107
My buddy who sells propane and propane accessories got me the deal.

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How do you turn on a bike like this? Is cornering even possible?

>>2072143
that is a tadpole trike not a bike
can you even wheelie kid

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>>2072144
>can you even wheelie kid
Wish I could brah

>>2072143
Just countersteer.

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new modern brake levers and rim brakes are excellent but my bike now looks very shit.. orange brake cables was also a mistake

considering going all in and getting an ergonomic saddle with a large cutout for maximal comfort gains

>>2072278
>orange brake cables was also a mistake
i kinda like em tbqh

>>2072278
everything looks fine except the paint job, imo.

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>>2072278
THIS IS HALLOWEEN
THIS IS HALLOWEEN

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>>2072280

paint is all fucked up

>>2072278
your brake pads look very misaligned to me

>>2072287
Oh shit you are correct thx anon

>>2072286
yeah, that plus the colors just suck>>2072281

>>2072290
I mean you could lean into it. invest in some spooky scary skeleton stem caps, throw on a rear disc with a big pumpkin painted on it, wrap the bars in the ugliest shade of witch-green you can source, whatever

>>2072291
Make the back Obama themed and the front Trump themed. I know it's black not purple, but it's close enough.

>>2072291
get a plastic trick-or-treat jack-o'-lantern and use it for a from basket

>>2072339
*front

>>2072278
this rider listens to Halloween Dubstep Mix #4 on loop

>>2072339
I can see it
yeeeeeah

>>2072339
pea-green pedals would get it there

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More parts have arrived. Still waiting on my cassette and brifter/derailleur from aliexpress.

>>2072386
Godspeed, you mad lad. Godspeed.

>>2072386
grim

>>2072409
>>2072419
Ty

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My Peugeot this evening

>>2072514
I have a soft spot in my heart for those split-top-tube mixties but that thing must weigh 60+ pounds unloaded

... are you the anon that's been complaining about a lot of broken spokes?

>>2072518
It weights about 40-ish pounds, all steel 1960's construction will do that, even the wheels are steel, all on 27" x 1-1/4" road tires... and no, I've had no broken spokes

>>2072519
well I like it
that isn't the way that I would set it up, but clearly you know what you want from it and have put in the effort to get it right for you.

>>2072514
>Casey's
Famous for pizza. Also, how did Peugeot make it to burgerstan or is Casey's just colonizing other counties now?

>>2072514
>that crankset
I have an ongoing shitbike project. Should I keep these steel cotter-type crankset or do the sensible thing and upgrade to cotterless+square type bottom bracket?

>>2072533
I don't know... do what you like?
I've never had any problems with cotter cranks, I use a automotive ball joint tool to really set the cotter in good and tight, none of that using a hammer nonsense.

>>2072523
uh... as far as I know from the 60's through 90's every bike shop in my greater tri-state was selling new Peugeot's.
They're not as common as Huffy trash, but they're still rolling around. Usually quite a few on Marketplace and estate sales.

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>>2071461
>is a giant
>buys a cervelo
I would kneel but atp I'm being heightmogged virtually rn

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>>2072111
>I Got Places To Be, Nigga

>>2071561
Can you share what pads are you using?

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>>2072547
had a very wet ride the other day, light braking performance suffers but any force put into the lever and they lock it up perfectly fine

>>2072669
keeps getting worse the longer you look

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>>2072670
my other bike

>>2072669
I like these brake levers but the rubber hoods disintegrated on me and the replacement cost as much as the entire thing.

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>>2072673
??

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>>2072817
my country sucks balls

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thoughts on one tan tire?

>>2072828
mismatched tires are kino diy punk aesthetic but only when both are cheap. you just look extra poor if you have one identifiably expensive tire and one that looks like an Amazon Special from more than 3 feet away. it's as if you thought of upgrading but ran out of Klarna halfway through.

and if both are expensive but not from the same brand or at least look vaguely similar you just look like a dumb consoomer who doesn't know how to shop, just got le most expensive thing, forgot to order two of them, couldn't find the original listing, and not like you intentionally mismatched them for varying grip or something

>>2072828
>cleanest place in bulgaria

>>2072828
I have an aversion to tan/skinwalls. it always looks off, like someone in a black suit wearing brown shoes. that it's only one of the tires is less annoying to me than the tanwall's existence in general.
I guess it's nitpicking but I really dislike them

>>2072840
lol
>>2072828
I assume it says "no littering"?

>>2072828
did you do it on purpose? i'd rather see two tan tires.

just replacing one? i read mismatched tires as "bike hobbyist"

>>2072832
>>2072868
they are same model tires, just shop had only one tan so I decided to help them get rid of it
>>2072840
>>2072857
its a sign indicating the end of the municipality

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new boike

>>2072889
rear cable loop needs to be repaired, that bend is way too tight to work properly

>>2072893
Oh? This is how it was delivered but I wouldnt be surprised desu, the shop where I got it from has a terrible reputation and I couldnt be bothered to take it back to them as it had some other issues too (the brakes need bleeding it feels like).

How can I fix the rear cable loop? You're talking about the cable for the RD right? It seems to shift okay but its a little shit.

>>2072897
You don't. You buy a new one.

>>2072902
So just get a new cable and make sure it doesnt bend that much?

>>2072903
No, you buy a new bike with proper routing from the factory.

>>2072903
you'll need a new cable and a short length of derailleur cable housing

but yeah that absolutely needs to be replaced and no you should never go back to that shop for any reason.

>>2072908
>>2072903
>>2072897
*actually I'm not even sure what the fuck is going on there, just sure that it's wrong

>>2072908
Make sure it's DERAILLEUR CABLE housing and not brake cable housing, btw.

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>>2072908
>>2072909
>>2072912
Lets try again

>>2072923
>buy 5200$ bike
>doesn't come with standoffs to route cable, you need a 200$ plastic bracket for it

christ

>>2072928
5200? I paid like 1500 euro

>>2072923
It's fine, the original anon can't into 3 dimensions. As for the rest of the general negativity, you're dealing with an angry poorfag trying to make you feel bad about your new bike.

>>2072945
Thanks! You're probably right, but I'll go by a better local shop and see what they say.

>>2072923
it's tighter than I would have cut it, but if it doesn't give you problems it's fine. the housing inners are usually all teflon now but the shape we're used to seeing is from the days of more friction-y housing so it may be a non issue.
I guess you'd have to compare it with a friend's bike if you're new and don't know how it's supposed to feel but I wouldn't worry about it too much, really

>>2072946
I generally leave more slack but on my winter beater have shortened it several times due to corrosion (which is why I leave more) and didn't notice any issues until way past that point. And that's in constant cold wet salty conditions with maximum friction. I could shorten your loop at least 3 times and keep riding.

You'll be fine but get a second opinion at another shop if it makes you feel better. If they are honest they'll say "you're fine" and won't charge you anything. From what I have read over the years too, it's more about the total change in direction rather than how tight the radius is. Your cable is basically just doing a ~90 degree bend which is good. Leaving a longer loop = more friction even if it is a lazier turn because you are forcing the cable through a longer turn and increasing the angle. Picture a bigger loop here, you could easily make it do a 180 with a longer housing.

Go and look at some photos online, this short 90-ish degree bend is pretty standard nowadays. You don't see the big 180 degree loop common on older mountain bikes anymore:

https://www.bicycling.com/repair/a33969991/how-to-adjust-rear-derailleur/

https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/how-does-a-rear-derailleur-work/

https://icancycling.com/blogs/articles/how-to-ensure-the-compatibility-of-the-rear-derailleur

Found this also, it's in line with what I remember:

https://www.killasgarage.bike/uncategorized/cable-routing-and-friction/

>>2072947
>the shape we're used to seeing is from the days of more friction-y housing so it may be a non issue.
this, modern cables are fine with a 180 bend let alone feeding a derailer

You have 10 seconds to prove you can fix any issue on a bike more complex than a 1:1 part replacement

>>2072957
Like what? Wrap bars? True a wheel? Weld or braze? Machine a part? There isn't much skill required in bike repair.

>>2072972
>Weld or braze? Machine a part?
post your welder and mill immediately

>>2072972
>Like what? Wrap bars?
most "cyclists" don't even do that

>>2071199
What is this type of bike called?
I'd call it "regular* all-purpose bike".
*not fancy

>>2071199
>handlebar hood things
I unironically don't get it. Why not just wear heavier gloves and get extended levers for the various controls? At a temperature low enough that that any known gloves are not enough, your bike is probably completely seized from frost anyway. Personally, the coldest I biked in was around -15 C and my brakes didn't work without regularly slowing down just to keep them warm and both my derailleurs were frozen solid badly enough that the rear one needed a gentle downhill just to let the gears start moving at all. Shifting was entirely out of the question. But my hands were fine since I had two pairs of gloves on.

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>>2072978
I have free access to over 100 machines in 3 provinces, and get free materials... 3d scanners, printers, milling machines, robo welders, etc. I don't want for much in terms of fabrication.

>>2072985
based but if you are truly in such an industry you can understand why it exists and that normies do not have normal access to that kind of thing and don't even want access to it

>>2072988
I have a six-axis mill in my garage. Sorry you're poor.

>>2072988
Nah, I have an entire welding shop in my basement. I actually built my own fork last week.

>>2072984
real winter cyclists piss on their derailleurs

>>2072988
For sure, it's why I was defending people doing 1:1 replacements; even that is far more than the average person will do and it is commendable. Just doing what needs to be done and doing it yourself is enough for me to respect someone on the base level, be it car or bicycle. It's the act of self-reliance that does it for me, not necessarily how complicated the process is or isn't. We all have our limits.

>>2072988
>lil bro doesnt have a laser sintering machine in his apartment
Kek What A Bitch

>>2072992
>It's the act of self-reliance that does it for me, not necessarily how complicated the process is or isn't.
fair enough but i am deriding them for their lack of curiosity or willingness to even make an attempt and for their own derision of those who do make any attempts at DIY repairs for being "poor"

>>2072996
Don't get me wrong, I'd send them all to the ovens if I could.

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>on italy for military mission
>find italian bikes to smuggle back to US on C130

How'd I do?

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>>2071042
I want a drop bar bike.

>>2073229
I tried it and hated it

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New pedals

I am gonna put a triathlon bar on my hardtail. Full electronic shifting. Its gonna be glorious.

>>2073246
lol shine on you crazy diamond
>>2073240
those are neat. when I first started riding as a teen, I used toe clips and liked them. I wanted to get a pair when I built up my fast bike but for whatever reason, my preference now is for the pedal spindle to be under the joints of the toes instead of under the balls of my feet. mks seems to be the only one that makes clips in different reaches, but when I measured, their smallest was still too long. my toes just barely clear the front of the pedal. oh well. but your set-up looks nice

>>2073171
Why is the front thru-axle and the back QR?

>>2073251
Jareen is a low-spec bike by Willier standards, that frame is probably from that awkward transition time when we saw a lot of weird shit like cable dicks and QR + dick breaks. Towards the end they were throwing TA forks on QR frames.

>>2073171
it looks like every other dogshit dentist Trek except it says something other than Trek on it

>>2073251
Why is a thrOUGH-axle design not compatible with a quick release mechanism?

>>2073289
It is literally physically impossible to use a quick release with anything other than a dropout. This is simple Engineering. Everyone knows this.

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>>2073289
>>2073290
How is this not a QR?

>>2073297
AI slop image it is literally impossible.

>>2073346
actually ur right
its not QR unless it quick releases
even QR dropouts with lawyer tabs do not quick release

call it MR (moderate release)

>>2071042
I just got a pair of Ellipses, they look sick. How do you like them?

>>2073412
It releases faster than a QR skewer and has less parts.

>>2073412
>call it MR (moderate release)
i hate it but i love that it exists. its like the hate overflowed back to -255 and now i love it.

>>2073415
if you have a bike suspended and release the QR on a normal dropout fork the wheel should just fall away pretty much instantly

a skewer will need to be pulled out

>>2073428
The objective benefits of riding thru-axle (better stiffness, control, safety, brake performance, cleanliness) make your perceived increase in time or effort irrelevant. Both are quick releases and thru-axle is better.

>putting the word "quick" in the marketing
The consumer retardation was inevitable. The whole point is being able to change wheels/repair flats without having to bring tools.

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>>2071042
First bike, give it to me doc, am I gay? I paid a bike shop to tune it up and I fell in love with biking. I try to do a 30 mile, 20 mile, and 10 mile ride every week. I don't really care about aero maxing, but I would like to buy a more modern bike.

>>2073442
No, it's badass but I'd change the bar tape. I'd also remove the kickstand but that's just me (and 90% of everyone else here).

>>2073443
I bought new tape yesterday, actually. Cranberry red. I usually bike to towns I've never been to then walk around. I could just try leaning against a bike lock instead of standing it up. I'll take it under consideration. Thanks for the kind words though.

>>2073443
I was literally going to say both those things >>2073442
everything I heard about Panasonic frames has been good. pretty much all the jap stuff from that era was good quality, much better than American which was basically just Schwinn and a better deal than the Italian stuff because Shimano instead of campy and Japanese business autism making good value stuff for less money. but then the trade situation changed around '90 and all those brands disappeared, from the US, anyway

>>2073444
Yeah, dark red would look nice. I always just stick to black though. The kickstand is much more acceptable on vintage bikes, don't let anyone sway you away from using it. I just don't like them.
>fell in love with biking
Based. Have fun and stay safe.

>>2073448
It's just cheap hi-ten steel but yeah, they have a good reputation and are also cool as fuck.

>>2073442
Not at all anon! That’s how I got started. Paid $100 for a bike with friction shifters in 2021. Got it tuned up at a shop and ended up doing a century and falling in love with biking.

Dropped $5000 on a climbing bike 6 months ago but it took years to get there.

You’re doing great just keep riding! Take some pride riding a cheapo bike I used to love it cause there’s something cool about blowing by other people on really their nice bikes

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white men should ride white bikes

>>2073442
i live in japan and i can't find bikes like this in good condition for under 1000 dollars

i might change the bar tape (brown leather, cork, or tan cloth would be my choice) but otherwise its 10/10.

maybe clips/straps or some MKS sylvan pedals would be nice if you HAVE to change something... maybe swap the shifters for downtube ones...

i see lots of modern bikes and dentists riding them and don't look twice, but this bike i would stop and admire

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First ride this year. I've been a fat lazy slob and now my ass hurts. Ouch. But it's nice to be outside again.

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>>2073471
oh sweet summer child

>>2073471
I think it's bad luck because ghost bikes.

>>2073442
get rid of the turkey wings, the lever extensions for upright braking
>they're thin but long, so they apply so much leverage that they have been known to snap in emergencies when you gorilla grip them. unlikely, but still.
> they're made so normies could buy a then-trendy drop bar bike and only use the tops and stay upright the whole time. so it marks you as a casual to all 5 people who know this. and there's nothing wrong with upright riding, but the extra hand positions are good and you should use all of them.
>they were only put on entry level models for this reason, mostly department store bikes of worse quality than yours. so again, all 5 of us will judge you. not important but you should know.

but safety is obviously the main reason. if they're there, you'll use them. once they become a habit, that's what you'll default to them without thinking. then a real emergency happens and they fail= bad news. you can just cut them off with a hack saw and file off the burrs. I'm also reasonably sure you can take the lever assembly apart, remove them, and reassemble.
but, if you want, you can upgrade to a more modern levers, which would give you a WAY better hood position. and furthermore, if you shell out for brifters, then you get the modern hoods AND shifting right there from the hoods and drops. it's a very common upgrade for old road bikes. I found some Microshift 2x7 brifters on Ali for around $50, possiblity bootleg since Ali but they work fine.

also, stem shifters make you hold your elbows in an awkward position and are a department store kind of thing, too, but converting those same levers into downtube clamp-on holders is cheap, a much more classic look, and you straight-arm down to the downtube from the bar and it's amore natural movement if you don't want to spring for brifters.
in the meantime, wrap any leftover cranberry tape around the brake mast to improve the hoods position if you haven't already.

>>2073442
I have a bike like that with no modern eyelets. What rack is that?

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Just picked up my first real bike. It's a Felt Broam gravel bike with a 2x8 drive train. If gas prices really explode this summer I will heavily consider commuting to work with it. It'll be 10 miles each way with 4-7 miles each way of gravel roads depending on the route. Got the full set of 4 panniers on another deal. Don't think I need the front ones. Has to be one of the worst colors for bike though.

>>2073511
pretty neat. I liked commuting, really starts your day off right.

>>2073512
Great way to end it too. annoyed from work, dont wanna go home yet because your gf is fucking annoying, just ride yo fuckin bike home on a extra extra long detour

>>2073511
I liked the color until I turned off my blue-light filter
... maybe less likely to be stolen?

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>>2073509
I'm sorry, I have no idea what that means.

>>2073502
I'm going to save this and show the guy that works on it and see what he says. We aren't bros, but we know each other.

>>2073475
That's insane, I bought this at a yard sale for $20 a while ago, and it rode as is, but I did have it worked on.

>>2073461
that's sick. I keep looking at Salsa Fargo's because I'm romanticizing bike packing / touring now, but I'm sure just defaulting basically whatever sponsored result pops up first when look like up "touring bikes" isn't great.

>>2073443
I actually realized my ankle knocks against it sometimes. pic related