So you don't like road bikes eh?

[sAFETY]

How about mine?


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[cookedbananas]

whoa, that is one purdy roadie! :thepimp:

those new shimano wheels? the spokes go all the way down to almost the braking surface... thats crazy!

nice bike man :D :thepimp:

[wheeler]

i could use a decent road bike.

[BullitBomb]

short and stubby

[Battlecat]

I want a road bike. It would be so fun to rip around on one.

Dont drop a curb on that, ther is no spokes to hold the rim together:

sweet bike:thepimp:

[RoBurban]

how easy is that thing to bunny hop?

[Mr. Charles]

Umm.... aint yer front end set up a bit funny-like? like everything is tilted back?

[SyC cHyLd]

Originally posted by RoBurban
how easy is that thing to bunny hop?

are you serious?

[LOBOTIDULATOR]

hahah the guy at whistler on the roadbike trialing

looks sleek

[DangerousDean]

take it off any sweet jumps yet ?

[derwood]

Originally posted by BoyBoy
Umm.... aint yer front end set up a bit funny-like? like everything is tilted back?

good for climbing,oh youre in ohio:(

Some times in BC there are hills to climb that are 8,10 or20 miles long,so people set up thier bikes to be comfortable for those rides:D

[sAFETY]

Originally posted by BoyBoy
Umm.... aint yer front end set up a bit funny-like? like everything is tilted back?

Yeah, the bars are currently a little more upright than most, but I'm still playing with the geometry a little so... At 6'5", it's hard to get it sussed just right. The angle of the shot also makes it look weirder than it is.

Actually, if you look at most of the bikes in the tour this year, it seems to be a trend as well, to have the levers a little higher on the bar. Once I find something comfortable I'll likely retape the bars.

As for drops, I haven't taken it over anything higher than 2" yet.......

[Painting_of_Rebelion]

thank you for reminding me how much I hate road bikes...

[sAFETY]

Originally posted by Painting_of_Rebelion
thank you for reminding me how much I hate road bikes...

ummmmm...... No problem

[Marsenault]

road bikes are dope. I used to road race when I was like 8. I had a dope green specialized. custom painted.

[NooNer]

someones riding up the demo forest road:shhh:

[Late Bloomer]

Originally posted by Painting_of_Rebelion
thank you for reminding me how much I hate road bikes... For some reason, I'm sensing a traumatic childhood experience, Dave;)

Bunny-hopping a road bike (especially when you're clipped in) is effortless. I can easily hop up onto a 6" curb at speed w/o any thought.

Nice ride! The front end looks OK, but it looks like you should level the drops of the bar a teensy bit...but that's just my personal preference. Ultegra is the workingman's gruppo...the only thing Dura-Ace I want are those sexxxy cranks.

[UrBaN hAxOr]

i want a road bike, there super fun to shred on, move so fast...better then cars with these gas prices and my lazyness to get license

[white ri0t]

Nice ride, but kinda...generic....not to say that I wouldn't ride it, I just wouldn't buy it, you know?

:)

[Late Bloomer]

Originally posted by UrBaN hAxOr
i want a road bike, there super fun to shred on, move so fast...better then cars with these gas prices and my lazyness to get license you forgot the legitimate excuse you get for shaving your legs:P

For sure you can get anywhere in-city quicker by bike, let alone the $$ you save on fuel, parking, etc.:coo:

[cycla4sh0]

whaaaaat?i like road bikes. :D i road ride with my mountain bike every day. :rolleyes: :mad: im looking at a road bike and want to join an amateur team.the only problem is that my dad probably cant drive me to places like he used to cause he has a diff job. :mad: there goes my chance of joining that team.

[Late Bloomer]

Originally posted by cycla4sh0
the only problem is that my dad probably cant drive me to places like he used to cause he has a diff job. :mad: there goes my chance of joining that team. maybe someone else that races would be able to help get you there? Just a thought. That's a bummer, but don't let it stop you from riding road - tomorrow's another day.

[bighitbikerNS]

lose the pedals and get some flats, then your set.

[sAFETY]

Originally posted by diggs
Nice ride, but kinda...generic....not to say that I wouldn't ride it, I just wouldn't buy it, you know?

:)

It may look generic, but it's a scanndium frame, and as far as I know it's the only one of it's kind (especially at 63cm).

[cycla4sh0]

Originally posted by bighitbikerNS
lose the pedals and get some flats, then your set.
flats....with a road bike? :???: :???: :???: :???: :???: that should be like illegal.

[just ride]

Originally posted by Late Bloomer
you forgot the legitimate excuse you get for shaving your legs:P
guys who shave their legs :nono:

[Painting_of_Rebelion]

Originally posted by Late Bloomer
For some reason, I'm sensing a traumatic childhood experience, Dave;)

:lol: ahhh only slightly :lol: no I just really can't stand the tedium and boredom I experience on a road bike...that and I hate froot booters in Spandex who assume you're gonna give them the right of way on the road...TO ALL ROAD BIKERS: "you are not cars..." :lol: I simply find no joy in Road biking...

[just ride]

Originally posted by Painting_of_Rebelion
TO ALL ROAD BIKERS: "you are not cars..." i must agree with this, im always so freaked out driving passed them, they arent cars, they have no motors, they dont belong on the street. bikes, skateboards, rollerblades, all belong on the sidewalk with people walking and running.

[IFO]

ACK road bike alert...

:mad:


sorry no sale...

[0_o]

That's thing's huge.
Good thing you're 10 ft tall.
Nice bike.

[SyC cHyLd]

Originally posted by just ride
i must agree with this, im always so freaked out driving passed them, they arent cars, they have no motors, they dont belong on the street. bikes, skateboards, rollerblades, all belong on the sidewalk with people walking and running.

Ahhhh theres nothing quite like beating a car down the road on a peice of wood

[Rosscofat]

^^^^ so fuking true! :D

[white ri0t]

Originally posted by Painting_of_Rebelion
:lol: ahhh only slightly :lol: no I just really can't stand the tedium and boredom I experience on a road bike...that and I hate froot booters in Spandex who assume you're gonna give them the right of way on the road...TO ALL ROAD BIKERS: "you are not cars..." :lol: I simply find no joy in Road biking...
there's so many things wrong in this post I donut know where to start :(

[Gyropractor]

I'll bet those are just english(british) expressions.

-Froot booters , sounds funny, haha

[Painting_of_Rebelion]

Originally posted by just ride
i must agree with this, im always so freaked out driving passed them, they arent cars, they have no motors, they dont belong on the street. bikes, skateboards, rollerblades, all belong on the sidewalk with people walking and running. Exactly...

[Fast&Smooth]

:eek: your handle bars should be tilted back up towards the top tube a few degrees and your seat isn't level with the ground!!

I have to deal with road bikes all the time at work:(

[Late Bloomer]

Originally posted by Painting_of_Rebelion
:lol: ahhh only slightly :lol: no I just really can't stand the tedium and boredom I experience on a road bike...that and I hate froot booters in Spandex who assume you're gonna give them the right of way on the road...TO ALL ROAD BIKERS: "you are not cars..." :lol: I simply find no joy in Road biking...
Originally posted by just ride
i must agree with this, im always so freaked out driving passed them, they arent cars, they have no motors, they dont belong on the street. bikes, skateboards, rollerblades, all belong on the sidewalk with people walking and running. :nolove:

What you regard as tedium/boredom I refer to as solitude. IFO only assume that others around me on the roads intend on approaching me in a hostile manner (rarely disappointed). Of course road bikers are not cars, but they've been in existence far longer than cars. They do actually have a motor which is known as a human being (WTF is a froot booter?). This motor is much more fuel-efficient than an automobile engine.
As far as the being on the sidewalk goes, it seems that any time I DO ride on the sidewalk (to get a break from the aggressive bastards behind the wheel...on the cell phone...changing the radio station...ANYTHING BUT DRIVING:|), I have people telling me to get off the sidewalk & on the road.
Ironic, indeed.

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[seand]

i almost hit a roadie yesterday driving up cypress...crazy buggers!

[eddiebrannan]

the flat part of your drops should be angled to point at your rear brake.

your seat angle is strangely high in the fron too.

i would get professionally fitted if you haven't already. the bike will feel a million times better and so will you

[just ride]

Originally posted by Late Bloomer
I have people telling me to get off the sidewalk & on the road.
Ironic, indeed.


irony indeed. when people tell me to get off the sidewalk i tell them to walk on the street, see how they like it. yea they dont know what to say back to that so its working nicely for me.:)

[Late Bloomer]

Originally posted by just ride
irony indeed. when people tell me to get off the sidewalk i tell them to walk on the street, see how they like it. yea they dont know what to say back to that so its working nicely for me.:) That's funny. I often see people walking in the street around here as well:???:
Something tells me you've been around here recently.

I usually just say "no!" or "why?"to 'em...otherwise I just laugh back at them hysterically.

In an effort to avoid thread-jackage, I agree w/ what Eddie says about the fitting...for sure fix the drops. It may feel good now, but in the long run it will take its toll on you in the form of tendonitis and/or nerve damage.

[DangerousDean]

Originally posted by just ride
irony indeed. when people tell me to get off the sidewalk i tell them to walk on the street, see how they like it. yea they dont know what to say back to that so its working nicely for me.:)

why not just ride on the road just ride ?:S
Its way faster if your trying to get somewheres, and you dont have to dodge pedestrans... :???:

[just ride]

Originally posted by DangerousDean
why not just ride on the road just ride ?:S
Its way faster if your trying to get somewheres, and you dont have to dodge pedestrans... :???:

cause i like living, not getting hit by assholes, ive had a bad bad bad experience with riding on the road ( hence my foot long 2" wide scar on my leg) so till the day they make bike lanes everywhere- ill ride on the sidewalk..

also being h-core and airing off the slops in the concrete on sidewalks is funfun eh

[DangerousDean]

Originally posted by just ride
cause i like living, not getting hit by assholes, ive had a bad bad bad experience with riding on the road ( hence my foot ling 2" wide scar on my leg) so till the day they make bike lanes everywhere- ill ride on the sidewalk..

ride on the side of the road.. not the middle ?? i dunno

[sAFETY]

As a downtown resident and one who walks or rides everywhere, I've got no problem with bikes on the sidewalk, so long as the riders give the pedestrians absolute right of way.

If you come barreling at high speed towards me expecting me to get out of your way, you will be seperated from your bike. Bikes belong on the road, but if you don't feel comfortable there, don't expect to hit top speed.

[eeyun]

I saw a guy with the sweetest shirt ever last week while commuting (he was on a bike too)

It was yellow, with big black letters and said

"I'm not in traffic, I am traffic."

[Painting_of_Rebelion]

Originally posted by diggs
there's so many things wrong in this post I donut know where to start :( For example??? Get over yourself :rolleyes:


Bloomer how can you find serenity on a ribbon of asphalt ;)

Sorry, but a peleton of 40-50 something year old guy's on they're color coordinated road bikes w/ matching spandon't all gabbing about how great they're starbucks is gonna taste...there's just something disturbing about it... wanna ride a road bike? sweet, go at it, I really don't care, personaly you'll never catch me on one of the infernal contraptions, but be warned, when I'm driving, I DO NOT yield to jackasses that are in the road doing 20mph...sorry Bloomer, it's just not in the cards, and no I'm not on the phone, and I'm not screwing with the radio... I do however enjoy the hundreds of raod bike I see every month on the side of the road changing flats :lol: price to pay ;)

Ahh funny side story: Yesterday I was on my way back to the job site from lunch and as I turned a corner in a very tight neghiborhood, this guy on A Bianchi road bike apparently slipped a chain and litteraly hurned himself over the bars and slid about 15 feet, this guy had road rash EVERY WHERE...fortunately I had my Medi-pack with me and we got him cleaned up home in one piece although I'm sure he's sore as all get out. Let this be a lesson, Spandex has no place in a rational world...

[sAFETY]

Originally posted by Painting_of_Rebelion
Sorry, but a peleton of 40-50 something year old guy's on they're color coordinated road bikes w/ matching spandon't all gabbing about how great they're starbucks is gonna taste...there's just something disturbing about it...

Just like there's something wrong with packs of 13-year olds who wear all the latest baggy clothes from a BMX crossover company, and take hours to get down a trail as they clog it up while talking about how awesome they are, then walking their $6,000 bikes down a simple rock face. This rare occurence doesn't make MTN biking lame.

Every discipline has it's stereotypes, but you don't have to adhere to them just to participate. Case in point was yesterday when myself an another BB member went for a road ride with baggy shorts, DJ helmets, and tshirts. (neither of us are 40-50 somethings).

If you want to judge a sport, do so on it's merits, not on missguided perceptions.