Chief

Check to see if the chain is is being sucked up on the bottom of the chainring when pedaling if it is you need a new chain ring.

Tour de France Unchained on Netflix. Pretty good. Done by the same guys that did Formula One Drive To Survive.

29 minutes ago, ATXZJ said:

 All the uci cares about is MONEY anyway.

 

 

Fixed it for ya😉

I've done exactly what @atxzj has said. Actually got the charger damper from him. The Yari chassis is super stiff and very harsh with the Motion control damper.

2 hours ago, mack_turtle said:

My future has something equally cool, but in the opposite direction from all the squishy bits and plastic.

No point in trying to imagine the look on my wife's face if I bought a $5,000 bicycle, because it's the last sight I'd ever see.

Built my Rascal for $3700. That was precovid just before all the shortages hit.

I agree with Peddlers Pass. I would say that Suburban Ninja would be a good candidate also.

I've been using these and I can say that these are the best chamois shorts I've ever had. The chamois is not too thick and the junk pocket in the front is awesome. These are super comfortable and don't crush your junk like traditional chamois shorts. The price is a tad high but the comfort level makes up for it. Unfortunately they don't come in bibs but they have plenty of grippers to keep them in the right place.

https://www.bn3th.com/collections/chamois/products/north-shore-bike-chamois-black?variant=31939076817014

3 hours ago, ATXZJ said:

Let the goodness flow😎

https://youtu.be/ySUCbBktg8o

I got some goodness ova heah for ya!🤣

4 hours ago, Mattlikesbikes said:

 

 

 

I think he's a little late to the real estate party and may not see the level of fervor he would have seen if he had been marketing these harder a year ago.

 

 

Yeah, but he might be early to the fire sale.

A 140 fork would steepen the SA and HA by .5*. That would put the SA at 75.8 and HA at 64*.  I know it would drop the BB height but probably only a couple MM. Sounds like pretty decent geo for here and other places as well.

1 minute ago, mack_turtle said:

I have a long list and RSD is not on it because I don't need anything with a fork that long. putting a shorter fork on it would do some whacky things to to geo.

150 too long?

1 hour ago, mack_turtle said:

ugh, that's disappointing. I can't believe that there was never a follow up. if I take that risk, I'll be bikeless for the long term. I'll just stick with what I have.

Have you looked into an RSD Middlechild? Cromoly and Ti options available. $749 for the RS 291 frame in chromoly.

https://rsdbikes.com/rs291-chromoly/

1 hour ago, ATXZJ said:

Know your enemy

 

2 hours ago, ATXZJ said:

Received a free subscription to netflix through my cell provider and decided to check out few docs i'd heard about

Trainwreck: Woodstock '99

https://www.netflix.com/title/81280924

Barbarians at the gate. Changed my opinion towards the organizers and performers alike. Watched on PPV back in the day, and still get goosebumps seeing 250k people lose their shit, and bounce to some of the heaviest music that was on the radio at the time.

Meltdown Three mile island

https://www.netflix.com/title/81198239

I remember seeing stories about Three Mile Island on the news as kid and the China Syndrome movie freaking everyone out about nuclear power. The series so far has been really good in exposing how close they really came and how much effort was put into suppressing information (like in Chernobyl) . 

Haven't watched the Woodstock one but the Three mile Island one was good. Whole bunch of fuckery went on there. Never ever trust the powers that be to do the right thing.

1 hour ago, AustinBike said:

Help!

A vendor sent me this:

I am not a Chimay guy and not a fan of Belgian beers at all. We have a virtual happy our this afternoon, which one should I hit first if I am not a fan of Belgians and prefer German beer or craft beers?

 

The Cinq Cents is a light amber ale that's fairly carbonated. The Blue is my favorite as a Belgian beer drinker, dark, malty and a bit more sweet. The Red I'm not very familiar with I've had it once and that was enough for me not my favorite. Chimay is good but the price is a bit much, there are better Belgians and Belgian styles out there. So to answer your question, for you probably the Cinq Cents.

2 hours ago, ATXZJ said:

 

That looks very promising. Wonder what the elevation top to bottom is?

+/-16'

4 hours ago, sherpaxc said:

I'm not sure why the pictures are not showing up? 

This site doesn't play well with HEIC. 

This was pretty entertaining to watch.

Just got back from DR and this is the local drink it's called Mama Juana. Not bad but I'm sure too many will give you a crushing hangover. Rum, honey, and red wine and some kind of local wood. They say it's an aphrodisiac 😂

If anyone here is a fan of any of his bands you should read this. Excellent biography.

Just now, ATXZJ said:

Out came the cone wrenches LoL

They make multi tools with cone wrenches now?😂

On 8/27/2022 at 3:36 PM, AustinBike said:

I did not bring cone wrenches.

What's a cone wrench?🤣

100% on both previous posts. Diamondback was keeping up with trends five or six years ago but seem to have lost their way.