The Official DMF Bicycle Thread

[Grampa]

I'm gett'n me a camel-toe bike


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiiI-q-bbE0&feature=player_embedded#!

[Stella]

How cool!    

http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12952/Marchand-sets-100-kilometre-age-related-record-at-100-years-of-age.aspx

[triangleforge]

Of all the things you might imagine doing with a $16,000 Pinarello, they probably don't include anything remotely like this:

Martyn Ashton - Road Bike Party

[Kopfjager]

  just wish he would have filmed it it without bike geek gear. 

[cokey]

Of course noticed in the jump scene how low the seat is..  sucks when I need to jump my road bike n seat meets keester

[DRKWNG]

That's bad ass!

[somegirl]

And speaking of which, how did he keep those shorts so white?

[Speeddog]

I'm pretty sure it's somewhere here in this thread, but a search didn't find it.
Danny Macaskill:



A bit more impressive, but the bike Danny's using is a little more suited to the task than a freakin' roadbike.

I just shake my head in disbelief watching either.

[rsoffar]

Here in ny many ride fixie with no brake..  slightly raise the back tire while slowing down your pedaling is proper way without destroying rear tires..  I might turn my 12 yr old 14 speed into one once I finish the other build I've been posting in here.  Its definitely crazy way to ride...

I worked as a messenger for about 4 years here in nyc, most of which was on a brakeless track bike. Its just a totally different feel to the bike than a road bike and for a day of working and cruising around the city its a pretty solid option. During that time I raced in a lot of alleycats here and thats where it gets dangerous. When youre just riding around or working you have the luxury of being able to slow down for lights without skidding and just take it easy, during the race though you have to through all your normal thoughts about your well being out the window to be competitive. I dont race in alleycats anymore, I think I lost my balls for it somewhere along the way haha

Im not a fan of skidding my rear tire unless its an emergency stop, most other times I just slow down to stop (unless im feeling extra steezy that day ha), to help save your tire from skidding you can run an even number tooth chainring and an odd number tooth cog and thatll give you the most different  skid patches around your rear tire.

here are my rides, "09 affinity lopro" the affinity was my work bike (won the frame in an alleycat back in the day), "99 torelli super strada" the torelli is my new  baby I picked up a couple weeks ago (just this last weekend I won a bet with my friend on this thing where he said I couldnt ride 120 miles in 12 hours on two consecutive days   with a windy first day and a rainy second i put in the miles and took his money!)





these pictures are a little out of date,
the affinity currently sits on those same force wheels, 105 cranks, bontrager affinity seat, thompson seat post, along with deda pista drops on it (also have a set of bullhorns I run on it.)
the torelli sits on bontrager race wheels, cane creek classic 100 headset, full ultegra group, bontrager race lite bars stem seat post (have a bontrager race light carbon crankset Im thinking about throwing on there.)

other bikes in my household include an 85 torelli pista, 11 torelli pista, unknown colnago road, surly crosscheck, schwinn super sport, 04 trek 2200, and a couple other cannondale road bikes and fixed gears

[cokey]

   good stuff...  I never got to run an allycat but I believe I could have faired well since I was a nut and pretty fast... 

[DesmoDiva]

Contemplating a cyclocross race in couple weeks.

My boss isn't helping either...offered me his wife's bike to use.

There is practice on thursday in a local park, so I think I hit up a practice night and see if I like it.

Just don't want to end up crashing his wife's bike too bad.

The cross season here runs through early december, so if I like it, it should keep me on two wheels a bit longer.

[triangleforge]

Have fun! Cyclocross is my favorite, bar none.   

[stateprez]

Contemplating a cyclocross race in couple weeks.

Do it...cross is addictive.  Just had our first state series race Saturday- very sandy course with a 60 yard pit.  I traded spots with a guy for the last 1/3 of the race, ended up sitting on his wheel until I attacked him on the last run up before the big pit on the last lap- held him off to the finish.

He was rocking a carbon frame, Di2 Dura Ace with Mad Fiber wheels    Figured he wouldn't/couldn't push it through the technical stuff.

[Ducatamount]

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[Kopfjager]

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