The Official DMF Bicycle Thread

[stateprez]

Called them up, crane 110 works..  115$ for such a small piece lol..  guess I can spend some $$ on couple quality parts..  gonna order the fork, headset and stem today..  after Tht ill just need back wheel with hub n a crank..  

Is it an EC 110 (external cup) or an IS 110 (integrated)?  110 is the nicest headset they make....there are $50 versions with the same dimensions.

External Cup on the bottom, Integrated Cup on the top, for example.  Your frame won't look like this:

[cokey]

Its an integrated

[kopfjäger]

Danny MacAskill 2012 Skills

[stateprez]

Its an integrated

Not trying to talk you out of the 110, because in my opinion it's the nicest headset you can buy, but you could use a IS40 for less than half the price.

A 110 will probably outlast the frame itself- just if cost is an issue, a 40 will work fine. 

[cokey]

Thanks..  yea the way I ride, ill opt for the 110..  don't want to cheap out on everything.  The build is prob gonna be under 700$ after all said

[Randimus Maximus]

I suck at climbing.

But this was my lunch ride today (had a meeting with a vendor who rides (we left from his office) and my manager told me to take the afternoon off). 

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/171758314

[triangleforge]

The circus came to town this past weekend, as Epic Rides' Whiskey Off-Road rolled into my hometown of Prescott, Arizona. Three full days of racing with 15, 25 & 50 mile courses, the biggest one-day mountain bike purse in the U.S. (and possibly the world) totaling $30K, with equal payouts for pro men & pro women.

It was fun. I rode the amateur 25. Since I was basically doing it without anything resembling real training (bike commuting ten minutes to work & back, plus an occasional one or two hour ride on infrequent weekends), I lined up toward the back of the 900+ field, which meant that even after sorting that occurred on the sometimes steep five mile climb, there was a fair amount of waiting and walking when I hit the singletrack. I'm OK with that (see training regimen above). I descended about as well as I ever have (which is to say, poorly and tentatively, but didn't hold anyone up), and generally passed more people on the climbs than passed me. My legs locked up completely & immobilized me to the point where I could barely drag my bike & carcass off the trail for an excruciatingly painful couple of minutes on the last climb of the course, the appropriately-named local landmark Cramp Hill. I finished in 4:05, at about the midpoint among those who finished, with a hundred or so DNF. The winner in the 25 was a Junior from Arizona who set a course record, breaking the two hour mark by ten seconds.  

Sunday was the pro race - actually, the second of the weekend as a Friday-Night fat-tire pro criterium downtown was used to seed the call-up at the start - and I'll let CyclingNews and Bike Mag tell the story, but for one tidbit: last year's winning time in the 50-mile race was 3:05 - a course record, and pretty humbling for slow folk like me. This year, thanks to the much deeper field, 3:05 would have gotten you 16th place, and winner Geoff Kabush and seven other riders came in under three hours.  



In the pro women's field, LunaChix' Georgia Gould rode a commanding race, only to get a flat (which she claimed as rider error) in the last 500 yards of rock-garden single-track before the long, downhill pavement stretch into town. Monique "Pua" Mata passed her to win her second Whiskey in a row.

http://www.bikemag.com/news/new-records-set-in-ninth-annual-whiskey-off-road-races/

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/whiskey-off-road-2012/elite-cross-country/results

[Stella]

Sounds like it was a fun race T-Forge!   



Went for a spin last night on the roadie and after about 20 miles, I made a stop, started to roll again then a foot later the bike completely seized.

Seems that the chain somehow offended the front and rear derailleurs who retaliated by tying the chain into a fancy knot of some sort which then created more havoc for the deailleurs, the chain stay and the big ring. 

Have never had that happen in my years of pedaling so I suppose I was due.  Fortunately Randimus was in town to give me a lift home. 

Will see if Dr FreshPants can help with this one.         

[Speedbag]

Just bought one of these today (Trek Marlin 29"):



Pick it up tomorrow. I'm pumped. 

[ducpainter]

Just bought one of these today (Trek Marlin 29"):



Pick it up tomorrow. I'm pumped. 

Where's the motor?

[Speedbag]

Motor? That would be me.

[stopintime]

               

http://www.rizoma77011.com/it-it/

[stateprez]

               

http://www.rizoma77011.com/it-it/

Looks cool...not sure a belt drive fixed gear with only a front brake is a super idea.

[DesmoDiva]

 


3,700.00 Euro   

[stopintime]

I'm not into bicycles, but I know that single speed bikes are the latest trend - stupid, but trendy.

About $ 5,000 should be just about right for an architect office accessory ?  Billet and carbon