The Official DMF Bicycle Thread

[Kopfjager]

And you have this frame in your possession because.....




Closet triathlete are ya?   

IIRC Nate painted that frame.

[DRKWNG]

And you have this frame in your possession because.....




Closet triathlete are ya?   

Plans to turn it into dust? 

[ducpainter]

And you have this frame in your possession because.....




Closet triathlete are ya?   

Now that's funny.

IIRC Nate painted that frame.

My customer, also a Monster owner, bought the frame used and he wanted it painted to match his team colors.

It used to be red and white with a standard head stock and chain stay logo

[Stella]

Now that's funny.

My customer, also a Monster owner, bought the frame used and he wanted it painted to match his team colors.

It used to be red and white with a standard head stock and chain stay logo

Not that you couldn't do a triathlon but the thought is mildly amusing.   


It's a beautiful paint job, btw.   

[ducpainter]

Not that you couldn't do a triathlon but the thought is mildly amusing.   


It's a beautiful paint job, btw.   

Actually...

I could...but the spectators and organizers would die of old age waiting for me to finish.

Thanks.

[Johnny OrganDonor]

Just found this pretty De Rosa Primato in a used sporting gear shop hanging among some crappy mountain bikes.  TOTL Italian steel goodness.  Beautiful original condition - just a few minor paint chips.

[DRKWNG]

Nice score!!

[Speedbag]

Anybody got one of these (or similar)?

http://surlybikes.com/bikes/moonlander

[rsoffar]

Anybody got one of these (or similar)?

http://surlybikes.com/bikes/moonlander

Ive wanted one so bad haha, we built up a surly pugsley at my roommates bike shop a bit ago and had too much fun tearing around on that beast

[triangleforge]

Congratulations to Sven Nys on his second Cyclcross World Championship - won at the first CX Worlds ever in the US! Want to know how bad the conditions were in Louisville? Here's what happened in some of the Masters races:



It's what you get when you race in wet to freezing conditions and the promoter leaves the power washers out overnight to freeze solid... Full story here: http://stevetilford.com/?p=24171

[stateprez]

Here's a descriptive pic I took:

Masters were run on a separate course across the street.  Eva Bandman (Elites, U23, JR, and Women's course) started to flood Thursday, so levies were built, and Sunday races were moved to Saturday. 

The ground was still frozen for the Women's and most of the U23.  It was pretty sloppy for the first half of of the Elite race, then got cold and started to snow. 

Considering the circumstances, the race was awesome.  Crowds were great, and very loud- I'm still horse and I think I may have cowbell induced carpel tunnel.  I'll post some videos off my GoPro at some point.

[triangleforge]

I'm more than a little jealous - I'd made plans to attend when they announced Louisville a couple (?) of years back, then life made it clear just how silly that "planning" stuff was.

I got to live a little vicariously through some of my ex-teammates who are a bit closer in the Washington DC area.

[JoeP]

Considering Because of the circumstances, the race was awesome. 

There, fixed it. 
Great pic of the post-race bikes!

[triangleforge]

I was lucky enough to see a World Cup CX race in Hooglede-Gits, Belgium (in 2006, the year before they held the World Championship there), and I've been pining to see the pros race at that level ever since...

[Randimus Maximus]

Randimus may go MTB shopping tomorrow.

LBS has this on sale:



My Schwinn Moab is 15 years old, the Schwinn Homegrown frame I acquired (NIB) a couple years ago is still unbuilt, and Stella has a sick Yeti 575 to roll around on, I've decided it might be time to make a move.