Dem bicicletas, doe
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The second post in this thread shall forever be documentation of the fact that I, in fact, am completely ambivalent about riding bicycles, nor have I done so in approximately 10 years.
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The old DFD more just vanished than burned. I was writing a Volt review for Max when it just poofed away when I hit submit.
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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Johnny_P wrote:Detroit broke DFD1Detroit wrote:The old DFD more just vanished than burned. I was writing a Volt review for Max when it just poofed away when I hit submit.
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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[user not found] wrote:I helped @fledonfoot buy a new bike for his woman on Wednesday night while DFD1 was burning to the ground.Johnny_P wrote:I rode the steel bike on Tuesday on final pizza ride. Basically ride to the bar and back. Was ok.
2017 Liv Embolden 2, by Giant. It's basically a women's specific Giant Stance.
I took it for a quick ride around the block and despite the funky women's geometry, it's a smooth, relaxed trail bike with 5" of front and rear travel. It's an impressive bike for the money. Just need to dial her in for the wife and it should last her a long, long time.
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It's got some eyeball. Just need to get some tape and I'll get it tubeless soon enough for her.Johnny_P wrote:Rad colors
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You have a good bike. Mine is decent too, really. I don't ride it enough to justify anything else. A gravel-ish or cross-y bike would be a good addition for me though. Get that, get rid of my steel bike, replace that with a cheap 30 lb POS hipster fixie.[user not found] wrote:Me too.Johnny_P wrote:Tubeless would be nice and save a bit of weight / rolling resistance.
Lock on grips if it doesn't have it.
Nicer bike than what I have.
Dat Niner doe, it's done good by me.
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That day will then be known to all as "NEW BIKE DAY"[user not found] wrote:Oh it's good, and solid... just old.Johnny_P wrote: You have a good bike. Mine is decent too, really. I don't ride it enough to justify anything else. A gravel-ish or cross-y bike would be a good addition for me though. Get that, get rid of my steel bike, replace that with a cheap 30 lb POS hipster fixie.
Waiting for the fork or the wheels to catastrophically fail one day.
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If anyone's looking for a WifeBike, I have a medium 2011 GTw Avalanche 2.0 Disc, with SRAM X7 drivetrain, Avid Juicy 3 brakes and a new RockShox coil fork and a bunch of other stuff. It's just about mint.
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Walmart mountain bike. It is for $150.
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2019 3:05 pm DFD. The forum where everybody makes the same choices and then tells anybody trying to join the club that they are the stupidest motherfucker to ever walk the earth.
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:dafuq:[user not found] wrote:This is not bike thread.razr390 wrote:Walmart mountain bike. It is for $150.
haters
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2019 3:05 pm DFD. The forum where everybody makes the same choices and then tells anybody trying to join the club that they are the stupidest motherfucker to ever walk the earth.
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Took the wife out to the trails today.
Bike fits her like a glove. She loves it. She's super comfortable on it and you could see the confidence she had that wasn't there on the other one.
Even to the point where she washed out in dry leaves, flipped off it and probably broke her arm.
A year TO THE DAY after the accident in the mini. Same arm, too.
Bike fits her like a glove. She loves it. She's super comfortable on it and you could see the confidence she had that wasn't there on the other one.
Even to the point where she washed out in dry leaves, flipped off it and probably broke her arm.
A year TO THE DAY after the accident in the mini. Same arm, too.
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Fuuuuuuuuu sorry manfledonfoot wrote:Took the wife out to the trails today.
Bike fits her like a glove. She loves it. She's super comfortable on it and you could see the confidence she had that wasn't there on the other one.
Even to the point where she washed out in dry leaves, flipped off it and probably broke her arm.
A year TO THE DAY after the accident in the mini. Same arm, too.
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Fuck this Specialized Sequoia bullshit waiting game. The big S bikes ain't any better than what is on the market right now, and they're painted matte which fucking BLOWS for a bike that's going offroad.
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I took one on an expert trail once. Never again, I ate shit so hard.Johnny_P wrote:It is bad if you take it on a trail. Not bad around town.razr390 wrote:Walmart mountain bike. It is for $150.
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2019 3:05 pm DFD. The forum where everybody makes the same choices and then tells anybody trying to join the club that they are the stupidest motherfucker to ever walk the earth.
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I'm thinking an All City Macho King is the ticket. Still steel, still down to get rad. Better tubeset, still CF fork, no rack mounts but everyone uses bags now anyways.[user not found] wrote:Actually, I've been kinda impressed with how easy my CAAD has been to clean.Johnny_P wrote:Fuck this Specialized Sequoia bullshit waiting game. The big S bikes ain't any better than what is on the market right now, and they're painted matte which fucking BLOWS for a bike that's going offroad.
A little windex and a rag and everything comes right off.
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Yeah going on now. Some production stuff but way more focus on hand built hipster one offs.[user not found] wrote:Is that going on right now?Johnny_P wrote:Might go to the Philly bike expo tomorrow
That'd be kinda cool to check out.
Do they have production stuff there, or just handbuilt boutique stuff that's cool but you can't buy?
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I went. It was mostly hipster custom built bikes. But I got to play around with some nice wheels and hubs.
I wanted to find some riding glasses and a helmet. Fail.
Whatever. I might not go next year unless they have some big box manufacturers with attainable priced bikes for me since I'm a plebe.
I wanted to find some riding glasses and a helmet. Fail.
Whatever. I might not go next year unless they have some big box manufacturers with attainable priced bikes for me since I'm a plebe.