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The work commuter
Because my work commute is 6 miles of railroad gravel, dirt, and singletrack in the woods

It’s a 2001 castellano fango, aluminum frame with flexible chainstays
I run microshift adventX, Shimano MT200 brakes, lot of Funn bits, standard budget stuff.
Hope evo crankset and 34t hope chainring. Cheap Amazon Koozer XF2046 wheels, panaracer fire xc pro tires.
No name carbon bars because I wanted a piece of carbon fiber but I had $40, cane creek headset, selle italia flite saddle, and a Bolany air fork I put fox stickers on for the memes.

The cheap shit has held up far better than expected. I was expecting the fork to die and I was gonna have to buy a Judy gold or something modern and 26”, but I’ve been abusing the hell out of that fork with no issues yet.

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Warmer weather feels nice

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Not a fan of the Nitto Randonneur. The rise looks odd and the reach on this model is massive. Will probably replace with a Deda bar.

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>>1988260
Looks really fun
>>1988261
>>1988264
These are basically perfect

Took this bad boy out in the Mexican wilderness a few weeks back, was great fun. I might add a wedge bag, still not sure.

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>>1988264
>Not a fan of the Nitto Randonneur
There are multiple bars that people call by this name.
Like this pic (not mine), which shows two of them. Same size, same "name", obviously different.
Just call it by the model #.

Commenting because B135's "changed my mind", and made me love riding in the drops.

Fugg
Deleted my post because I forgot the pic.

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>>1988254

>>1988289
Yeh I would have preferred the B135s but could only find B132s (stock seems low on a lot of retro parts in the UK). For some reason the B135s has less of a drop but more of a reach.

The main issue problem is that I could only get hold of 42mm and could do with a wider bar.

>>1988302
*B132 has less of a drop but more reach.

>>1988260
I like how color coordinated it is

>>1988261
>dat ring
>dat cassette
looks like you haul ass on that thing

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I'm just going to post this picture from last year, because I like it.

>>1988260
those tires look amazing but fuck dragging them round on a beater must be awful (i have a set).
They're basically designed for downhill and mud. Get something actually fast when you want to stop larping and being slow.

You've got slightly too much matchy crap for my taste. I would lose the seatpost and the valve caps. The bike looks sick though. Purple sets it off.

7/10

>>1988261
gorgeous bike. crank and ergos lovely.
vo stem, that's a 26 clamp right? get a nitto pearl for it once you decide the exact length you want, it will look a lot better. Not like you need much rise either.
Wheels are hideous with that ripple affect on the rim.

8/10

>>1988264
fuck that is nice.
I would try to sus a technomic or other classy riser quill to try to get the bars closer to saddle height.
Your long cabling screams noob mech. The way the rear housing exits that stop is definately not good for friction. Shortening it would help but you also probably want a different step down ferrule there. Temporarily just adding a zip tie would help too.
It's kind of bizarre it doesn't have any bottle cage bosses. I would drill the frame and put rivnuts in. If you're not confident get a framebuilder to do it, you could also get cable stops and rack mounts brazed on but then you have to fix the paint too so eh. If not, atleast slam the bottle cages with the clamps, they should both be as low as possible.

8/10

>>1988301
ugly but no doubt a nice bike nice that it has mid fork bosses

7/10

>>1988368
yeah, in the snow maybe? wtf is the point

6/10

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Some upgrades since last I posted
Ultegra R8000 mini-group (brifters, RD, FD)
Vision Team 30 Comp SL wheels (bit lighter than prior)
Plastic cages that won't get rusty and nasty, fresh Conti rubber (gp5ks) after wearing out my Vittorias.
I think the saddle too is within that period? Some carbon Giant one, I like the light accessory that just clips in, clean look. The light is definitely new.

Pretty perfect for me component wise now, just gotta maintain, tweak fit and improve my own performance.

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>>1988381
I wasn’t joking about the work commute, it’s currently raining too. My ride back home in a few hours here is going to involve muddy, dirt roads and aforementioned railroad gravel.
I don’t use a gravel style tire for that reason, the xc pros are not just for “look, knobs”.

>>1988368
Nice bike. These days I'm rocking a gravel bike but my fat bike was definitely the comfiest bike I've ever ridden.

>>1988387
i would put money on being able to ride your commute on a road bike

>dirt roads
>railroad gravel.
>currently raining
lmao

>>1988385
sick

flip the stem and upgrade the brake pads

>>1988390
Nta but I think about a stretch of rail trail here that isn't trail, it's railside "gravel" but the gravel is jagged fist sized stones which are unpleasant to ride on even with 2.x+
Here's your (you) though tough guy faggot. Could have shit on the fact it's aluminum soft tail but I think you missed the dick measuring board >>>/trash/

>>1988389
Had some new snow fall during the night, but yeah I think it'll soon be time to bring out the gravel bike. What I've found though, is that riding actual gravel roads on a fatbike is really quite fun.

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>>1988260
One of the other bikes, a project
1988? Marin Eldridge Grade
I have no idea how to set up a front derailleur but I’ll figure it out
Ordered a new headset, there’s still some play in the original one, I think it was ridden dry for a long time
Other than the headset, Gotta do shifter cables, clean out and regrease the front hub bearings, then tubes and tires
Had these new old stock trek system 3 pedals I picked up a while back which fit this so well, I’ve never used strapped pedals before though

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>>1988535
Bottom bracket was a pain in the ass, old cup and come style, had to go swing by my parents place to borrow my dads vise, but it came out
Using a cartridge style one now
New crank bolts means I can’t use the little plastic dust covers but desu, no real loss there
Old bolts were corroded pretty bad and some chromed plastic is not the most important part of this anyway

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My ubiquitous 90s mtb, dressed for tarmac and trail.

>>1988535
Well well, Look at the city slicker pulling up in his fancy park tool stand. SmH

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>>1988543
>that subtle lavender coloring, the tasteful fade to white, and it's even fillet-brazed

love the build mate. I assume you are the same poster with other fancy british steel too? keep it up and never stop the madness

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>>1988537
It’s done
Kinda
Front hub is repacked, tubes are actually holding air, tires are dry rotted but I’ll swing by the local bike shop and get some cool tires for it
Or I’ve got some duro cruiser tires which might look cool on it

Shifts fine in the rear, I still gotta figure out how front derailleurs work

This rides weird, I’m really not used to something like this. I like wide bars, narrow bars feel off to me.
Not sure if I’m fully on board with the pedal straps

>>1988551
It was the first thing I bought when I got into this, figured it was the most useful thing to have, and it has been
All of this is easier with the stand
My tools otherwise are a mismatch of park tool and cheap shit from Amazon, got the fancy park tool pedal wrench and crank bolt wrench, right alongside the 12$ headset press and the cheapest crown race setting tool I could find that isn’t just a hammer

>>1988569
Narrow bars work great on an old mtb like that, you will get used to it. Great for road work and xc climbing since you can really yank the bike side to side when standing.

Bike stands are awesome.

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>>1988543
>panaracer smoke on both ends

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How normal are paint chips on a brand new bike? I got this custom bike I ordered a while ago from a local framebuilder and custom painted it. I spent quite a lot of money on this project and overall I am very pleased except for the paint application. Around some areas like the bb and headset, there are noticeable paint chips like pic related. He said he threaded the headset/bottom bracket after the paint...wtf? I imagine the tools and stresses he put on the frame was enough for it to flake. I had bikes that were half the price of my custom bike and paint was always top notch. Am I too obnoxious? It's just that I plan on using the bike during winter too here in the rust belt but with paint already chipped off, it will immediately attack the steel frame

>>1988580
Yellow nail polish and quit crying

>>1988580
>and custom painted it
>threaded the bb and installed the headset after paint
that's normal, otherwise you can mask the shit out of the bb and headset and STILL it might be painted. Then what do you tell the customer?
>muh rust
Just get some yellow paint and dab it on with a brush.

If you are that worried I hope you frame saved the inside, anti-seized components together, and clean it.

Sir, it's 2024 and the paint 1st world painters use are not as toxic or durable as 3rd world paint. Thank the epa/euro/etc emissions companies for this shit.

>>1988580
Directly above you is a bike from the late 80’s with worn paint, chips and rust >>1988569 and this anon still managed to get the bb out
Not sure what the concern is, if you want to keep the paint seal on the surface, chip it off and repaint the area or just cover it in extra clear coat
But it’s probably fine

>>1988569
>narrow bars feel off to me
bolting on some bar-ends might help.
that paint and cable housing is fuckin boss

>>1988580
>there are noticeable paint chips like pic related
can't see shit, captain

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Haven't rode this bike since last fall.
Did some maintenance this morning--hub bearings, bb bearings, put a bell on, swapped cranks & pedals. Should have put some kind of straps on, but I was impatient.

Spent the day riding. 72, sunny... and fuckin windy.
Should have taken a pic on the way out, as the sun was nearly set on the way back. Field of violets in the background, but the purple doesn't really pop without sunlight.

>>1988611
MIYATAGAAAAAAANG

put that bluelug crank on, nice

>>1988611
>sir, you looking to fly with that stem?
Keep riding my man.

>>1988606
I can, right at the edge of the bottom bracket.

>>1988580
nigger the same amount of chipping is going to happen within the first couple rides, quit being a faggot whining about paint chips less than a mm in length

what's with all this abuse to this anon honest concerns. no chipping is normal on a new bike and I think it's only fair you get a little discount or something on a subpar or botched job.

>>1988808
nigger its paint, its gonna flake and chip

>>1988808
Too many poor fucks can't comprehend paying for a paint job and expecting it to be perfect. That edge looks like shit. I wouldn't pay. Take it back, slap him and call him a cunt.

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a national socialist works out on this baiku

>>1988821
homo is angry his toy has a scratch

>>1988569
neat bike. the ST badge on your escort is *chef's kiss*

>>1988611
stoned rant:

gorgeous bike man
so clean, well specced, and well put together
bet it's amazing to ride
the subtle graphics on that frame are pure sex
normally dislike black/brown colourschemes but the red tinge in the brown and the red/purp graphics on the frame look excellent together.

your stem is expensive(ish) and it's a mission to rewrap and maybe it's perfect but if you'd prefer a slightly shorter stem it is worth sussing. That's quite a lot of reach.
Likewise if you can get a slightly wider cassette, I would experiment with longer b screws to see the absolute max you can get with that (lovely) mech. 8?9? good new sram/shimano cassettes are cheap. It won't be like that forever with cues.

I dislike stem bells. You shouldn't have to take a hand off to ring your bell. Put it in the middle of your bars. That bell matching your crank caps looks very nice though but i don't like the tone of those bells.

Think that bag could use 1-2 simple patches or some embroidering or something. Did you make it? Extremely useful either way.

An actual bidon that you can drink out of easily is a performance upgrade. Likewise I don't think clipless or nylon pinned flats would look out of place.

9.5/10

>>1988611
Also if you're not running indexing you definitely should lurk for a cheap dura ace bar end shifter off someone's old TRI setup to put on those genevalewhatever that should probably work right?
I like friction shifting even and wouldn't be in a rush but it is an upgrade.

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>>1988582
>>1988584
>>1988587
>>1988606
>>1988763
>>1988802
>>1988808
>>1988821
>>1988876
The framebuilder will send back my bike for finishing touches, thankfully. It just felt kinda amateur to let it like this, especially for the amount of money I poured in. Could show you pics if you guys are interested

>>1988037
I see, thanks. Seems kind of far from where I live but I guess it could be a good adventure going all the way there by bike.
Especialmente en esta ciudad tan cochista.

>>1989042
sick bike.
brown bartape is awful tho

>>1989042
the chinese meme bikes are appearing in bqg

>>1988832
chud

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>>1988381
The stem on the bike is a riser but I generally prefer my knees to be the same height as the bars. I had quickly re-built this bike hence the long cables and the saddle too high. I’m going to change the bars and saddle out in the next month.

Here’s my Claud Butler Italia with Nuovo Record. Doesn’t feel right using this groupset for commuting but at the same time it doesn’t feel quite dialled for taking it out on longer rides.

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>green river edition

>>1989153
concob fw with close ratio chainrings is soooo nice

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>>1989192
Riverside city comrade.

>>1989373
yeah, on flatland

>>1989387
awesome scenery, boring bike. more boring than who you're replying to, which isn't actually all that boring

>>1989387
so embarassing. You could have chosen the beautiful guggenheim waterfront to reply to the glorious styles mix of the chicago skyline, and what do you choose to photograph? this pos neogothic abortion. you're embarassing the whole continent
>>1989396
as a proof of this aesthetic faux pas, take this brute's words: "awesome scenery" looool.

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>>1989411
Thats the church and bridge that appear in the city coat of arms, anon.

>>1989411
your gay

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>>1989192
Sometimes I fantasize about living in a concrete hellhole where I can pull off 28mm tires full time but I quickly snap back to my senses and appreciate where I am

>>1989488
>dropper gravel bike with 50mm front suspension
john tomac is that you?

28's aren't too bad if you have a nice comfy seat or a suspension seatpost. Even a long extended carbon seatpost helps a ton.

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>>1989577

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>>1989580
yeah fuck snow I’m glad I sat this winter out actually

>>1989589
Perfection, So you can confirm wide tire is always better than slim tire with suspension

>>1989589
Snow is fun.

>>1989593
Snow is what gets in the way between you and the ground

>>1989488
>Sussy
>1x drivetrain
>Steel bottle cage
>Flat pedals
Bro wtf

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>>1989700
Hold on, the 48oz water bottle cage is not to be made fun of, it’s the only cage I’ll buy

>>1989727
Nta but remember that time I drank the electrolyte mix from that nalgene(?) up the mountain and puked it out before we rode down? Or the time I lit a cigarette as we rode up? I'm thinking of an anon that made bleep bloop music. If by any stretch that it's you, hope you are doing well and your progeny growing strong. If not, thanks for reminding me of some memories.

>>1989732
My friend refused to bring water bottles on the ride where he threw up, and I vape

Fug, maybe it wasn't me that threw up? I don't remember very well. I always bring water but i think b and I did a ride before that going up m that day but I dont remember. I recently almost died and got crippled and (more) retarded; and i dont remember (you) vaping...
Anyway sick build; I'd tell ya you gotta make it back here so we can go riding again but I'm a cripple and will never ride like i used to; definitely won't be doing any shredding this year. I'm bitter and grumpy about it but I am at least not a vegetable. Don't wanna turn this into /soc/ but I'm glad to see you're still riding \m/ thanks for the memories.

>>1989727
is that the vo cage?
>>1989732
getting crazy deja vu reading this

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>>1989800
Yes Velo orange Mojave cage

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>>1988254
Comfy commute back from school. Got a new new quill because the old one had me leaning forward too much. The girl at the bike store told me it was "japanese style" so my weeb ass bought it in a second. The ergonomics on the bicycle are pretty good now.

I'm debating on wetter I should change the single speed sprocket to add more gears, right now it's very comfy but a little slow, I would have to bend the frame a little for the sprocket to fit, tho. I don't know if I'm comfortable with that.

I should also get some lights soon, this thing is completely invisible past 7pm.

>>1989935
Nice. How are those baskets? I'm looking for an old Wald or something but I may pick up a cheap moden one until then.

>>1989938
It's good but kind of flimsy. Great for putting stuff like my backpack or shit I buy unexpectedly riding around. I haven't really tested its limits as I haven't put anything over 5kg in there. Guess it depends on what you are gonna use it for.

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I've since replaced the mirrors and handlebars

>>1990001
sir.... sir....
Yes a 250 nighthawk/cb250 is very light and flickable but it's still 10 times the weight of a bicycle.

>>1990003
I've ridden a bike for a couple of months to get to and from work. The commute time is way faster on a moto. I do like push bikes still.

>>1990001
comfe

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got an old $20 murray off facebook to strip for parts for my delivery bike. wald basket and fenders, and a pletscher rat trap. didn't feel like sanding, so I did a half-assed reddit rattle-can splatter deal. doesn't match the bike it's going on, but I didn't feel like buying paint.

kind of tempted to make a bike building general thread to post some of the projects I'm working on, and check out other people's shit.

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>open camera
>no memory cards
no funky haze eclipse photo. found some cool gravel trails though.

>>1988385
really cool color scheme. very clean bike. but tilt those bars down!

>>1990001
I had an old 80s cb600 when I was a kid, laid it down being stupid around a merging semi. fun bikes.

>>1990400
where in Lilliput is this?

>>1990428
it's a diorama

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>>1990438
>>1990428

>>1990444
Just bants, anon, looks quite comfy

>>1990400
looks like florida

>>1990400
Oh, try to use plenty of grease on that seatpost and don't leave it outside if it's raining.
Water can go down the flutes and corrode the seatpost to the frame easier with fluted seatposts run that low.

That's a nice bike, but on smaller sizes with low seatpost extension flutes are a bad idea.

Or just take it out once a year, regrease, and you will be fine.
>>1990415
>yeah I haddalayerdown

>>1990415
Nice

>>1990483
ya i don't have any other 27.2 setback seatposts in silver so i've just left it. at least the flutes stop like right after the insertion point, so the water (probably) doesn't readily travel to the bb. hasn't been a problem since i've owned it but i avoid riding in the rain as much as possible because it just sucks.

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now i have to buy some extra tiny bottles for my extra tiny frame. unfortunate.

>>1990607
put them in the handlebar bag?
you can get those milsurp alice system bottle holders that can strap to the outside of the bag.

>>1990608
ya i could. desu i haven't even finished rigging the bag yet, i had to get some thicker thread, more buckles, and some plastic sheeting so the bottom holds its shape. once it's done it'll actually be able to like...hold stuff more securely.
but i do need to get a loop cap for one of these bottles as they won't fit on the seat tube of any bike i own.

>>1990609
apparently I'm retarded, they're called molle not alice. I have the second-listed model on one of my bags, they're great
https://www.amazon.com/molle-water-bottle-holder/s?k=molle+water+bottle+holder

>>1990610
ohhh that's pretty neat. better than what i was looking at. i could definitely fashion something like that somewhere on the bag.

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>>1988254
Ready for the snow

>>1990515
Ah, then you should be fine. Just something I have heard of that can be an issue.
>>1990607
I think they make side loadable bottle cages.
Smaller bottles would be cheaper but when it gets hot in a month or two you might want those big boi bottles.

>>1990631
ah yeah, it's just that the height of the bottles matter more but that would be pretty good for the one below the downtube since it's super close to the innermost chainring.
even that thermos was too large and rubbed at some points even though it's about 207mm, and the smallest klean kanteen bottle is like 220mm with a lid. have a ten dollar off coupon too, damn......

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folder perks

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SUV tyres

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Sup bros. Checking in from Missouri...its windy!

April wind rides temper your legs for July heat rides.

>>1990395
Looks like marble. Nice.

>>1990916
so windy you can't even stabilize yourself. jeez, i thought experiencing 25mph headwinds all day was bad.

>>1989577
Spurdo spärdö

>>1990395
>bike building general
would be great desu

>>1991032
This needs to be a thing

>>1991049
there was some restoration thread that turned into a general projects thread, no one really posted in it though

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>>1988254
Just got this old technium from a retired dentist for $40. The bottom bracket came loose while I was riding home, but it otherwise seems to be in restorable condition. Quite a jarring ride despite the steel fork and stays.


Ez flip.

>>1991108
>flipper posting
always have mixed feelings about you guys, but it is what it is. Suckers are gonna buy anyways.
I presume you mean the bb adjustable cup came loose, not the bb to seat tube/downtube/chainstay bonds.
Those are aluminum tubes bonded to steel lugs if my memory is right.
Or it's alloy lugs and tubs with a rear chain and seat stay being steel.
>>1991083
I posted some builds on that thread, but there wasn't much else going on.

>>1991110
Yeah, the bb cup loosened up while I was riding. Guy said it had been sitting for 10 years.... I don't always flip, but I'm not keen on alu frames and the deal was just too good.


These bikes were held together with epoxy, supposedly using an aircraft manufacturing technology. They were even made in Seattle, so Boeing probably had something to do with it.

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risers feeling gooooood

>>1991110
>always have mixed feelings about you guys, but it is what it is.

hahaha cry more you sentimental fgt

>>1991110
Most bike flippers are like me. We crave the dopamine hit from buying bikes and just like cool stuff to pass through our hands. A proper frame up overhaul takes like 5 hours and, even if you're very disciplined about economies and have a large parts bin, discount consumables, and tools already, you're still lucky not to lose money. Most nerds would rather buy something original and most casuals can only be sold on an overall trust they have for you, they won't be able to understand or appreciate anything specific.

As for unscrupulous bike flippers who don't really do much work on the bikes, they're often bitter about people's attitudes towards cycles and how little money they are able to make, it's truely bizarre why they do what they do. It should be the place of charitable organizations and people who donate their time, not poverty tier employment.
You can make ok casual money doing service jobs though, but you have to be a decent mechanic.

>>1991108
>Quite a jarring ride
yep it's a technium alright
the colourscheme on that is quite nice tho

>>1991108
What do you usually do to make flipping actually profitable? like for this specifically, what are your plans?

>>1991141
people complaining about it are just bad at it. they also typically approach it by buying $50 bikes to sell for $150, and often don't put any thought into the listing/selling portion of it and take shitty photos, don't write a good listing, and they dont have any pricing strategy, they're not buying their consumables in bulk, they're buying fucking park™ grease and a bunch of bullshit lubricants and products. nor are they ready for sometimes having something listed for 3 or 4 months before it sells. the list goes on. anyway, its way easier to buy a nice $400 bike and sell it for $700 than it is to have to service and sell four or five pieces of shit to make the same money. you're not buying rad shit for yourself, you're buying stuff that can be spruced up and resold for profit. you will also learn it's generally cheaper to buy whole used bikes for parts than it is to order them individually if you're doing the cheap bike thing, which again is a

>>1991138
>As for unscrupulous bike flippers who don't really do much work on the bikes, they're often bitter about people's attitudes towards cycles and how little money they are able to make, it's truely bizarre why they do what they do.

i dont know exactly what practices you consider unscrupulous, or what any of that psychobabble nonsense after is, but there's no need to service every bb or headset, or replace cables on every bike. if you've cleaned, inspected, lubed and adjusted everything, and it's in complete working order, then there's nothing wrong with listing it as a "serviced" bike, but you get into a grey area if you say things like "fully serviced"

>>1991145
>its way easier to buy a nice $400 bike and sell it for $700 than it is to have to service and sell four or five pieces of shit to make the same money.
That's absolutely true, although I personally pay more like 100-200 and sell maybe 400-600, and it's almost entirely dependent on my ability to pounce when the right rich boomers needs room in their garage for new e-bikes. This happened to me 4 times last year. It doesn't happen regularly enough to provide any real money, you're gonna be competing with a bunch of guys who also spend too much time online looking at bikes, and it's only viable in specific places.
The practice of stripping bikes for valuable parts is also highly based on opportunity and not really something to lecture people about, although yeah, i also sometimes buy a blurry picture bike for $50 and sell one part off it for $50.

>you're not buying rad shit for yourself, you're buying stuff that can be spruced up and resold for profit.
I find it much easier to sell my own bikes, my own bikes are also usually better than flips because I can develop them over time and use. And people will pay top dollar. And the only reason i can possibly think of to actually do this is that you want to have lots of cool bikes yourself and for your friends to ride.

>i dont know exactly what practices you consider unscrupulous
If you flip an old bike and don't service the hubs. It always badly needs doing.
Reselling bikes with tires that have cracking sidewalls.
Reselling bikes with gross / sticky/ dirty old grips/ bartape/ hoods/ saddle
Reselling bikes with stretched chains
Bike flippers who put value / stock in 'vintage' tires or brake pads or bartape or anything like that, when they are worth $0, and ready for upgrading.
many many other things i could go on and on

I agree you don't need to replace cables on every bike, it's not viable on many lower end bikes, I sometimes just unclamp them and work some lubricant into the housings.

>>1991145
>people complaining about it are just bad at it

if you are involved in bikes to 'make money' in any way at all you're gonna be complaining about stuff, don't lie

>>1991141
If you want to make money just do cashie jobs for people fixing their bikes for like $30 an hour

>>1991141
The big reason that I flip is because I love saving vintage bikes and enjoy doing full restorations as a hobby. But I also can't keep every bike that I buy.

How I make it profitable is by sniping cheap boomer bikes off craigslist. For instance, the posting for this one was just a blurry pic with the title "road bike", which is too little info for most people. The only issues with it are that it was really dirty and the bottom bracket wasn't adjusted properly. In my market I think that I can get between 3-400 if I make a good listing.


Besides that, I won't buy something that needs a lot of new components (bikes with good tires is a big plus) or that has bad paint. I try to put most of the work into cleaning and servicing everything and do my best to only replace consumables like bearings, grease, and cables.

>>1991150
Instead of saying "fully serviced" I just list everything that I've done to the bike. Replacing literally everything (tires, pads, tape, saddle, etc) is usually not profitable. Plus the hipsters that I sell these too don't know the difference and probably don't even ride enough for those things to be an issue.

>>1991141
Find nice bikes sold by people who clearly don't care about bikes- uncharacteristically unmaintained, brief/inaccurate description, too few photos or too many photos of things that don't matter, grave descriptions of easy to fix things, etc. And haggle, haggle on every step.
My best flip was a fancy dutch-style bike that I bought for 35 bucks, spent maybe 8 more and sold for 120 (plus a free bike computer I kept for myself). Woman selling it said that it makes screechy noises like it's dying. The entire issue was solved by adjusting the rear fender and straightening out the chain guard, both metal. A rattlecan job to fix the rubbed scratches on those, a new rear light from ali in place of smashed one, a general cleanup and some good photos snd bam, profit.

>>1991118
kek. Just stop flooding craigslist with your shit deals.

>>1991209
the dogs bollocks

very english

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tilted the bars up since I like to grab the curvy bit before the hoods as an extra hand position.
Really enjoying this one so far including the biopace chainrings. Surprisingly I can do fine with the 43/24 gearing. Well, until I get cramps.

>>1991273
>faggin'

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>>1991032
>>1991083
I'll make one when I'm done cleaning out this shed and setting up a workbench this week.

>>1991273
you should buy a set of those rub-on letters and put an apostrophe at the end of FAGGIN like anon made the joke already. may as well own it.
everything is lovely except the splash table is ugly as shit.

>>1991345
*splash tape

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>>1991083
that was mine. i got lazy and just built up the bike and started riding it instead of actually restoring it. i remember yours was blue with grey or white splatter paint job. that's what gave me the idea to do the fenders i'm about to cut up that i posted earlier itt. i have like 7 project bikes and the actual time to do them now, so i can probably keep a thread alive this time around.

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Mine is a Brompton P- line. Love this bike to death. Its light and compact which is so much more convenient than regular bikes. Its not as fast as a road bike but i don't care about speed anyway.

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>>1991403
I agree about practicality and comfort coming before speed, if I want to pop to the shops, go for a pootle around the woods or ride to the train station and take my bike with me - I use the Moulton.

if I want speed I jump on the Bandit 600,

>>1991447
What a lovely bike. Is it steel?

>>1991472
They are. It is.

https://www.moultonbicycles.co.uk/features.html

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The saddle is tilted to keep my lower back straight

>>1988832
I bet it's super comfy for pavement riding. I can't believe I fell for the "rigid forks are better, herp derp" psyop.

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>>1990904
This type of motor looks like the ultimate chainring destroyer

>>1991528
You have the saddle too far back and that tilt is ridiculous. Move it forward and up. A shorter stem and a seatpost without offset will help further.
Rigid is great if you get good tires and don't want to deal with expensive suspension. If good suspension isn't serviced regularly it dies. Cheap suspension is shit and very heavy.

>>1991566
he's obviously an idiot, there's no point in trying to help him he'll just get mad.
just let it go

>>1991566
>doesn't know how my bones are shaped like and gives unsolicited advice
>he thinks expensive suspensions are less prone to seizing up
>assumes I have coil suspensions
>he thinks tires provide anywhere near the same amount of cushioning as shocks

>>1991573
People aren't very different, it isn't like your ass is completely different from anyone else's. Your weird fit compensates for a shitty saddle, but doesn't follow the most basic fit rules, like keeping the saddle level or at a very small angle.
Also, just because you have an air fork doesn't mean it's any good.
Narrow tires on an mtb is a very neophyte thing desu, it is no match for a regular road or hybrid bike and fails as an mtb.

>>1991573
Running your saddle angled down has 1 pro and 1 con.
Pro, is you can run a higher then you should seat height, and less issues on your taint.
Con, is more weight on your hands.

I run my saddle angled down on some bikes, or with some saddles but 100% of the time it's on road bikes with a drop to the handlebars. I also raise the saddle nose tilt as high as I can without taint tingles, and then lower it if I have the issue.

The issue with saddle nose down is more weight on your arms, and on a mountain bike it's ridiculous when the bars are above your saddle.
The lever position doesn't look comfy but IDK your shape on the bike.

The setback of your seat is fine. Narrow tires are fine if you are using it for commuting/bike paths. I do recommend 1.5-2.0in(35-50mm) tires for max comfy though even in the rear.

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>plan to go for a quick short ride after dinner
>end up going around with no particular destination for 2 hrs
comfy

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>>1991597
based fellow early Judy enjoyer

>>1991610
I really think painting the stem yellow would look better even though the shock is red, but red would be ok.

>>1991588
>like keeping the saddle level or at a very small angle
I don't think the saddle has lower back pain

>Also, just because you have an air fork doesn't mean it's any good.
You're not the one riding it

>Narrow tires on an mtb is a very neophyte thing desu
Not really. People used 27 in road bike tires in this type of frame >>1991597 in the 80's.

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aaand my other new to me Pug

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>>1991724
I love those jazz decals. Post a driveside picture please?

I am also running Maxxis Refuse tires currently, but in 40mm. Here's my bike with them.

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>>1991726
I really want to get a rack and bag for my white pug because it's really fucken useful on my green one but it'd ruin the aesthetics

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Just finished building her. such a blast to ride

>>1991762
Keep the rubber side down.... errr up

>>1991765
reminds me of that cringey youtuber who signs off every video with "keep the supple side down"

>>1991767
I was making more of a joke reference to his australian posting/flipped picture, but yeah party pace dude says something similar now that I think about it.

>>1991727
those joints looks weird but the fork crown looks pretty neat.
you could get a front rack and bag, i think that generally looks a lot better than anything on the rear.

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>>1991727
Love my Peugeot

I wish that everything on it wasn't a weird standard. Even the stem bolt is 7mm instead of a normal 6.

Since taking this photo I've fixed the weird handlebar angle, added a front derailleur, and rebuilt everything with bearings.

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>>1988569
Returning to bike post
Melon bag

That is all

(And the headset and tires were replaced)

>>1992163
lel

>>1992163
You need the melon helmet to complete the look.
>>1991903
Whole point of buying a french bike is weird standards+metric tubing(sometimes).

>>1991903
thankfully mine are both late 80s/early 90s so it doesnt have retarded french sizing
>>1992163
absolutely based

>>1992163
shiieeeett

>>1992163
>walter malone

>>1992163
thread winnar

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Had it since 2011/2012 I think, bought it for $500 new

>Changed the seat pretty quick
>Changed tyres after a couple months
>upgraded to $350 wheelset after only real crash because spokes kept breaking

>2016-2022 hibernated bike due to change of jobs and family situation

>upgraded from 3x8 Shimano Acera to Deore 1x10 with 44T sprocket
>upgraded mechanical disc to hydraulic

The frame is nothing special, solid alloy with lumpy welds …. but it works well for me.

No plans to upgrade anything else soon ….. except…… maybe …. a few things.

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>>1992341
Another bike for the weekends

>>1992341
I like the bar ends, basically a hoods position for a flat bar. cool bike, functional but fast

>>1992341
I like the deep section aluminum rims.
>>1992347
I like the colorway but man those are some chunky boi tires.

poor fag coming through. 1990s nishiki sport bike with black paintjob and green lettering on it

>>1992341
what saddle?

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>>1992348
Cheaper than converting to drops, I looked for bull-horns but the bar-ends do the job.

>>1992351
The guy I bought the bike from put the 2.8 tyres on.
I will change them after my son outgrows his handlebar seat, until then I think they give him some extra comfort

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I have a problem

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Other project bike, 1989 muddy fox pathfinder
Basically UPS mangled this, and currently it’s kinda in a “at least it works” state.
I’m gonna change this over to 1990 Shimano deore LX in black, right now it’s got a Shimano freewheel and modern Altus shifters and derailleur because the original shifters, brakes and bars in general got destroyed in shipping,
Along with bending the derailleur in, which has since been fixed.
So it’s got carbon bars and v brakes at the moment which amuses me but they gotta go, I like the idea of this being era.
Not pictured are the original accessories, the original grips, rear wheel disc, top tube protector and saddle bag.

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>>1992426
Original accessories pictured, this is how it was before I got the derailleur properly unbent and replaced the derailleur and freewheel.
I learned the hard way about pull ratios and stuff, can’t use the Shimano shifters with old suntour. But I want modern shifters because even if the suntour ones weren’t smashed into pieces, old shifters suck.
I’m keeping the rest of the suntour stuff around until I can get good shifters for it, but I think this will look better with black 90’s deore lx anyway
Probably keep the suntour canti calipers, they’re a black plastic coated style and with new levers will look sick.

>>1992401
Need some racks, that’s all.

Do you still have a PS2?
I think the backwards compatibility doesn’t go that far.

>>1992429
embarrassingly I never thought about racks for some reason.
Still got the PS2 but it's terrible on modern TVs. Emulation is pretty good now so it sits on my desk like a tiered table until I can give it away to someone who will give it love.

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>>1988261
so cool
>>1988289
b135's are so, so nice.
>>1990607
okay, i just need to get a two bolt seatpost with setback and i'm done. 2-300 mi on the brooks and it's really comfy. now i can carry 2.5l of water, AND i can stop because my pads aren't 30 years old!
swapped the bars, too.

>>1992749
are you the guy I told about the VO gran cru?
once you get rear panniers and ditch the fucking trash bag that's going to be a sweet set up

>>1992767
>ditch the fucking trash bag
lmfao. i was dropping some clothes off at the thrift store. i have some rear panniers, just didn't need em for this trip.
but yeah that was me.

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>>1992163
10/10

>>1990438
Got a good chuckle out of me

>>1993873
sick fade. what frame is under that paint?

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>>1993917
Built by an independent frame builder according to the guy I bought it of off. The original paint had no brand markings and no stamping aside from a serial number.
I somehow no longer have pictures of its original configuration but if one of you autists archives pyb threads you can find it in a thread from some time last summer. The attached pic is the frame shortly before I got done disassembling it.

>>1994095
Nice reynolds 531c fork and stays, the imprint on the white main tubes reminds me of italian bikes.
While I have a similar front derailleur braze on for my pinarello cadore.
Looks like nice forged DO's in the back, if they have any name on them that can help. If you ever pull the fork and look at the steerer I know some brands label those too.
my guess is mid 80's, especially if it's 126-128mm spacing in the back+ the braze ons DT shifters.
Looks like a 60-62+ ctc seat tube and a 57 top tube.
The BB threading can help too for identification if it's weird shit like swiss or italian.

>>1994110
They guy said it was Belgian. The fork is a Zeus 2000, but the frame isn't any Zeus model. 126mm rear spacing, 62cm seat tube (iirc), BSA threading and probably late 80 / early 90s by the 6400 group set. I did do some digging to see if I could identify it but no luck. Most likely the shop that built it just went under at some point and desu I don't really care about who built it.

>>1994113
all good. I have heard belgian bikes in particular are hard to identify. Neat that you have a zeus fork.
6400 is a great groupset, love the dt shifters

>>1991528
That's not how pelvises and saddles interact. Best thing you can do is take any of the free bike fit instructions, follow it through and ride whatever base fit you arrive at for a few weeks. You can always go back to whatever you did before and hunchback vibes. But the odds are something is way off and you're unnecessarely dealing with some issue like weight distribution, reach or setback.
Also 'straight lower back' is not a valid goal.

>>1994115
>Neat that you have a zeus fork
The crown is nice. It doesn't have those ugly exterior braces that a lot of others have.
>6400 is a great groupset
Aesthetically great. Works pretty well too, the bar-end shifters are actually pretty nice. I do have to say that I don't really enjoy the classic hoods, I'm used to modern hoods.
I almost enjoy building and working on the bike more than riding it. I already have my eyes on what I want next but I'll keep this one for at least this summer.

>>1992749
Pretty nice. Id change cantis for some old 90s 1st gen XTR or XT v-brakes, and make it a 2x instead of 3x, and call it perfect.

>>1994095
neat

>>1992428
noice

>>1994173
>id change cantis for some old 90s 1st gen XTR or XT v-brakes
well you're a retard
those are unreliable and overpriced

>>1994173
i love triples, it's nice having a granny gear for chugging along slowly carrying heavy shit

>>1994313
agree

>>1994365
what distances to you ride on it?

>>1991597
How comfy are the coil + elastomer shocks?

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Big red bitch survived the winter. Got to test the Dia-Compe 980s over the winter and they're fucking fantastic. All I've got planned for this year is a derailleur swap to my LX rd and a pedal swap. Hope you guys have a nice spring full or great riding!

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>post your board edition
due to a forced vacation >>1994305
I took my deck out for a spin, it's been a few years since I last skated but I get it now. I'm still clumsy compared to biking but something clicked today. I had this deck for 15 years and always blamed the hard af wheels but it infact was a skill issue. I mean, I want softer wheels but I had so much fun today

I have big things planned, boringbike version 4 on the way, new wheels and tires for the delivery bike, and now I'm throwing around ideas in my head for boredboard version 1, a commuter focused skateboard

>>1994485
>commuter focused skateboard
yeah nah. 55mm wheels cannot roll over our decaying infrastructure. you didn't overcome any skill barriers in 1 day, you just had some fun.

>>1994534
I was thinking the big ol 75a soft longboard wheels
>you didn't overcome any skill barriers
to be fair, I'm noob tier on a board, before today I could only skate on the smoothest concrete at the skate park and parking lots but I braved it and managed to handle street with my not noob friendly board equipped with 53mm 99a wheels but I'm proud of myself for realizing skating isn't as bad as I thought it was, some of the asphalt though is so bad these wheels can't do it but the sidewalks are adequete. A few times a tiny rock or ledge launched me forward lol I did have fun, I also want froot boots now too but I can't spend any more on toys

>>1994445
Big red bitch? Looks more like a size s red bitch to me.