Skunk Works editionPrevious: >>2071042
can we take a note from our bretheren on porn boards and only make the new thread when we either reach page 10 or image limit?
>>2073634can you take a note out of your mom?must have left it inside her with a bunch of other weird stuff and I need to get groceries tomorrow
yeah skunk works BECAUSE IT STINKS hehe
Panasonic Mountain Cat
>>2073667sick paint.what's going on with that stem?
>>2073681what do you mean?
>>2073694the paint has a really appealing look.
Went for a gravel ride today.
>>2073694he's not me.I mean the quill is aluminum, the top is thicker and white, is it cased in plastic? sounds like you don't know why it's like that, but does anyone know? I'm guessing just for looks but that's a pretty odd thing to do, I feel like there's a reason for it
>>2073701I like the minimalist look . very clean
>>2073626quick ride today. trying to start biking every day.
I haven't rode this bike in forever
$75 from CL.Only needs a new chain.
>>2073763business must be good at your dental practice
>>2073780kek
>>2073763why are phoneposters too stupid to rotate their photos before posting them online?
Didn't need my pannier bags so it looks naked
>>2073946>e-bikeFaggot.
>>2073961hehehe
new bars, straps and rear sprocket (18t for proper chain tension, finally). why yes, I am nostalgic for the late 00s, how could you tell?
>>2073626omg 5 inches of spacers, 80mm stem, and the seat way down on a gucci aero bike lmao are you 70 years old?
>>2074024That thing looks so uncomfortable
>>2073943The photo is displayed rotated in your image gallery and then you post it and get this shit.
>>2073715Those old MTB quills had a powder-coated alu top section, swaged to a chromed steel quill.Pic unrelated.
>>2073780Not a dentist but doing good lol, ty>>2074053Sadly this
>>20740534chin removes the exif orientation metadata
>>2074072
>>2074024Please post a picture of how you sit on this thing lmao
>>2074078Meant this for >>2074075 how do you keep from catching fire like a retard
>posting in a thread that isn't dead
Roast me.
>>2074088Revolting. Also, gay bottle color.
>>2074088what's with the hugeass rear light
>>207408848cm lookin ahh>>2074092It’s a normal rear light, he’s just 5’2”
>>2074088well you do need foot retention if you want to take this seriously. half-clips might be a good choice if you're not willing to just learn clipless yet.
>>2074088You could skip the clipless if you stuck big ass knobbies on there and a leather saddle and a rear rack of some sort, but the setup you have here is kind of cringe
>>2074088I don't see what the big deal is. and if /n/'s criticisms are>bottle color>light>accurate frame size (MAAAAAANLET!)>foot retention (most valid, you might like it but nothing wrong with flats depending on use case/preference)then you're probably ok
>>2074111>learn clipless
>>2074051it’s actually fine. the only thing I’m still tweaking is the saddle setback>>2074078I’m a tranny so I won’t be doing that sorry
>>2074126>tfw no trannyfixie gfhow do I remedy this
>>2074089>gay bottle color.This is an LGBTQIA2S+ safe space, bigot.>>2074092Ravemen TR350 standard size. You're just a little guy. >>2074101I'm a guy on the bigger side. I'm 5'6" 10 stone.>>2074111>>2074113>>2074116Maybe I'll try the PD-EH500 pedals and fall over sideways at red lights.
>>2074128it's a nice bottle colour
>>2074088>gets le aero TITE WHEEL GAP frame that needs a cut out for the wheels>puts wrong size wheels on itniggerlicious
>>2074128>PD-EH500my faves tbqh
>>2074128spookyuncannyimplausible
>>2074088 Maybe get a different rear light holder if it's available. This is way lower than the driver's eye height.
>>2074159I like your bottle color anon. Don't listen to these fags who just wish their entire bike was black.
I enjoy testing the observational skills of the average NPC.
>>2074217Corn art
Flowers
Iowa ditch weed
Ponies.
>>2074217SEX.>>2074218SEX.>>2074219SEX.>>2074220SEX.>>2074221gentle petting.
>>2074240>second gayest bottle color
PostYourBottleTread
Finished a 36 mile overnight trip this morning on my crappy korean ebike.
>>2074221Zoomed in ponies. They hang out near the trail for treats and pets
Mom bice because this is post your bike and not daily ride thread (dead) which is just /pybt/ lite
>>2074252>e-bikemore like cheater bike.
>>2074220Yes, its weed. Its feral industrial hemp and its a ubiquitous ditch weed in the midwest and basically has no THC and fucks with marijuana grows by blasting it with non THC industrial hemp plant sperm making it functionally extinct in outdoor grows.
>>2074257The "e" stands for estrogen.
>>2074127anon, riding a fixie and dating a tranny is basically the same already: highly impractical, maybe a handful of weirdos you ever meet will find it cool, and everyone else will think you’re some kind of freakalso, don’t feel emasculated if hers is bigger (the gear ratio, of course)
>>2074252>ebike>cruiser on gravel>poorfag bikeholy shit MCFUCKING KILL YOURSELFFF
Spent nearly £2000 on a Bike and haven't used it in over a week. West London is just horrible to ride around. I thought I'd go further out to near the countryside and it was even worse.We need the fire of London again, this city is a piece of crap
>>2074258Industrial? I have some Hemp bottoms, they were so expensive, I don't know why, it's just a god damn weed. Why do these companies always scam us?
>>2074217cool pics but what's with the seat height?
>>2073626Not my bike (yet) but can someone id which year Crux frame is it?
>>2074273>being this ironically upset for no valid reason
>>2074303he's got problems, but that bike still sucks
>>2074306even worse, it has Samsung batteries.
>>2074306All e-bikes suck, but their riders suck the most.
>>2074308same can be said with cagies. the car might be a pile of shit, but the drivers are the biggest pieces of shit.
>>2073626is this allowed
>>2074336
1/3
2/3
3/3
Not my bike (yet)
>>2074350looks like 3 of the exact same bike with different names on them.except you can't really see this one because it's a picture of a shadow.
>>2074363looks like a 28 inch 2XS frame. Don't get why people want this 32er crap desu
>>2074276 Why did you buy it in the 1st place ?
>>2074423To enjoy it and love it obviously. I was only the frame
was a dangerously drunk ride i don’t think i should make a habit of this
>>2074443shut up faggot
>>2074424but who was phone?
>>2074451Shut up
>2074443kys
>>2074298Its the mom bike. She can't handle a higher saddle and I put on that massive padded "seat" for her. She had it lower but through improvement of her form it was raised to that height.
>>2074279Yeah. The joogle chatbot sums it up nicely. It it a tall straight hemp that was grown all over the Midwest that went feral when weed was banned despite it having a mutation that makes it have no THC. You literally can't get high off it and it is treated as a weed. I grew up using it to tie seedling pepper and tomato plants to sticks to keep them upright in my parent garden. You just peel it and it's natural string that burns and composts. I guess deer and turkeys and shit eat the seeds. There are always some advocates trying to get it unbanned but get lumped in with the potheads that try to use it to unban marijuana so it goes nowhere but there the plant is in every rural ditch growing throughout the midwest US as a weed.
>>2074377I always thought smaller frames lookes nicer than shit with stupid stack height
>>2074475That's pretty crazy. Why try to get it unbanned? Seems pointless? Especially as it's a ubiquitous as you said
wait hemp is banned in the us? i thought it was well known it has no thc and no use in smoking it and WAS used for fiber production
>>2074509No, it got hit with the ban along side pot
>>2074509>Hemp is a legal crop in the United States. It was legal in the 18th and 19th centuries, then production was effectively banned in the mid-20th century, and it returned as a legal crop in the 21st century. By 2019, the United States had become the world's third largest producer of hemp, behind China and Canada.
>>2074550so why tf when I buy paper towels and printer paper and toilet paper, it's all from trees and there's no hemp options? I'm talking about at my neighborhood grocery.
>>2074552hemp is for making cloth. plant fiber paper is really tough and not really suitable for disposable stuff since it will clog your toilet and isn't very soft. you can find shit like "reusable shop towels" made of hemp, though bamboo ones are nicer and cotton/polyester is just cheaperbasically cotton and poly slop being so ubiquitous makes hemp goods rarer by just being drowned out of the market by cotton or synthetics
>>2074623no one cares about your cricut sticker
>>2074624I like his Marlboro sticker. It's so incongruous on a bicycle, it's great.
>>2074624Why did you reply then>>2074649My nigga
>>2074649
SURELY NOTHING WILL GO WRONG
>>2074702Actually made me burst out in laughter
>>2074623Unbelievably sexy
>>2074712>>2074623>>2074443why do you keep samefagging like this?
>>207471God forbid someone posts their bike in a post your bike thread
We scenic
>>2074818Sorry ;-;
No current photo. Currently it's very sandy and the front rack is gone.
>>2074818huh. that bridge is painted Chrysler Desert Turquoise
>>2074252Dont listen to these other posters. The "hardman" endurance athlete posers. What tent is that?
>>2074842Go away, casual. This thread isn't about motor vehicles and tents. You do not belong.
>>2074842I bought it at a camping store in Korea after a 35 mile bike trip I did there when I discovered that most of the camping sites there tend to run out of rented tents way faster than they run out of camping spots.2-man pop-up tents like this one fold down to roughly the same size in their pouch as a 19-inch bike wheel. And the shipping pouch that came with it can easily be zip-tied over a rear wheel cargo rack for carrying the tent. But make sure the punch and grommet some holes into the bottom of the shipping pouch so it won't collect rain water.https://www.amazon.com/EchoSmile-Camping-Instant-Resistant-Portable/dp/B0BMG71BMK/Due to the shape of this style of tent the ones with an included rain over-cover don't fair any better at keeping rain from leaking in at either end. So if you want an all-weather tent the traditional ones with collapsible poles are a better choice and pack smaller anyway.
>>2074349>Heavy ToolsBased Landsmann.
>>2074850>I didYour e-bike did.
>>2074844I haven't had a car in 12 years, and I live 10 miles outside of the city. And I dont take ride shares. I use a bike everyday for everything I do, often all day. Everyone on this board ia a casual compared to me.>>2074850I really just need a nylon deplorable coffin as a mosquito net. Have have thw cheapest wally world tent already. . Even when I was camping, id just leave it up where it was and just come back whenever, cause its the current year. I shouldn't have to build a fucking yurt everyday just to protect my shit.
>>2074349>bike says Heavy Tools>no such tools are present
>>2074871I haven't had a car since 2002, and I also use a bike for everything, and none of them have been motorized. so get out of your own asshole. there's an ebike thread for you.
>>2074871>everyone on this board is a casual compared to meWe found him guys, the strongest rider on the board because he said so.
>>2074889I think it's the same guy who has been e-statting hard for the last few weeks, he had a spergout last week about what I can't remember, but there was a cope-ious amount of dick waving about his slightly longer than extreme-casual mileage, I remember that
>>2074893It usually begins because someone accuses them of not riding, then they go on defense. Then the other person pretends that isn't what happened and calls it dick-waving. It's how /n/ has been for years. Every now and then though, we get someone who thinks they are genuinely mogging everyone else because they don't know any better. At least with e-bikers we all know they actually aren't riding or serious about riding at all.
Now with sunrise™
>e-mopeds are the troons of the cycling world
>>2074883And you live in an rural exburb?>>2074889I have no interest in being that. Its mans greatest technological failure that a motor to replace a humans incredibly modest power isnt standardized and almost a human right.>>2074893>>2074895>dentist lycra circle jerkI dream as being a tough as you 150 pound monsters.
>>2074901Samefag some more questions about your e bike, fatty
>>2074901e-bike thread
>>2074895>You have to be serious about your hobbies.Why? It's leisure.
>>2074913If nobody has to be serious about it, why do fat copers constantly attack people who ride more than them? Also, why do people riding motor vehicles feel compelled to set foot in the bicycle community? They aren't cyclists.
I remember being new to cycling and thinking I was hot shit for riding to work, I must have been so annoying
>>2074920I remember when the cycling community wasn't constantly bogged down by e-biker insecurity and cope.
>>2074921>I remember a time before e-bikesI very much doubt that
>>2074922>e-bike copeRight on schedule. You aren't a cyclist and we'll never accept you as one, deal with it. You have your own threads.
>>2074923>weOh you sweet innocent thing. There is no "we" in cycling. Never was, never will be. That's probably why you're so confused. Now scurry on back to /r/bicycling/, I'm sure they'll give you lots of updoots for your new Trek or whatever.
>>2074924>pretending to be a cyclistTextbook e-bike cope.
>>2074926>everyone who disagrees with me is an e-bikeCan you see why nobody believes you when you claim you've been at this for more than a few months, a year at best?
>>2074927>nobodyI thought there was no "we". You're coping so hard you can't even keep up with yourself, kek.
>>2074928>can't keep upThat's why people use e-bikes.
>>2074896>giantMore like giant faggot
>>2074896>go to brand notable for "high-end" "racing" road bikes>get a fucking cruisercant believe this nigga had to close his dental practice and lay off over 54 50-year-old zoomers who didnt wanna work anymore to afford this
>>2074950>>2074934She rides nice tho, dudes!
>>2074953This, you don't know true Cycling Joy until you ride an Electra Townie after smoking the big Boof. It's heckin #based.
>>2074953I get it man enjoy ur bike. but i have watched plenty of niggas start out on relaxed ebikes and swear by them and then just… actually get fit get real bikes and never look back, never complain that they are uncomfortable. ride further and faster, basically better in every way Can kinda get the ebikery for camping and carrying shit but ay still so limited on range that it would not be something id want
>>2074968+1 fully this u cant pedal an ebike when it`s out of batterys
>>2074961I had a ride on a customers electra townie, pretty solid bike.>>2074968I have had road and hybrid bikes longer than that giant, just dont want to excert myself on swampy days and stuff.
>>2074961>lazy casual is also a degenerate with no lung capacityImagine my shock.
>>2074911What ebike? >>2074912Yeah I dont care how it gets done. Batteries have something like 900 times less energy density than petrol. The highest mileage vehicle is a micro turbo diesel.As the ebikes go up in price with an increase in motor size, so as so many complain about here; so fat lazy morons use them to go 60 miles at 40mph, on sidewalks and then think they arent assholes. There is no 250 watt motor with a 1000 mile battery. I just want my peak output cloned with endless duration. You dentists cant imagine how hard life is for hyper responsible, not undeservedly wealth, non-sucker real people.
>>2074981>omg, your life is just so much easier than everyone else'sYou're so fucking delusional it's unreal. Grow up, you loser.
you guys ever tried shutting the fuck up and posting some of your bikes instead of this shit?
>>2074998Here's a piece of shit I recently cobbled together.
>>2075000Kino
I rided after not rididing for 6 weeks. Big mad that I am this out of shape. Just went to faceberg on a grabel trail that ran along the highway and had to stop and have a moment to cool down. Very bad
>>2075001Thank you
Hai
>>2075140>ndsCome on anon
>>2074252hey fuck these losers anon, getting an ebike is alright in my books.but especially if you're wanting to lug camping stuff up mountains all day
>>2075144Getting an e-bike is fine. Trying to fit in with cyclists as an e-biker is pure cringe.
>>2075146this
>>2075144ok fatty
>>2074981>There is no 250 watt motor with a 1000 mile batteryyou could just get a 250 watt motor kit with the ridiculous 1000 mile dual giganigga battery setups off a 1000w e-motoyou can also just get the giganigga e-moto but not go at 60kmh on the sidewalk everywhere, much like big honkin turbodiesels get shockingly good mileage as fleet vehicles because the wagies driving them are always at 3000rpm instead of 8000 and actually do the speed limit by GPS enforcement
>>2075186Or (get this) pedal a bicycle.
>>2075187you can still pedal on a cheap ebike and in fact you pretty much have to because it physically cannot break 10kmh
Dentists and Freds are unironically why I built a moped after getting an e-bike. Don't like that I don't have to pedal as hard to get to work? Lemme dump the clutch on you real quick
>>2075190>i let complete strangers dictate my life out of insecurity>even with dentists at the helm i am still a massive sexless dork
>>2075189If you pedaled as hard as you coped you wouldn't need an estrogen bike.
>>2075193Trying to restore a 90s MTB my uncle gave me, but I can't find any 26" wheels or tires at any of my local LBSs. Is it even possible to find anything under 32" outside of AliExpress anymore?
Yamaha def makes the sleeker of the big brand motors
>>2075198>. Is it even possible to find anything under 32" outside of AliExpress anymore?There he is. The incredible retard
>>2075206>trying to hide your shameFunny how you don't want people seeing your motors and batteries.
>>2075209this but suspension
>>2074822Current photo
>>2075068Very cool bice, Anon
>>2075209this but unironically. hub motors are objectively superior and the only reason to do mid drive is you want to hide that you got an ebike. embrace it anon. bathe in the seethe it generates to have that BIG BLVCK DISC powering your bike right at the wheel.Or if you truly must do mid drive, do it moped style with a bigass conventional motor turning your non-drive side into a second drive side with its own independent drivetrain
>>2075232grim
>>2075232this is actually the single worst thing I've ever seen posted to /n/ outside of troll-bike threadsyou've blasted away from every principle of common sense and aesthetics into strange new realms of dogshitfor no reason
>>2075241>>2075232there's a lot of small things wrong and definite meme slavery but on th whole it doesnt look any worse than any other Trek at a glance
>>2075242no manthey took a bike and turned it into a BSOinexplicable
>>2075244what's wrong with this? real question.
>>2075245That only real problem I could see is that lace pattern isn't as "strong" as a more traditional one.Otherwise the memery is>billy bonkers>drop bars on mtb framefine imo>surlyhated because popular>>2075000sickest bike in this thread?>>2074336I don't understand your language but can appreciate the skill behind it.>>2074252bike camping on grandma bike is hard, if I saw you loaded up I would be jelly.>>2074088Bike is too nice for flat pedals.
>>2075240>>2075241Theres nothing wrong with it, stop overreacting.
>>2075247>billy bonkersUnfortunately the only 26" gravely tire available in Europe that's not heavy af>drop bars on mtb frameI'm on the fence about this myself, actually. >surlyHeavy, but sturdy lots of mounting pointsI think this picture makes the proportions look bad. I like it a lot IRL.
>>2075247>>drop bars on mtb framethat is in no way an MTB frame other than Trek writing down that it is in a piec eof marketing copy. that is a stock standard 90s/00s road bike design. it doesn't even have a suspension fork. the bars themselves are horrendous though>>2075245nta but>shitty lacing>meme tires>bars are unusableseat angle is dumb>actual unironic "old thing good becuz unc" v brakes>rims appear damaged, owner probably hasnt changed brake shoes ever, not even cleaned anything>bottle carrier appears to be backwards"gravel bikes" are themselves a massive meme as well, dickwaving about frame stiffness and ebin fast drivetrain and le aero posture to go on a rough path thus losing every advantage a modern road bike has to things like "the path not being perfectly flat" and your shit bouncing around all crazy, losing energy>bbbut i run le toobless fast tiregreat, so you dickwave about a stiff racing frame that gives you 100% efficiency foot to wheel and then throw tires on it to absorb energy. hmmmm
>>2075250nta>bars are unusablehow?>seat angle is dumbif it works for him, what's wrong with it?>v brakeslook like cantilever to me>bottle carrier appears to be backwardsit's clearly not>great, so you dickwave about a stiff racing frame that gives you 100% efficiency foot to wheel and then throw tires on it to absorb energy. hmmmmwhat are you even saying here
>>2075250There he is. The incredible retard.
>>2075197telling status:[ ] not told [x] told
>>2075198https://velomine.com/collections/26in-mtb-1
>>2075249>Unfortunately the only 26" gravely tire available in Europe that's not heavy afContinental speed kings aren't available?
>>2075206>>>ebike thread
>>2075278Why are you seriously replying to a troll? Did saying there's only 32 inch wheels available at LBS' not give it away? Dumb ass.
>>2075245imo putting a weak lacing pattern and aero spokes (which he previously admitted was only for looks, super lame) on an off-road bike, and switching to a Cues drivetrain seems like gimping it. dunno what it had before or what condition it was in, but Cues seems wrong except on casual or city bikes.
>>2075282he might just be stupid and new. a lot of off-boarders come here with questions. he probably saw the thread about 32s being new and just assumed it was already the standard.or he's a shitty troll but w/e
>>2075291It's only 1 guy mentioning 32" inch wheels everytime
>>2075288>Cues seems wrong except on casual or city bikes.Wut? Cues is also for MTBs, not just casual and city bikes. It's a very wide product range.
>>2075232>>2075245there isn't a single thing right about it but if I had to choose just one thing most wrong it would be the actual brazed fork
>>2075307What wrong actually so bad about the fork?
>>2075247>sickest bike in this thread?Thanks. Debating putting a carbon fork and handlebars on it to make it super light. Need more stickers.
>>2075309the whole bike is set up as "haha look at me I'm an unracer but I ride gravel uwu"if you ride anything at all you would know that fork and wheel stiffness are critical to handling and a simple glance at this bike is sufficient to know that it isn't ridden on gravel or anywhere else. it is pure cringe.
>>2075311So what's actually wrong with the fork? You said a lot of nothing, just spewing out your head cannon, and vaguely mentioning stiffness. What's wrong with a compliant fork?
>>2075314are you insane? it's a fucking 1970s brazed fork. if I took that bike on the shitty little beginner trails that I did last night I would have died.
>>2075316Isn't that a surly long haul trucker fork.
>>2075316There he is. The incredible retard.
>>2075320What the fuck about this sentence resonates so hard with you.
>>2075316this fully this its not Carbon Fiber it will explode as soon as tire loses pressure.
>>2075343>seething this hard over carbonDo poors really?
>>2075347ur for is litterally brass braised in a oven. u are the poor one here
>>2075347Stop being weird. You're so weird!
>>2075343>>2075347>>2075348Another day on /n/, another dumbest interaction I have ever seen on all my time on the internet
>>2075350There he is. The incredible retard.
>>2075351Icm happy to see you found my insult so amusing that you decided you're going to start spamming it everywhere. Ironically you don't realize what you're doing is simply announcing your own presence in the 3rd person
>>2075352There he is. The incredible retard.
>>2075353Wonderful. I love knowing you have no real life. This is the high light of your existence.
>>2075311>if you ride anything at all you would know that fork and wheel stiffness are critical to handlingWhy them do MTBs involve the coil and gas spring suspension ?
>nice, new bike>need to replace the pedals>need to replace the tires>need to replace the handlebar tapeis this normal? the frame and shifters and gears and wheels and everything are great but everything else was awful.The handlebars are probably fine, but if im gonna redo the tape i felt like it was worth putting some nice nitto bars on therehttps://shop.circles-jp.com/products/nitto-b177-hanafudausing my bike for touring/long distance. how are these bars? my stock one were 400mm and my shoulders are about 460mm
>>2075482>is this normal?yeah
>>2075482Replace the wheels while you are at it and yep its normal. bar width, stem, crank length if you want to be bikefit autistic toothink im just gonna keep buying framesets in the future
>>2075482>is this normal?Surprised your bike came with pedals actually. I've heard arguments that they should stop coming with handlebars too. Not surprised the tape is garbage. They probably expect that to be throw out too.
>>2074126>I’m a tranny so I won’t be doing that sorryWere you that bish in the new foad video?
>>2074268I'm already some kind of freak thoughAnd besides I don't ride a fixie, so it's no big deal if she wants to ruin her knees for fashion, I'll be spinning cozily on my 2x road gearing
>>2075000>>2075070sick, bmx stem is so based>>2075504lol I wish I could ride like her>>2075507cute... would let you sniff my saddlefound some risers on clearance and gave them a go, wtf bros I didn’t know it would be this fun
>>2075529Another one sees the light of flat bars.
$50 2018 Specialized Pitch Sport XS Facebook find without the wheels. Slapped some parts bin wheels and a $50 Manitou Splice elite 130mm coil fork. Actually a fun bike, but is really small.I'd cut the steerer tube, but then I wouldnt be able to ride it if i did.
>>2075531Flip it for small profit then why you fucking around on a kids bike just cos it was cheap
>>2075531iunno, that spacer stack looks particularly gay.outfit it for a rider it fits and sell it
>>2075531should've posted it here >>2053883
>>2073626Gonna post my fleet. This is the family bike. I use it when out with the kids.
>>2075556Real photo over 4mB. This one makes me mad kinda. I bought this bike on market place and one of the tyres was completely rotted away. The other was finished but still legible, so I bought two tyres of that type. I go to mount them, and boom, back wheel is a different dimension from the front. I went ballistic and chucked the whole thing on the scrap pile. Finally I calmed my ass and got the right tyre, and did the build. Changed all the cables and the cable housing, swapped the handlebar... AND... I love it. It's a sturdy, honest bike. Kinda mad because I got too many fucking bikes. Bottom bracket squeaks hard on the right leg downstroke. Just need to take it apart and grease. But yeah, kinda mad about this one. Guess I'll keep it as a winter bike?
>>2075558>>2075556Love this little fucker like you wouldn't believe. Got it for 120$ on marketplace. All I did was adjust the shifter cable, and oil flush the rear hub, and good to go. It's proper janky, this one too needs a bottom bracket servicing and front axel servicing, will get around to it, but I rode it a bit the last couple of days, and it's a treat. Holy shit I'm R20 pilled.
>>2075556>>2075558>>2075559grim
>>2075565How so?
>>2075558>>2075559fuck you and your uncropped screenshots. kys
>>2075573lel
>>2075558looks fun, good back-up if another one breaks or let guests ride
>>2075570Ignore him. I like your collection of rust. Especially the minivelo
>>2075559you know that you're allowed to turn your phone to landscape and then take the screenshot, right?
Got this Specialized Rockhopper Comp 29 2022 for $170. What's a decent budget air fork 120mm-140mm for straight 29" 9qr?
>>2075616When I was looking into un shitting my 29er is was just gonna buy a rockshox judy silver tk. But i just got a roadbike instead I hope you are selling all these shit mtbs bro
>>2075617I ride them maybe 20-100 miles before I get bored and sell them. I honestly don't need anything more than an xc hardtail with a base 9 speed so there really isnt any reason to buy good bikes. Also 2002 Marin rocky ridge I got for $50 that I parted out.
>>2075619Fair bro. id probably be doing similar shit if I had any space
>>2075598At least the aspect ratio matches the bike.
>>2075577It's a fine bike, and I hate to rid mysel of something perfectly serviceable. I just got too many fooking bikes man.
>>2075578It's my new sweetheart. It's such a twitchy little gem. A real goblin.
anybody ink their engraved handlebars?i think it looks neat
>>2075785very cool. I don't have any engraved parts I don't think, but I did pinstripe my lugs with model hobby paint
>>2074702put on new tires, TPU inner tubes and pedals#FlatIsJustice
Got a front rack recently.
>>2075802get a sideloader ffs
>>2075802and no, pinned flats are not okay on a road bike
>>2075810disagree
>>2075811you aren't qualified to have an opinion, you can't even choose a bottle cage correctly
>>2075802Holy shit you are so fucking retarded. WTF is that bottle cage? Why?
>>2075827shut up and leave, you're worse than she is
>>2075802What is that random wire on your downtube?
>>2075827>Crying about a bottle cageDoes /n/ really?
>>2075829>>2075834you aren't qualified to have an opinion, you can't even choose a bottle cage correctly
>>2075839You aren't qualified to have an opinion, you care about insignificant things like bottle cages. Gear queer.
>>2075841hydration strategy
>>2075809would be even better with the little specialized toolkit for that bottle cage
>>2074088My only legit critique: You're kind of in a retarded gear for having a double.
>>2075864yeah, I kind of assumed it was just for the picture to show the drivetrain but you should shift to the small ring before you gear down the cassette to to the biggest cog. although I guess modern RDs and cassettes are all made to work with single cranks now? but without the chainline of a single crank you're cross-chaining the double more extremely. plus when you do want to downshift it's awkward on the derailleur from the extreme ends.iunno I guess I'd have to ride that group to know for sure but traditionally that's considered bad form.
I'm thinking about making a itasha with my bike.Thoughts? As for the waifu I was thinking about going with Kaga from Kantai collection
>>2075884Something like pic rel
>>2075887Do it
>>2075879Yeah, not ideal. My Rival wouldn't even let me cross-chain, it cucked me electronically. I switched to 1X anyway, of course.
>>2075884there's no wind where you live?
>>2075900Coward
>>2075920I'm a coward because I don't intentionally gimp my bike with gay anime paraphernalia?maybe so, but at least I'm not retarded enough to do that
>>2075921>I'm a coward because I don't intentionally gimp my bikeyes, unironically. if you cared about just going fast you would get a motorcycle, and if you cared about exercise you would simply run. bicycles are for fun and cost effectiveness, and there is no reason not to slather it in dank anime slapz and artificially create more flat surfaces for yet more dank anime slapz
>>2075925just keep telling yourself that, fag
>>2075935how many mens and animals dicks i take in a day has nothing to do with bikes deserving to be bombarded in stickers and have hard panniers on them to have even more stickers, maybe even lights
>>2075939you're incredibly boring
Why would you put stickers on your bike? Doesn't that hurt your aero?
>>2075943my dick in your ass hurts much more
>>2075944What about his ass is so painful?
>>2075945https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDleHTdRcP0
>>2075939I have a big bag of stickers from trade shows and concerts and stuff but never put them on anything because I'm afraid of doing my sticker bombing job badly. Or worse, something from an actually sentimental event goes on and the bike is totaled five minutes later and I can't recover the sticker. :(
>>2075970Get over it. It's a sticker, not a fucking medal. It's ment to be ephemeral.
Postan this grabel shitter again. I messed with the stem angle and "aero bars" that I use to to change up hand position because I weigh a gorillion pounds and suffer from hand numbness as a limiting factor on non mountain bike rides. On mtbs on trails I get winded way before hand numbness sets in unlike grabel rides but those are high intensitylow duration rides. On this thing I could only ride for <10 miles before my hands stopped working. Its more time based than milage but I hoped the meme bars allow be to extend that time. Before the pads were too far in and the bars too narrow other than to one hand grip on a ride. I have moved the pads back and outwards as well as raising the bar angle to cope. Hopefully this gets me the alternate riding hand position I need to take weight off me hands on long boring grabel riding sections.
>>2076467I also ordered this bar with a bit of rise and aero grips built in. Going to give this one a try next.
>>2076468what is the actual purpose of those forward bar things? it's not significantly more aero to have a forward protrusion unless you're going supersonic If you have your hands on it, your arms and chest area are making a big pocket to catch wind, innit?
>>2076467>On this thing I could only ride for <10 miles before my hands stopped working
>>2076467>>2076468So these forward bar extension things are for fat people with severe diabetes?
>>2076482Yes
>>2076482Yes, and time trial larpers
>>2076469this one lets you hold onto something while doing puppy paws. Yes it's more aero
Guys, I just bought this bike but I think there's something wrong with it, the engine seems to be missing and the footpegs are all weird and spinny.Ok, really, 2017 Salsa Timberjack, first acoustic bike I've owned since I was maybe 14 and I'm a few months away from 40. I live in an area with an absolute fuckton of MTB trails (Central Oregon) and it felt crazy not to take advantage. $735 from a local consignment and service shop that has a really good rep locally and has been through the bike, and it's in good mechanical shape with a quality aftermarket dropper and seat and it's been tubeless converted. How'd I do?
>>2076542you did quite well. you'll probably want different grips and a different saddle>first acoustic bike I've owned since I was maybe 14 and I'm a few months away from 40I would... temper your expectations about your physical performance. go buy or pirate a copy of "mastering mountain bike skills 3rd edition"
>>2076543>>2076543>I would... temper your expectations about your physical performanceOh believe me I'm well aware of how out of shape I am, getting the bike is part of trying to fix that. I've got a gravel road and some woods with mini-trails behind my house and just spent 45 minutes riding around there, and in some ways I did better than I thought I might but I definitely wouldn't go try to do anything serious. The last MTB I owned was full rigid and I don't think dropper posts had even been invented yet so riding with that stuff along with a relatively modern drivetrain is pretty cool, I got up some slopes I think might have given me a hard time when I was a kid who rode all the time. The saddle is definitely a literal pain in the ass. It's a really nice one, a Brooks C17, and seems brand new, still has the fuzzy bits from the mold around the edges and I think it's noticeably more flexible than it was an hour ago. Maybe the previous owner tried it and didn't like it? Gonna try some padded shorts and see how it is, but the bike shop guy was also saying I could probably get $100 for it on FBM locally so worst case I'll do that and get something else. Grips seem like a good idea too, I love OD Green + Orange as a color combo so it'll give me an opportunity to get some OD on there anyway.I'll check that book out.
>>2076546Oh, I just realized, the shop was wrong, it's a 2018 and not a '17, which apparently didn't come in this orange.
>>2076546>The saddle is definitely a literal pain in the ass. It's a really nice one, a Brooks C17the brooks C17 is what we in the hobby call an "ass hatchet". it is arguably the single worst saddle ever made but it sells well because brooks was highly regarded for a long time and it hasn't trickled in to normie channels that they probably should not have been. flip it if you can.my favorite MTB saddle brands right now are giant, WTB, and fizik. in that order. saddles are personal but I prefer a very flat profile and I would bet that you will too.
>>2076552Good to know. I'm gonna try a cheap pair of padded shorts and see how it is but I'll probably offload it and see what I see locally that looks good, maybe at the shop where I got the bike, we're spoiled for choice in everything except affordable low-end bikes around here since MTB stuff is so huge.
>>2076552>brooks C17 is what we in the hobby call an "ass hatchet".I see them as being pretty well regarded and I tried a c17 and didn't like how wide it was. Tried a c15 tester and enjoyed it, but the only reason I didn't buy it is it the tester had a squeak to it that was very annoying. Don't want a saddle that develops a squeak. Never heard anyone call them ass hatchets.
>>2076467>gravel dust on a gravel bikeIs diabeetusanon the only real gravel rider in this thread?
Just finished cobling together another piece of shit. I posted this frame before as a drop bar but hated that so here is the new version.Giant Option frame found in the trash that I sand blasted and let rust.V-brakes taken off another bike I saw in the trashFront wheel found in the trashRear wheel from my green Specialized Crossroads that had a big bend in it and can't be made fully true anymore9 out of 10 speeds from a deore 4100 cassette 11-42 on a 7 speed freehubSome ancient schwalbe big apples that still won't die.Piece of shit essa 8 speed derailleur I bought on AliExpress for a different project that I have no abandoned Suntour power ratchet shifter I got off a bike that was being thrown outDiacomp lever also from the trashSelcof titanium seatpost place holder although it would be hilarious to leave it on this. Bontrage ti rail saddle I got for $10Change out the seatpost and saddle and I could comfortably leave this downtown and not be too worried about it.
Oh yeah alivio crankset I took off a bike I built for an ex girlfriend with an AliExpress narrow wide chainring that I dipped in Easy-Off to give it a distressed look. I also tried making the derailleur looked scratches up by rubbing it against the cement to expose bare aluminum and that's how I found out it's made of plastic.
Last time I tried to make an unassuming bike I went overboard and used too many new pieces. I think with the cassette and derailleur being the only modern component on here I got the look down pretty good. What make me laugh is this thing has a $90 bottom bracket I bought for a different project that didn't give the correct chainline but worked with the alivio cranks
Previous build with the rusty frameIdk what I was thinking this attracted way too much attention.
>>2076579wow man, the trash is awesome where you live.it's a good build, would ride
>>2076562I always thought the kashimax fivegold 8p was the ass hatchet.NJS Keirin saddle with a 30mm rail.
>>2076620Thank you. It took a bit of time to accumulate. If I drive and see a bike being thrown out I try to pull over and salvage as much as I can.
>>2076621nah man stiffer is better, looks like that saddle would fit narrow hip manlets well and support spine perfectly
>>2076624>nah man stiffer is betterSpeak for yourself.
>>2076626it literally is though, any padding on the saddle will hurt your spine long term. Use your legs as suspension on bumpy terrain and your sit bones when riding on flats. The most comfortable rides I have are equipped with stiff saddles and compliant frames and not the other way around like usually seen on cheap BSO frames with extra padded seats which normies tend to ride.
>>2076655For fucks sake
>>2076653My favorite saddle is almost unpadded but it it very flexy and absorbs bumps well
>>2076653Anon with the C17 here. I can see how minimal padding would be good but this thing is basically like sitting on bare plastic. It's a motherfucker even on level terrain. Like I said though I think it's new and needs to break in, it's just a piece of solid hard rubber so all the give is gonna be in the material itself softening up, so I'm gonna get some padded shorts to make that a little less shitty and see how it is after a few more hours of riding.
>>2076658I personally found the tester I had very comfortable for offroading so I think you're right about needing to break it in. Only problem is it will develop a squeak.
>>2076657
>>2076662I'm dying
>>2076658the brooks memes are worst of both worlds, not stiff enough to support spine but also too thin to be comfortable. If you have to "break in" anything and potentially suffer from pinched groin or pain in the back to eventually get a "comfortable" saddle there is something mentally disturbing going on. Shit is plain obsolete, it was the best thing one could do back in like 1920s but for fuck sake just move on already so many modern saddles to choose from.
Got a new phone yesterday, figured I'd take some pics while out today.>>2076673fwiw it's just sit bone pain that I'm dealing with. I did get some padded shorts and just took the bike for a ride, and it still hurt when I first got on it but I stopped noticing pain after about 10 minutes on the bike. Still not set on the Brooks but I need to get used to my fat ass on a bike seat in general before I make any decisions.What I definitely think I do need is higher bars, I feel really hunched over and I've seen complaints about the same thing in reviews from when the bike was new so I don't think it's just me. I also really want to get some grips and pedals, probably gonna go plastic for now since I'm not gonna be doing hardcore shit any time soon and I'm already getting sick of scraping the back of my leg on the pins. Oh, and also a bottle cage and bottle to go in it so I don't have to wear a camelbak.
2 days in and the TJ already got its first upgrades. Used Cannondale 30mm riser bars that were already cut to the right size for me, used Chromag grips, used bottle cage ($3 lol) and a new set of RaceFace Rides, plus they threw the bottle in for free. Bars are fucking night and day, bike feels way more controllable on downhills and more comfy in general. The grips were blue so I got the pedals and bottle to match, not sure if I like it yet.
>all those bikes without fendersI take it, you're all fair weather cyclists?
>>2076887I have ass saver on the back and don't care about feet getting wet in front since it's inevitable anyway, fenders are gay
>>2076887I intended to be but a thunderstorm came out of nowhere (weather forecasting in my area is abyssmal) and drenched the fuck out of me in like 2 minutes of insanely hard rain yesterday. Was my first time trying a real trail and I was only like 20 minutes in too, had to bail because riding this area when wet will wreck the trails.
>>2076552>my favorite MTB saddle brands right now are giant, WTB, and fizik.I just picked up a lightly used WTB at the consignment place. Seems like a big improvement, just did a test ride and it's still a little uncomfortable but less painful in regular pants than the Brooks was with padded shorts.
Fell for the meme. R8 my Reddit bike in progress
>>2077016seems like if you want the position those bars afford, step one would have been to get a normal-reach stem.also, if you're modding, you should go all the way and eliminate gripshit.tires seem cool. bike should be a decent modding platform.
