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
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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 ?
