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e.pilot
Nov 20, 2011

sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit
THE RULES:
Big ring
Small Cog
Valves at 12 or 6
Crank at 3
Centered Tire Logos
No Bottles
No Bags (unless there’s LOTS of bags)
No Lights

Bonus Points:
In front of a good wall
Gold chain
Pro Fit

Negative Points:
Reflectors
Dork Disk

e.pilot fucked around with this message at 19:17 on Jul 25, 2020

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deong
Jun 13, 2001

I'll see you in heck!

e.pilot
Nov 20, 2011

sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit
The current fleet:





e.pilot fucked around with this message at 21:01 on Jul 25, 2020

Coredump
Dec 1, 2002

e.pilot posted:

THE RULES:
Big ring
Small Cog
Valves at 12 or 6
Crank at 3
Centered Tire Logos
No Bottles
No Bags (unless there’s LOTS of bags)
No Lights

Bonus Points:
In front of a good wall
Gold chain
Pro Fit

Negative Points:
Reflectors

Do we get braggin rights for going into the negatives? I think one of my bikes still has the dork disc AND reflectors on there.

kimbo305
Jun 9, 2007

actually, yeah, I am a little mad
Like fashion, you gotta know how/when to break the rules

Mecca-Benghazi
Mar 31, 2012


Can that one roll like a Brompton can or is the folded mode more for storing?

Also how many bikes do you have Kimbo? :stonk:

kimbo305
Jun 9, 2007

actually, yeah, I am a little mad
It doesn't really roll, as the natural way to lug it around has the wheel going backwards and pulling the crank into some folded part of the frame.
You could push it around vertically like a unicycle, but not effectively.

Mecca-Benghazi posted:

Also how many bikes do you have Kimbo? :stonk:
The bikes owned distribution ITT probably looks a bit better than wealth distribution :negative:

Good Dog
Oct 16, 2008

Who threw this cat at me?
Clapping Larry


My favorite bichael, Stormy



This bichael scares me, Sandy



This is the last photo I ever took of my first bike, currently reduced to trainer life. Which means she actually gets ridden alot.

Coxswain Balls
Jun 4, 2001









Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Bike






becoming
Aug 25, 2004

Back when the kiddo was in daycare, this is how I got her there and back. She's six now and still loves this seat, even if she's too big for it.



Gunnar makes real nice frames. I need to ride this more.



... and this one. I need to ride on dirt more.

BeastPussy
Jul 15, 2003

im so mumped up lmao
I don't usually take many pictures while I'm riding because I hate stopping and my phone camera kinda sucks, but I did take a few today.





Here's some more I've taken over a few years of riding. My first bike is in some of them but it's currently skeletal in the basement, having been cannibalized for its drivetrain and other bits when I redid the Cannondale earlier this year.

There was a wedding up in Wolfeboro, NH and instead of talk to people in the morning, I went for a bike ride.





I've done the Hub On Wheels ride twice and riding down an empty Storrow Drive in the beginning section is a blast. Once you get through the crowds it's just a straightforward speedway before you get to ride through some nice roads and paths around the city of Boston. Never knew about most of them and it's a good time.



Couple photos from somewhere in northeastern MA.



Sometimes you learn things while you're on a ride. I didn't know there were buffalo in MA but here they are, on a farm.


Rode up Mt. Wachusett with a friend.


This was before the new drivetrain but I just like this shot of the bike.


Rode with my brother recently and he managed to get an action shot of me. Bask in the glory of my fat rear end and thick calves.



Stayed up on the Pemigewasset River in NH for a weekend and, you guessed it, went for a bike ride. The road in the last few pictures was signed "Road not maintained - Travel at own risk" and they weren't kidding. The pictures make it look alright but a normal sedan wouldn't have made it through some sections. Not the best surface for carbon wheels and the amazing sidewalls of GP4k2 tires but I made it.






Kimbo and I did a double-metric century a couple years ago and, while I wasn't as strong as I had hoped to be, it was still a great time. He's a cool dude and I lust after that bike.

I believe this picture breaks all the rules except for the lack of reflectors.

frogbs
May 5, 2004
Well well well
Did some of Leif Erikson yesterday. Definitely think my tire pressure was still too high, guess i'll have to go back!



iospace
Jan 19, 2038


I still have reflectors on my bike :colbert:

I also ride at night, and gently caress you if you think I'm not leaving them on.

becoming
Aug 25, 2004


I really really like this bike. Also:


iospace posted:

I still have reflectors on my bike :colbert:

I also ride at night, and gently caress you if you think I'm not leaving them on.

Preach. I ride at night on a regular basis, out in farm country where no one goes the speed limit and there is probably more than a fair share of impaired drivers. I'm doing most everything I can to be as visible as possible. I've taken them off a few bikes that I never ride at night, but for the most part I leave them on.

e.pilot
Nov 20, 2011

sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

Coredump posted:

Do we get braggin rights for going into the negatives? I think one of my bikes still has the dork disc AND reflectors on there.

If you achieve impossible levels of Fred eventually you might come back around to being cool again.

dork disks will never be cool

Fish Cake
Jun 13, 2008

woof


new forum new thread new bike new picture

kimbo305
Jun 9, 2007

actually, yeah, I am a little mad

Fish Cake posted:



new forum new thread new bike new picture

Love it. Those drillium chainrings.
Only bummer is how the field of view makes the drop bars seem enormous.

DeesGrandpa
Oct 21, 2009

Page one bike showin





e.pilot
Nov 20, 2011

sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

DeesGrandpa posted:

Page one bike showin


:eyepop:

bicievino
Feb 5, 2015

Track race biek


Road race biek


Cross race biek


Other cross race biek


gently caress your rule about drive side photos biek

EvilJoven
Mar 18, 2005

NOBODY,IN THE HISTORY OF EVER, HAS ASKED OR CARED WHAT CANADA THINKS. YOU ARE NOT A COUNTRY. YOUR MONEY HAS THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND ON IT. IF YOU DIG AROUND IN YOUR BACKYARD, NATIVE SKELETONS WOULD EXPLODE OUT OF YOUR LAWN LIKE THE END OF POLTERGEIST. CANADA IS SO POLITE, EH?
Fun Shoe
Don't tell me what to do you aren't my bike dad.

EvilJoven
Mar 18, 2005

NOBODY,IN THE HISTORY OF EVER, HAS ASKED OR CARED WHAT CANADA THINKS. YOU ARE NOT A COUNTRY. YOUR MONEY HAS THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND ON IT. IF YOU DIG AROUND IN YOUR BACKYARD, NATIVE SKELETONS WOULD EXPLODE OUT OF YOUR LAWN LIKE THE END OF POLTERGEIST. CANADA IS SO POLITE, EH?
Fun Shoe






Bottom Liner
Feb 15, 2006


a specific vein of lasagna






















saving these from the old thread

flickmaker
Jun 7, 2004

Coked out Artie.


flickmaker fucked around with this message at 01:08 on Jul 26, 2020

numberoneposter
Feb 19, 2014

How much do I cum? The answer might surprise you!

Withnail
Feb 11, 2004
my bike after a rough night in vegas

Development
Jun 2, 2016

Fingers, Zinc.




nm
Jan 28, 2008

"I saw Minos the Space Judge holding a golden sceptre and passing sentence upon the Martians. There he presided, and around him the noble Space Prosecutors sought the firm justice of space law."

e.pilot posted:

THE RULES:
Big ring check
Small Cog lol
Valves at 12 or 6 lol
Crank at 3 lol
Centered Tire Logos kind of
No Bottles But only because short ride
No Bags (unless there’s LOTS of bags) That, Sir, is a Berthoud, you heathen
No Lights They're really german, gently caress you.

Bonus Points:
In front of a good wall no, but there is a really pretty sewage treatment plant outlet there
Gold chain :(
Pro Fit I designed a custom bike to have a positive angle stem, just to piss you off

Negative Points:
Reflectors I'm actually pissed I don't have them on the rear wheel. 48hs don't do well with reflectors and they all fall off.
Dork Disk I have enough taste to remove that


(The fork with steerer is basically the longest that will fit in an S&S box, with fork removed).

nm fucked around with this message at 05:24 on Jul 26, 2020

Bottom Liner
Feb 15, 2006


a specific vein of lasagna
the rules can be ignored based on the following criteria:

how cool the bike is

how cool the location is

a mural

a dog

e.pilot
Nov 20, 2011

sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

Bottom Liner posted:

the rules can be ignored based on the following criteria:

how cool the bike is

how cool the location is

a mural

a dog

Praxis :hmmyes:

HAIL eSATA-n
Apr 7, 2007

What even is a bicycle?

e.pilot
Nov 20, 2011

sometimes maybe good
sometimes maybe shit

HAIL eSATA-n posted:

What even is a bicycle?

neither a heterocycle or homocycle, it’s both

HAIL eSATA-n
Apr 7, 2007

*squinting*

We'll I'll be

Development
Jun 2, 2016

obv it's a hermaphrobike

HAIL eSATA-n
Apr 7, 2007

I found one

Heliosicle
May 16, 2013

Arigato, Racists.






Do reflective tyres count as reflectors?

nwin
Feb 25, 2002

make's u think

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
There are no rules to this thread, except that steel is real and matte black is bad

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mexecan
Jul 10, 2006


Gravel bike on the ol’ homestead.

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