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>>909686
>My budget is $300-400
Used craigslist bike, otherwise you'll end up with a piece of shit that will fall apart in less than a year and won't be worth repairing. /thread

You can get a custom titanium bike with full di2 and custom deep aerogarbon wheels with gokiso hubs for under $300 if your not a retardo like most of this consumer sheeple board. I myself commissioned a design from the Vatican, welded by the pope and with a seatpost made of fragments of the True Cross, for $299. If you disagree with me you don't know SHIT about bicycles and probably ride a BSO with DUI bars and it's a fixie to.

>>910113
>and not a single fuck was given that day

all of my kek

>>910113
Ggnoreop

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lost it

>Takara Kabuto
It's not a very good bike, and the large size will be just barely big enough for someone of your height, but it will work tolerably well for a commuting bike if you live somewhere flat. If you do buy this, it would be worth having a bike shop do a basic tuneup (to make sure there's adequate grease in place, wheels are tensioned, bolts tight, etc.) on it before you ride it very far - half the problem with most cheap bikes is that they're not put together properly, greatly increasing the chances that you'll experience component failure.

>>909938

okay, thanks for the reply

there are a few bike shops not too far from me, I guess I should go in and talk to the guy huh

>>909929
1. Go to bike shop, get a lower-priced hybrid or road bike that can take racks. For USA, figure this will cost ~$400. It will be built and assembled much better tho.

2. get Schwalbe Marathon Plus tires for it. This will cost ~$100 more (you may need to order them online) but it makes getting flat tires far more unlikely
2a. If you get a bike that has 26".559mm wheels then there is a china copy of the Schwalbe MP that is cheaper, called the Salvo ($20 on Amazon) but it only comes in 26" x 1.75. It is not S-MP's, but it is breddy gud for cheap.
2c: Forget about paper-thin tires with kevlar layers, those don't stop shit. THICK tread rubber is what you want here.

People will tell you that Marathon Plus are slow tires--and they are. But you can plan on riding at a slower pace; you can't plan on getting a flat tire. When you have to get to somewhere on time, it is best to make the bike dependable rather than as fast as possible.

Only two wheelers here u fag

>>909859
You mean for your velomobile, right?

Also >>>/o/

Cheers guys - sorry! MODS! DELETE THIS SHIT!

They are amazing if you get the angle, height and setback exactly right. The short rails don't provide much adjustment range, so you might need a new seatpost to get it in the right spot. Then they start sagging and the sides flare out, which messes everything up. So you have to lace them, which most people don't.

Many people sit far too forward on them, particularly when they start sagging. If I were to buy another Brooks I'd go with one of the "Select" models which use extra thick leather.

>>905859
I have a B17, a Pro, and a Swallow and they're all great, not memes at all.

>>905860
I wish the rails were a bit longer, too. I have one of my seatposts in backwards because of this. Not worried about seatpost failure because it's an old Sakae that's so overbuilt it could be used as a mace in case I ever need to stave in the heads of invading Saracens. When they start sagging, turn the adjustment bolt a bit. Lacing them is a good idea if the bolt isn't good enough.

Angle is pretty easy for me. I use a level to make the part that my bum rests on level with the ground, and adjust it a little from there. Most decently-adjusted Brooks have their nose up in the air, like a proper English twat.

Yes. They are shit. The only people that like them are people that have never ridden with a good saddle.

>>904974
why is the frame size a feature lmao

>>904989
how did this happen

What's hucking?

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I'd like Santa to bring me a set of 10-sp Campy shifters, a pair of lobster gloves to replace the ones I can't find, a bottle of nice bourbon, and a couple pounds of good single-estate Assam tea. Will I get (or even ask for) any of this? Nope.

More realistically, I will be very happy if my family members bring better deserts to contribute to the annual Christmas dinner I host than they did to this past Thanksgiving.

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>>904150
>everyone else in the world is sitting by the fireplace looking out the window at snowflakes sipping hot cocoa

a truing stand pls

Meme bike

>"This new bike by Cannondale combines two worlds that usually have little to do with one another. It echoes elements of a mountain bike and interprets these for road use. As a result, it taps into a bigger target group of cyclists."

that was from their page, but at $4500 the people that can afford those prices also can afford to own multiple bikes built to their specific types of riding. Really even on a cx I rarely hit anything worth having any suspension, but it might be nice on the hands for rough gravel roads. I think they are trying to work with the "adventure bike" market.

>>907910
hey nigger, fuck off with the anti new thread shit already or I am gonna make 10 more threads just for you.

Wear a jacket

Catalog

>>907705
why?

>>908816
>>>/asp/

>>908820
>>905550

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I think that with heat therapy you can shape one of these boards to a nice recumbent seat

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Been a hot minute.

build info:
>pedalroom.com/bike/tangerine-pleasure-cruiser-21167

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>>901759
Delicious metal fenders.

When you gonna bring back the drops?

>>901768
HA! I just posted after you in the Functional Thread on LFGSS.

No plans to bring back the drops anytime soon. The guys from my shop that used to do longer rides with have moved on to DH and Freeride, so I'm mostly just scooting around town now.

>>897354
>Helicopters
>How to launch
>Ramps
Yeah, you don't even know what a helicopter is

>>897357
Sorry, I meant ramps that would fold down/slide out from the airship so the helicopter could taxi out and take off.

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Helicopters take off and land vertically OP, there's no need for anything beyond a landing pad and hanger that the machine can be towed into.

>>909907
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiIzUZUGROY

>>909858
u fukt up

>>909858
Tsbee

ho ho ho disc brakes pleb

>>909754
Based Sheldon was a fan of them: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/biopace.html

I had some Biopace rings on one of my bikes for a few years; never really noticed a difference compared to my other bikes.

I've had a Biopace Crankset on my first Steelbike, and the only thing i notice about it is that its pretty much Solid and Bulletproof, though i can't really notice any difference compared to my current Shimano 105 Crankset

I feel a bit of difference when climbing. It's a little like trying to lift during upstroke. I haven't done an A/B test between my Biopace bike and one of my other bikes, although even if I did it wouldn't be terribly accurate due to tire size and geometry differences.