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>>900596
>I posted it again!
>le collectible meme xDDD

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>>900596

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>>900621
If its not becoming collectible , they why is it impossible to find one at any price in the USA?
Checkmate atheists.

Is it difficult to build a wheel?

>>900347
Just takes a lot of time and patience the first few times from what I've heard. Haven't actually built one from scratch yet myself, planning to do some volunteering down at the community shop to gain some experience before I blow a stack on nice components to build with. I have done some pretty major overhauls on rims before though, changing a lot of spokes, etc. So I think I'm up to it.

Araya rims are pretty great

That's all I wanted to say

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I rode about 85km home for thanksgiving in 3 hours, it was gruelling

Some parts were fun but mostly it was complete misery. I woke up running late with a bourbon hangover and had to haul ass to get to turkey dinner on time, I didn't plan a route ahead of time so I kept missing turns and google maps took me over 4km of gravel on my slicks, followed by the most insane hill i've ever had to climb in my life
On top of that my rear derailleur was fucked so I couldn't shift properly or use 3 of my 8 rear cogs. I made it though!

Pic is bike

Male, 22, Canada

>>900216
Is that English bay?

60km, Had some errands to run and was visiting family.

25, Australia

>not using hollowtech

bottom brackets are the fucking worst for tools. When I was swapping out the one on my 80's bike I had to buy 3 tools to get the one in there out, and then another tool to install the new one.

>imblyign a BB is ever worth 130
eheheheh

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>>899941
dumbass

it's obvisously matt

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>>899954
Top Gent.

GCN needs more qt grills though

>>899957
your definition of qt girls needs work

I work for an airline flying the 737 what do you want to know

>>899855
Anything really, emergencies, interesting happenings. Things like that

>>899859
Never had any emergencies per say.
Had to divert twice. Once because there was a thunderstorm over our destination, the other time we had to divert because our destination was fogged out. We were supposed to land at our home base at 23:00, we actually got back at 4:00am the next morning .Longest and most tiring day ever.
Had a few people faint on board.
Had a drunk woman who wasn't aggressive, but she was totally incapable of walking and because she was large we had to call the police who got her a wheelchair.
Been through severe turbulence once, lasted about 5-10 seconds and let me tell you it was scary. I've never been scared in a plane before but that was the first time.
One of our passengers didn't like the look of some asian people so complained to the police, they looked through the bags, we talked to our anti-terror police to confirm there was nothing suspicious.

Normally I'd have a giggle, but this is LM Skunkworks shit, and the P-791 works, so yeah...that three lobe design is still weird as hell. How does it deal with strong winds?

>>899481
I think the 3 bag design must be to shorten it so it fits in places better, shorter should mean better handing in crosswinds, maybe, but it seems lime it would increase aerodynamic drag?

Or maybe lateral stability for landing?

I could see flat design making sense if it was a hybrid airship, and it formed an airfoil shape

Great news, I think airships should be given a second chance since we improved drastically in materials and technology over Hindenburg era. Also they are aesthetic as fuck.

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>>899445
Don't know but I love that paint job

I don't know but it's a shitty as fuck bike, don't get one. Any bike under $700 or so new will be pure shit, and if it has suspension, it will be pure shit even at the $700 range (because good suspension is expensive). If you want a mountain bike with suspension and can't afford to pay a few thousand, buy used at pinkbike.com/buysell
If you want a new bike for under 1k, spend at least 700 and don't get suspension
If you want a mountain bike for only a few hundred dollars, get a rigid 90s mountain bike on Craigslist. Any other mountain bike at that price point is going to be absolute shit.
Also >>>/n/bbg can help

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>>899453
Enjoy cars you fat bitch I rode a 2013 and that was smooth as fuck I can only imagine what this one will feel like. Go back to your fucking jap trains

but there are brakes, they operate on torque as opposed to friction

>>899425
What if the chain comes off? And I'm pretty sure I've seen the douches who ride these braking by placing their foot on the rim.

>>899427
well the chain doesn't just "come off" because single speed casettes and chainrings are much more secure, the only thing that could happen is the chain breaking which is a catastrophic failure no matter what type of bike you're on (again, less likely to happen on a fixed/ss)

you might see bmxers doing that but I can assure you nobody riding a fixie would do that when they could simply resist the movement of the pedals. people who ride road bikes can do that too, that doesn't mean it's correct. perhaps you should educate yourself on how bicycles work before you crusade against something you don't like

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fuckkkk i want to finish my touring bike already and go on some goddamn adventures and shit

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goat rig

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actually this is the GOAT rig

This is what we have the PYBT for OP.

>>898602
Why? its a touring bike. uhhh, such a fag!

>>898613
>it has a rack
>It must be a touring bike!

>>898278
I joined. See you on the group ride this weekend, nigger?

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Holy shit. This is the best place for chatting about TRANSPORTATION E V E R!!!!!

>>898146
>hairy legs

modz plz.

>>898039
It depends on just how poor those freds are (technical skill, physical performance, balls, etc). and the exact terrain. There are cases where a guy on a CX bike could beat another on a mountain bike, but it's unlikely to happen in the real world.

Why exactly are you asking this? If it's just a purely theoretical question then that's probably the best answer you're going to get, but if there's a deeper meaning behind the question then I can elaborate on certain points.

if the trail is rough enough to need full suspension then no probably not. If the trail is rough enough to need front suspension then unlikely. If the trail is nice enough for a cx bike then only if the cx rider is exceptionally skilled and the mtn bikers really suck.

Use the right tool for the job, would you try to hammer with a phillips head screw driver?

>>898047
well I currently just have a road bike and a comically undersized rigid 26er and I'd like to ride with my lads on trails, but I don't want to get a proper mountain bike while I do want to get a cx bike (in order to one day fred in cx)

obviously I wouldn't be able to keep up with them from day one, but I wouldn't be able to do that with a mtb either. I live in a somewhat hilly, rural area, meaning that there are decently hilly trails, but there aren't a huge amount of technical trails and there aren't any downhill courses at all. I'd also just like to understand exactly what makes mtb bikes good at what they do

>>898051
>rough enough to need full suspension then no probably not
what exactly does this mean? at what point will a rigid bike simply be inadequate? does it take drops? roots?
>Use the right tool for the job, would you try to hammer with a phillips head screw driver?
well if a hammer and a screwdriver both cost $1000 and I had one thing that needed to be hammered and twenty screws that need to be driven, then yes I probably would

>>897408
A device which will inevitably lead to running over its drivers legs at some point.

>>897411
Or getting run over by a car because they can't see you.

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>>897408