How do you stereotype people who buy various brands? I'll

Hipster...with really good taste

>>975850
Depressingly accurate.

What do you ride?

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>>975846
Putting how much gay I think judge someone for the things they like is, I´d say someone who didnt knew much about bikes but got lucky buying a good one.

Pic related.
Hit me.

Planet X and On-One.
>not island dweller
>inb4 britbong

>>975862
Well informed individual with gr8 taste

>>975862
super into value-for-money

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Vintage cannondale (pre-outsourcing)

>>975864

Poorfag trying desperately to get laid

>>975868

Richfag trying desperately not to.

>>975870
>Richfag trying desperately not to.

damn.. lol

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Purchased solely on name recognition. Lacks imagination, or motivation to due any product research before buying. Would eat at american chain restaurants like McDonalds when travelling abroad, if they travelled abroad.

Surly: has a "steel is real" tattoo

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what's the stereotype on this?

>>975881

First bike purchase after a lifetime of Walmart objects.

>>975882
hmm doesn't sound familiar

>>975882
or massive cycling history junkie

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>>975846
>tfw metroid fan
10/10 would ride with

>>975862
recreational rider that will D R O P you if you start to Cat6 them; would grab a beer with

>>975864
are carbon frames haram?

>>975868
college student. probably irritating (to me).

>>975877
probably a car salesman or hospitality manager. has matching bike with wife and wife's son.

here's mine get@me

>>975881

>let me tell you all about cycling heritage and quality italian design memery even though this is my first and only road bike I bought because some fag online said bianchi is the bike version of maserati or some shit, also its CELESTE GREEN you fucking pleb not turquoise have some tact DAMN DUDE

>>975888
It's also racked to the back of a Celeste Green Fiat 500

Self built single speed with coaster brake on a generic taiwanese cr-mo fixie frame

>>975887
>probably a car salesman or hospitality manager. has matching bike with wife and wife's son.

lmao spot-on

80's Bridgestone

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80's Romet
what does this say about me

>>975915
that you are poor and cant afford anything new and/or you are some hipster

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What comes to mind when you think of Soma?

>>975846
>>975887
serious cyclists who researched before buying

>>975862
>>975877
bought a bike at the first shop he went into

>>975864
A fool and his money are soon parted

>>975868
>>975901
potentially annoying retrogrouch

>>975881
probably buys name brand toilet paper too

>>975915
europoor

>>975917
pretty spot on
I would liken it to wearing a terrorist casio, which is also something I do
I do have a proper bike but I end up riding romet the most

>>975846
>How do you stereotype people who buy various brands?
I don't, and I wonder about the maturity level and/or emotional insecurity level of anyone who does -- and that goes for anyone who posts in a thread like this with any sentiment other than what I stated above.

/thread

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>>975927
it's a piss-take my son nobody here is serious

>>975927
I stereotype you as somebody who hates fun

>>975927
you probably ride a walgoose >:^(

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Stereotype me up

i ride a chinese carbon fuck you

>>975919
>>
reads the radavist everyday
barrista
vegan

>>975961
openly homosexual fred with a good job that makes really good money and has a bf, a dog, and a little condo in the city

>>975940
smart poorfag
>>975942
smart mediumfag
>>975960
just a fag
>>975961
you lock your bike at campus with one of those shitty coily cable don't you viscous-assed honeybun

>>975961
How's the dental practice doing?

>>975987

Comfortably middle class, but dumb and stingy. Could afford a better bike, but refuses to buy one.

>>975987
either value oriented person who knows what they want enough to buy online or cheapskate who can't be bothered going to a real bikeshop

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>>975999
Only ever talks about ride feel

>>975919
>soma
You either knew exactly what you wanted, or nothing at all.

How do you like it now?

>>975960
annoying first-year student

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never really seen them around here so curious

>>976029
Poverty baguette-eater

>>976029
obviously britbong

other than that not much else

>>975862
Aggressively cheap and in denial

>>976029
Man I love that bike. In the uk they're seen as great quality and sensibly priced road bikes. In France front suspension btwin mtbs are used by homeless people to transport their fishing equipment to the beach and teenagers in hi vis tracksuits to pop wheelies along pavements.

>>975881
Rides up a 5% incline and imagines hordes of fans screaming il campionissimo at him from the roadside.

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>>975862
Cucked by life factors into spending half as much on a bike as they really want to.

>>975864
>Planet X
Minimum wage loser who hopes to be picked up as a ProContinental domestique next year.

>On-one
Welfare loser who wishes he went pro 20 years ago so he could have gone on the piss with Rob Warner.

>>975868
Eccentric dad figure, collects all kinds of gadgets with interesting backgrounds, but never uses them (if they work).

>>975877
>Low-end
"This is the best deal I could find: it was the cheapest thing in the shop."

>High-end
"This is the best bike there is: it was the most expensive one in the shop."

>>975881
Pic related.

>>975887
Will buy almost anything that comes from a 'rider-owned' company. Faster than most, but sandbags on a low-key basis (including riding sub-par bike).

>>975901
Thinks mountain bikes hit their peak when they were most like road bikes.

>>975919
Has delusions of going on month long tours through New England in autumn. Probably hasn't spent a single weekend away from home on a bike-supported tour.

>>975942
Considers themselves 'self-sponsored' racer. Considers equipment very important to racing success.

>>975960
Like a Bianchi rider, but fetishises lugs.

>>975961
Works in tech, rides with a club or ex-clubmates, his excuse for not racing is that his bike's too light.

>>975987
Working with a very tight budget. Trolls for sponsorships and gets excited when offered 20% off a pair of gloves in return for a blog post about them.

>>976029
Lives on the outskirts of some godawful Midlands town. Young rider adopted by his local club in a 'Yowamushi Pedal meets Kes' tale.

>>976049
Very excited to try his first enduro race.

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A 3 years old second hand focus

>>976071
Do you honestly expect anyone's going to put in the effort to decipher this wall of autism?

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>>975881

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What about me, senpais?

>>976294
you hate bikes

>>976303
Poorfag getting his first decent bike
>>976318
Shill

>>975999
Moustache bars, barend shifters, fenders, triple crankset, bell, and rack on every bike they own.

>>976320
damn right

>>976298
I guess you still have a rusty downtime shifter equipped piece of shit then, huh?

>>976231
lmao I have that bike but obviously without the anime thingy

>>976336
a dad

>>975868
>I think "MADE IN USA" matters

>>975877
>I know who Lance Armstrong is, but that's about it

>>975961
>I'm a dentist, I ride a TT bike on local bicycling trails, and I'm almost always cross-chaining.

>>976294
>I ask "Do you sell Specialized?" in every bike shop I visit. I also put a steerer tube extender on my full-carbon Roubaix because I don't like riding "hunched over"

>>976303
>I still think Mountain Biking is about having fun

>>975988
>I know nothing about what differentiates a "good bike" from a "cheap bike"

>>975987
>At least I don't ride a Raleigh... oh wait.

>>975881
>I wanted a nice Italian bicycle, but I didn't do my research, I also think Celeste bar tape, saddle, and tires look fire.

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>>975846

>>976336
>I didn't want to spend the money on a Trek or a Specialized, and I don't make enough money for a Cervelo

>>976360
More like:

> Went to a Specialized or Trek dealer, left because price, went to a Giant dealer, left asking 'is there anything that's cheaper?'

>>976358
>I bought my bike online.

>>976362
lol

>>975881
>Isn't that a girl's bike?

>>976000
xD

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>>975846

>>976358
you are a tranny that used to shitpost on /n/ frequently

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how did I do?

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try this one xD

>>976407

>Ritte

Values style over substance and looks good doing it.

>>976406
more like kosher

>>976119
Yes.

>>976352 Raleigh has like actually been doing some good stuff in the last few years.

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Ñññññ

>>976407
Wealthy designer type. More instagram photos than kms. Spends money on hugh end parts for the sake of it rather than the actual performance gains

>>975846
I've got a ridley cyclocross, and quality is 10/10. But I've found their geometries too demanding for my use. They are pro bikes for consumers, you can't find a ridley without a ridleyculous spacerstack because of extreme slow stack height.

>>976487
Screams you like little boys.

>>976486
>buy race bike
>complain about race geo

Ridley cross bikes arent even ridiculously aggressive. Seems like youve got some core and flexibility work to do friendo

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>>976517

It is a trend even with the pros

Varntornout:

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>>976517
Vanthourenhout

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>>976522
For what meme does ride a bike that is too small for him?

2006 welded Iron Horse Sunday

Come at me 650b

>>976487
Cars to much about his strava segments through a busy pedestrian filled park

>>976102
Spends plenty of time riding but trains in a haphazard way and doesn't aspire to much.

>>976294
Believes everything he reads on BikeRadar.

>>976303
Knows where to find good weed.

>>976336
Used to run, but his knees are shot. Still rides in running shoes.

>>976384
Bought whatever the shop needed to get rid of.

>>976407
Subscribes to the Velominati ruleset on a level of irony so deep it approaches sincerity.

>>976433
Recommended by friends as the cheapest bike that would allow him to ride with them. Is Spanish.

>>976487
No respect for the established culture of cycling, for better or worse.

>>976502
Believes France is still a world power.

>>976530
Posts unduly angry, misinformed, yet smug and condescending diatribes about new standards in Pinkbike comment section.

>>976487
45 year old mom on doing 20 mile base training for triathlon that won't let you pass her when you come up on her from behind

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I never see anything about these bikes on here

Norco

>>976564
Weight Weenie

Alternatively

>Where Is My Ski Mask?

>>976522
>>976523
>literally 1 pro out of a signififcant few on ridleys
>bike is also obviously too small

>>976525
>>976523

Easier to dismount with a lower top tube.

>>976548
>Spends plenty of time riding but trains in a haphazard way and doesn't aspire to much
That was cold-blooded bullseye. But how?

>>976743
What the fuck. Possibly the most incorrect statement ever postedon this board. Well done retard

>>976607
i do wish it were cold enough for ski masks, but i don't care how much my bike weighs, only that i got it nearly 50% off and that it's
>stiff

>>977234
but is it
>laterally stiff
>vertically compliant
>and many other buzzwords as well

>>976325
lel I wonder if he's lurking

>>976320
>poorfag getting his first decent bike

fuck, you got me.

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COME AT ME

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>>975846
I also ride a Ridley, because it's my perfect bike and it was half price. How many times does that happen?

>>977529

> poorfag 20-something who lucked out on his first vintage bike purchase and now claims it as some sort of authenticity token when in reality he could have wound up on a hi-ten schwinn and not known the difference

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>>975887
>>976049
>transition
>santa cruz

knows his brands and overpays them and ends up in debt but he cant helhimself. cant say its wrong... and Ive read your LBS post transition dude

>>975961
hollywood smile here I come

>>976303
>kona

blazer, nostalgic freerider, hates competative DH

>>976564
>>976487
>>976384
>>975942

competative but lacks personality

>>975868
>newer cannondale

only company that went big and remained its col image, like em very much!

>>976294
>megalized

he thinks he is cool but he actually isnt

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is this the neo-bianchi?

>>977574
>Orange

Fat man from the north of England

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pls respond

>>978747
Budget hipster

>>976363
>not knowing the difference between old and new moto

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>>978747

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???

>>979064
you get that at walmart?

>>979090

wut?
Jamis is a reputable enough brand.
Approximately Felt-tier.

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Everyone thinks mine is a Scott

>>979064
>>979117

Yes, Jamis is quality commuter tier. Probably something to do with parent company owning Breezer??

>>977574
what do you have against santa cruz other than you being a fuckboy

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>>977531

my /n/igga

>>979117
I know they ok bikes but they give off walmart vibe

also,

Felt is like LL Bean tier

>>979224
what kind of bike is that?

>>979227
Ridley Orion, their older endurance-y model. Newer version is the Fenix.

>>979224
Why do all Ridley bikes look so tacky? I understand that they're great bikes, but I would never buy one because they look like Fredmobiles.

Giant, Trek, BMC, Specialized, etc. have moved on to make far more subtle liviers but Ridley bikes still look like they were designed by a kid in 2003.

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>>979255
This is my Ridley, which I think looks pretty damn gorgeous.

>>979257

Pretty nice, but I feel like it could use a splash of contrast color detail somewhere.

Sram Red would make the colorway look really sharp but is obviously a bit unrealistic. Maybe red nokons for the rear loop, or contrast-colored hubs/skewers. Something.

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>>979255
Heliums are pretty good looking.
Trek are ugliest big money bikes
Giants look pretty good most of the time
Specialed is hit or miss

>>979240
(I was joking)

>>979303

Spesh just needs to leave behind the idea of black/red and black/black as "premium" colorways. S-works paint schemes always make me cringe and roll my eyes.

>>979301
My next step is going to be replacing the bar tape with black, maybe black saddle too (mostly so it doesn't show grime). I'd probably do a black wheelset with orange hubs. Maybe orange bar tape if I can find a good dark orange.

>>979144
I've got a hongfu, saw some dude with a dengfu as I was climbing some time ago and had a little chat bout our bikes

>>979309
mechaboo

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>>979307
I dunno if I've ever noticed a really bad s-works, usually they're just all black with sworks in white when I see them

this one looks pretty good..I guess
Canyon are the best looking bikes

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>>979308

>Maybe orange bar tape if I can find a good dark orange.

This makes me think leather.
Leather tape and saddle could look fantastic against that blue. If you like your saddle, you could get it re-covered.

>>979315
eh, saddle is stock. If I replace it it'd probably be as part of a bike fit with sitbone measurements. It's comfy enough for now, though.

And yeah, leather or leather-effect looks promising. All the orange bar tape I can find right now looks pretty fleuro, which is not what I'm looking for.

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>>979310
they are the same as far as I know- their frames have the same modle numbers

>>979308
No. Bar tape is either white or black. Always. Nothing else is acceptable

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>>979994

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>>979994
wen i see ur bike locked up pussy im putting splash tape on it u will love it wen i fuck u fag

>>979994
>being a veloluminazi
>not matching tape to highlights on your frame

Made my bike look loads more interesting desu

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>>980070
>mfw silva 90s splash tape

why did they stop with such raddness?

>>980070
>all those tapes
>they're all ugly

>>978747
trackstar wannabe

>>976349
>I also put a steerer tube extender on my full-carbon Roubaix because I don't like riding "hunched over"
That's me almost, but I only have spacers because I'm fat and have a hard time breathing.

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>>980070
>>980166

kek when my dog eats grass she pukes it up and I just had to clean it off my rug a few hours back and it looked just like this one

>>979049
>trying to pretend new is old moto
Found the BD victim
>trying to pretend old moto is high class
Found nikolasv

>>980166
No longer Euro-pro.

>tfw all-black clonebike masterrace

>>980152
Basque Separatist

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Haven't seen Wilier yet.

>>980275
e-doper trying unsuccessfully to play dumb

b-twin.

30% discount, free parts and paid to maintain own bikes.

Feels good

>>980271
I can't afford Genesis or Salsa.

>>975919
Me likey those lugs

>>975969
kek

>>979062
kek

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>>975846
R8 plz

>>985696
You are slenderman.

>>985718
not actually my bike, just identical paint scheme and model. Mine is a 60cm

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Planet X

>>986128
Poorfag's first decent tark biek

>>986128
you keep a very clean home
you like cbt
you want women to knee you in the crotch and stab your testicles with needles and you also want things shoved up your urethra

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>>975862
I always got the impression GIANT bikes were super overpriced for the spec and really only people new to cycling bought them.
We seem to have some fans on here.

<< What about RIBBLE?

>>976336
>bought my first ever road bike, it's alright. But it's time to upgrade to the next level

>>976406
>look at my overpriced steel road bike I just found on craigslist

>>976530
>is there a way I can upgrade to 350mm of travel?

>>986184
If you're looking at, say, a $1500 endurance road bike, you're getting a much better dial with Giant than with, say, Specialized. you'll probably get 105 and discs vs Tiagra.

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Honestly, branding makes me really self conscious. I ride alone because every time I've thought of joining a group, I see all of them have nice bikes and I feel discouraged. I'm a poor college student and I wish so badly I could buy a new bike but I'm really poor. Is it that bad guys?

>>986271
I've never heard of the brand but it looks like a decent entry level touring bike. I'm a college student. Your bike is nicer than mine and I ride in groups. You're wayyy overthinking it. Everyone is poor in college and if you can keep up in a fast group on a worse bike then that makes the other freds look bad.

>>986271
Well, what's actually wrong with your bike?

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>>986222
you should go diamondback if value is your thing.

pic related 1400$msrp

>>986271
not at all . they might laugh at you for being a babby with a triple, but it's barely lower than a compact crank and if you show them whos boss on hills they'll stop. There's nothing more satisfying than following a stronger hard cunt rider up a long climb with a heavy bike and a triple and they're grimacing through a 23x39.

>>986296
DB is also good, but you can find a LBS that stocks Giant and will have knowledgeable people. Best you're gonna get for DB is gonna be a performance or an REI, which will have far worse service.

Defy is also just straight up a better frame.

>>986348
Not to mention the fact that the $1500 defy is full-carbon.

>>980466
charge bikes cost the same as genesis bikes.

>>979184
only people i've seen ride santa cruz bikes are people sponsored by them because they are dentist tier mountain bikes.

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>>975846
what /n/ think about cube's? i've got two bikes build on cube carbon frames, pretty cheap and solid but I think their new bikes look like fucking piece of shit with this unmatching colours

>>986462
a bike for squares

>>986465
xD

>>975881
wannabe Italian. club run Fred

>>975942
they have good value for money, but frames are shit hence why they are soo cheap + they buy bulk components
>a cheapfag who buys into the work aero and carbon

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>>986497
>but frames are shit hence why they are with several world tour teams
>inb4 this is why quintana didnt win

>>979175
no. jamis is dog shit.

>>986498
frames are shit compared to Trek or Specialized.
>pro teams argument
they will ride anything and do pretty much the same. but subtle stuff on canyons are shit like bb size and their aerodynamics. it's made to look aero and is slightly more aero. poorfag bike

>>986504

Er... no. It isn't.

>>986506
Oh, so now we moved from 'the frames are shit' to 'subtile stuff is slightly worse in unspecified way'. You're retarded. Have a nice life.

>>986542
But anon,he's right!

Canyon is shit because it's not the brand that he or I ride!
Also remember that any bike thats not USA! USA! USA! is not number 1!

>>979257
The colour/decals gives off a very cheap vibe, same thing with components, especially the cranks and saddle. Also the cockpit looks pretty bad with the angle of the stem

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>>979257
>ultra sports
>miss matched caged
>bars level with saddle
>dork disc
>mtb pedals

>>979308
>orange and blue and black and white

>'sexy'

>>986608
What's wrong with ultra sports?
They have great traction.

>>986614
I would rather have a bike with tiagra and 4000s than 105 and ultra sports, it's the most important component on a bike. The difference is huge, especially on wet roads.

>>986623
I repeat the question: What's wrong with ultra sports?

>>986624
They are budget tires, which the performance loss from invalidates having a decent road bike to begin with.

>>986624
On a $100 bike, nothing

>>986635
Good tires can make an OK bike ride noticeably better.

OK tires can make a good bike ride noticeably worse.

>>983015
Gook

>>986222
>wut is frame quality

>>986614
>>986623
>>986624
>>986629
>>986635
>>986638
I still don't feel this answers my question.

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>>986662
>>986608
To people anal about the performance of their (road) bike like me,tires make a lot of difference.
"Feel or liveliness"rolling resistance,(cornering)grip,suppleness,mileage etc.

'Avin some nice tires tires under yer ass makes a great difference to the ones interested enough to notice.
That having said,cheaper tires can absolutely be adequate/fine..heck even great,but (for me at least) some cyclists a certain tire feels right,mostly the more expensive ones.

That being said,the lower end ultra sports are absolutely fine,they might be more more puncture prone than other tires,but if they work,they work.

I have some laying around on my old rims,for my new rims they are so incredibly tight(STFU I literally mounted thousands of tires at this point,I know how to mount a goddamn clincher lmao)that mounting it would be a PITA,since getting them off and on would be a aforementioned PITAAAA

>>986624

Shit like weight, rolling resistance etc are often more of a concern.

>>986670
Well i think my ultra sports roll great and have lots of grip.
They used to be prone to punctures, but that improved when i switched the chinese crap tubes for contis. Knock on wood.

I don't even know what suppleness means in this context. Easier to mount on rim?

>>986662
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4f5ewIYYuQ
This is you faggot.

>>986670
>I know how to mount a goddamn clincher lmao)that mounting
Kek everyone thinks this, if you literally ever complain, you don't

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>>986675
What is your benchmark though, some walmart hybrid or an old mtb? You simply don't know any better.

>>986677
Srry Mr. anonymous expert tire mounter,It was just me who thought the tire/rim combo was tight af,and thus not worth it since the US tires have no puncture protection,thus making any road-side repair a nightmare.

Srry nigger,u bretty dumb tbqh senpaitachi imho

Buy Schwalbe btw,theyll get you laiiiid

>>986680
True enough, i guess.

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>>986675
Yoyoyo B-boi anon dawg G
YeahYeah aigh listen up
Supleness mean them vibrations feels less of them bling tires just bit less you 'nderstandstand dawg yeah muddafucka

>>986608
Since that picture was taken, most of those have been fixed.
>Dropped dork disc.
>Running Specialized Roubaix tires now.
> Bars are down--not as much as my end goal but still working on flexibility.
> Still riding MTB pedals, because I like being able to walk around.

I still use that picture because I like the background, and I haven't been back to that spot yet to get a new bike pic.

>>986725
>Specialized Roubaix
>not getting the vastly superior Veloflex Roubaix
baka desu senpai

>>986739
LBS had a BOGO sale.