The R3V Bicycle Thread

[So Live]

Beautiful bike nub! Im due for a better mtb sometime too. My 4inch travel xc bike is starting to hate me haha.

The GoPro is sweet (when the batteries are charged!!)
First test run missing a lot of good stuff:



Its amazing how crappy the quality looks on photobucket.

[Stephen]

Wish I could find last year's Lager. This year's is a little on the gaudy side.

For sure. Well bike island sells the brown frame, which is a lager frame. take the stickers off, build it up, and it looks pretty decent... thats what my bike is



/whore

The lager frame is 120 shipped. :D


Or get a kilo

[Erik]

Beautiful bike nub! Im due for a better mtb sometime too. My 4inch travel xc bike is starting to hate me haha.

The GoPro is sweet (when the batteries are charged!!)
First test run missing a lot of good stuff:

Its amazing how crappy the quality looks on photobucket.

That's awesome, I miss riding trails so much right now. I got back on my mnt bike the other day and I just wanted to go crazy. It was so weird holding on to the super wide bars after riding fixed so much with my really narrow risers.

[xAZxE30x]

i think that i am going to get the kilo, cant beat the price and everyone seems to agree thats the best for the money for a entry level. Is bikesdirect the only place i can order it from? I cannot seem to find them anywhere else. They say it wont be in stock/ shipped until may 20th, I want to order it now before I spend the cash on another part for my car ha

[So Live]

That's awesome, I miss riding trails so much right now. I got back on my mnt bike the other day and I just wanted to go crazy. It was so weird holding on to the super wide bars after riding fixed so much with my really narrow risers.

Haha thanks man! And i know how ya feel. First time i got back on the mountain bike i felt awkward trying to slow down with out resisting with my legs lol. I ride both bikes a bunch now so going back and forth isnt so bad. Maybe having bullhorns on the fix make it less awkward...

And that 2nd to last drop ends up being like 5 feet with how far out i was going. :p Im pissed i missed a lot of good footage today. One of my buddies ate it pretty good on a nice roller and my other friend got a pretty good nut job. Oh well...

[machined]

For sure. Well bike island sells the brown frame, which is a lager frame. take the stickers off, build it up, and it looks pretty decent... thats what my bike is


/whore

The lager frame is 120 shipped. :D


Or get a kilo

That looks like a blast so far! Where'd you get your seat post?

[JasonC]

I haven't rode my bike or any other bike in many many years. But this is what i have. 1987 Schwinn Predator Freeform EX
(I have no pictures of it).

Finally got it out and gave it a quick bath. Took it for a short ride, figured out in no time that i'm really out of shape. I don't know how i did it when i was younger.

[So Live]

Bitchin vintage BMX dude. I love how people used to run handlebars like that haha

[Stephen]

That looks like a blast so far! Where'd you get your seat post?

From a local shop, they sell alot of used stuff.

The only thing you should consider is it costs more to build an Lager the way i did than to buy a kilo. But i liked building it and got some nice parts on it :D

[Martin C.]

Ha!!! Jaons, I used to have one just like that. Used to do a wheelee for 3+ blocks and turn...long live freestyle!!!!!!!

[fiercee30]

mountain bikes are lame.its all about BMX bikes

[Farbin Kaiber]

BMX bikes are lame.its all about Fixed Gears

[Jesse30]

This is not how to "create" a fixed gear. Jesse?

i cant get away from my love for the zipties. they've made it to my bike projects too

[Jand3rson]

From a local shop, they sell alot of used stuff.

The only thing you should consider is it costs more to build an Lager the way i did than to buy a kilo. But i liked building it and got some nice parts on it :D

Werd, the money I spent rebuilding my bike could have bought me a complete Bianchi Pista or something else of comparable price. But I find no satisfaction whatsoever in buying a completed bike, much like anything else. I want to build it myself, select each part myself, and build it the way I want it.

My bike was $300 new, and I have just under $1k into it now (including original purchase price). Sure, it's still a Windsor/Fuji frame, but now it's the color I wanted, and as a complete bike, has all better/higher quality components on it than just about anything sold as a complete in that price range.

[ColdAccord]

if you could go back, would you just piece it together entirely?