The R3V Bicycle Thread

[Il Duce]

Hell yeah Chris!!! Can't wait to see it this weekend... you'd better bring it down here!!!!

[scabzzzz]

Dia Compe front brake FTW. Tektro is ok, but kinda cheapish. First thing to upgrade on the Windsor is the pedals, for sure. The stock ones are SHIT, and hurt like hell. The seat is alright, but not very comfy, I just got a new one. The headset on mine is a threadless Ritchey, I'm not sure what other people got. And yes, the stock drops suck ass. And I do need to get some wheels, but those are later. These are fine for now.

And scabzzz, flip that stem over!

Help me understand why I need to flip my stem over?

And my ass is chafed from riding so much yesterday on the stock seat. Fock. And I got Ritchey headset too. We got the same run of bikes. Same time. Same shipment I'm sure.

[ColdAccord]

source, is that one of those ebay cheapies? (not sure if bens cycles is a shop or ebay vendor).

my buddy bought one last week and his crank stripped after 3 miles. he had to drop a buck and a half on a sugino crank & arms

[s0urce]

^ Ben's cycle is a shop, but they do post stuff on ebay as well:

http://www.benscycle.net/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=188&zenid=b05e7b3b8c7044a8f8aef180ccf162db

They're a good merchant I like them, good prices too.

What did your buddy buy last week? My bike isnt an ebay build, I started with the pake frame.

Frame Fork: Pake
Crankset: Sugino Messenger 46T 165mm
BB: Sugino 68x103mm
Headset: Cane Creek S2
Stem: Cinelli Alter
Saddle: Brooks b17

[Jand3rson]

Josh, when you do the rearward dismount, do you unclip your left foot before you swing your right leg over the back of the bike? I've had some near crashes leaving it clipped in, but when I unclip first I can do it quite gracefully.

This is how I do it. I unclip my left foot at the bottom of it's stroke, and then let the cranks raise my right foot. As my right foot is coming up, I let the force of the crank lift me up and off the seat, while going off the bike backwards and letting the seat go between my legs. Then I step down with the unclipped left foot, pull my right foot out as I come off the bike, and catch it by the seat as it goes through.

scabzzz, relax yo. I just think it looks better.

[aproy]

its tough when youre waiting for the bike to get here, but the parts are already coming in. my brooks saddle just arrived, and i got nothing to put it on!

[JamesE30]

Finally got everything installed,
Very happy with how it all turned out, I got to run to work right now but here's some pictures top keep you busy!

[Il Duce]

^^^ The steering wheel is on the wrong side...



HAHA! That's a great looking bike man! How does she ride?

[rodrigo]

JamesE30: Really goot to see you brought the Rossin back to life. Nice job.

318kid; do yourself a huge favor and get some new shifters. the ones that are integrated into the brake lever. I can't imagine still shifting on the down tube.

Its really not that bad at all. Kind of makes you look up ahead and think a little more than 'on-demand-shifting'. I converted my MASI from 8sp ergo to 10 sp Downtube. :D

[Farbin Kaiber]

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[Farbin Kaiber]

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[scabzzzz]

scabzzz, relax yo. I just think it looks better.

I'm not freakin out, just asking. Like curious.

Now that I look at it, I think I have it backwards anyways though its the same really. To take the handlebar off, its 4 screws for me right now. If I flipped it, it would only be 2 screws. Plus I'm sure it would grip the fork better anyways with 4 instead of 2.
I'll change it.. Thanks for making me look at it. Never had a threadless headset before this bike.

[Erik]

Thanks man. I meant to ask you, how is your recovery? You're pretty active now. Im assuming all is good?

Thanks for asking man. It's going really well. Since I got my bike I've been riding so much. We did 15 miles Wednesday night through Downtown St. Pete out to Treasure Island. Really fun ride with a nice group of people. Other than that I'm just trying to keep active and keep going.

[scabzzzz]

Thanks for asking man. It's going really well. Since I got my bike I've been riding so much. We did 15 miles Wednesday night through Downtown St. Pete out to Treasure Island. Really fun ride with a nice group of people. Other than that I'm just trying to keep active and keep going.

Good deal. Nice little ride. 15 miles is a good even number for me. I smoke, so anything more killsss me. haha.

Good to hear though. Still pissed about the car though.. Thx;)

[Farbin Kaiber]

Belt Drive. Freakin sickness.