The R3V Bicycle Thread

[Gr00v3]

im super stoked

this is the bike i picked up, should be coming today:



and heres a better look at the color



my gf actually got me a really dope houndstooth top tube pad, i can't wait

[ColdAccord]

finally got my geared bike back yesterday (bianchi reparo corse). I let my roommate borrow it, got it back with the chain off, (it was probably in the smallest gear in front and back) and the fucking thing was stuck in between the front crank and the chain stay. I don't have a crank puller so I took it to my local bike shop. They did it for free (good guys) and I have it back after 2 months (I left it at my house for a while, then left it at the shop for a while, no real hurry)

never lending anything to my roommate again

[s0urce]

im super stoked

this is the bike i picked up, should be coming today:



and heres a better look at the color



my gf actually got me a really dope houndstooth top tube pad, i can't wait

I've heard a lot about these dawes getting damaged in shipping. Make damn sure you check it out when u get it.

[Gr00v3]

absolutely, i've read the thread on bikeforums, so i know what to expect

[Farbin Kaiber]

This bike is a work of art.

To me, it represents the complete embodiment of form and function in way that integrates design components of line, plane, mass, etc. It also embodies aerodynamic design ideologoies that were current at the time. Enough art talk.

This bike was built for East German sprinter Lothar Thoms, who was a phenomenal time triallist and pursuitist. In preparation for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, Thoms had Cinelli conceive this bike. Cinelli Design Studio created a bike that was aero in every way, from the special Columbus Multi-Shape tubing with webbed braze panels (no - it is not Bondo).

The headset is invisible, and is an integrated synergy of headtube, fork, stem and a series of needle and roller bearings that are fixed when the stem is inserted and tightened - compressing the bearing races against the internal journals. Notice how the top tube is coplanar with the stem extension and flats of the handlebars. The extended bottom bracket shell forms a foil around the leading edge of the rear wheel - another aero advantage.

Cinelli produced a limited number of custom laser cycles under the Evoluzione concept - this bike is the only one made of this type. Cinelli Evoluzione Laser cycles are included in the permananet collection of NY Museum of Modern art, and Chicago's Museum of Contemporary art.

[T3rd Ferguson]

MMM, reminds me of a good friend of mine...

[s0urce]

Haha that white camo bike was posted in the anti-bike-porn thread on lafixed.

[T3rd Ferguson]

I need someone to take professional looking photographs of my bike

[Farbin Kaiber]

Haha that white camo bike was posted in the anti-bike-porn thread on lafixed.

Yep, that's where I got it, but, it reminded me of the seat Josh was looking at with the guns, same type of theme, that's why I put it up here. Some of the Anti-Porn over there is not all that bad. Some of those guys are a bit too fiesty.

[s0urce]

^agreed. I thought they would rip me a new one when I posted my bike.

[Farbin Kaiber]

I knew where I stood, I put mine in the Anti-Porn thread there. Got rave reviews as such. I saw the comments in the Introductions thread. In my local fixed forum, I got told my chain makes kittens die, and has ruined the whole local fixed community.

[s0urce]

^hahahah

[scabzzzz]

Andy: Me too man..
My roommates Rebel XTi or whatever is sitting in the living room floor.
I been using it, but I dont know how to fucking take nice photo

[s0urce]

Andy: Me too man..
My roommates Rebel XTi or whatever is sitting in the living room floor.
I been using it, but I dont know how to fucking take nice photo

Put it in Manual, adjust the Fstop, use the light meter in it to get the right exposure time. Get that bar centered in the middle.

Use the rule of 3's to make it look artistic. Use a tripod.

[scabzzzz]

I only vaguely understand what you just said.