The R3V Bicycle Thread

[ColdAccord]

I'm bringin my bike to oktoberfest. epic o'fest fixed gear shenaniganz with scabzzzz will ensue. DSLR equipped

Kevin your bike has some serious fucking rake.

I was hoping to have an e30 sedan (dd) by now. Damn, I coulda tossed the rack on and brought my fixie and my geared bike. ah well.
maybe if I find a car in the next 2 days. ooor I could drive down to NYC, buy that s52 that's listed here, toss it in the wagon and roll!

[scabzzzz]

Like Andy said, shit is gonna go down here in Ithaca...

Bike is in the M5 as we speak. Im going to wake up in the morning and put it together and go smash around this town and see whats up..

Cold Accord - Isnt buffalo really close to here? I was watching your local news a min ago, and they kept mentioning things in buffalo and syracuse like it was local.

[T3rd Ferguson]

Kanye bought a brakeless fixed gear 'suicide' Cinelli Vigorelli bike...

http://www.pedestrian.tv/blogs/archives/2008-06/

[Jand3rson]

Fuck Kanye West. He's the male version of Oprah.

He thinks he's the second coming, and everyone should listen to what he has to say, because he really knows what's going on.

/rant

[T3rd Ferguson]

C'mon now, no body asked for your opinion of him as an artist, i just thought it was ridiculous.

[brandondan1]

I feel out of place with all the fixie's, but I just got my first road bike last weekend:




OMG what a difference from riding a mountain bike 30+ miles with the LBS group... I just need to find a more comfortable saddle or stuff more socks in my junk(already wearing padded bike shorts) to make it perfect. Any recommendations?

[!RocknE30!]

Well, I'm pissed. Some jackass stole my bike in broad daylight today during class at ASU. I should have bought a fucking u-lock, but I didn't think someone would bust out cable cutters at 2pm in the afternoon on one of the most populated campus's in the country (it's in my dorm room whenever I'm not at class). I ran into a bike cop right after it got stolen and filed a report, but I'll never it see it again unless the thief is dumb enough to ride it around campus. So I'm out a grand now.

Rest In Pieces



And a big fuck you asshole to whoever stole it.

[T3rd Ferguson]

Dude, that sucks i'm sorry to hear that. Usually if i am gone for long periods of time with my bike locked up (i.e. when i'm at school) i lock my bike up to something with a u-lock but connected to that u-lock is a cable that i run through both my wheels. then i'm usually paranoid about my seat, but that's easily replaceable i suppose.

[ColdAccord]

Like Andy said, shit is gonna go down here in Ithaca...

Bike is in the M5 as we speak. Im going to wake up in the morning and put it together and go smash around this town and see whats up..

Cold Accord - Isnt buffalo really close to here? I was watching your local news a min ago, and they kept mentioning things in buffalo and syracuse like it was local.

yeah, it's like 3 hours away. I sold both my cars last week though. I'm gonna try and buy something tomorrow (I'm going to look at a 240z, if it doesn't pan out i've got a couple e30's that are a plane ride and ~$300 in gas away) so hopefully I can get down there for at least thursday

[!RocknE30!]

Dude, that sucks i'm sorry to hear that. Usually if i am gone for long periods of time with my bike locked up (i.e. when i'm at school) i lock my bike up to something with a u-lock but connected to that u-lock is a cable that i run through both my wheels. then i'm usually paranoid about my seat, but that's easily replaceable i suppose.

I was going to do that, but the cable was long enough to get the frame and front/rear wheel so I figured it'd be good. Hindsight's always 20/20. I don't know whether or not I want to bring my bmx bike down, it's so much more fucking uncomfortable (I'm 6' 1"). Maybe if I'm lucky insurance will cover it, but I don't have my hopes up. If it'd have been stolen from my dorm I'd be set with the renters insurance.

[ColdAccord]

btw; seriously if anyone sees any 4 door 5 sp e30's there please leave notes on them with my number! (716) 725-5366. I will seriously drive down there with cash!

btw, u-lock or kryptonite chain are the way to go

[myinfernalbmw]

Rest In Pieces



And a big fuck you asshole to whoever stole it.

I'm sorry for your loss. It used to scare me leaving my old ass $300 haro around as a kid. I can't imagine how i'm going to be when i finally get this money pit fixie of mine on the road. I'll probably spend another $200 on some kryptonite chains and u-locks. Its going to be under tighter security than Pee Wee's cruiser.

[ColdAccord]

Just talked to the owner of Buffalo Rising today (buffalorising.com, cool site about the positive things in the city here) and he said he's got a guy coming tomorrow to check out this 17,000 sq ft building to see if they can fit a velodrome in there. Plans on having lock-up spots, locker rooms and showers, plus making it a huge apartment complex as well

[Erik]

I need to get to the Miami Velodrome stat.

[s0urce]

I love that KHS frame, not sure why they didn't just make the downtube straight though, it's not like it's really needed for wheel clearance.