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Old 20th July 2007   #51
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Mouse:(I know the chain needs tightening but props for the attn to detail on the crank arms?)
Well, if you want to be pedantic they're 180' the wrong way up. The rear should be hidden by the tube in photos, it gives a better of the seat tube going towards the bottom bracket cluster then.

And if you *really* want to be pedantic, the valves on the wheels should be at the bottom. That can be a bitch to setup on a fixed-gear bike too, both the rear valve and cranks.

I am shitting you. It's a lovely bike. I do begrudgingly like the Condors, and that is a fine example too.
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Old 20th July 2007   #52
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Shit, I'm way too harsh.

It's a lovely bike, really.
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Old 20th July 2007   #53
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by the way should call them either "cranks" or "arms" not "crank arms" it's like "fat lard"...
velocity boy that looks like a single speed to me. i'll try to be really pedantic when i swap my gears out of 48/18 (damn all that talking i still haven't a decent picture of myself & my bikes)...

mouse, poor you, showing us your nice bike and getting these comments... :P
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Old 20th July 2007   #54
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You been reading Sheldon?
"Crank: The arm which connects the pedal to the bottom bracket axle. Sometimes called a "crank arm", but this is redundant and inelegant. Call it a crank, or call it an arm, but please don't call it a "crank arm""
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/gloss_cn-z.html#crank

I'll call 'em crankarms so you know it's inelegant me and not Sheldon's alter ego..
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Old 20th July 2007   #55
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oh yeah of course i know you're not sheldon's alter ego. i just know you guys traded a gear ratio and a helmet that's all. and not like sheldon's any elegant at all.

call them crank'em's maybe, pedal pedal pedal mash mash mash mash
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Old 20th July 2007   #56
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I tend to call the whole shebang (with the chainring) a crank and if i'm referring to snapping the arm as opposed to shearing off chainring bolts I'll say 'snapped crank arm'. I don't think it's redundant. What would that Sheldon character know anyway hmmf!
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Old 21st July 2007   #57
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And my gf calls ME a bike geek!... ;oP
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Old 22nd July 2007   #58
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No beard or bins, but you get the idea.



The vandalised RB1 that I don't ride so much anymore... (check those unscuffed Sidis!)



The black Gitane behind Josh when I am riding the track....



This is the touring bike (after a 1400 k tour in France)



And I got this seriously beat-up Cooper road bike (no, I didn't put those cups or that can in there myself). And a Merckx Corsa to build.

Oooh look at me. Me. Me. Me. Me. Me.
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Old 22nd July 2007   #59
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carpe bikem
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Old 22nd July 2007   #60
Buffalo Bill
 
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Nice!
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Old 22nd July 2007   #61
hippy
 
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breglis: What happened to that guy's head behind you? Looks painful.
Bill: Do you need a loaner razor? :P
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Old 22nd July 2007   #62
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hippy:breglis: What happened to that guy's head behind you? Looks painful.
Bill: Do you need a loaner razor? :P
what you mean ?
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Old 22nd July 2007   #63
hippy
 
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He/She seems to have had their head swapped with a bike.. (lame gag, nevermind)
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Old 22nd July 2007   #64
asm
 
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Don't worry hippy, it made me laugh. On the inside.

Don't want you thinking your humour goes (totally) unappreciated :).
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Old 22nd July 2007   #65
Brooklyn Jack Crank
 
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Me

What I ride

How I get there
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Old 23rd July 2007   #66
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What I ride/How I get there; I'm confused, but then I do live a sheltered life
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Old 23rd July 2007   #67
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he travels on his bike to ride midgets
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Old 23rd July 2007   #68
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Yeah, made sense to me.

Well, if midgets are your thing.

I know a girl who has a midget phobia. She's short herself, I fail to understand in any way. All I knew was, never take her to see Snow White.
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Old 23rd July 2007   #69
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makes a change from cycling to costcutter for beer I guess

what's this 'fuck bitches, get money' about then?
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Old 23rd July 2007   #70
VelocityBoy
 
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He's also a prostitute. That midget is his pimp.
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Old 23rd July 2007   #71
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ImOnCrank - that's one hell of a lovebite you've got there fella
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Old 23rd July 2007   #72
31t®um
 
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yeah, did the short fellow do it??
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Old 23rd July 2007   #73
big daddy wayne
 
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nah - it would have been on his stomach if the short fella had done it
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Old 23rd July 2007   #74
31t®um
 
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haha, but not if he was standing on the bike
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Old 23rd July 2007   #75
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The goggles! They do nothing!
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Old 23rd July 2007   #76
rg37
me lazzy

bike
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Old 24th July 2007   #77
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David Casanova K:The goggles! They do nothing!
*gets reference* ... *chuckles*

btw. has anyone seen the movie yet? is it as bad as we have every right to expect?
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Old 24th July 2007   #78
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is it even out yet??
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Old 24th July 2007   #79
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asm:is it even out yet??
26th July: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462538/
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Old 24th July 2007   #80
sohi



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Old 24th July 2007   #81
asm
 
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HAH i spy an empty bottle of fentimans curiosity cola supporting your bike. An appropriately delicious compliment!
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Old 24th July 2007   #82
sohi
haha..excellent, you have good eyes!
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Old 24th July 2007   #83
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Two down tubes.. no pedals?
What frame is that?
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Old 24th July 2007   #84
joe_b
does anyone have nitto b123's?
are they any good because i have risers atm and they are pissing me off?
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Old 24th July 2007   #85
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hippy:Two down tubes.. no pedals?
What frame is that?
its an older Colnago Bi Titan frame.
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Old 24th July 2007   #86
hippy
 
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Ja.. one of the guys in my club has one. Thought it looked familiar. Thanks.
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Old 25th July 2007   #87
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dominiclincoln:Try getting an account at somewhere like photobucket.com, upload your picture, then copy and paste the IMG text into the comments box. hey presto.
Thanks for the advice. I will check on it in the next couple of days
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