Bicyclettes

[jepmonk]

i picked up some 2' risers to give them a try, and i'm having trouble slipping it through my quill stem (nitto jag), any tips? just want to make sure excessive force is necessary before i do it.

[aydo1]

dude, i'm sure the guy didn't think you were trying to steal his wallet.

also, i was down in that area today too. i ride thru there sometimes, but today was definitely not the day to ride there. haha. w/ the rain and way too many tourists. even i had trouble getting thru there...and i was walking.

i was just sayin, no tellin what he was thinking.. just giving a possible reason why dude would be walkin around with a worried face.. who knows maybe he had to take a mean crap?

anyway, it was either up powell (which i always take) and it would've been fine minus this incident.. or around and up grant and sutter.. in a fat circle.

and i dint really wanna deal with the super irate drivers in the rain.. also the oracle convention + closed streets.. and it was a saturday.. mad tourists..

man why is everyone all on my nuts. :[ i'm the victim... don't you guys ride bikes too?

damn next time i'll just post:

ay all i fell today...:confused:

[fix.]

I think that stems 25.4, and those bars are probably like 26. maybe bigger. If you think you can get it to fit, try and wedge it in with a screw driver.

[theamapros]

i was just sayin, no tellin what he was thinking.. just giving a possible reason why dude would be walkin around with a worried face.. who knows maybe he had to take a mean crap?

anyway, it was either up powell (which i always take) and it would've been fine minus this incident.. or around and up grant and sutter.. in a fat circle.

and i dint really wanna deal with the super irate drivers in the rain.. also the oracle convention + closed streets.. and it was a saturday.. mad tourists..

man why is everyone all on my nuts. :[ i'm the victim... don't you guys ride bikes too?

damn next time i'll just post:

ay all i fell today...:confused:

dude, i wasn't trying to give you shit.

just saying it was a shitty day to ride.

[jepmonk]

I think that stems 25.4, and those bars are probably like 26. maybe bigger. If you think you can get it to fit, try and wedge it in with a screw driver.

the bars are 25.4 too, i'm just having trouble getting it past the bend.

[monkey nuts]

the bars are 25.4 too, i'm just having trouble getting it past the bend.

nitto stem clamp spreader .

best thing ever.

[aydo1]

the bars are 25.4 too, i'm just having trouble getting it past the bend.

try twisting it. not forcefully pushing it thru, but finding the angles that fit thru the clamp.

but yeah spread it first if you need to.. i used screwdriver ^^

[ericdw]

i've used a screwdriver before too, but if you can get your hands on a smaller furniture clamp that screws down, you can spread it and push it back together with that, much more control so you don't fuck anything up

[vee_dub]

In like the first 2 seconds of that video there's a close up on his fork, and there's no way you'd get that much clearance without a 650. Those Brooklyn Machine Works bikes have that much clearance, but it doesn't look like one of those in that video.

I was referring to his rear wheel..of course the front is a 650c nor the back wheel.

[vee_dub]

try twisting it. not forcefully pushing it thru, but finding the angles that fit thru the clamp.

but yeah spread it first if you need to.. i used screwdriver ^^

Abit of lube will do the job..i.e. greaseeeee.

[TopVillain]

damn were are all the BMX'ers at? anyone know somebody selling a GT cruiser?

[chingon]

2" answers are pretty difficult to get through jag's, but not as tough to get through nitto road stems. I had to use a screwdriver and all my might.

and aydo, I feel you man, it's like in the Science of Sleep, when Gael demonstrates how when people walk toward each other on the street one person moves one way, the other person moves the same way. It seems the same way with bikes.

[zelah]

I just got home from the oregon hand made bike show and now I know where I'm getting my next frame. I just need to figure out sizing and exactly what details I want.

[ericdw]

zelah bring home any pics?

[zelah]

my friend just uploaded some. here's a hufnagel frame

[chingon]

any more info on the HUF frame? and where are you getting yours? I know mine is coming from the basement of a local shop... getting it on monday, should have pics up asap...

[zelah]

well dude makes them down the street from me. its not HUF hufnagel, but my friend did embarrassingly ask

[ericdw]

thanks for the pics

that cascadia looks nice too, i want a white frame but i think my next one will be a bareknuckle

[chingon]

If it wasn't him, it would have been me. there is a sick hufnagel on velospae.org:

that bomer-pro-esqu script is so ill..

[kiya]

damn were are all the BMX'ers at? anyone know somebody selling a GT cruiser?

I'm all over BMX bikes..

http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/user/4948

[zelah]

If it wasn't him, it would have been me. there is a sick

i'm not really understanding what that means

[vee_dub]

Dude thats way too aggresstive for road riding...its like a F1 on road. Bumppiest and most uncomfortable ride ever.

[monkey nuts]

Dude thats way too aggresstive for road riding...its like a F1 on road. Bumppiest and most uncomfortable ride ever.

no way !

man up dude the tighter the better for the street or not.

[monkey nuts]

fun ! watch it

[chingon]

i'm not really understanding what that means

Meaning, I would have assumed it was related to HUF and embarrassed myself as well.

[goldengloves]

chingon- That huf bike you posted above is clean.

zelah- How much they chargin' for frames?

[i am damo suzuki]

Did I really just see a video of guys riding their fucking fixies at the Banks?

[chingon]

golden gloves, it isn't a huf frame, it's a hufnagel, hand built in portland, not associated with keith hufnagel (i think, right?) but yeah, it's sick.

[kenthenoob]

yes, yes you did.

[doczein]

there was a whole trick/trackstand/skid competition at battle of the banks like a month ago preceding the mash premiere in nyc...

does anyone know of the quality of salsa threadless stems? i need an all-black threadless stem that's got a NOT 31.8mm clamp and pretty much salsa is all i can find. i know compared to other manufacturers their stuff is on the cheaper end, but is their quality significantly less? should i get http://www.thebikebiz.com/product_p/cmp-stem-salsa04.htm this?