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  • March 19, 2015 at 5:12 am #1026113
    Boomer Cycles
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    March 19, 2015 at 2:18 pm #1026131
    Powerful Pete
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    Found a bike (hotels have ’em, free for use by guests)!

    Salutations from Helsinki! Last BAFS ride of the year…

    I know all you guys are jealous…
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    The “business end” of my speed machine… steel is real, folks. And yes, I am down with the wider tire trend!
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    This is a bike path…
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    WHY CAN’T I FIND PARKING!?
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    March 19, 2015 at 4:41 pm #1026170
    Tania
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    I’m going to be in northern Finland mid-September – I had no idea they were so bike friendly and now I’m TOTALLY getting a bike while I’m there (so I can say I biked in the Arctic Circle).

    March 30, 2015 at 2:07 am #1027063
    83b
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    My commuter, a Litespeed ebike which I’ve dubbed The Embarrassment of Riches, just got a big spring makeover. More pictures are up on Flickr and a complete description is up here.

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    April 2, 2015 at 2:34 pm #1027296
    hozn
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    I finally decided that the black on black on black thing was getting old. Plus racing requires white bar tape, as we all know. :)
    [IMG]http://bikearlingtonforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=8237&stc=1[/IMG]

    April 2, 2015 at 2:57 pm #1027301
    DaveK
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    @hozn 112868 wrote:

    I finally decided that the black on black on black thing was getting old. Plus racing requires white bar tape, as we all know. :)
    [IMG]http://bikearlingtonforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=8237&stc=1[/IMG]

    The only way I’ll excuse the road discs is because you’re running carbon wheels, but that is a fine looking velocipede. Fine looking indeed.

    April 2, 2015 at 3:03 pm #1027306
    hozn
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    @DaveK 112873 wrote:

    The only way I’ll excuse the road discs is because you’re running carbon wheels, but that is a fine looking velocipede. Fine looking indeed.

    Road disc FTW! I will never own another rim-brake bike (unless maybe a vintage build or something). I love riding this bike.

    April 2, 2015 at 3:03 pm #1027307
    ShawnoftheDread
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    @DaveK 112873 wrote:

    The only way I’ll excuse the road discs is because you’re running carbon wheels….

    Please explain the logic here. Or the emotion, if that’s more accurate.

    April 2, 2015 at 3:04 pm #1027308
    ShawnoftheDread
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    @hozn 112868 wrote:

    I finally decided that the black on black on black thing was getting old.

    It seems I’m always outdated.

    April 2, 2015 at 3:07 pm #1027309
    mstone
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    @ShawnoftheDread 112879 wrote:

    Please explain the logic here. Or the emotion, if that’s more accurate.

    Because apart from disc brakes, the best way to stop carbon wheels is to do a fred flintstone.

    (I only slightly jest. It turns out that carbon doesn’t generate a lot of friction. If it heats up too much it melts. In order to combat the melting problem you use special pads which generate even less friction. It’s enough to make you retrogrouchy.)

    April 2, 2015 at 3:07 pm #1027310
    hozn
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    @ShawnoftheDread 112880 wrote:

    It seems I’m always outdated.

    Don’t worry black is never out of style. I have just been running the all black road bike for awhile and figured I would change it up. A little.

    April 2, 2015 at 3:25 pm #1027314
    Harry Meatmotor
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    @hozn 112868 wrote:

    I finally decided that the black on black on black thing was getting old. Plus racing requires white bar tape, as we all know. :)
    [IMG]http://bikearlingtonforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=8237&stc=1[/IMG]

    hmmm… reminds me of a bike I know… 😎

    April 2, 2015 at 3:29 pm #1027316
    DaveK
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    @ShawnoftheDread 112879 wrote:

    Please explain the logic here. Or the emotion, if that’s more accurate.

    I don’t see the point. Discs are heavier, less aero, more expensive, more complex, and just as likely to cook the brakes on a downhill as rim brakes (and slower to come back if you do cook them). As someone who’s been burned (literally) by a disc rotor before I’d also like to not repeat that. The benefits are better initial bite, much better modulation than rim brakes, if you’re running carbon wheels you’ll get better braking all around, more impervious to mud and weather, and there’s no chance of blowing out a tube or a tubular from heat built up in the rim. Looking at the pros and cons I see no reason to run discs on the road or for CX.

    They have their place on MTBs, definitely, but that’s it for me.

    April 2, 2015 at 3:32 pm #1027319
    Powerful Pete
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    @hozn, nice lookin’ bike. What frame is that before being Hozn-ized?

    Thanks. Pete

    April 2, 2015 at 3:33 pm #1027320
    hozn
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    @Harry Meatmotor 112886 wrote:

    hmmm… reminds me of a bike I know… 😎

    Oooh, I didn’t realize I had copied you. Well, hopefully you take this as imitation is flattery; I know of no one with more aesthetically pleasing builds. I didn’t do the gumwalls, but after seeing yours in person, I agree that it looks fantastic. That is the sort of style confidence/insight I lack; my best bet is just to copy what someone else has shown to work :)

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