Your latest bike purchase?

[GB]

Some assembly required.

[GB]

Edit: Is there a different thread for build pic?

time stamp. Included borrowing sandpaper from a neighbor, sanding the spacers down and cutting the steering tube.

Cutting the steering tube without a clamp is a B even on carbon.

5.5 lbs as shown.

[mstone]

@GB 117116 wrote:

Edit: Is there a different thread for build pic?

just make a thread

[dkel]

@mstone 117117 wrote:

just make a thread

You should do this. I, for one, would like to follow every step of the process! Because bikes.

[Supermau]

After a year of rolling with a backpack it occurred to me that I didn’t much like it, particularly once the heat is on. I seriously considered a rack but of course my bike is odd and the only place to get the proper custom rack is from somewhere (?) in Taiwan. In my search for solutions I discovered all the cool frame bags out there. I settled on a Revelate Designs Tangle on the frame and the Viscacha on the seat. I found the Bell top-tube bag at Walmart for $16 and it works quite well. Another $50 for the Revelate Gas Tank just seemed too much this week.

I haven’t used the seatpack yet since it just arrived but I did commute with the Tangle last week. It was enough to stuff a change of clothes into – wrapped in a tight roll. Since my job is quite casual a rolled up pair of shorts and a fresh tee will do. The Viscacha will expand the options a great deal and free up the Tangle for whatever.

The bags don’t interfere except my knees kind of brush the top-tube bag when standing on a climb, not too unreasonable though. I’ll need a side-load bottle cage, or a small bladder for the Tangle is another option. Cool bunch of stuff!

It feels so good to cruise without that backpack and still have what I need to carry on the bike.

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[hozn]

@GB 117116 wrote:

Cutting the steering tube without a clamp is a B even on carbon.

I would have lent you my clamp and, heck, a carbon blade (did you just use a regular hacksaw blade?)! It looks like you still have a bunch of steerer to cut off!

It’s too bad they didn’t put guides lines in the frame for the internal cables. But there are some vacuum cleaner tricks to make that less frustrating than it could be otherwise.

[cvcalhoun]

Loving my new kickstand! With the amount of weight I carry (heavy panniers, often full of stuff), my bike kept falling over with a regular kickstand.

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[dplasters]

@cvcalhoun 117144 wrote:

Loving my new kickstand! With the amount of weight I carry (heavy panniers, often full of stuff), my bike kept falling over with a regular kickstand.

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i do believe your cockpit attachments might weigh more than GB’s new frame. impressive array.

[cvcalhoun]

@dplasters 117158 wrote:

i do believe your cockpit attachments might weigh more than GB’s new frame. impressive array.

Oh, I have no doubt of that. My attachments, with what I normally carry in them, weigh almost as much as my bike, and I have an inexpensive (thus heavy) hybrid. My theory is that if the bike weighs enough, everyone will put my slowness down to that, instead of noticing that I’m slow under any conditions!

[hozn]

@cvcalhoun 117144 wrote:

Loving my new kickstand! With the amount of weight I carry (heavy panniers, often full of stuff), my bike kept falling over with a regular kickstand.

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Not sure if you’re aware, but your front fender is mounted backwards … Edit: oh, nevermind; I see the handlebars just spun around due to being raised off the ground unnaturally by that strange contraption.

[cvcalhoun]

@hozn 117191 wrote:

Not sure if you’re aware, but your front fender is mounted backwards …

I don’t think so. The handlebars and the whole front wheel are backwards in that photo. Note, for example, that the headlight and horn are facing the wrong way. With the front end up off the ground, the wheel does that. So I believe the fender is mounted correctly on the wheel, when the wheel is facing the correct direction.

[cvcalhoun]

@hozn 117191 wrote:

Not sure if you’re aware, but your front fender is mounted backwards … Edit: oh, nevermind; I see the handlebars just spun around due to being raised off the ground unnaturally by that strange contraption.

Hey, “unnatural” and “strange” works with my personality! [emoji3]

[Lt. Dan]

It was time for some maintenence, so I picked up some Finish Line Citrus Degreaser:

This stuff is awesome!! Works great, and smells good enough that I was tempted to spray it on some toast

[americancyclo]

Not purchases, but gifts!
Scosche Rhythm+ Heart Rate Monitor Armband

the Garmin HRM strap was making me feel tense. I really didn’t like the tension on my chest. This feels like wearing a soft band watch.

and for freezing saddles, and the wetter days out there:
MaxxDry Boot, Shoe and Glove Dryer

[CPTJohnC]

My latest bike purchase (last month) was a Tern Link D7i. Why? because it was the only N+1 that I could justify to my wife. No, really it is because I spend a good deal of the year multi-moding in order to get my kids to school (Fairfax to DC is a bit far to ask them to ride by 7:30 in the morning). The Tern fits conveniently in the back of my prius while keeping the back seat available. Sure, I can put a bike on a rack on the back of the car, but that negatively impacts my fuel economy and isn’t nice to the bike, either.

Best discovery as I was writing this post? Schwalbe makes 20″ studded tires, so I should be A-OK for BAFS2016!

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