Your latest bike purchase?

[Tim Kelley]

@vvill 137706 wrote:

Over the phone, as hozn mentioned.

They might have some discounted bikes – I forgot to ask: http://www.islabikes.com/discounted-bikes/

Welcome to the club!

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(Taken yesterday–wearing ALL the patterns!)

[peterw_diy]

Tim, that paint job is so… plain! Get that kid some decals!

[Lt. Dan]

One other option is Trails End out in Purcelville- They stock the line of Cleary bikes.
https://clearybikes.com/

http://www.trailsendcycling.com/

I was worried about ordering online something without seeing it in person first, so it was nice being able to let my son check it out and go for a spin

[dbb]

Well, we missed our opportunity to buy one of these. Damn!

https://youtu.be/LSZPNwZex9s

[consularrider]

Well, since I may be in the market for another N+1, I would really like a Renovo John Day.

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There’s also a Ukrainian wooden bike manufacturer.

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[kwarkentien]

I really want a Renovo as well. Haven’t figured out which model yet. I think I should go to Portland and see them up close.

[Greenbelt]

Bad news, good news

After years of abuse, the Jamis 2009 Supernova was put to rest last week.

The good news?

http://www.jamisbikes.com/16_pdf/16_supernovaelite.pdf

[hozn]

[hozn]

And after a couple hours and YouTube videos I now know how to replace (shorten) sram hoses and bleed the brakes. They feel great.

[Tania]

…and just when I started getting used to looking for blue bar tape, you go back to orange.

[hozn]

@Tania 138780 wrote:

…and just when I started getting used to looking for blue bar tape, you go back to orange.

I am quite fickle. I never really liked the blue, but since I had bought it I figured I would use it for the winter and then switched back to orange when I redid my cables earlier this year. (I just reinstalled the same tape yesterday after replacing the brifters.)

[dplasters]

Santini Balthus for $65 was a great deal. Bring your own insulation though.

Gabba 2 LS for $165 (it is the jersey, not the convertible jacket).

both recent purchases I’ve been able to try out on some cooler mornings plus, I saw this and thought someone might want them as well…

[Tania]

The purple was Bikenetic’s idea and Jan looked so crestfallen when I initially said “what? no way!” But this is the second time he’s convinced me to choose purple and the second time he was right.

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[hozn]

The purple is bling. You have purple Hope hubs too, right? — Though I’m guessing that’s for a different bike [that doesn’t take a mtb crankset].

I really want to get a set (or two) of orange Hope Pro 4 hubs when I rebuild my commuter wheels for 11sp. But since I just bought the S700 hydro right shifter, I’ll stick with 10s until I need to rebuild my wheels for some other reason.

[Tania]

@hozn 138999 wrote:

The purple is bling. You have purple Hope hubs too, right? — Though I’m guessing that’s for a different bike [that doesn’t take a mtb crankset].

I really want to get a set (or two) of orange Hope Pro 4 hubs when I rebuild my commuter wheels for 11sp. But since I just bought the S700 hydro right shifter, I’ll stick with 10s until I need to rebuild my wheels for some other reason.

Yeah, the purple hubs are on a different bike although it’s REALLY tempting to get purple hubs for this bike too (old school and well-loved Titus ML-1 26″ full suspension…with extra loud black Hope 2’s).

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