'ere it is... - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

02-03-2007, 08:48 PM

....a little number called 12FU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My new 27er:

http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/jubilee.jpg

I rode it for an hour or so at sunset tonight. Definitely need that
longer 26.2 seatpost I have on the way, I think I might put some wider
bars on especially since it looks like the bottom of the left drop was
pushed in sometime in the past (the only problem I can see with this 25
year old bike), and I think I may drop the toe clips riding flats for
awhile and then maybe put some clipless on.

This is the first time I've ridden a singlespeed, fixed or not, so there
were a couple of times where I tried to shift down. I can definitely
see the appeal of riding single and/or fixed, it's simple, quiet, and
you don't have to think, you just ride.

I really don't know how guys ride fixed gears off-road. I rode in very
little traffic, a pretty much empty LA River bike path and a little
off-road at Griffith Park, didn't have any troubles but when I
encountered swerving obstacles such as the bike path entry my instinct
is to coast through it. I can't imagine being forced to pedal through a
rock garden.

Observations: the brakes sucked back then, the very straight cranks
don't give any ankle room, but that seat is damn comfortable.

Apologies to Wire fans everywhere.

Greg
--
"All my time I spent in heaven
Revelries of dance and wine
Waking to the sound of laughter
Up I'd rise and kiss the sky" - The Mekons

02-04-2007, 05:07 AM

"G.T." <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
news:[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]...
> ...a little number called 12FU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> My new 27er:
>
> http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/jubilee.jpg
>
is that a double crank fixy? Nice.

Gary

02-04-2007, 09:07 AM

GeeDubb wrote:
>
> "G.T." <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
> news:[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]...
>> ...a little number called 12FU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>
>> My new 27er:
>>
>> http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/jubilee.jpg
>>
> is that a double crank fixy? Nice.
>

Oops, no, I just wanted to ride it last night so I left the big
chainring on, I was running out of time. I'll be taking it off today.

You also can't see the kickstand which I took off last night. I was
going to leave it on but it made it really hard to take the rear wheel
off and on.

Greg
--
"All my time I spent in heaven
Revelries of dance and wine
Waking to the sound of laughter
Up I'd rise and kiss the sky" - The Mekons

02-04-2007, 09:40 AM

"G.T." <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
news:[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]...
> GeeDubb wrote:
>>
>> "G.T." <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
>> news:[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]...
>>> ...a little number called 12FU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>>
>>> My new 27er:
>>>
>>> http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/jubilee.jpg
>>>
>> is that a double crank fixy? Nice.
>>
>
> Oops, no, I just wanted to ride it last night so I left the big chainring
> on, I was running out of time. I'll be taking it off today.
>
> You also can't see the kickstand which I took off last night. I was going
> to leave it on but it made it really hard to take the rear wheel off and
> on.
>
> Greg
> --
Had I thought about it just a second more.......I would have figured out
that you can't have two chain rings on a fixy....easily!

Gary

02-04-2007, 06:33 PM

On Feb 3, 9:48 pm, "G.T." <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> ...a little number called 12FU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> My new 27er:
>
> http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/jubilee.jpg
>
> I rode it for an hour or so at sunset tonight. Definitely need that
> longer 26.2 seatpost I have on the way, I think I might put some wider
> bars on especially since it looks like the bottom of the left drop was
> pushed in sometime in the past (the only problem I can see with this 25
> year old bike), and I think I may drop the toe clips riding flats for
> awhile and then maybe put some clipless on.
>
> This is the first time I've ridden a singlespeed, fixed or not, so there
> were a couple of times where I tried to shift down. I can definitely
> see the appeal of riding single and/or fixed, it's simple, quiet, and
> you don't have to think, you just ride.
>
> I really don't know how guys ride fixed gears off-road. I rode in very
> little traffic, a pretty much empty LA River bike path and a little
> off-road at Griffith Park, didn't have any troubles but when I
> encountered swerving obstacles such as the bike path entry my instinct
> is to coast through it. I can't imagine being forced to pedal through a
> rock garden.
>
> Observations: the brakes sucked back then, the very straight cranks
> don't give any ankle room, but that seat is damn comfortable.
>
> Apologies to Wire fans everywhere.
>
> Greg

Toeclips, I don't see how you guys ride around in those things...

Since I'm running the same ratio on my Continental and it weighs 10
lbs more, consider me handicapped.

JD getting ready for a solo midnight ridezz

02-05-2007, 06:03 AM

On Feb 4, 12:48 am, "G.T." <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> ...a little number called 12FU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> My new 27er:
>
> http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/jubilee.jpg
>
> I rode it for an hour or so at sunset tonight. Definitely need that
> longer 26.2 seatpost I have on the way, I think I might put some wider
> bars on especially since it looks like the bottom of the left drop was
> pushed in sometime in the past (the only problem I can see with this 25
> year old bike), and I think I may drop the toe clips riding flats for
> awhile and then maybe put some clipless on.
>
> This is the first time I've ridden a singlespeed, fixed or not, so there
> were a couple of times where I tried to shift down. I can definitely
> see the appeal of riding single and/or fixed, it's simple, quiet, and
> you don't have to think, you just ride.
>
> I really don't know how guys ride fixed gears off-road. I rode in very
> little traffic, a pretty much empty LA River bike path and a little
> off-road at Griffith Park, didn't have any troubles but when I
> encountered swerving obstacles such as the bike path entry my instinct
> is to coast through it. I can't imagine being forced to pedal through a
> rock garden.
>
> Observations: the brakes sucked back then, the very straight cranks
> don't give any ankle room, but that seat is damn comfortable.
>
> Apologies to Wire fans everywhere.
>
> Greg
> --
> "All my time I spent in heaven
> Revelries of dance and wine
> Waking to the sound of laughter
> Up I'd rise and kiss the sky" - The Mekons

You neglected to match the tire label with the location of the valve
stem.

/s

02-05-2007, 11:58 AM

On Feb 5, 7:03 am, "Scott Gordo" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> On Feb 4, 12:48 am, "G.T." <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > ...a little number called 12FU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> > My new 27er:
>
> >http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/jubilee.jpg
>
> > I rode it for an hour or so at sunset tonight. Definitely need that
> > longer 26.2 seatpost I have on the way, I think I might put some wider
> > bars on especially since it looks like the bottom of the left drop was
> > pushed in sometime in the past (the only problem I can see with this 25
> > year old bike), and I think I may drop the toe clips riding flats for
> > awhile and then maybe put some clipless on.
>
> > This is the first time I've ridden a singlespeed, fixed or not, so there
> > were a couple of times where I tried to shift down. I can definitely
> > see the appeal of riding single and/or fixed, it's simple, quiet, and
> > you don't have to think, you just ride.
>
> > I really don't know how guys ride fixed gears off-road. I rode in very
> > little traffic, a pretty much empty LA River bike path and a little
> > off-road at Griffith Park, didn't have any troubles but when I
> > encountered swerving obstacles such as the bike path entry my instinct
> > is to coast through it. I can't imagine being forced to pedal through a
> > rock garden.
>
> > Observations: the brakes sucked back then, the very straight cranks
> > don't give any ankle room, but that seat is damn comfortable.
>
> > Apologies to Wire fans everywhere.
>
> > Greg
> > --
> > "All my time I spent in heaven
> > Revelries of dance and wine
> > Waking to the sound of laughter
> > Up I'd rise and kiss the sky" - The Mekons
>
> You neglected to match the tire label with the location of the valve
> stem.

Obsessive, aren't we?

JD's match

02-05-2007, 12:20 PM

On Feb 5, 3:58 pm, "JD" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> On Feb 5, 7:03 am, "Scott Gordo" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Feb 4, 12:48 am, "G.T." <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
> > > ...a little number called 12FU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> > > My new 27er:
>
> > >http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/jubilee.jpg
>
> > > I rode it for an hour or so at sunset tonight. Definitely need that
> > > longer 26.2 seatpost I have on the way, I think I might put some wider
> > > bars on especially since it looks like the bottom of the left drop was
> > > pushed in sometime in the past (the only problem I can see with this 25
> > > year old bike), and I think I may drop the toe clips riding flats for
> > > awhile and then maybe put some clipless on.
>
> > > This is the first time I've ridden a singlespeed, fixed or not, so there
> > > were a couple of times where I tried to shift down. I can definitely
> > > see the appeal of riding single and/or fixed, it's simple, quiet, and
> > > you don't have to think, you just ride.
>
> > > I really don't know how guys ride fixed gears off-road. I rode in very
> > > little traffic, a pretty much empty LA River bike path and a little
> > > off-road at Griffith Park, didn't have any troubles but when I
> > > encountered swerving obstacles such as the bike path entry my instinct
> > > is to coast through it. I can't imagine being forced to pedal through a
> > > rock garden.
>
> > > Observations: the brakes sucked back then, the very straight cranks
> > > don't give any ankle room, but that seat is damn comfortable.
>
> > > Apologies to Wire fans everywhere.
>
> > > Greg
> > > --
> > > "All my time I spent in heaven
> > > Revelries of dance and wine
> > > Waking to the sound of laughter
> > > Up I'd rise and kiss the sky" - The Mekons
>
> > You neglected to match the tire label with the location of the valve
> > stem.
>
> Obsessive, aren't we?
>
> JD's match- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Compulsive is more like it....

And what's up with that rear brake cable routing? Looks like turning
left is going to lock the rear wheel.

And your lawn is fraught with crabgrass.
/s

02-05-2007, 01:43 PM

"Scott Gordo" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
news:1170710408.080272.207940@s48g2000cws.googlegr oups.com...
> On Feb 5, 3:58 pm, "JD" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>> On Feb 5, 7:03 am, "Scott Gordo" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>>
>> > On Feb 4, 12:48 am, "G.T." <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>>
>> > > ...a little number called 12FU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>
>> > > My new 27er:
>>
>> > >http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/jubilee.jpg
>>
>>
>> > You neglected to match the tire label with the location of the valve
>> > stem.
>>

I normally do but I was frustrated with tire changes and just threw them on
the last time. Plus those labels are pretty subtle. I'm not used to
working on skinny tires, I pinched the front and rear tubes a total of 3
times getting them off the old rims, they were all kind of glued to the
inside of the tires. And then the patches didn't stick, maybe because the
tubes are so old, I don't know. I do know I haven't had such problems with
tires and tubes since I was a little kid.

>> Obsessive, aren't we?
>>
>> JD's match- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> Compulsive is more like it....
>
> And what's up with that rear brake cable routing? Looks like turning
> left is going to lock the rear wheel.
>

It can turn quite aways, almost til the bars hit the top tube. Again, I was
in quite the hurry Sat afternoon, I have to revisit that.

My $4 seatpost arrived today so I'll be working on it tonight, most likely
changing the bars entirely. I'm really hesistant to tear off that original
bar covering but I need the brake levers.

> And your lawn is fraught with crabgrass.

Yep, and that's one of the better lawns on the street.

Greg

02-06-2007, 06:08 AM

On Feb 5, 5:43 pm, "G.T." <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> "Scott Gordo" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
>
> news:1170710408.080272.207940@s48g2000cws.googlegr oups.com...
>
> > On Feb 5, 3:58 pm, "JD" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> >> On Feb 5, 7:03 am, "Scott Gordo" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
> >> > On Feb 4, 12:48 am, "G.T." <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
> >> > > ...a little number called 12FU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> >> > > My new 27er:
>
> >> > >http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/jubilee.jpg
>
> >> > You neglected to match the tire label with the location of the valve
> >> > stem.
>
> I normally do but I was frustrated with tire changes and just threw them on
> the last time. Plus those labels are pretty subtle. I'm not used to
> working on skinny tires, I pinched the front and rear tubes a total of 3
> times getting them off the old rims, they were all kind of glued to the
> inside of the tires. And then the patches didn't stick, maybe because the
> tubes are so old, I don't know. I do know I haven't had such problems with
> tires and tubes since I was a little kid.
>
> >> Obsessive, aren't we?
>
> >> JD's match- Hide quoted text -
>
> >> - Show quoted text -
>
> > Compulsive is more like it....
>
> > And what's up with that rear brake cable routing? Looks like turning
> > left is going to lock the rear wheel.
>
> It can turn quite aways, almost til the bars hit the top tube. Again, I was
> in quite the hurry Sat afternoon, I have to revisit that.
>
> My $4 seatpost arrived today so I'll be working on it tonight, most likely
> changing the bars entirely. I'm really hesistant to tear off that original
> bar covering but I need the brake levers.
>
> > And your lawn is fraught with crabgrass.
>
> Yep, and that's one of the better lawns on the street.
>
> Greg

Nothing sadder than a joke that apparently ain't funny. Sheesh!

/s

"Hello? Is this microphone on?"