tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post766054796354187723..comments2024-03-27T07:25:55.115-04:00Comments on Bike Snob NYC: The Indignity of Bicycle Maintenance: Singlespeed EditionBikeSnobNYChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11256142855437740163noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-36797091836276008712018-12-05T22:32:09.341-05:002018-12-05T22:32:09.341-05:00If you are going to land on your top-tube, it only...If you are going to land on your top-tube, it only makes sense to hope for a gentitle landing.InstantPamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-46366370924275372702018-12-05T20:53:14.413-05:002018-12-05T20:53:14.413-05:00This is the greatest thing I have ever read. On th...This is the greatest thing I have ever read. On the internet. In English. This week. But still... Pretty fucken great! I also have way too much bike crap, to the point where I have expressly bought something (small) instead of looking for the one I know I have "somewhere".Blade_Rockwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13190923203725482876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-83534194507307633352018-12-05T14:10:24.975-05:002018-12-05T14:10:24.975-05:00TT, my touring bike laughs at your diminutive spac...TT, my touring bike laughs at your diminutive spacer stack.Seattle lone wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10550162413287334954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-71559378488812698482018-12-05T08:52:45.635-05:002018-12-05T08:52:45.635-05:00Rust never sleepsRust never sleepsNeil Ynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-67680411287018189102018-12-05T06:52:27.981-05:002018-12-05T06:52:27.981-05:00That sure is a lot of electrical tape you got goin...That sure is a lot of electrical tape you got going there.Die freenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-49014242254206558292018-12-04T21:42:35.815-05:002018-12-04T21:42:35.815-05:00That’s some quality bodging. Bikes are tolerant of...That’s some quality bodging. Bikes are tolerant of kludge fixes, and it’s one of my favorite things about them. All machines should be so simple. I always think in the back of my mind about all the rusty-ass steel bike parts and frames I’ve seen in daily use around the world. Suspension, composites, pivots, and hydraulics make a bike so much less fault tolerant, and so much more high-maintenance. Doesn’t make me hate modern mountain bikes, but I understand those who do. Rigid singlespeeds and cable brakes have a lot going for them.Pist Offnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-26426961781597103432018-12-04T20:57:15.310-05:002018-12-04T20:57:15.310-05:00Rode my bike today through mud and wet salty sand ...Rode my bike today through mud and wet salty sand and put it away without any cleaning -- rust suxHDEBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-38119050532992053062018-12-04T19:42:38.049-05:002018-12-04T19:42:38.049-05:00I cry, for the bikes of owners who put them away d...I cry, for the bikes of owners who put them away dirty. Drockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394480972258253747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-6017997660488992612018-12-04T17:08:25.491-05:002018-12-04T17:08:25.491-05:00@1904 -
of course you have to have to dismount my...@1904 -<br /><br />of course you have to have to dismount my mother from the left, that is the hip her vagina is on.<br /><br />do you know why her vagina is on her hip?<br /><br />so she can make money on the side.<br /><br />i'm here all the week. pbateman made tea cause he's feeling a bit sick todaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-15744675818689911562018-12-04T16:17:04.058-05:002018-12-04T16:17:04.058-05:00So,this is how a franken-bike starts its'life,...So,this is how a franken-bike starts its'life,eh?bad boy of the southnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-86335944898265322852018-12-04T15:08:29.902-05:002018-12-04T15:08:29.902-05:00Hey Snob, I too have a Traveler's Check, and a...Hey Snob, I too have a Traveler's Check, and about 4 years ago, I crashed it and bent top and downtubes both. After 3 years of living in a closet, I shipped the frame to Franklin Frame in Ohio, and they replaced the tubes, but more importantly, added all the bosses and support struts to turn it into a disc-compatible bike. If you want a more "pro" fix than that bolt, you can ship it there, but I recommend going full-disc, it's a great bike as a result, and has been awesome in its revived state over the past year. All told, it was $340 to replace those two tubes and add all the relevant new bosses/struts, I would guess to do what you need would be more like $160... well worth it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-50604184374635238612018-12-04T15:05:51.348-05:002018-12-04T15:05:51.348-05:00Pretty sure Tan Tenovo can just drill through the ...Pretty sure Tan Tenovo can just drill through the seat stay's bridge and add a road brake caliper, old school without the recessed nut. But only if already in stock.<br />As Red/Green often says, if it ain't broke...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-83235335573972953632018-12-04T14:55:55.440-05:002018-12-04T14:55:55.440-05:00Hey bateman,
Tan was MOUNTING the bike from the l...Hey bateman,<br /><br />Tan was MOUNTING the bike from the left, kinda how everyone mounts your mom.1904 Cadardinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-66209963371323636902018-12-04T14:28:31.144-05:002018-12-04T14:28:31.144-05:00I have paid the price for not wiping down a bike a...I have paid the price for not wiping down a bike after riding through a surprise snow storm - stuck seat post (which I should have left the F alone but instead made a mess of the bike).<br /><br />And by learned my lesson I mean I still rarely wipe down my bike, but I think about it occasionally.<br /><br />Last - I am willing to bet you have a better chance of traveling back in time to keep your new years resolution than you do actually organizing your parts bin/pile/whatev over the holidays.JLRBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-24475839037700677352018-12-04T13:51:56.185-05:002018-12-04T13:51:56.185-05:00Seein' as how this is a New Yawk blog and all:...Seein' as how this is a New Yawk blog and all:<br /><br />The glimpse of your choice in floor coverings leads to only one place: This quote of Anjelica Huston's character in "Prizzi's Honor":<br /><br />"You wanna do it Charlie? Yeah, Right here on the Oriental, with all the lights on."Chazunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-46197170123668231072018-12-04T13:35:38.717-05:002018-12-04T13:35:38.717-05:00"The chain was rusted solid, and I had to bre..."The chain was rusted solid, and I had to break it in four places and remove it in sections just to get it off the bike."<br /><br />I don't even. I really don't. How does one have all that stuff and all that experience and (apparently) all that know-how and use none of it?<br /><br />As for getting rid of it all, as soon as you do, you'll need it. My stupid Depression-era-growing-up father used to say things like, no, you never throw out _____ (in the operant case it was a wooden dowel) because you might need it. But I did and then I did and now I don't anymore. On the other hand, their house was so piled with shit you couldn't find anything anyway, so carry on.<br /><br />And both of those bikes are beautiful, the one with the ugly spacers and the one you call aesthetically challenged. But then, I've always been attracted to the homely.huskerdontnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-46045844156738939472018-12-04T13:18:15.392-05:002018-12-04T13:18:15.392-05:00What's the story behind the name of the Ironic...What's the story behind the name of the Ironic Orange Julius Bike? Unless my eyes deceive me, it's certainly not orangeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-72552068709738743572018-12-04T12:28:19.886-05:002018-12-04T12:28:19.886-05:00Seventeen (17) ??!!?Seventeen (17) ??!!?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-3408534375359490312018-12-04T12:12:35.145-05:002018-12-04T12:12:35.145-05:00I did the whole 'clean out' thing last yea...I did the whole 'clean out' thing last year. Threw away the junk and donated the good but used. I have been thrice shafted since then thinking I had the perfect thing to fix my or someone else's bike. Only to find a tidy, but lacking, parts bin. At least I can imagine the good stuff getting put to use in Nicaragua somehow.PRTS BINNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-89625721194926040072018-12-04T11:46:16.652-05:002018-12-04T11:46:16.652-05:00NYC need a Velo-swap. I too have way too much bike...NYC need a Velo-swap. I too have way too much bike crap(and crap in general) so it would be sweet if there was a once-a-year Veloswap to get rid of, or more likely, get even more of, bicycle and bicycle related crap. A<br /><br />Also, First Podium?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01142789597547102430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-24609398858913108232018-12-04T11:26:59.074-05:002018-12-04T11:26:59.074-05:00I would think riding behind you may be safer than ...I would think riding behind you may be safer than being in front of you. You know, sketchy brakes and all. waiting on springnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-2373988792934001992018-12-04T11:17:24.325-05:002018-12-04T11:17:24.325-05:00hey Rust Remove'o,
That brown bike is so darn...hey Rust Remove'o,<br /><br />That brown bike is so darn handsome other than the ungodly pile of headset spacers. yikes, stripes, fruit striped headset. <br /><br />blarf.<br /><br />and dont beat yourself up about the cantilever post. why use any tools when a hammer always gets the job done?<br /><br />you dont see those monkeys in 2001 Space Odyssey trying to delicately pry apart the monolith with tiny little banana flavored screwdrivers. No, they beat that f'er with femurs bro and it worked out just fine for them too.<br /><br />nice dismount by the way. i typically dismount moms to the left side too. <br /><br />pbateman has a hammer and hammers home the mom jokes once againnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-17279022160911393482018-12-04T11:09:36.186-05:002018-12-04T11:09:36.186-05:00Dirty podium finish? Cyclocross should be about do...Dirty podium finish? Cyclocross should be about doing it as cheaply as possible so you've got a good shot. Heavy otherwise not often used steel frame? Check. Leftover if not suspect parts? Check? Not giving AF and hopefully just out for fun, filth and fury? Winning.hellbellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13518169858667752401noreply@blogger.com