Okay, I didn't make my sunset ride (2d working it, was really hoping to catch sunset but finished 10min late
), but just did 15min testing him out and he's riding like a champ!! I did a different approach reassembling him than usual (note: only took 12min to reassemble from a raw frame, i mean raw like bearing cups punched out and everything), I put the bb and headset in wayyy on the tight side, figuring they'd just 'break in' shortly, and sure enough they did after like ~15m riding.
Anyways, sorry about my terrible webcam, my laptop was more convenient than a cell (no digicam here..), but still has the 'essence'. Fresh gloss white frame and gloss.orange chain are new, contrasted to matte.black seat tube / fork / bearing races / cranks / headset; 3rd/contrast color on seat clamp, bolts, seat's rails, etc, is a satin gold. And, b4 anyone gets on my ass, yes i'm aware the chain's not as tight as it should be, all i can say is it will be (obviously) tomorrow, I just really wanted my sunset ride and was rushing, and still didn't make it
[w/o making this post a soap-box, I do want to give a big THANK YOU to imgur.com. I realized bl didn't let me attach images, and fuct if i could remember where my keys for flickr/photobucket accounts were, so I went to setup new ones... BIG pita. After getting frustrated w/ flickr, I was going to go to photobucket and remembered imgur (i'm a frequent visitor to reddit), so setup there and it was twice as fast as photobkt/flckr. Hadn't setup w/ them b4 so just want to give them a shout-out for how simple and straightforward their setup is, plus i'm kinda psyched i have an acct on the site i see 90%+ of my images from
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note: my chain is locking my rim, not my frame. That's only because my frame's paint is still pretty soft; I mention this because i've had too many bikes stolen (including locked ones), and known too many bike-thieves & their methods, so just wanna make clear that the lock is hardly a theft deterrent in and of itself in that pic, the 'theft deterrent' is my property and the lights and my window being right beside my bike, and open wide. I was actually gonna link an awesome thread from our local (now defunct) board, 'FL fixed', something to the effect of 'i steal bikes', an awesome thread by a hardcore bike thief, beautifully detailling the ways ppl think they're secure when they aren't. Having been in the city, and friends w/ a 'bike thief' ring that'd sell me road bikes, bmx's, etc, at pennies on the dollar, i'm more than anal about how i secure my own rides!
, It's not a normal mountain bike. It's made for dirt jumping/light freeride, it's a standard frame geometry for anything like that. Have a look at the NS Bikes wesite and you'll see what I mean. The relaxed geometry gives you more stability, maneauverability and makes it easier to point down steep slopes because of the extra standover height and lower centre of gravity when riding it.
