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Biking Nerds Unite

of course he rides. he rides to starbucks like a good lil hipster lol.

lol but he occasionally does 'okay' rides, not the type of riding we do tho haha. That's why his requests for the bike were all spray / no wrench ;PP
 
Good job despite the color scheme ;)

I really gotta get a super bright light for night mountain biking. We had daylight savings this weekend, and it gets dark too early =\. I tried last winter with a 300 lumen light (good for dark streets), which was too little for being on the mountain. I should be able to get one in November..looking forward to it!
 
i need to solder my headlamp's connects, thing broke apart last time i used it :|

and thnx (i presume you meant his bike, my color scheme is bomb ;P ). my paint work comes out pretty damn crisp, have sprayed more bikes/frames/etc than i could even imagine lol
 
okay, i need 'biking nerds to unite' like right now.
my brother is expecting to be free quite soon, and basically gave me the go-ahead to buy some new wheels (or a rear wheel only maybe, dunno) for his bike - yes, they would be mine to use until he's free (and for my race, unless i piss him off or something lol).
Found this out last night, and told him next time he calls i'll give him the low-down. When he brought the idea up, he mentioned weinmann dp18's - am about to start searching myself but i imagine they're hipster/fixie type product and not track/race stuff but dunno. Anyway i'll basically be making a pitch to him on what wheels i should be ordering for him, help me out here.
/unsure how much he wants to spend but since he mentioned a specific model that's prolly good 'level' of product to keep this in.

need: pro's/con's, brands, websites, prices, etc etc. Only things that'd be for sure i think are that it would have to be flip-flop hub<unless the idea is to build a wheel up, as we have a flip flop on-hand...hmmm, wheel build...interesting! >. We were even talking about staggered setups for front/back so i think he's very open here :)


okay i google imaged "Weinmann dp18" and it's about what i expected. to clarify, *I'd* prefer carbon/hed/zipp etc type stuff - so obviously i'd like to a strong case to present lol. I know he's not too hip to the idea of buying used and i couldn't be sure enoguh to sway him; can a used wheel be worthwhile?(with shop inspection i imagine?)
 
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Don't know much about road rims, but I'm running higher grade mavic rims on my MTB. WTB and DT Swiss also make good rims. I imagine if they make good MTB rims the rims for road use would be good too (may want to check weight). DT Swiss makes good spokes. There are many options for hubs, I don't know who makes good flip flop hubs though. Check some bike forums maybe?
 
YeeHAAAw
I've rounded up all the nerds. They're over at mountain bike consumer review forum. Nerd capitalorf the world.

Your best bet is to type the name of the product into their Google Search Engine. The consumer that reviews is asked a multitude of personal questions, riding style, age, weight, other products he's owned, number of years riding, fitness level etc etc.
I use it all the time to make decisions.
 
I really like mtbr.com and bikeforums.net (pinkbike for videos).

Just ordered some new stuff for my trekking bike, Avid BB7 caliper for the front, new brake pads for the BB7 at the rear, more teflon based oil for components/MTB fork, and a couple extra tubes. Wish I could pay US prices =\\
 
thanks gg check that out :)


well, heard some sobering news this morning. Please remember guys we can, and often do, put ourselves in dangerous situations on the road. focus/awareness while riding are, IMO, the most important aspects of riding - but i think sometimes we all mess up focusing on girls, intensity, whatever...

bmxxx said:
okay, so all that jazz yesterday about apprehension and dismissal thereof related to my ocean swim? Well, i swam from the side of the causeway out into the gulf, then rode home to refuel b4 riding again. Anyway, like 1/2mile from where i get outta the water and back onto bike, still on the causeway (total length is only several miles), i have to ride around a big-ass palm branch on the top of the drawbridge. I get home (maybe 10min from that point), and post on bluelight while force-feeding liquid calories. I was online at 3.15.

That means i was 1hr shy of being stuck on the causeway when it was shutdown, because a bicyclist coming that same path apparently hit that branch and died :| That happened ~4.15, 1hr after i passed that...

Tree limb causes fatal bike crash on Dunedin Causeway
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Yea defensive biking is super important, and I admit that I sometimes go too fast in places where I shouldn't.

I actually got into mountain biking after a car pulled out from behind a bush into my lane directly in front of me causing a head on crash with me going ~20mph at the time. Luckily I landed ok, and only had pretty terrible road rash on my shoulder/back, sprained ankle, bruises all along the side I landed on, and a cut over my ear down to the cartilage. Then came the insurance money, and I got a new mountain bike =D
 
^damn! Glad you're okay! My wipes are mostly on bmx so much much gentler than high-speed street stuff, although my last high speed fall was equipment failure :| Chain ripped while i was in standing sprint position, i literally flew forward with my gut landing on my bullhorns and basically taking the bike with me on a forward-tumble into the pavement. in the middle of an intersection (i shit you not). I picked my bike up and threw it at the traffic signal post lol, but yeah it was disgusting road rash alllll over couldn't move for days..

anyways i find this kind of funny, bluelight has a worldwide audience, and lately the biking nerd thread is you, beagleboy and myself :)
Biking nerd: I'm very very close to finishing my brother's ride. I keep trying to take the thing further, i've done a very very cool (and extremely hipstser) color scheme, extremely thorough / professional. I think last coats go on today, will abvsolutely have that thing assembled and photo'd as soon as last coats are dry-to-touch. If voting isn't too much PITA today there's no doubt his bike will be finished (except the wheelset- i'm prolly gonna ask for advice on rim-color here, and am still not sure what's up with new rims. He still is interested and i've basically dropped the ball in presenting him a strong case)
 
you oughtta' look into painting rims ( google it ) cause' the flex of rims, I heard will crack the paint and/or flake/spider cracks. Hubs and spokes too.
I think the solution is anodized spokes/rims/hubs from the factory.
 
my experiences have been the opposite, in fact paint jobs on rims tend to come out far superior in terms of durability and evenness. I think it's because spinning the rim allows you to do many real thin coatings, which equals better look and adhesion. I actually did his cranks/frame yesterday, and did a couple rims today, everything came out real clean will get pics soon :) [oh and re durability, we all sprayed our daily-rider bmx's in the city, i've never seen issues like you mention - i imagine such issues are due to either colder climates and/or improper preparation/application]
god i can't wait to put everything back together on his bike, the paint came out great i just wanna do the headset bearing cups before reassembling the front-end, then it can just sit pretty on my wall til he's out ;]
 
I gotta get lighter tubes 4 less rotating mass.

I get my frame protectors for my cables, and rubber grommet for my hydro lines soon.

I ordered a new 11-28 cassette and a new chain. I got the Sette heart rate monitor also. Im going to use it too.
 
any tips/tricks to get hubs/freewheels apart w/o the specific tool? my rear rim is so warped it's 100% unridable. I have a new rim but need to swap my sprocket/hub into it and it's not coming apart like bmx wheels :|
 
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