K2 mod 5.0 w/full carbon fork custom Saturn red-white paint – large (57-58) $125
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derrickito
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:09 pm
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id like to see pics of that cannondale 52cm. come with anything else besides the fork?
shoot me a pic when you can and any details he can send along about it
josh m
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 12:56 pm
Joined: 09 Jan 2006Posts: 448Location: portland
well, if the k2 didn't run center pull breaks, i'd be interested as for a cross bike.
langston
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 1:24 pm
Joined: 25 Jul 2005Posts: 5547Location: Columbia City
josh m wrote:
well, if the k2 didn't run center pull breaks, i'd be interested as for a cross bike.
wouldn't center pull brakes be ideal for a cross bike? I'd think they would absorb much more grit and grime before jamming
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derrickito
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 1:28 pm
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im trying to pick up the cannondale (red and yellow) from him tonight. hands off!
Aaron
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 4:23 pm
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josh m wrote:
well, if the k2 didn't run center pull breaks, i'd be interested as for a cross bike.
They are not called "center pull"! Those are different. Like on an old 20s ten-speed. They are just called cantilever. You are refering to V-brakes (not breaks) or the generic term linear pull cantilever. Most cyclocross riders I know (and the bikes I work on) use standard cantilever style.
josh m
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 9:06 pm
Joined: 09 Jan 2006Posts: 448Location: portland
well, i suck w/ terminology.
my friends that ride cross have teh brakes that connect on the forks instead of above teh wheel.
my bianchi i have i guess cantilever brakes? they attach above the wheel but aren't center pull(i'm not sure why i siad that, oh, i just got off work of doing a 10 hour shift! ;) )and i'm always getting shit caught in there, and I don't even have teh clearance for more knobby tires. :(
thank you for the correction, though.
derrickito
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 10:42 pm
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the red cannondale is officially sold. already started building it up tonight :)
josh m
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:12 am
Joined: 09 Jan 2006Posts: 448Location: portland
i was wrong,
aaron, you were right.
I talked to my friend tonight, they said they use cantilever.
So i'm interested, but it willb e ac ouple weeks :(
as this pay check is going toward a new frame for my ss/fixie and tattoooos.
but if you still have it in 4 weeks. haha. yes ;)
Aaron
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:50 am
Joined: 25 Jul 2005Posts: 4645
Just trying to be clear.
josh m
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:42 am
Joined: 09 Jan 2006Posts: 448Location: portland
it's appriciated, aaron, seriously.
Aaron
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:16 am
Joined: 25 Jul 2005Posts: 4645
josh m wrote:
it's appriciated, aaron, seriously.
Glad you didn't take offence. So I was surfing on the City Bikes website. (bike shop in SE Portland) and on their labor page, they spell brakes, breaks.
A friend of mine used to say, about other bike shops, "When they fix your brakes, you'll be way out in front!"
josh m
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:32 am
Joined: 09 Jan 2006Posts: 448Location: portland
Nah, i didn't take offense. I'm rather new to the bike thing, so I am happy when someone corrects me.
hah, that's amusing. i like that shop, though. it's one of the more friendly ones.
Aaron
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:46 am
Joined: 25 Jul 2005Posts: 4645
josh m wrote:
Nah, i didn't take offense. I'm rather new to the bike thing, so I am happy when someone corrects me.
hah, that's amusing. i like that shop, though. it's one of the more friendly ones.
Yeah, City Bikes rules! Cool shop indeed. Being employee run, though, they can lack expertise in areas like professionalism, marketing, customer service and display. But that may be exactly what makes them cool. They should raise their prices though. Not so they can gouge the customer but so bike mechanics can be paid better. I have often thought of having a sliding scale of labor rates based on what car you drive! If you pull up in a Lexus, you get charged more. I much prefer to work on someone's bike that really needs help when they ride it to my shop. I don't enjoy as much working on bikes that are just dusty and arrive in the back of an SUV. Still everyone's money is green, right?
dennyt
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:55 am
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I don't think that would be illegal... might piss off some people, but if airlines can charge a whole lot more for flights without a "saturday stayover" (i.e. business travel), I don't see why you can't tailor your rates that way.
josh m
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:14 pm
Joined: 09 Jan 2006Posts: 448Location: portland
that's a good idea.
I mean, 6 months ago when i started riding, shit was breaking on my bike left and right and i was poor as fuck.
I rode w/ only a front brake on my 10spd for 3 months because I couldn't afford to get the back brake rerun. the shop closest to my place then was the community cycling center, which i don't like at all. They charge a lot more, unless you're a minority or can prove you're low income. which is cool, but if you're white and broke and not on state income, you're fucked.
So the sliding scale would be nice. Because usually when I'm coming into a bike shop, it's most likely me walking my shit in because it's broken and i don't drive!
but now with this job i have, i make decent amount of money, that if don't blow it all on booze, i have no excuses.
speaking of. i'm picking up a new bike friday! the guy turned it into a SS so it could sell faster, but I toldhim i'd buy it if he changed it back to fixie.
after riding my ss for like 2 weeks, i was converted to one gear. now riding my bianchi again w/ the 10 gears, i'm like, AHJSDSA, plus the bottom bracket just went out on it, i guess, so it creaks like a mother.
Aaron
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:49 pm
Joined: 25 Jul 2005Posts: 4645
Say, I am going down to Portland next week for a few days. Wanna hook up for a beer? Maybe we could meet up with a bunch of people and do a little .83 style ride in PDX-town? I will be in town Monday thru Wednesday. Monday night is out as I am with my sister, but Tuesday and Wednesday are open. I head back on the train Wednesday nite. So I guess that leaves Tuesday night. Where do you all meet down there? Pioneer Square? 7 PM?
josh m
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:50 pm
Joined: 09 Jan 2006Posts: 448Location: portland
Sounds good.
Tuesday is perfect since I work graveyard fri through monday nights(or else i'd be hopping on the train up there for saturday).
I'm not sure where people hook up here, honestly, I've not gone on many rides around here w/ the bike kids. It seems everytime there is a ride, I'm working so I miss out on it. I've yet to get to a CM as it's either raining like a effer or I'm just too tired to go. But, I'll make some posts and ask around if anyone wants to go for a ride and we can meet up and go ride and grab a beer or two.
feel free to give me a call, 5035483844.
And now the guy possibly has two fixies he wants to get rid of for like $160 and $175. now w/ this big $900 pay check... haha. If i didn't have to pay the new deposit and loan money to my roommate for a couple days, and the fact i should be saving for a new roadbike as I think my friend I are talking of doing the STP this year.
Anyway, yeah. so yeah, you can see me trying to ride a fixie seriously for the first time(i've only rode one slowly for a couple blocks, and the frame was way too small for me).
langston
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:51 am
Joined: 25 Jul 2005Posts: 5547Location: Columbia City
Okay- I'm selling the Pista! I want to build out a nice road frame instead of a fixie. Stupid old sports injuries.
I'm way bummed, my coworker sold his K2 from earlier in this post to MY BOSS instead of me. It was damn pretty too, and it's going to be a weekend-warrior's bike now. What a shame.
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josh m
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 12:18 am
Joined: 09 Jan 2006Posts: 448Location: portland
can someone copy the ad? I can't look at craig's list at work.
thanks.
langston
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 1:41 am
Joined: 25 Jul 2005Posts: 5547Location: Columbia City
josh m wrote:
can someone copy the ad? I can't look at craig's list at work.
thanks.
It's the frame I won at the Cranked race. Fork & Frame only, but it is very clean. just had the forks trued and it is drilled for a front brake. It's been riden a bit but the finish would grade to an A- IMO. 54cm center to center. $250obo or trade for a nice road frame
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josh m
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 1:42 am
Joined: 09 Jan 2006Posts: 448Location: portland
ah. too small for me.
But I'll mention it to some friends.
thanks, though.
langston
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 1:44 am
Joined: 25 Jul 2005Posts: 5547Location: Columbia City
josh m wrote:
ah. too small for me.
But I'll mention it to some friends.
thanks, though.
yeah, too small for me as well. Coupled with a bumn knee, it's not the bike I need to be spending money on.
my (near) new FSA wheelset however... that's money well spent.
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