Just moved up here from Portland. Looking for some cool people to roll with, seems like this is a good place to start.
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Eric_s
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 4:46 pm
Joined: 07 Mar 2007Posts: 1691Location: the dirty south
1 reccommendation:
Put a brake on that sweet fixie. seattle is covered with hills, and unless you never ride more than five blocks to the bar, you'll need a brake so you can go fast down those hills.
As someone who both rides a fixed gear and has lived in seattle and currently resides in portland, you can get away with a lot more on a brakeless fixie in portland than seattle.
J Slone
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 4:57 pm
Joined: 17 Sep 2009Posts: 28Location: Olympia, WA
Yeah, I realized that the first week I was here. My road bike has been my main mode of getting around. I went down in gear ratio and the hills are tolerable now. Portland I used a 48x15, that's some pain up here!
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Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:36 pm
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Wait a minute, you're meeting us on the internet
How cool could we possibly be?
curvedwallride
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 11:34 am
Joined: 29 Sep 2008Posts: 59Location: Chicago
Anyone know where I can find good spray paint? Such as Montana Cans?
I want to paint my bmx bike. Winter is rolling around and i need a project.
or is it illegal to buy spray paint in the city, like it is in Chicago?
derrickito
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 11:56 am
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you can buy paint here just fine. ive seen some checkers check for id, but rarely. not sure about super special paint, but there is fred meyer in ballard that has a wide general selection.
if it was me, id powder coat it. only 100 dollars but will last eons longer. (ive done both spraying and powdering)
jimmythefly
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 12:17 pm
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Art Primo. The showroom is only open on Fridays, 5-9pm., though.
if it was me, id powder coat it. only 100 dollars but will last eons longer. (ive done both spraying and powdering)
one, that's WAY too much money to me right now. and two, it's a bmx bike. it's gonna get the shit kicked out of it. even if it's powder coated, it's still going to get chipped on the reg.
/// jimmythefly, thanks. i didn't know they were located in Seattle.
Sweeney
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 12:54 pm
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curvedwallride wrote:
one, that's WAY too much money to me right now. and two, it's a bmx bike. it's gonna get the shit kicked out of it. even if it's powder coated, it's still going to get chipped on the reg.
Hey, there's nothin wrong with having a pretty bmx, just don't choose my colors or we'll have two rollin around this city ; )
How about riding your bike? It's gorgeous outside.
So very true, now go ride your bmx at Greenlake skatepark, headin there now to enjoy this sunny afternoon...
damn, wish i saw this a half hour ago. i plan on going to see a show at Chop Suey and i'm already 2 beers deep. next time.
curvedwallride
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:42 am
Joined: 29 Sep 2008Posts: 59Location: Chicago
anyone know where I could find vintage wool cycling jerseys on the cheap?
fatasian
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:40 pm
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curvedwallride wrote:
anyone know where I could find vintage wool cycling jerseys on the cheap?
pick 2 of 3 and lets talk.
curvedwallride
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 4:19 pm
Joined: 29 Sep 2008Posts: 59Location: Chicago
all three or nothing. vintage could mean anything from 1955-2006
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Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 4:45 pm
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curvedwallride wrote:
all three or nothing. vintage could mean anything from 1955-2006
I have a yellow L swobo long sleeve jersey from around 2000 (right before they went out of business) that I'd sell for $50. Also a green Boure in L that has shrunken a bit (so it is short) for even cheaper. I probably have more wool long-sleeve jerseys to sell, I don't really wear them anymore. I've switched to just doing wool long sleeve t-shirts over my wool short sleeve bike jerseys.
Give up on it needing to be a jersey and you can normally find Icebreaker wool t-shirts (long sleeve or short sleeve) on Sierra Trading Post or Backcountry outlet for "cheap" ($40 t-shirts). Watch Ibex too, earlier this year they were selling t-shirts for $30ea.
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Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 4:52 pm
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I'm _this_ close to filling this thread with gay porn.
curvedwallride
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:05 pm
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Alex wrote:
curvedwallride wrote:
all three or nothing. vintage could mean anything from 1955-2006
I have a yellow L swobo long sleeve jersey from around 2000 (right before they went out of business) that I'd sell for $50. Also a green Boure in L that has shrunken a bit (so it is short) for even cheaper. I probably have more wool long-sleeve jerseys to sell, I don't really wear them anymore. I've switched to just doing wool long sleeve t-shirts over my wool short sleeve bike jerseys.
Give up on it needing to be a jersey and you can normally find Icebreaker wool t-shirts (long sleeve or short sleeve) on Sierra Trading Post or Backcountry outlet for "cheap" ($40 t-shirts). Watch Ibex too, earlier this year they were selling t-shirts for $30ea.
alex
i found a sweet deal at REI a few months a go and got a Smartwool long sleeve for $20. maybe i'll just stick to that.
Re: gay porn. that's real nice of you to really reach out to someone who's new to the area and has questions from time to time. it really shows how awesome this city and it's inhabitants are towards new-comers.
tehschkott
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:46 pm
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Oh fucking shut up. You've already violated the TOS by having more posts than miles in the club. Now you're crying about some minor ribbing.
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Eric_s
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:58 pm
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joby wrote:
I'm _this_ close to filling this thread with gay porn.
I'm _this_ close to filling your mom with gay porn.
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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 8:54 am
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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:20 am
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curvedwallride wrote:
Re: gay porn. that's real nice of you to really reach out to someone who's new to the area and has questions from time to time. it really shows how awesome this city and it's inhabitants are towards new-comers.
Out of curiosity, do you normally go into other peoples' houses and tell them they suck? That seems like an awesome way to ingratiate yourself with them!
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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:16 am
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jsmg wrote:
curvedwallride wrote:
Re: gay porn. that's real nice of you to really reach out to someone who's new to the area and has questions from time to time. it really shows how awesome this city and it's inhabitants are towards new-comers.
Out of curiosity, do you normally go into other peoples' houses and tell them they suck? That seems like an awesome way to ingratiate yourself with them!
We fill John's house with gay porn all the time and he doesn't mind.
Integration: complete.
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lantius
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:25 am
1337Joined: 22 Jul 2005Posts: 6705Location: right over
jsmg wrote:
Out of curiosity, do you normally go into other peoples' houses and tell them they suck? That seems like an awesome way to ingratiate yourself with them!
to be fair, that is the basis of _our_ friendship.
MyNameIsJeff
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:37 am
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Chip McShoulder
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 12:34 pm
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Re: gay porn. that's real nice of you to really reach out to someone who's new to the area and has questions from time to time. it really shows how awesome this city and it's inhabitants are towards new-comers.
Out of curiosity, do you normally go into other peoples' houses and tell them they suck? That seems like an awesome way to ingratiate yourself with them!
to be fair, I never said that anyone sucked. I'm just getting tired of asking some general questions about seattle and getting "gay porn" responses and nothing of substance. If that's the way it's gonna be, fine.
rob
Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 2:31 pm
Joined: 28 Jul 2007Posts: 1315Location: Columbia City
curvedwallride wrote:
I'm just getting tired of asking some general questions about seattle and getting "gay porn" responses and nothing of substance.
I think you may have picked the wrong forum then.
tehschkott
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You know man, I'm not the smartest dude on earth as many can attest to, but if everywhere I went I kept getting gay porn responses - heck maybe it's just me but I might take it upon myself to try and figure out what I might be doing to cause it.
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