# Badass bike parts picture thread
**URL:** https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863
**Category:** Bikes
**Created:** [July 10, 2008, 1:26pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863 "2008-07-10T13:26:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@Tail\_Hook\_Lengthener](https://tarck.cc/u/Tail_Hook_Lengthener)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2008, 12:24am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/21 "2008-07-11T00:24:09Z")
> [@frankstoneline](#):
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> ^^^ how often do you break road chains? I mean, I’m no really experienced road bike mechanic, but isnt the point of buying a chain that fits your gear number (6,7,8,9,10, etc.) that you dont HAVE to break it? or am i just fucked?
You break a road chain almost every time you install one. There are usually five or six more links in the chain than are necessarily. Chains are sold to fit the width of your gearing, not necessarily the length. They are broken all the time to accommodate the different types gearing, regardless of the speed of your drive train. So if you have a triple and a long cage derailer, you’re going to use more chain that someone with a short cage and a compact crank, regardless of whether or not they’re both ten-speed Shimano setups.
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### Author:  [@coco](https://tarck.cc/u/coco)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2008, 12:35am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/22 "2008-07-11T00:35:40Z")
Master links are one of my favorite “duh!” parts. When you first see how awesome and easy they are you go “duh!”
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### Author:  [@Lucky\_if\_thats\_possible](https://tarck.cc/u/Lucky_if_thats_possible)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/23 "2008-07-11T00:36:47Z")
> [@NitroPye](#):
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> Master links are one of my favorite “duh!” parts. When you first see how awesome and easy they are you go “duh!”
+a billion
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### Author:  [@barba](https://tarck.cc/u/barba)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/24 "2008-07-11T00:39:42Z")
If my chain gets really filthy I take it off and clean it, but bonechilling is right that the major advantage of the masterlink is installation. It is surprisingly easy to mess up the installation of the Shimano joining pin. If the chain snaps you can crash, loose the rear derailleur and in a few cases rip the hanger right of the frame.
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### Author:  [@coco](https://tarck.cc/u/coco)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2008, 12:44am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/25 "2008-07-11T00:44:16Z")
I messed up a Shimano joining pin once and ended up pulling a nuts to stem manuever when mashing up a step technical hill on my MTB. Chances are, Shimano will be the main reason I can’t have kids in the future.
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### Author:  [@ben](https://tarck.cc/u/ben)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/26 "2008-07-11T01:11:18Z")
This is making me worried, since I just put a shimano chain on my new bike. It didn’t come with a ‘special’ pin so I just pushed out an existing one and then pushed it back in. ::worried face::
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### Author:  [@Lucky\_if\_thats\_possible](https://tarck.cc/u/Lucky_if_thats_possible)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2008, 1:21am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/27 "2008-07-11T01:21:35Z")
2008 Shimano Ultegra SL
Hotttt. I’m putting the whole group on my road bike. I’m building a beater geared bike using my old 105/Ultergra group based on that cheapo Nashbar frame.
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### Author:  [@ArtBlur](https://tarck.cc/u/ArtBlur)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2008, 3:42pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/28 "2008-07-12T15:42:30Z")
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### Author:  [@Rusty\_Piton](https://tarck.cc/u/Rusty_Piton)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2008, 8:12pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/29 "2008-07-12T20:12:47Z")
Dura Ace
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### Author:  [@Lucky\_if\_thats\_possible](https://tarck.cc/u/Lucky_if_thats_possible)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2008, 6:50pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/30 "2008-07-13T18:50:47Z")
Oh that’s just ridiculous hot.
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### Author:  [@coco](https://tarck.cc/u/coco)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/31 "2008-07-13T18:58:14Z")
I am so over Shimano.
SRAM representin’
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### Author:  [@Lucky\_if\_thats\_possible](https://tarck.cc/u/Lucky_if_thats_possible)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/32 "2008-07-13T19:02:34Z")
Pfft, you don’t get over Shimano, Shimano gets over YOU!
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### Author:  [@ben](https://tarck.cc/u/ben)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/33 "2008-07-13T19:10:19Z")
Sram is ugly (so is the new DA) and the red accents have a HUGE potential to clash with other colors (I’m thinking blue, specifically).
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### Author:  [@blickblocks](https://tarck.cc/u/blickblocks)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/34 "2008-07-13T19:40:56Z")
[quote=“Rusty Piton”]Dura Ace
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Dura-Ace watch?
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### Author:  [@coco](https://tarck.cc/u/coco)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/35 "2008-07-13T20:31:53Z")
> [@SteveSentMe](#):
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> Sram is ugly (so is the new DA) and the red accents have a HUGE potential to clash with other colors (I’m thinking blue, specifically).
Fine, save a couple hundred and go with force
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### Author:  [@coco](https://tarck.cc/u/coco)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/36 "2008-07-13T20:32:47Z")
[quote=“blickblocks”][quote=“Rusty Piton”]Dura Ace
[/quote]
Dura-Ace watch?[/quote]
Its actually a count-down timer until you need to replace your chain.
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### Author:  [@bexley](https://tarck.cc/u/bexley)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2008, 8:38pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/37 "2008-07-13T20:38:58Z")
[quote=“room203”]if i got that chainring id powdercoat it to match my veeeez.
lately ive been lusting for a modolo stem:
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I’ve got one. Are they worth something?
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### Author:  [@Lucky\_if\_thats\_possible](https://tarck.cc/u/Lucky_if_thats_possible)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/38 "2008-07-13T20:43:56Z")
[quote=“NitroPye”][quote=“blickblocks”][quote=“Rusty Piton”]Dura Ace
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Dura-Ace watch?[/quote]
Its actually a count-down timer until you need to replace your chain.[/quote]
Hahahhahhhhhaaaa, gold!
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### Author:  [@system](https://tarck.cc/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/39 "2008-07-13T21:21:10Z")
SRAM shit is so fugly.
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### Author:  [@coco](https://tarck.cc/u/coco)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2008, 9:33pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/badass-bike-parts-picture-thread/8863/40 "2008-07-13T21:33:22Z")
Is it the black thats not doin it for ya? Check out rival then…
But then again I’m loving my SRAM stuff so much it’s turning me into a fan boy.
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