# Building a tarck bike.

**URL:** https://tarck.cc/t/building-a-tarck-bike/12802
**Category:** Bikes
**Created:** [February 18, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/building-a-tarck-bike/12802 "2009-02-18T17:49:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author: ![catling](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/dbc845/32.png) [@catling](https://tarck.cc/u/catling)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/building-a-tarck-bike/12802/1 "2009-02-18T17:49:28Z")

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I’m going to make some changes to the mercier soon, but I need some input.  
Which is more tarck

Purple messengers or purple 75s?

Gold soma rx-1 rip offs or sylvans?

Leaving the mercier decals or getting the frame repainted and custom tarck decals made?

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### Author: ![asterisk](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/asterisk/32/84135_2.png) [@asterisk](https://tarck.cc/u/asterisk)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/building-a-tarck-bike/12802/2 "2009-02-18T17:51:52Z")

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This will challenge the very definitions of tarck.

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### Author: ![spaghetti](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/spaghetti/32/37773_2.png) [@spaghetti](https://tarck.cc/u/spaghetti)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/building-a-tarck-bike/12802/3 "2009-02-18T18:00:45Z")

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um… but… why?

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### Author: ![Elderbear](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@Elderbear](https://tarck.cc/u/Elderbear)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/building-a-tarck-bike/12802/4 "2009-02-18T18:02:41Z")

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75s, somas, repaint/custom tarck decals

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### Author: ![Critical\_Jeff](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/41988e/32.png) [@Critical\_Jeff](https://tarck.cc/u/Critical_Jeff)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/building-a-tarck-bike/12802/5 "2009-02-18T18:05:07Z")

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gold seatpost

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### Author: ![JayNev](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/d9b06d/32.png) [@JayNev](https://tarck.cc/u/JayNev)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/building-a-tarck-bike/12802/6 "2009-02-18T18:05:23Z")

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what?

![](http://velospace.org/files/P1010018-1.jpg)

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### Author: ![Toast](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Toast](https://tarck.cc/u/Toast)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2009, 6:06pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/building-a-tarck-bike/12802/7 "2009-02-18T18:06:13Z")

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buy a road/mountain bike

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### Author: ![why](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/4bbf92/32.png) [@why](https://tarck.cc/u/why)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2009, 6:41pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/building-a-tarck-bike/12802/8 "2009-02-18T18:41:12Z")

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What are purple messengers?

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### Author: ![barba](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@barba](https://tarck.cc/u/barba)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2009, 6:42pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/building-a-tarck-bike/12802/9 "2009-02-18T18:42:18Z")

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Are you just into a turd polishing?

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### Author: ![reedreeder](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/6a8cbe/32.png) [@reedreeder](https://tarck.cc/u/reedreeder)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2009, 6:45pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/building-a-tarck-bike/12802/10 "2009-02-18T18:45:00Z")

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> [@zelah](#):
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> Purple messengers or purple 75s?

what kind of ridiculous question is this?

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### Author: ![catling](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/dbc845/32.png) [@catling](https://tarck.cc/u/catling)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/building-a-tarck-bike/12802/11 "2009-02-18T18:52:22Z")

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> [@barba](#):
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> Are you just into a turd polishing?

Polishing would involve baller ass campy or njs shit, I’m not trying to make it beautiful, I’m trying to make it tarck as fuck

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### Author: ![Captain\_Gnarlock](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/captain_gnarlock/32/11755_2.png) [@Captain\_Gnarlock](https://tarck.cc/u/Captain_Gnarlock)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2009, 6:56pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/building-a-tarck-bike/12802/12 "2009-02-18T18:56:45Z")

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another sp0k

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### Author: ![everythinghuskie](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/everythinghuskie/32/17883_2.png) [@everythinghuskie](https://tarck.cc/u/everythinghuskie)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/building-a-tarck-bike/12802/13 "2009-02-18T19:54:44Z")

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1: thread-lame.  
2: neither somas or MKS. get the dimension ‘‘track’’ pedals.

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### Author: ![everythinghuskie](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/everythinghuskie/32/17883_2.png) [@everythinghuskie](https://tarck.cc/u/everythinghuskie)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2009, 7:56pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/building-a-tarck-bike/12802/14 "2009-02-18T19:56:38Z")

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> [@zelah](#):
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> [quote=“barba”]Are you just into a turd polishing?

Polishing would involve baller ass campy or njs shit, I’m not trying to make it beautiful, I’m trying to make it tarck as fuck[/quote]  
quarter life crisis

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### Author: ![bward1028](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/f08c70/32.png) [@bward1028](https://tarck.cc/u/bward1028)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/building-a-tarck-bike/12802/15 "2009-02-18T19:57:17Z")

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> [@kowloon](#):
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> another sp0k

3 more sp0ks

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### Author: ![asterisk](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/asterisk/32/84135_2.png) [@asterisk](https://tarck.cc/u/asterisk)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2009, 8:05pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/building-a-tarck-bike/12802/16 "2009-02-18T20:05:48Z")

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> Purple messengers or purple 75s?  
> Messengers with the wider chain ring = more color = more tarck

> Gold soma rx-1 rip offs or sylvans?  
> Normally I’d say the rip offs are fine but everything accessory-wise Soma makes blows. MKS

> Leaving the mercier decals or getting the frame repainted and custom tarck decals made?  
> Sparkle Powdercoat

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### Author: ![Shortpants](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Shortpants](https://tarck.cc/u/Shortpants)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/building-a-tarck-bike/12802/17 "2009-02-18T20:11:36Z")

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75’s on your kilo? alex I will fly out there and punch you in the dick if you do that. You already dropped way too fucking much on your huf.

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### Author: ![ArtBlur](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@ArtBlur](https://tarck.cc/u/ArtBlur)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/building-a-tarck-bike/12802/18 "2009-02-18T20:22:44Z")

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white & purple looks nice

![](http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e80/lowlux13/2830386408_81141da7da_b.jpg)  
 ![](http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e80/lowlux13/01-1.jpg)

purple sparkle stuff?  
 ![](http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e80/lowlux13/dsc04118-300x225.jpg)  
 ![](http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e80/lowlux13/dsc04122-300x225.jpg)

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### Author: ![AnitaBANNED](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/cdc98d/32.png) [@AnitaBANNED](https://tarck.cc/u/AnitaBANNED)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/building-a-tarck-bike/12802/19 "2009-02-18T21:07:56Z")

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dumb

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### Author: ![everythinghuskie](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/everythinghuskie/32/17883_2.png) [@everythinghuskie](https://tarck.cc/u/everythinghuskie)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/building-a-tarck-bike/12802/20 "2009-02-18T21:08:39Z")

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just like you

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