Nitto forges everything. They’re not selling CNC’ed stems.
Both forged and CNC’d stems. The CNC’d ones may be forged and then post-machined to reduce weight further, but they sure don’t look like it to me.
Brake hose is long because I’ve been too lazy/short on time to shorten it/swap hoses to moto-routing. And yeah, Eric built the rack.
Trail is 51. I wasn’t/am still not ready to commit to full-fucking-low-trail, and it handles really nicely both with and without a bag.
It definitely planes
atmo low 50s is probably a pretty fucking sweet spot. i do like my ditherer at 35 or whatever though. bike is the bike is the bike or whatever, right?
bike is bike, for sure. I like to get nerdy on all the bits and bobs, but as far as geo goes, I was totally happy to let my fitter and Paul hash all that out.
im getting kinda used to riding my 35 trail bike w/ no front load. w is better but i haven’t been keen on buying a front rack but bought a mone la roca.
lol.
I have way too many bikes and they all suck. Prepare yourself for an overwhelming amount of mediocre bicycles.
Gunnar Crosshairs.
Gunnnar Ruffian.
Pinarello Treviso tarck bike.
Lemond Team Z.
Serotta Colorado.
Serotta Singolo.
All-City Macho Man.
1983 Trek 500.
Specialized Rockhopper.
Rudys old CAAD5 track.
Carbon Ridley track bike.
That pinarello is cool. Have you considered selling like 3-4 if these and getting a bike with more than ten gears and some fat tires and discs?
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Hey the first bike has 11 speeds in the back! And so does the stupid allcity!
But yeah I do have something with fat tires, thru axles, flat mount disc, and robo shifting on order.
does it come with pedals?
truly underwhelming number of those
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I’d ride all of those except for the All City, though doesn’t mean they’re not boring.
I saw like 3, maybe 4 bikes, but they seemed to change color as I scrolled down the page. Weird.
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Too many bikes yet not enough bikes at the same time.
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Why is no-one taking about the elephant in the room: the CAAD5 has a different garage door to the rest. What are you trying to pull here nü guy? Slotting a random change in garage door in at the end like that.
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Straight back is more aero
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the bike:chain:pedal ratio is like 11:8:6 for this guy
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How many of those bikes do you ride? Are you a packrat/collector? Are you flipping them regularly? If you’re kinda tall or leggy, why not just get a couple of custom frames instead of five of the same bike?
I mean, it looks like you know how to put a bike together, it just feels like a weirdly impersonal collection. Maybe narrate a little bit?
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Elliot’s not a new guy. He and I have been selling each other bike frames and parts in the alley behind my house for years!
Ah, so the owner of the brown garage door steps forward!
how do you guys not recognize these bikes
smfh
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