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Tarckives Bikes
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thats my dad’s motto[/quote]
Mine too.

I pull my winter bike apart and clean and repack everything at the end of the winter season. Other than that, everything stays together unless something is being repaired or replaced.

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but my bike is really clean now

I even got the crevices between the cog and flange and in all the cutouts of the hub

The chain has never been cleaner.

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dirty bikes rule

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I’d feel bad riding my bike if I spent alot of time cleaning it. So I don’t clean my bike.

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I like ridin’ duuuuuuuuurrtty. My bike is a shitstack and doesn’t require cleaning.

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After winter and early spring I usually tear down the bikes I ride. They use a lot of salt and sand here in winter (that gets mixed with crushed glass and other garbage) and it gets in some pretty tight spots.

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[quote=“666pack”]every couple of months i like to take a saturday and rip my bike apart, degrease and lube everything and pop it back together.
i usually do it when i get new tires or new toe clips or new straps. and i usually re-wrap the bars. i love jerking my bike off.[/quote]

:bear:

same here.

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I just had a brand spankin’ new frame walk in the door and I can’t build it up for a few weeks. Driving me fucking CRAZY already, and it’s only been 15 minutes.

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i’ve been staring at a wheel-less nishiki for a week. all i need are some damn wheels.

i feel your pain.

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i do it like religious services…

and every time, i realize why i fucking hate religion

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i don’t but wish i did. once in a while i find an excuse to overhaul everything and i’m always amazed at how smooth it is to ride afterward. the shit builds up so slowly that i don’t notice it until i scrape it all off. that first ride is so fresh…its all downhill until the next excuse though.

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took the words right out of my brain… i usually run out of steam after im done taking it apart. i also dont like riding my other bikes very much so the tarck bike stays in one piece.

-j

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I say, once you build it up right, tearing it apart and rebuilding is just asking for a fuck-up.
But I can’t really complain about anyone rebuilding, because having the ability and desire to build should be a prerequisite to owning and operating any fixie intended for street use. The only excuse for purchasing a new, premade, street-use fixie is if you need the bike available in less time than you could possibly purchase and build from scratch. Examples-your ride gets stolen or totaled.
I don’t care how fast you are, you don’t get full cred unless you can at least build a fixie from the frame up. Anything less is compromising the fixie gene pool.
This rant will be repeated ad-nausium until everybody either hates me or agrees with me.

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Read, reread and read until you all stop cleaning ridiculous parts over and over.

http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2007/10 ... -bike.html
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[quote=“vredstein”]I say, once you build it up right, tearing it apart and rebuilding is just asking for a fuck-up.
But I can’t really complain about anyone rebuilding, because having the ability and desire to build should be a prerequisite to owning and operating any “party foul: please edit” intended for street use. The only excuse for purchasing a new, premade, street-use “party foul: please edit” is if you need the bike available in less time than you could possibly purchase and build from scratch. Examples-your ride gets stolen or totaled.
I don’t care how fast you are, you don’t get full cred unless you can at least build a “party foul: please edit” from the frame up. Anything less is compromising the “party foul: please edit” gene pool.
This rant will be repeated ad-nausium until everybody either hates me or agrees with me.[/quote]

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[quote=“NitroPye”]Read, reread and read until you all stop cleaning ridiculous parts over and over.

http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2007/10 ... -bike.html[/quote]

+1
Thanks, it had been a while since I had read that.

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[quote=“NitroPye”]Read, reread and read until you all stop cleaning ridiculous parts over and over.

http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2007/10 ... -bike.html[/quote]

+1

Great article and a nice reminder.

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What kind of pussy friends do you have??

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What kind of pussy friends do you have??[/quote]

All my good bar-fightin’ buddies are in prison or Iraq. 90% of the people I kick it with now literally are pussies.