The GB stem and bars are original to the bike, which I’m pretty sure was a Dawes Galaxy. The bars are extremely narrow, 35cm ctc on the ramps and 38cm in the drops.
The bars and stem are flexible enough to be a little annoying, whereas the frame is flexible enough to plane for reals.
It originally had Swiss brakes and a shitbox French drivetrain, which has since been replaced with French brakes and a shitbox Taiwanese drivetrain.
[quote=blasdelf]I have 6 bikes, plus one being shipped and a frameset in pre-production, but the bike I ride the most is my 61.6cm G2 Kogswell P/R. I just rode it home in the rain with 35-40 pounds of groceries:
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gyeswho 2.0 amirite?
I’ll take that as a complement, but solve for x such that he’s blasdelf 0.5 — given that he’s me at 12 and I’m 24 now.
I mean, when I was 12 I lusted after the Spinergy Rev-X and thought bullhorns / chopped risers were great. Then I hit puberty, could spend time in the drops, and actually ride a bike for reals.
Let’s Compare:
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[] His brickhouse tires weigh 750g each, my supple open-tubular tires weighed 295g each
[] His rack is completely untriangulated, wiggles side to side and forward to back, and still weighs 2-3x as much. Mine is laterally stiff and vertically compliant, and the mid-fork attachment lets the fork blades still flex as they were designed to.
[] He has entirely the wrong geometry for a front load, just the weight of his rack is enough to make his bike want to dive and tire his arms.
[] His frame is way too stiff with 9/6/9 OS tubes, mine planes pretty nicely with an 8/5/8 OS TT and a 9/6/9 non-OS DT
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That was fun to read, but the correct response was AYHSMB.
explain your name and why you buy so much snickers?
GODDAMNIT STOP POSTING NICE BIKES IN THE SICK FIXXXAAAAYYY NEWBIE THREAD YOU FUCKING NEW GUYS GODDAMNIT
username is LastName + FirstInitial
I bought the case of snickers cause it was $24 for a 48-pack, well under normal street prices. Plus it’s winter, so I can use candy bars as bike fuel with no worry of melting. I love slices of rich bread and bananas too, but those have a habit of desiccating into crumbs and smushing into goop if you forget about them.
[quote=kevinwulf][quote=blasdelf]
Well, that’s a nice bike and all. But I think the point of this thread is that you’re supposed to post a Visp with Aerospokes or Schwinn Varsity conversion with suicide hub or something so we can all feel superior.
So, unfortunately, I’m going to have to give you a “fail” and ask you to try again. That goes for Stronglight, too.[/quote]
Have fun. SMB! 
I’ll take that as a complement, but solve for x such that he’s blasdelf 0.5 — given that he’s me at 12 and I’m 24 now.
I mean, when I was 12 I lusted after the Spinergy Rev-X and thought bullhorns / chopped risers were great. Then I hit puberty, could spend time in the drops, and actually ride a bike for reals.
Let’s Compare:
[list]
[] His brickhouse tires weigh 750g each, my supple open-tubular tires weighed 295g each
[] His rack is completely untriangulated, wiggles side to side and forward to back, and still weighs 2-3x as much. Mine is laterally stiff and vertically compliant, and the mid-fork attachment lets the fork blades still flex as they were designed to.
[] He has entirely the wrong geometry for a front load, just the weight of his rack is enough to make his bike want to dive and tire his arms.
[] His frame is way too stiff with 9/6/9 OS tubes, mine planes pretty nicely with an 8/5/8 OS TT and a 9/6/9 non-OS DT
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The size of the tires change the geo a bit so you’re overlooking that point, but you’re forgetting the strength issue (I’d rather have heavy durable tires when carrying vs supple lighter tires that may be easier to puncture. It sucks changing a flat if your carrying things). Possibly, the rack could be a little more cut out to carry heavier stuff (but that point is moot if the geo is wrong for it as in the case of the Mercier, but the Big Apple tires really made up for how well it handled though.)
I’ve yet to do a heavy load on the Crosscheck to comment on how it handle with the rack, but with the bars, I may have a control advantage over you since the bars are wider (again that point could be moot those since the geo isn’t designed for it purposely). Also the stiffness is slightly of negated due to the bigger (40mm) tires. To imply I don’t ride seriously is a fallacy, but your bike is very nice!
you two dumbasses just keep your lame pictures of your shitty bikes
with a ton of costco crap loaded on them in this thread
also fuck off you both suck ass
oh yeah but my stream is straight and clear
people with nice bikes are posting here because they understand reading.
can we just ban people who post JA bikes in the reg thread now?
[quote=surfcat]GODDAMNIT STOP POSTING NICE BIKES IN THE SICK FIXXXAAAAYYY NEWBIE THREAD YOU FUCKING NEW GUYS GODDAMNIT
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[quote=kevinwulf][quote=blasdelf]
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Well, that’s a nice bike and all. But I think the point of this thread is that you’re supposed to post a Visp with Aerospokes or Schwinn Varsity conversion with suicide hub or something so we can all feel superior.
So, unfortunately, I’m going to have to give you a “fail” and ask you to try again. That goes for Stronglight, too.[/quote]
[quote=stiffytruck]you two dumbasses just keep your lame pictures of your shitty bikes
with a ton of costco crap loaded on them in this thread
also fuck off you both suck ass[/quote]
[quote=turpencat]people with nice bikes are posting here because they understand reading.
can we just ban people who post JA bikes in the reg thread now?[/quote]
Stiffytruck - what is it? Should we stay and keep posting our bikes for you to make fun of or leave since you say so???! Lol
Turpencat - Umm, there is some contradiction as to what you think and what others think. Reading comprehension tells me this thread for others to also make fun people’s bike on this forum based on the OPs post. It appears your opinion is not in the majority based on the posters’s opinions in this thread
your reading comprehension isn’t quite cutting it
well I guess I ain’t the only one then.
I don’t really know how things are done around here so that is also part of why I may have it wrong. Could you explain how it all works around here cuz I’m definitely not in the “in crowd” (not that I take it that seriously anyway). And also, what is Tarck?
guysshoe you should never post again kill yourself
stiffytruck
[quote=stiffytruck]guysshoe you should never post again kill yourself
stiffytruck[/quote]
wow you take things really seriously huh? Have a nice day! 
The two bikes I posted in the other thread were both well received, but I’d be happy to post something JA from a few years back
Blasdel: doin it right.
Guysshoe: Don’t ever try to comprehend tarck. Tarck can only comprehend you.
Snowman: No one cares.
All of u. Get killed to death.
guess who: get the fuck out.
[quote=EivlEvo]
All of u. Get killed to death.[/quote]
Thread turned out sucky once the second bike was posted. Too much “here’s 8 paragraphs about why I have Shimano brake calipers on here as VO is on back order and their grand cru brake calipers looked to be the same design as the older Sun Race mdoels that typically came stock on early versions of bla bla bla bla bla bla” type shit ATMO
