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Here she is after being stored up in the ceiling f/ 10 yrs
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Author:  foo29er [ Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Here she is after being stored up in the ceiling f/ 10 yrs
She's got a little make over a tuck here a snip there a bit of bling here and there :) I want to thank Neil over at Adrenaline for really hooking this up and getting this conversion done for me for a 1/3 of the price of buying a new bike :) and i get to rock the carbon fiber and old school campy stuff!!! Hehe i'll be the envy of all the butt hugging jean wearing emo kid LOL

current gearing is 42/16 I THINK...that was the little chainring on my existing crank the big ring was like in the 50's not sure have to look.

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She's getting broken in tomorrow!
Author:  Ld00d [ Fri Jul 04, 2008 5:30 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Here she is after being stored up in the ceiling f/ 10 yrs
very nice! i can almost see the number on the chainring. i think typical roadie is 44 and 52. it looks like it says 44 on it. what all did they do to it besides the horns?
Author:  Red Hot Sloth [ Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:12 am ]
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Oh man, that is one sweet Looking ride Foo. I'm so glad you did the conversion instead of getting rid of it.
Author:  foo29er [ Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:01 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Here she is after being stored up in the ceiling f/ 10 yrs
The parts list:

-Alexrims 450rs? flip/flop hub in black mounted on hutchinson red striped tires front and rear.
- New Tekro brake levers
-16t Freewheel ACS
rewrap of the bar

thanks RHS i'm glad i converted it as well...definitely is different looking. Came back from my ride this morning w/ my buddy on his new SS track bike and i covered 33.36mi doing 1840ft of ascent and i'm not sure how they calc this but it says that i burned 2103 cal!!!! that's a lot of beers i can drink now ;)

Let me tell you, the ride to the office is great. the ride back sucked because i had to climb to get back home and i underestimated how much you do sweat when you road ride because you dont feel it cuz you're going a lot faster than on dirt so on the climbs home my calves started to cramp up...

All in All I enjoyed it, it's definitely a nice break from riding the same ol trails and you cover a lot of distance in the same time span that you would otherwise just have to contend with 5000lb land barges.
Author:  Phonger [ Fri Jul 04, 2008 8:22 pm ]
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That bike is super sexy... Congrats.
Author:  gleeke [ Sat Jul 05, 2008 5:37 am ]
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Wow..You don't see those frames in that condition anymore. Great job ...looks like it's gonna be a fun ride.
Author:  Pillow Pants [ Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:42 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Here she is after being stored up in the ceiling f/ 10 yrs
nice job foo! :thumbsup:

did you chop the drop bar or are those out of the box bullhorns?
Author:  foo29er [ Sun Jul 06, 2008 11:39 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Here she is after being stored up in the ceiling f/ 10 yrs
Seat Sniffer wrote:
nice job foo! :thumbsup:

did you chop the drop bar or are those out of the box bullhorns?


chop chop :)
Author:  Pillow Pants [ Sun Jul 06, 2008 11:57 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Here she is after being stored up in the ceiling f/ 10 yrs
foo29er wrote:
Seat Sniffer wrote:
nice job foo! :thumbsup:

did you chop the drop bar or are those out of the box bullhorns?


chop chop :)


nice! how do you like the bullhorn setup? Do you miss the drop at all? I'm debating chopping mine or buying a new bullhorn...
Author:  Ld00d [ Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:00 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Here she is after being stored up in the ceiling f/ 10 yrs
Seat Sniffer wrote:
foo29er wrote:
Seat Sniffer wrote:
nice job foo! :thumbsup:

did you chop the drop bar or are those out of the box bullhorns?


chop chop :)


nice! how do you like the bullhorn setup? Do you miss the drop at all? I'm debating chopping mine or buying a new bullhorn...


this discussion inspired me, so i did some hunting around. the soma urban pursuit looks like it would be more ergo.
Author:  foo29er [ Sun Jul 06, 2008 4:10 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Here she is after being stored up in the ceiling f/ 10 yrs
i like the bulls however i think on LONGER rides full bars would be more beneficial as i tend to want to adjust my hand position a few places.

Brian, that's cool dude give us a full report when you find it
Author:  katonk [ Mon Jul 07, 2008 7:49 am ]
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How much different is it riding with your chop and flops than just riding the hoods on drop bars?
Author:  foo29er [ Mon Jul 07, 2008 8:36 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Here she is after being stored up in the ceiling f/ 10 yrs
a few times during the ride i wished i had had the hood but it wasnt absolutely missed.
Author:  Evil Chocula [ Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:01 pm ]
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That thing is siiiiiiiick. I didn't know it was full carbon! That blows away those two pre-made SS bikes you were looking at. Personally, I'm not huge fan of bullhorns (in general), but they still look cool.

IMO, some Nitto moustache bars would rock on that thing.
Author:  foo29er [ Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:05 pm ]
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i'll look into that
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