huckleberry
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| 05/28/2015 01:32 PM |
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For Smokey.
I thought we could all post pics of our bikes - that surely makes us all happy...
Me first...
My main road ride - now with red saddle and tape...
[URL=http://s247.photobucket.com/user/ctbehrens/media/P1020588.jpg.html]  [/URL]
My museum piece - C40 with Geo paint scheme...
[URL=http://s247.photobucket.com/user/ctbehrens/media/P1010441_zpscxpkiody.jpg.html]  [/URL]
My Lugi - just after I bought it off Ebay - no longer has that saddle or those wheels...
[URL=http://s247.photobucket.com/user/ctbehrens/media/P1030974.jpg.html]  [/URL]
And my latest love - no longer has the FSA POS crankset, which delaminated from the spindle...
[URL=http://s247.photobucket.com/user/ctbehrens/media/P1010545_zps8has21i8.jpg.html]  [/URL]
Damn! I can't wait...
I showed you mine, now show me yours - give Smokey a reason to check back more frequently ; ) |
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huckleberry
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| 05/28/2015 01:37 PM |
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P.S. Ben - your listings of your bikes on the "sad" post made me think of this - so I expect to see those beauties of yours...
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Cosmic Kid
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| 05/28/2015 02:30 PM |
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3 demerits for huck....all chains need to be in the big ring when posting pics.
Shame on you.
(But I love me some bike pjorn....great looking stable!) |
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huckleberry
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| 05/28/2015 03:04 PM |
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"all chains need to be in the big ring when posting pics"
My house is always at the top of very steep roads ; ) |
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Orange Crush
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| 05/28/2015 04:26 PM |
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My bikes are too dirty and dusty to post. Which means they're getting heavy use :-)
Nice collection Huck! |
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79pmooney
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| 05/28/2015 05:33 PM |
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Huck, I haven't joined the digital age yet so descriptions will have to suffice. (Of course, all are welcome to come over and take pictures.)
Actually I do have a picture of Jessica J, the ti fixie, but it isn't posed. From last year's Cycle Oregon, on what was billed s the steepest grade CO has seen, 14%. I'll have to learn how to post it.
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longslowdistance
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| 05/28/2015 07:32 PM |
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Riding in some fine style!
How are those shaped lynsky tubes? Gimmick or real advantage? |
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smokey52
Posts:493
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| 05/28/2015 07:34 PM |
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Wow.
I am very much happier. The response to the sad post has been overwhelming.
Teach me how to post pictures again, and I will add my bikes and my wife's hand-pedal trike to the thread. (It sounds like Ben needs instructions too.) My next big ride is the MS Cape Cod Getaway at the end of June. Our kids are riding too. I would like to persuade my wife to ride with us, but she does not like to be put on display.
Thanks to all. |
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huckleberry
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| 05/29/2015 12:38 PM |
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Smokey -
To post an image here you need to load your photos on to a website such as Photobucket.com - which is free. Once the image is loaded there you can get a image "url" for that image. Copy the url and paste it in your message here.
And hurry up, I'm feeling a bit naked out there with my pics... |
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Gonzo Cyclist
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| 05/29/2015 12:51 PM |
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| beautiful collection huck............. |
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79pmooney
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| 05/29/2015 03:41 PM |
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Huck, the photo of Jessica J at her finest (and a little bit of me).
[URL=http://s1167.photobucket.com/user/79pmooney/media/15203589485_5af9b02f01_o_zpsty56f3ga.jpg.html] [/URL]
I have to credit this to an unknown cameraman at Cycle Oregon last fall. It was taken on Day 4 as we climbed a 2 miler that touched 14 and 14.5%. This was the steepest section. As you can see, I forgot to flip my wheel around. (No one would tell me at the start of this climb that it was the big one. I didn't want to use the low gear for the little stuff before it. And by the time I figured it out, I was going. Stopping? No way!
Edit: It worked!
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huckleberry
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| 05/29/2015 04:33 PM |
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Nice!
Thanks, Ben. |
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longslowdistance
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| 05/29/2015 08:08 PM |
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| I'll bet that chain whip comes in handy with dogs. |
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Inferno7
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| 05/29/2015 11:25 PM |
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| Nice pics! Cool bikes. |
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79pmooney
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| 05/30/2015 01:49 AM |
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Posted By Frederick Jones on 05/29/2015 08:08 PM
I'll bet that chain whip comes in handy with dogs.
Naw, it is held in place with toestraps. Quick release - yes. Fast enough for dogs - no. And while it might look formidable, it weighs just over 12 oz. But works really well. I pull both the hub and lockring with the Pedro's fix gear wrench under the seatbag. Spare cog(s) are velvro'd to the other side of the seatbag. I'm riding a 17t. Other side is a 23t and there is a 12t on the seatbag.
Ben
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smokey52
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| 05/30/2015 03:47 PM |
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Last summer at Cape Cod:
http://s80.photobucket.com/user/smokey1952/media/IMG_0506.jpg.html?o=1
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huckleberry
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| 05/30/2015 05:04 PM |
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lsd - I'm not sure how much gimmick those tubes are. It is a fairly stiff bottom bracket area, but "sprinter stiff", I don't know.
I just think they're pretty ; ) |
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smokey52
Posts:493
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| 05/30/2015 06:00 PM |
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try again
[url=http://s80.photobucket.com/user/smokey1952/media/IMG_0506.jpg.html?o=1] |
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Nick A
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| 05/31/2015 12:26 PM |
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Not the greatest quality photo, but I already have it on Photobucket.
[URL=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/bridge101nm/media/PA090001.jpg.html] [/URL] |
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huckleberry
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| 05/31/2015 12:50 PM |
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That's a beauty, Nick. What part of the country are you in? Makes me think of San Diego.
Keep trying, Smokey - make sure it's the image link you're pasting - like Nick's. |
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vtguy
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| 05/31/2015 02:36 PM |
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| Nice stable, Huck. I especially like your Colnago. |
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smokey52
Posts:493
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| 05/31/2015 06:19 PM |
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| am I missing special brackets? |
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huckleberry
Posts:824
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| 06/01/2015 09:52 AM |
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Smokey -
It's the 4th link down on the share links section to the right of your photo on Photobucket.
If you did that, I'm not sure what is wrong.
Comparing your link to Nick's, it seems you have all lower case letters in your link and some other differences. |
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huckleberry
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| 06/01/2015 09:53 AM |
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P.S. I am sure you have very "special" brackets ; )
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smokey52
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| 06/02/2015 08:00 PM |
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[URL=http://s80.photobucket.com/user/smokey1952/media/IMG_0506.jpg.html] [/URL] |
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smokey52
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| 06/02/2015 08:03 PM |
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| finally |
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Nick A
Posts:625
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| 06/03/2015 09:01 AM |
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Huck:
Nice bikes too. I'm in Albuquerque, NM. The bars are even higher now due my approaching 50, so my bike is looking as racer cool anymore. (Well, and lack of discipline to stretch regularly.) Never been to San Diego, but assuming similar arid conditions. My old "back east" friends who've never really travelled, think it's like Phoenix here, but we're at 5000 feet. It does get hot in the summer, but cold in the winter too.
Smokey: Yeah, in Photobucket, when you click the share thing, one is named "image", that's the one.
Signed up for a summer course. Not riding it much for the next month, but using the commuter daily for the short trip. It was an excuse to get some Nitto old 3-speed style bars for the super convenient, wearing street clothes type of position.
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Nick A
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| 06/03/2015 09:04 AM |
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Ha! Literally, as I post this, now I see Smokey's bike! Not sure if it was just a cache thing. Cool. Well, my father lives in Bradenton, FL, that's what this makes me think of. I'm a fan of the no-nonsense road bike.
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longslowdistance
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| 06/03/2015 07:22 PM |
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Nick, great post! This could be an entire thread!
What makes a road bike "nonsense" versus a "no-nonsense"?
Our beloved and admired forumite Bobswire might say "gears", but I'm asking for what is a more for the middle of the road philosophy here.
aero wheels?
frame material?
electronic shifters?
electronics of any kind (e.g. speedo)?
graphics, bar tape, aesthetics of any kind?
country of manufacture or design?
seat color?
who's riding the bike?
Bars too high or low?
You tell me
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Dale
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| 06/03/2015 08:00 PM |
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Let's see if I can play this newfangled game of posting pics 
The fleet of bikes minus the Strong titanium bike upstairs o the trainer and the lugged Strong road bike in my office
[URL=http://s1030.photobucket.com/user/Dalelikestoplay/media/photo%201_zpsrxpbx2uw.jpg.html] [/URL]
The wheel wall
[URL=http://s1030.photobucket.com/user/Dalelikestoplay/media/photo%203_zpsjvlkakxk.jpg.html] [/URL]
Where I tinker with bikes and cars and stuff
[URL=http://s1030.photobucket.com/user/Dalelikestoplay/media/photo%202_zpsdumtluzu.jpg.html] [/URL] |
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Dale
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| 06/03/2015 08:11 PM |
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Those are some crap photos of my toys!
Masi Evo with Chorus 11
Haro mountain bike with some gears and stuff... 10speed? 2x10? Dunno... I just sort of point and hope I don't die
Focus CX w/ Sram hydraulic 11v
Santana cro-mo with old 8v triple. My new stoker and I are getting ready to ramp up some miles on this. |
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Nick A
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| 06/04/2015 04:20 PM |
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LSD,
You "caught me". It's in quotes because, I did see the bike as no nonsense, but it was based on a snap judgment. I would think no-nonsense as being less flash and bling and more, does what it's supposed to. I guess low spoke count wheels don't fall into that category...and I have them as well. I guess I was going purely by the somewha "common" brand and black and white color scheme. Then again, when we're judging aesthetics, it's purely subjective.
There are bikes that I think are beautiful, but just not for me. My personality is more low key. While living in New York in the '90's, one day, ONE DAY, I wore a black shirt with black pants. Not a single stranger looked at me strangely. But a friend at work just said, "Nick, that's not for you." A woman no less. Oy.
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longslowdistance
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longslowdistance
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| 06/05/2015 07:09 PM |
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PS: "Dressed in all black in NYC", reminds me of the late Lou Reed. I was/am a fan . . .
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Nick A
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| 06/06/2015 07:10 AM |
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I like Lou a lot too. I thought I knew everything about him, but I'm reading the biography, "Transformer", by Victor Bockris about him, and I guess I didn't. It's a good book, not great, but has a fair amount of stuff I didn't know about.
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huckleberry
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| 06/06/2015 11:55 AM |
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Damn! How did I miss all these updates.
Congrats, Smokey - now you have to post more pics ; )
Nick - my sister lives in Albuquerque. Been there a few times. Really like New Mexico.
Dale - Wow. I appreciate your tidiness ; ) and the rides. |
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