Own Mr Van P's bike...
by Mr Van P on Oct 24, 2008 2:19 PM EDT
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PrintFor Sale:
Frame: 2004 Pinarello Opera 57cm with fork and headset and carbon seatpost (deda 16.5 eom steel. Reynolds Ouzo Pro integrated fork, internal headset) $600
cranks: Record Alloy 53/39t, 172.5mm $75
bottom bracket: Record Italian thread $50
Calipers: Record silver: $150 per set
Rear derailleur: Record carbon 10 speed $150
Front derailluer: Record 10 sp silver (braze on model but with 35mm campy adapter clamp) $50
3TTT Less XL bar and stem: $75
Shift/brake levers: Campy record 10 carbon $150
I can package it all together or sell piece by piece.
$1,200 takes it all for a classic steel beauty. Pics to follow>
Thank you
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By pampered
I would add, he means pampered. This may be the only bike in America that had its own college fund.
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Oct 24, 2008 3:04 PM EDT reply actions
Strange... I read that whole damn post...
…and I still have no idea what you’re selling. I mean it’s like reading british english… I think it should make sense…
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If "Pinarello" wasn't a clue
you might be at the wrong website.
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Oct 24, 2008 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions
The price wouldn't be the problem as much as
affording the staff to keep the bike in such immaculate condition. Definitely not a beater.
I googled it, it must be true.
I know for a fact
that you could purchase Mr. Van P along with the bike. He’s worth his weight in Chimay as a mechanic.
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
Wow... we're doing a shitty job of buying this bike aren't we.
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Those of us who don't already own a bicycle
should be first in line one would think.
No one mentioned, no one forgotten.
Carlos Sastre - Tour de France winner - Born From Jets
+1.... so funny.
One might want to hurry up so they could learn to rock climb with it over their shoulder for advanced training.
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
Where the hell am I supposed to keep a BIKE??
Am I supposed to use the climbing gear to sling that shit from the ceiling of my apartment right next to my dive tanks, wetsuits and Triumph parts?
I will say that if the tenderest of my tender regions were to actually give me a pass on the act of riding a bicycle, I would be more than happy to purchase Mr. Van P’s two wheeled transport… but when parts of the anatomy say NO… I listen.
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Don't you ever worry
that come the next earthquake you will be squashed by some piece of crap falling off the ceiling.
Ahh... I just realized that the comment above is taken somewhat out of context...
… it stems from an email discussion I had with Drew, et al, in which I decried the state of my apartment as cluttered with all my hobbies at present: hiking, diving, camping and motorcycle riding, and now that I’m starting rock climbing, I’ll need some place to put that stuff too. It was suggested (in jest I think) that an easy solution would be to use all the new climbing gear to just hang all the OTHER crap from the ceiling. The funny thing is that, due to the odd geometry of my apartment, it’s actually a feasible solution since half of my living room has a vaulted ceiling nearly 20 feet tall.
It’s amusing to think of my apartment as some sort of fatalistic fantasy world with multiple Swords of Damocles hanging all over the place just waiting for the right little earth jostle to send it crashing down onto my recliner while I’m watching HBO.
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Hey -
How was the boat dive you did on Sunday? Find any bikes down there? :-)
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
Nope... no bikes of any sort... internal combustion powered or otherwise...
… did get to dive in a bunch of kelp forests with it’s corresponding multitude of Garibaldi. The Garibaldi (state fish of California) are incredibly territorial so if you swim up to their rock, they’ll try and stare you down… just float inches in front of you. I did my third dive with one of the instructors whose students had already done their dives for the day, and he and I just jammed through the kelp looking around at snails and fish. At one point we broke through a curtain of kelp into a circular area at about 60’ down. It was like a cathedral with the sunlight filtering through six story tall kelp instead of stained glass, and above us there was a massive ball of thousands of mackerel just swimming around. Fantastic stuff.
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Mackerel swirls = even better than bait balls. Too cool!
is it still PC to bust open an urchin to feed the garibaldi? Used to be something someone did on every dive with garibaldi. And were there any good nudibranchs? (Yes, “hee hee, I said nudibranch.”)
I'm guessing... no, not PC. PADI in particular has taken the "Leave No Trace"...
… approach to diving. In fact, the guy I did that last dive with was a huge burly Dive Master candidate. We got down to depth and the first thing he did was find a star fish and pick it up. At that point I was already thinking “Great, here’s another jackass that’s gonna play frizbee with a star fish or some shit” but he goes and takes it and cleans off a spot on a piece of rock that’s sheltered with kelp and lays it down carefully. Then he swims off and finds a large seasnail shell that’s been knocked over from the surge and he flips it back upright. He spent the entire dive “tidying up” the ocean as we went along… it was kind ’a cool to see.
And there’s no way I’m grabbing an urchin… no way… no how… I just picture one of those 5 inch long black spines going through my glove and through my hand and out the other side, followed swiftly by me shooting to the surface screaming and displaying the stigmata to the Dive Master.
I didn’t see any nudibranchs… I looked though for the tiny little bastards all over and under and around the rocks the kelp were anchored to. I was kind of bummed… but I didn’t have a dive light with me so they wouldn’t have been all THAT spectacular. There were billions of Garibaldi fry around though… tucked into every little crack and crevice on the rocks.
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I had some kid guide in the bahamas
did a headstand on some coral and motioned to us to take his picture. Not hovering, actually mashing into it. We were not amused.
But urchins (before they were a commercial harvest) were common as rocks, just about. You reach under, flip it over (spines are short on the bottom near the "mouth") and hit it with a rock. Instant garibaldi food.
And…y’know….starfish have feet. If they want to be on a kelp-free rock, they can walk there. They don’t need a burly Martha Stewart with OCD tidying them. Though it does sound kinda cute.
You realize if Chris suggested that...
he will probably do his best to return home with it. Just sayin’.
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
Off topic..
but how crazy would it be for me to build the cross bike with Record and use the centaur on the Opera. Seriously, will Chris even notice?
Answer - no, as long as he doesn't read this thread
Keep the bike – you can never have too many.
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
Ok, given that this thread has turned into a discussion about
sea urchins, I think it may be a good indication that no one wants the bike.
That, and...
Can you really ride a 57c? I can’t :-(
Van P, you know your thread has arrived when the tangents start. Think of it as a compliment.
Sure
Not ideal, but close enough. And on the sea urchin topic, I hate the stuff. It has the consistency of custard but tastes like a fetid tide pool. Garibaldi, on the other hand, is delicious.
Ahh yes... Uni... which I believe is the Japanese word for bbbllleeuuuerrggghhhccchhhh...
I would ask though, oh fellow California resident, what secret society restaurant you went to and ate Garibaldi? Was it served before or after the roasted California Condor with Golden Poppy aioli? Have you tried a Seagowl: a baby harp seal stuffed with a bald eagle stuffed with a spotted owl?
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lol
I did wonder how he knew that ;-)
You forgot the abilone in there, though for the really long-time Cali residents that one isn’t quite so far-fetched.
Ahhh... but Abalone is legal to eat my sweet...
… although why one would want to consume Abalone is beyond me… I haven’t ever had one that tasted particularly good or lacked the texture of a Bontrager Hank.
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Only if it's farmed, though, I believe
Wild Ab is protected, I thought. But maybe I dreamed that.
Never had it.
Oh no... I got roped into go Abalone hunting once as a teenager...
… with my Dad and our Japanese neighbor. We went to a cove near Gualala and watched as whatshisname went hunting. You’re only allowed to wear a wetsuit, weights, mask and a snorkel. Then you snorkel in 5 foot waves around big sharp rocks with an abalone spatula to pry the fucker off the rock. If you’re really lucky, you only drown a little bit; you will get beaten and shredded.
Then you get shaken down by the Dept. of Fish and Game when you touch foot on the shore again to inspect your catch and if it’s not up to muster you pay a massive fine. If they are up to muster, but you have too many of them… jail…
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Ditto.
Most of it from Dan’s life experiences. Scary. LOL!
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
I think that may be a place best NOT to explore. :-)
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
One day I'll tell you the difference between Jail and Prison...
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Campfire stories for TOC - I can't wait!
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
That part was a joke
They are protected in California, so eating one here would probably be illegal. Now eating one in Oregon or Washington state, on the other hand, that might be perfectly legal. Chris is the fish lawyer?. But they are not protected because they are endangered or threatened, or even remotely uncommon. Like you said, they are everywhere when you go diving in California. Like lobbyists in DC…
I know, I went to Google and searched...
… “Garibaldi Fish Recipes” and didn’t find a single one.
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Everytime I see Mr Van P's avatar... I always think it's this...
instead of a derailleur…
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CAN I do that... well, yes...
DO or WILL or HAVE I ever done anything even remotely like that since I bought my Triumph? er… no. 3" wheelies is about the extent of it… and that mostly just powering off a red light to escape traffic.
Although if Repsol/Honda feel compelled to give me their spare RC212V and color matched leathers now that Nicky Hayden is officially racing with Ducati, I’ll be MORE than happy to do all kinds of crazy shit at Mugello.
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I think you should train for that
and do some tricks for us at TOC. You know, while your busy motor pacing the group ride.
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
I really(!!!) hate that when that happens...
Don’t be discouraged about selling your bike. If you had offered this back when I was looking for a road bike, yours would’ve been something I’d seriously have considered. I hate bike shopping (I know – the horror of saying that out loud), but when others have recommendations or already loved one, makes it much easier in narrowing down items. So, make sure you post the idea again as next year when funds are back in the cycling pool for some of us, it might be deal to be made. I think the timing might’ve just been off as many of us purchased – even if not full bikes – many upgrades as we could not wait until next spring. Your bike sounds lovely and there are many here vouching for the care you give them. :-)
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
I am so leaving the super model department to you dear Gavia. :-)
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
now i feel bad...
and will send the link to a couple of people who might fit this, and have the cash.
a slight nibble
Someone I know is mildly interested (or just curious) and says …
“It could be my size, but I would like to have some more specifics (top tube length and seat tube length center-to-center, and standover height) and a few pictures.”
On the assumption that everyone likes to look at bike pix, and bike pix were promised, and I don’t think I see a link above, or pix, I request (on his behalf) pix of VanP Pinarello.
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