If you were a bike component...
by Chris Fontecchio on Dec 9, 2009 4:04 PM EST
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Printwhich one would you be? I thought that since we're making fun of this twit in another post, we can honor the nonsensicality by, you know, resembling that remark. Willj wants to be a campy 29-tooth cog. I personally would go for a 1960s era derailleur with the cool campy logo. Front or rear, whichever is simpler and cleaner. I guess that would be the front. Rear derailleurs are almost never clean. But they do have feelings.
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I'm afraid I'd be a basket.
Really useful at times, but unlikely to spend much time with serious cyclists.
It was just a long race--Edvald Boasson Hagen, on the Giro
while friends hound my wife to get a road bike
she just says she’d be happy if I put a basket on her hybrid
Moo
Does gear count? If so, I always wanted to be a cap.
Preferably, this one.
If it has to be an actual bike component, then i’ll opt for the trainer skewer.
boo!
"The only pain I got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is." Edvald Boasson Hagen
by Chris Fontecchio on Dec 9, 2009 6:33 PM EST up reply actions
A downtube friction shifter
cumbersome, finicky, and not entirely safe
That
was my runner up. Lots of design potential there.
"The only pain I got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is." Edvald Boasson Hagen
by Chris Fontecchio on Dec 9, 2009 6:34 PM EST up reply actions
i was going to comment along the lines of Maestro's comment...
…but will spare y’all the crassness and go with a creaky bottom bracket on someone else’s bike, cause i’m annoying, there isn’t much you can do about me, but at least i’m someone else’s problem.
"Ants don’t worry, they operate like a fantastic team, they accept obstacles and deal with them in a positive manner, they don’t complain and remain positive. An ant doesn’t work on emotion, is proactive and always chooses the ant role."
i used to have a new pair
of old-style delta cleats on my shoes. Man were those things incredibly loud on a climb! It was amazing. If i passed someone on a climb they’d first look around in great surprise and then usually snicker – all i could do was shrug my shoulders. So what would happen if i were passed on a climb, you ask? Pft, as if that ever happened. Gimme a break.
In light of that last comment, maybe i’m a new pair of old-style delta cleats – outdated and loud, creaky, and annoying as hell if you try to make them work.
But what would i want to be is more the question. A pair of incredibly fast and durable wheels that cost about a zillion bucks (i wanna get paid for goin fast, afterall).
I would like to think I am a Lightweight wheel - Subtle but superbly efficient
In reality I suspect I am a saddle-less seatpost – a giant pain in the ass
en fuego...
"The only pain I got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is." Edvald Boasson Hagen
by Chris Fontecchio on Dec 9, 2009 6:56 PM EST up reply actions
in my dreams
a clement campione del mundo seta tire: absolutely smooth (and not so good in the rain).
in reality . . .a koolstop brake pad: a little abrasive, overly concerned with keeping in control and occasionally annoyingly loud.
A pair of Dugast Paris Roubaix Tires
Because, like Mike Rowe, I don’t mind dealing with life’s dirty jobs.
Aren't we forgeting the true meaning of Christmas? You know, the birth of Santa
The little bell. ring ring :-)
Makes you giggle a little and actually be pretty helpful when needed.
I'm ready for this road season to wrap up. Bring on Cross!
Pom-poms
sticking out of my six-year-old’s pink Barbie bike. Either that, or the rocket launcher found on Chuck Norris’ bike.
I so had you figured for the guy that liked pink. :-P
I'm ready for this road season to wrap up. Bring on Cross!
Nice.
I’m gonna go with a set of Henry James lugs. Timeless classic that can still get respect in the weekend groups (once recognized).
"My facking goat didn’t wear Robes! Does he look Scottisch?!" Baron von Frinkenstein
When you die you, will have to go before Crom and he will ask you the answer to the riddle of steel; and if you don’t answer him then he will cast you out of Valhalla and laugh at you.
That is Crom, strong on his mountain.
There's nothing in the universe cold steel won't cut.
Someday, when all your civilization and science are likewise swept away, your kind will pray for a man with a sword.
"My facking goat didn’t wear Robes! Does he look Scottisch?!" Baron von Frinkenstein
What Is it Like to Be a Di2?
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
I don't know man
Until recently it was a guaranteed ticket to high places, fast. But now most of you will be like kept women, stuck in a fancy prison, probably not getting out much at all, only having fun after a shot of the juice. Your parents were swinging, you are depressing.
I'm not even ON the bike
I’d be a tool….Sad.
If you don't have time to do it right the first time, when are you going to have time to do it again?
But you'd be an important and well liked tool. :-)
I'm ready for this road season to wrap up. Bring on Cross!
Sturmey-Archer 3-speed hub
A little heavier than ideal, not at all glamorous, gets the job done. And who knows how the fuck it works inside.
People will be trying to figure it out for years and years to no avail.
But keep trying just the same. LOL!
I'm ready for this road season to wrap up. Bring on Cross!
Dude, did you just describe yourself?
Aren't we forgeting the true meaning of Christmas? You know, the birth of Santa
Stay away
from my wife’s new bike.
"The only pain I got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is." Edvald Boasson Hagen
by Chris Fontecchio on Dec 11, 2009 12:32 PM EST up reply actions
I tried to dismantle one of those things once
all I remember now was how at one point it suddenly started bleeding ball-bearings, and it took me days to work out where they had all come from.
argh!!
whatever…a Crankbrothers Cobalt wheel.
Your bike doesn't want to crash so relax and let it roll!!!
A Campy alloy
Record crankset. Pure artwork, light and stiff too. The carbon one’s are pretty too, but just not the same.
by Peter Fontecchio on Dec 11, 2009 9:18 AM EST reply actions
I think Mr. Van P just said he was light and stiff....
I'm ready for this road season to wrap up. Bring on Cross!
stiff as a board.
Light? only on the moon…
by Peter Fontecchio on Dec 12, 2009 8:41 AM EST up reply actions
Somewhere in Holland . .
TedGPS: “Turn left in 100 meters.”
FrinkingDriver: “But the ocean is right there!”
TedGPS: “Turn Left NOW.”
FrinkingDriver: “You are trying to give me a douche!”
TedGPS: " . . . "
TedGPS unit even funnier when said with garchicks voice in mind! ha ha!
I'm ready for this road season to wrap up. Bring on Cross!
Modolo Morphos Levers
thumbing their nose to the establishment and stepping on toes the whole way by accomodating BOTH STI and/or Campy spacing
"Shut your mouth or I'll fill it with my fist" -Robbie McEwan to Lance Armstrong
Hipster douchebag!
Sorry sminer…that’s the standard “fixie hater” response. I knew what you meant. ;-P
"My facking goat didn’t wear Robes! Does he look Scottisch?!" Baron von Frinkenstein
Are you a fixie hater? That's alright.
I just don’t like how brakes tend to slow you down.
No horn, watch for finger.
Me? Fixie Hater?
Definitely not. I’m the proud owner/operator of a fixed gear. But, despite the fact that I don’t zig-zag thru pedestrians, flip-off traffic and sport a colorful “bar pad” on my top tube, I’m still labeled.
"My facking goat didn’t wear Robes! Does he look Scottisch?!" Baron von Frinkenstein
I'm pretty sure I can out-trackstand most "hipster fixies" in my hometown
At least when the road isn’t pointed downhill.
Then again, my hometown+adjunct university is 40,000 people and not too many hipsters. Not too much to be smug about…
by Douglas Ansel on Dec 13, 2009 7:50 PM EST up reply actions
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