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General => Tech Forum => Topic started by: ChilliConCarnage on February 16, 2006, 02:08:51 pm

Title: My OTHER bike
Post by: ChilliConCarnage on February 16, 2006, 02:08:51 pm

I just got back from the LBS where they installed a Romic on my EVO.  BUt I also had them install a Marzocchi Marathon SL and Raceface Deus XC cranks on my Scandium Salsa Caballero:



(http://idriders.com/proflex/galleries/ChilliConCarnage/Salsa_New_01.jpg)



(http://idriders.com/proflex/galleries/ChilliConCarnage/Salsa_New_02.jpg)



The gray stem doesn't look right, but I couldn't find one in black yet...



And while I'm at it, here's "Special Ed":



(http://idriders.com/proflex/galleries/ChilliConCarnage/FSR_New_01.jpg)

"Special Ed" is going to the Seattle Bicycle Swap Meet tomorrow.  I've got 7 bikes in the garage now, so something's gotta go ;(

Title: Re: My OTHER bike
Post by: orange on February 16, 2006, 05:36:07 pm

wot's wrong with 7 biikes?... :P

Title: Re: My OTHER bike
Post by: ChilliConCarnage on February 17, 2006, 01:56:50 am

7 bikes in the garage leaves no room for my lowrider 62 VW Bus - "Max" is sitting outside in the rain and just rusting away!

Title: Re: My OTHER bike
Post by: will on February 17, 2006, 03:59:39 am

wot's wrong with 7 bikes???

It's not 8!

Good luck at the swap meet.

(Try putting the bikes inside the VW bus!) [smiley=beer.gif]

Title: Re: My OTHER bike
Post by: Frankd3000 on February 18, 2006, 02:09:18 am

Damn, you've got quite the collection! I'm working on my own, too, but "only" 4.

IMHO, I would LEAVE the stem on. In my eyes it works very well. You have the "4 corners" thing going on. The s/arm, seat, fork and stem are all pretty close in colour. It's aestheticallly pleasing.

Well, we know how MY eyes work. ::)

Actually, if anything, i'd just take out the brake studs on the s/arm, other then that it's really very very nice.

Must ride great too!

Title: Re: My OTHER bike
Post by: ChilliConCarnage on February 20, 2006, 03:00:09 pm

"Special Ed" sold at the swap meet.

I thought that I was going there to decrease my total bike count, but after I sold the FSR, I had some money burning a hole in my pocket. So I bought a rare Italian road race bike, a Giordana XL-ECO from a long-time local racer.  It's a beautiful lugged Dedacci steel frame with an Eddy Merckx chrome fork. The drive train is all Campagnolo, including Record hubs, brakes, headset and front derailleur.  

:)