Originally Posted by elchulopadre (Post 15432047)

:lol3

Nah, passing a leather-clad steel fixie is expected from a carbon bike. Pass me on a penny-farthing, though - I'll grow out muttonchops and wear a top hat.

Originally Posted by Gummee! (Post 15434709)

Back in the day, we'd bring a bunch of quarters on every mtn bike ride. Get off Brush Mtn and hit the car wash on the way into town.

Hot, soapy water blasted backwards on the chain/cassette makes for a VERY clean chain.

Its important to note that EVERY time I did this, I went thru and regreased all the bearings. When I say every, I mean each and every time.

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Originally Posted by VertigoCycles (Post 15434672)

I just blast 'em with water. I've been using Gore cables for so long...they need no maintenance at all and last for years (or decades).

Originally Posted by Ricardo Kuhn (Post 15434929)

Oh the Venerable Ride-On cables, One of the many "Klein tricks"...

They use to have such a bad reputation, But as usual the problem was "on the other side of the Wrench" Gore cables rule, even the ones from the brakes are useful (tri bikes and sweat loves them too)



Well senor you already have the belt thing going, now figure out a G-boxx configuration and you dependence on Oil (chain oil at least) will be over

Originally Posted by Ricardo Kuhn (Post 15434479)

http://patineto.smugmug.com/Architec..._sScGD-L-1.jpg

We use water to wash every bike we tune at my shop in Bogota to the point we even build a "Wash Station" with warm and cold water hoses and also a sprinklers system to "Pre-Wash" the really dirty bikes.

We never Ever found a problem, I do need to point out the bikes where taken apart to bare bones (All the bikes got "Full teardowns" every time) a few minutes later so no corrosion issues where ever encounter.

I have use the same "wet" system since forever and never had a problem, including all my FatChance's and other prone to rust steel wonders




I learn About the Lemon Pledge trick working at the "fanciest" and most Hype-up (what a joke that was) shop in san Francisco call City Cycle (in the marina district), When I was doing most of the $250 overhauls (A task my EX-Cafe de Colombia mechanics use to perform in Colombia for $13dollars and to make it even more painful using Campagnolo grease) in any case City cycle did not even have a proper work room or anything habitable for that matter, except a 6,2feet high Dungeon with no ventilation, so the only way to clean the bikes was to use lemon Pledge.

As a side note, I did get in trouble a few times with pledge when the "Posser" stickers (from the death ride or something) got erase by the chemicals so be careful

Originally Posted by DasMatti (Post 15437965)

so it's time to show off a bit...:evil
my new toy for extrem offroad abuse.

Sometime later i might add couple of actionpics....:rofl

Originally Posted by GHO100 (Post 15439437)

So, I'm gonna ask the collective here....

About 3 years ago, I wanted a better road bike. I was on an old Schwinn Supersport at the time, something with nice heavy chrome headstem shifters and all that jazz. Great vintage bike in excellent condition, and I wish I hadn't sold it, but anyway....


Off to ebay I went, as well as some LBC's, and I collected myself a pair of Sti shifters, ALEX 330 wheels, a shimano 105 groupset (old, though, with a biopace crankset), and a 2006 Cannondale Optimo SI, size 56. All in all, the build cost me less than 500 bucks.

Fast forward to about fall 2009, I made the mistake of parking and locking up overnight where I shouldn't have, and found my bike the next morning without a rear wheel, seat, chain, cassette....basically the whole ass end.
Out of dismay, it's sat in unfinished condition since then.

I've now got the motivation, but not much cash to fix it up. I've bought some wheels, (Shimano WH-R500 with Conti GP4000 tires) and just bought a used Ultegra cassette.

here's where I need some help: I'm running low on money, and need to get myself a 9 speed chain, and want to upgrade the chainring and cranks from that old bio-pace thing. My shifters are for a triple....

Where should I look for some good/budget items, or better yet, second hand? (especially for the triple crank?)

Thanks in advance, and I'll be posting pictures when I can.

Originally Posted by jocflier (Post 15439276)

nsfw..http://www.thefixfixfix.com/fix/index.php/galleries/

:D

Originally Posted by ducnut (Post 15439652)

This was posted in the "show us your bicycle" thread.