Comments on: Custom Bike Project http://www.organicmechanic.org/2008/07/custom-bike-project/ Since 2002, Organic/Mechanic has been the personal website of Adam Harvey. He lives in Cleveland, OH. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:29:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: lou http://www.organicmechanic.org/2008/07/custom-bike-project/comment-page-1/#comment-5075 lou Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:28:26 +0000 http://www.organicmechanic.org/?p=1652#comment-5075 flat tires/smat tires. ever since i had a road bike all i do is look back [at dudes on mountain bikes]. the opinion that road bikes won't do in the city is hogwash, especially for anyone whoever watched the tour de france [cobble stone streets, etc.]. if one has a fear of flats, consider a decent pair of continental road tires. good luck on your project, look for a decent pre-1985 double-butted frame and get double wall rims for the curbs, 'xero' make decent priced quality built wheels and consider the OCBC, they have classes for building bikes. let me know if you need a sissybar.. flat tires/smat tires.

ever since i had a road bike all i do is look back [at dudes on mountain bikes]. the opinion that road bikes won’t do in the city is hogwash, especially for anyone whoever watched the tour de france [cobble stone streets, etc.]. if one has a fear of flats, consider a decent pair of continental road tires.

good luck on your project, look for a decent pre-1985 double-butted frame and get double wall rims for the curbs, ‘xero’ make decent priced quality built wheels and consider the OCBC, they have classes for building bikes.

let me know if you need a sissybar..

]]> By: andy http://www.organicmechanic.org/2008/07/custom-bike-project/comment-page-1/#comment-5057 andy Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:26:20 +0000 http://www.organicmechanic.org/?p=1652#comment-5057 I don't build 'em I ride 'em. I did replace my rear derailuer last week finally after Fing it up last summer in a crash. Some how I got all the gears to work except for the lowest and that I think is due to a frayed cable. I bought a new cable and will probably install it after I try to climb a hill sometime this summer and have to stop because my lowest gear isn't available.  I must admit tho that I really don't understand how I got it to work except that maybe I got lucky. I'm so lazy a bike mechanic that I once went on a 50 mile ride without brakes. I remember coasting down a hill with my foot in the gravel 'cause I got tired of walking down hills on that ride. I put a banana seat and high handle bars on my Huffy cruiser when I was a kid. The cool guy down the street whose pimped out bike LOOKED like a chopper laughed when he saw it and said my bike looked gay. All true. If I win the lottery I will hire a sound man and a bike mechanic. I've thought about buying a road bike for long rides but I won't do it. I rode a road bike from 1984 to 1991. I went mainly from Tremont to University Circle back then. Millions of flat tires. Once I could afford a hybrid I never looked back. I like to ride from my house to wherever. I'm not the kind of rider that straps his bike onto a car to get to a road bike friendly bike path though I do own a bike rack that I used once. Admittedly I do get a little annoyed by the drag of my mountain bike when I'm on the trail trying to haul ass but I really enjoy not having to dance around hazards and curbs once I get back in the city. Tour de France starts today. Best time of year. I don’t build ‘em I ride ‘em.
I did replace my rear derailuer last week finally after Fing it up last summer in a crash. Some how I got all the gears to work except for the lowest and that I think is due to a frayed cable. I bought a new cable and will probably install it after I try to climb a hill sometime this summer and have to stop because my lowest gear isn’t available.  I must admit tho that I really don’t understand how I got it to work except that maybe I got lucky.
I’m so lazy a bike mechanic that I once went on a 50 mile ride without brakes. I remember coasting down a hill with my foot in the gravel ’cause I got tired of walking down hills on that ride.
I put a banana seat and high handle bars on my Huffy cruiser when I was a kid. The cool guy down the street whose pimped out bike LOOKED like a chopper laughed when he saw it and said my bike looked gay. All true. If I win the lottery I will hire a sound man and a bike mechanic.
I’ve thought about buying a road bike for long rides but I won’t do it. I rode a road bike from 1984 to 1991. I went mainly from Tremont to University Circle back then. Millions of flat tires. Once I could afford a hybrid I never looked back.
I like to ride from my house to wherever. I’m not the kind of rider that straps his bike onto a car to get to a road bike friendly bike path though I do own a bike rack that I used once. Admittedly I do get a little annoyed by the drag of my mountain bike when I’m on the trail trying to haul ass but I really enjoy not having to dance around hazards and curbs once I get back in the city.
Tour de France starts today. Best time of year.

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