normally... the people who always say they are slow pokes turn up to mash everyone into a pulp...

go

dun u guys have multitools?



trust issues...

me genting sempah.. well over 1 hour.. trust me?

on a motobike... yes... definitely... and with a slow ride to sight see and stops to take pictures of baboons on the side of the road...

50mins is absolutely do-able...

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Added on February 28, 2012, 1:40 pmtotally un-related...



would have fared better in apple byte... but my ass would be toast in flat out no time...

This post has been edited by butthead: Feb 28 2012, 01:40 PM

worried me... thought u gonna say spank the monkey...

he is a good friend to lance armstrong and he is rumoured to have 30 bikes or so at home...

he is a usual appearance in the tour and the USPS team bus to cheer them up before the race... and he calls lance the uni-baller...

he and lance travels to those iraqi war zones to motivate the american soldiers as well... along with some american heroes and stars...



This post has been edited by butthead: Feb 28 2012, 01:48 PM

mcdreamy does every damn thing a man every wants to do... be a woman's dream guy, pretend to be a handsome doctor (sounding gay now), drive race cars, race in lemans...

so, cycling is the least of his achievements... his organization was also part nike sponsored.. think livestrong did linked up with them on a joint effort for something...

he got hooked up with a lot big stars after being in a relationship with sheryl crow...

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Added on February 28, 2012, 1:58 pmyou should watch the "weapons of self destruction" it's available on youtube i segments...

i like the "i know you've googled cocksucker"...

there are a lot of other funny ones too... like golf and doctor roof.. the jihad is also funny...

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Added on February 28, 2012, 2:09 pmthis is going to become robin williams thread soon...






with ellen degeneres


there is lots...if you have the time...

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Added on February 28, 2012, 2:21 pmon the topic of charitable organizations...

ben stiller's stillerstrong spoof...

he broke lance's bike


800 dollars for 2 stillerstrong headbands...conned owen wilson


this one is quite serious


This post has been edited by butthead: Feb 28 2012, 02:21 PM

i agree with dinraxx... brand wise selle italia is a more reputable saddle maker than velo...longer history too i believe...

you have to factor in if there is any saddles that you particularly like from either brand...

hard to comment and comment might make totally no sense if you are comparing apple to apples...

if you are taking a RM25 saddle comparing to this, then there is a comparison...

if not, then hard to say... my butt is not your butt... and likewise...wat suits me might not for you... if you get what i meant...

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Added on February 28, 2012, 4:38 pmVelonews is hiring an full time expert cocker...

http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/02/new...g-editor_207445

who's up for the job?

this attributes i already failed not to mention the professional qualifications

The ideal candidate will be able to spell names like Frischknecht, Maaskant and Vinokourov from memory.

The ideal candidate can list off every winner of the last 20 Tours de France.

The ideal candidate is able to fix a flat tire in under 10 minutes, using only tire levers and a mini-pump.

This post has been edited by butthead: Feb 28 2012, 04:39 PM

they mean tire levers and pump as tools la... tube is provided without question...

you...FAIL for asking dumb questions...

eh... wat u expect as freebies... my freebies is keychain and maybe milo satchets only wor... and some LTDL branded sun visor caps...

jonathan vaughters? he came here?

cutout saddles are not for everyone is all i can say...

duct tape cannot la... it creases up and is quite unflexible... maybe you are lucky... it should leak air because it can't seal as well...

my most champion one was.. during mountain biking days... stuff the tyres full of grass to ride home... problem was brought spare tube.. but didn't realize the tyre was ripped.. so immediately bocor once i got on the bike...

hard to ride.. but at least got me home without ruining the rims... but spent like an hour pulling and collecting to try to get enough grass into the tyres...

yeah...wateva gets you home...

it's called survival skills on the road...

shimano and look pedals have no float adjustment... float is controlled by the cleats... red, black and grey...

black is fixed 0 degree no float, grey is 4.5 and red is 9 degree...

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Added on March 1, 2012, 12:32 amno...jus leakage.

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Added on March 1, 2012, 12:35 amif you hand carry it back, it'll be safer...

if you try to courier it... maybe possible...you know the law in malaysia la...

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Added on March 1, 2012, 12:38 amif the foam is not falling apart... leave it...

blood stain... up to your decision...

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yesterday's genting stage...

jose serpa won and took the overall lead with teammate rujano coming in under a minute down...






this is totally no monte zoncolan or alto del angliru.. but still not an easy climb covering 5500 feet in 20Ks or so...

and totally contradicted me by doing a wheelie at the end...
(rider behind totally warrants a time penalty for getting molested by spectators)


i wonder if it is not cold...


This post has been edited by butthead: Mar 1 2012, 04:17 PM

that was gunter mai's bike... or it started out to be his project

it was a custom spin carbon frame with a set of custom lew racing carbon boron vt-1s... a lot of crazy parts including a chopped 6-speed cassette, butchered campy shifter/lever, drilled freewheel, and a super old sachs huret RD (20 years old by now i think and still lighter than a SRAM Red).. super lightweight powercordz cable among other crazy things...

fairwheel bikes bought the leftovers from gunter's project and re-updated it with the most recent in lightweight parts and made an even lighter bike than gunter did...even velonews had an article on the crazy bike... the project was quite astonishing as it used full 10-speed drivetrain and a set of edge rim laced to dash hubs... a normal bike if you would say compared to gunter's version... and they manage to slash further grams away...

http://43bikes.com/gunter-mai-spin.html
http://velonews.competitor.com/2008/03/bik...road-bike_73034

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Added on March 1, 2012, 9:41 pmdunno if vino is suffering or or laughing at the tranny beside him...

i bet he is laughing since things like this exists in TDF...




the chicken chasing the chicken


This post has been edited by butthead: Mar 1 2012, 09:45 PM

michael rasmussen's nickname is the chicken.... hence a chicken chasing a chicken..

if not... how else could he afford a set of Lew Racing VT-1s... let alone Paul Lew had to customize the layups for him to make it the lightest set of wheels back then...

problem with the bike is... everything is so fragile... i mean that even though Gunther Mai claimed he rides it 250 miles per week or something like that... one has to be terribly careful with it as a drop and wham bam on the floor would most probably mean the end for something on the bike...

every darn thing is carbon... even the chainring.. and those were the days big manufacturers are still afraid of making carbon chainrings and his is exceptionally thinnish looking ones.. normally nowadays, they are just one complete carbon ring with almost no holes for reliability reasons..

This post has been edited by butthead: Mar 2 2012, 09:36 AM

you mean mass produced? counting out R5CA which is expensive and has a very limited production quantity... and all other custom frames or not easily available ones...

you have the Canondale super six evo @ 695grams for frame alone at the top for now...

then comes the Madone 6.9SSL, Tarmac SL4s, Canyon Ultimate CF 9s, Parlee Z5 SL, Scott Foil and CR1s... all of which should lie in between 800 grams to under 1000grams... there'll be others... but this comes at the top of my mind...

depends on how light you want them to be and how deep your pocket is... under UCI weight limit is for sure not a problem... getting under 6kilos might be a bit more challenge without deep pockets...

with wheels falling well over 1000grams nowadays and the ever reducing componentry weights... building a light bike is not a problem.. but finding the tipping point between long term reliability and weight balance is the crucial part...

This post has been edited by butthead: Mar 2 2012, 12:34 PM

uhhh.. you might want to stay off the supersix evo.. the top tier ultimate costs like 10k USD... even the Red spec'ed Evo 2 is something like 5k USD..that is unless you want your head lobbed off...

it is surprising that the kharma only costs under RM7k...even though it is their entry carbon frame spec'ed with 105 components...

definitely worth the buy comparing it to other bigger brands...even the BMC road racer is jus short of 10grand if my memory serves me right...

hmmm... thought i remember you said you saw it in KSH TTDI?

i know leong for quite some time, didn't know they sell counterfeit pinarello's... and they jus moved into a bigger fancier shop somemore...really dangelut buying branded bikes nowadays....

i know last time (long long time ago) many shops will sell aluminum MTB frames branded with other logos like GT, Gary Fisher, Marin and stuff like that... and it is acknowledge the frame is not made by that brand and is totally accepted by the buyers due to their price...

for road... i have never heard of late such things.. not even MTB nowadays due to the uprising of manufacturers that sell bikes so cheap there is no point buying a counterfeit frame...

if they really did sell counterfeit frames at the original price... then i would say that would be cheating... but if they sell couterfeit frames at counterfeit prices... then i guess it is acceptable since both parties are willing to get into a deal..

This post has been edited by butthead: Mar 2 2012, 05:37 PM

well, we never know... bike shops do make a profitable margin.. maybe they jus give up making that much and rather sell volume than getting high margins...

you do have to know if you like campy first anyhow... replacement part would be somehow the hardest among the big 3 group manufacturers.. with SRAM and Shimano sort of still the majority of the market..

that is how it is.. 1 day you feel good and the next day the setup goes out the window... your position on the bike also changes as you improve and improve athletically... you do have to take that into account...

think there is no such thing as a free lunch... although we are working, doubt we are any richer than you would be... on top of that, it is our hard earned cash for giving things to you right, logically speaking those are components that will cost a couple hundreds and i think most would rather sell it than to give it out...

maybe if you state your intentions it might be better... the word "good shifter" and "hydraulic brakes" + "give" dun go well together... going to sound like "anyone has any SRAM force shifter or Avid Juicy that they dun want can give me?"

if you said "my shifter screwed up, anyone has any 10-s shifter in working condition can give me" , then maybe you still have a chance...

you are referring to Q factor ... spacer on pedal spindle is a total no go unless the manufacturer allows it... you reduce the thread count that goes into the crank arm and risk putting more stress load on the spindle body since you are increasing the leverage on the spindle by moving it further away from the anchor point...

i think only look keo 2 max and certain speedplay models with stronger spindles allow for spacer addition and only a small amount like 2mm...

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Added on March 2, 2012, 10:48 pmwhy don't you try moving the cleats more inwards and see if it solves the issue?

i would have given you some of my screws.. but mine doesn't look in any better condition... ask the bike shops.. i trust they have additional ones that they don't mind giving you...

This post has been edited by butthead: Mar 2 2012, 10:51 PM

yup.. clip tipping inwards towards frame will result in your foot pointing away from your frame...

normally.. most athletes (maybe not the best example) will try to keep their feet centered as that is usually the best and most natural way as the bones a aligned straight over the pedal and improves power transfer, thus utilization on fixed cleats to keep them there.. they jus dial it to perfection and comfort comes after it..

what happens is that your feet will not stay straight over the course of an entire pedal stroke.. even seated and out of saddle riding will result in a bit of variation... which is why pedal systems like speedplay actually allow for a spring re-centering function float... meaning that your feet will be able to twist over a pedal stroke and at the moment it no longer needs to twist, the spring will help recenter it back...

but if it works for you.. then stick to it... there is no golden rule unless you really want to take into account bio-mechanic considerations...think you can try the red clip 9 degree float next when you wear your current one down...

i am using the black 0 degree fixed cleat and i am considering to drill my shoe when the time comes to see if pushing the clip further back will result in a better pedal stroke for me...