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- November 30, 2013 at 3:28 am
- in reply to: For our good Florida brother…
@vpc66 wrote:Sorry D if the pee valve line was to much, as said it gets to me when those acts are done for all to see 😆
Ooohhh… you bastard… you’ll pay for that little chuckle!!!
(Now I’m on a mission)
- November 30, 2013 at 12:25 am
- in reply to: For our good Florida brother…
@vpc66 wrote:Notice riding shorts sticking out…I am very prude and show up ready to go !
There is nothing prude about not wanting to see another man’s weiner… f*ckin’ Euros going commando!!!
Oh yeah, piss off man… that condom catheter bit goes way too far!!! How dare you, thought we were friends?!!!
Give me the fat bikini wanna’be beauties all day… that sh*t is disgusting on a whole new level… yuk!!!
- November 30, 2013 at 12:21 am
- in reply to: Happy Thanks frickin giving!
Damn Derek… even your sexy turkey is big across the middle and thin in the breast!- November 28, 2013 at 2:10 am
- in reply to: nice A2M in NJ
Overpriced!He’d never get that price around here! I’ve bought 6 Stumpjumpers and I’ve never paid more than $100.00. Here’s a prime example and this one has been up for weeks:
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lgb/bik/4216738090.html
Vintage Specialized Stumpjumper Sport XT Frame Vintage Retro Classic – $25
Specialized Stumpjumper Sport XT This frame is in Fair condition. Rusts, scratches and nicks, dents. The frame measures: Center to center top tube-21″ Center to center
310-428-9479- November 28, 2013 at 1:27 am
- in reply to: I am such a Noob
Damn man, that sucks Derek! That’s an awful lot of effort to go to for a common $15 part, there’s a gang of ’em on Ebay for $15 with free shipping. I’ve bought and sold a lifetime’s worth of bikes over the past 25 years and I have never come across anything remotely as shady as that bullsh*t! You know, it wouldn’t seem to be worth getting your teeth kicked in over a headset! I assume you have his contact info? I’m just nutty enough to go hunt someone down if only on the principle of it all and I wouldn’t blame you if you sussed the bastard out and showed him a thing or two! I would… I’d stomp a mud hole in that mother f*cker!!!- November 26, 2013 at 8:37 pm
- in reply to: anyone heard of an Appaloosa?
@vpc66 wrote:I understand and know with internet somebody could be laughing at a picture of me as I write this, life these days with the tech…not like when we were kids.
You got that right, millions of kids laugh every single day at Squidward!
- November 26, 2013 at 6:49 pm
- in reply to: anyone heard of an Appaloosa?
You’re right, that one did hit home for good brother Mix and I explained that in some PMs with him. I jest was silly fun as always, the digs are always at each other, the pictures are just toppings on the sundae if you will. I suppose adding the photos could be taken as bullying but that was never my intention. I know myself as a person and those that grew up up me knew me as someone who defended anyone regardless of social status, race, or whatever it was. Most of my fights have been with bullies, so I guess it’s difficult for me to see this as bullying but it is subject to perception and it was seen that way and I’ll accept it a such. That said, my intent was not to poke fun at the girl as much as it was business as usual with you and Derek.- November 26, 2013 at 6:37 pm
- in reply to: I am such a Noob
A few giant bins of spare parts solves most of my trial and errors but I own a decent micrometer (aka indexing caliper) and I measure everything first before buying. Those calipers would solve the outside diameter (O.D.) and the inside diameter (I.D.) of a seat tube and you’ll never get the wrong size front derailleur clamp nor the wrong size seat post. It’s a handy tool but it’s more of a must tool in my opinion.- November 26, 2013 at 6:31 pm
- in reply to: I am such a Noob
Don’t sweat it grasshopper, we’ve all it many times and had to learn the hard way, you’ll be fine! Don’t even get me started about English, French, and Italian threading; complicate things with thread pitch on modern versus vintage tooling and bike components. That’s why the “C&V” (classic and vintage) forum on Bike Forums has thousands of daily postings and replies, no one knows all there is to know about the specifics! So, no need to feel like a FNG as we were all there once… be at peace grasshopper.Before you go jumping in with any other purchases, what you have will work well, you just need a couple tweaks and you’ll be golden. Use those gorgeous AC cranks with the RSX rings, just get a wider bottom bracket. I was going to suggest backing the non-drive side cup out all the way, remove the drive-side cup, and re-install with a spacer and check for clearance. If it’s still not enough, redo with another spacer, and check for clearance. Since time is not on your side, pull your B.B. out and check the size, if it’s a 108 or a 110, get a 121 (hell, go for a 128) and that should clear the rings. Make sure you put grease on all the threads before you tighten everything down for the final time.
Your X-Ray just need to be cleaned and re-greased, all of them get that way with time. I installed a NOS set on a buddy’s bike, clear as day you could see the white lithium grease inside the clear casing. Get some PB Blast or X-6000 (WD-40 will work if you can’t find anything better), over a catch pan or bucket, spray a generous amount of lube into the shifter and run through the shifting. You might need to repeat this a couple times, if you have an air compressor blow out the excess lube and debris. Now you just need to repack the shifter with grease and you’ll be good to go. I’m a big fan of PAUL grease, Phil grease works well too, but try to stay away from automotive grease as it tends to be heavy for the light duty of bike components. I’ve saved plenty of shifters over the years, especially the Shimano STI “brifters” are always gumming up!
The Big Apple must have a bike co-op somewhere near you, they might have various sizes of bottom brackets for you to try out for size and some friendlier bike mechanics than your local shop. I would hit up you LBS for the lube and grease, you’re going to need it with all these projects.
Keep at it brother, you have one of the Holy Grail frames, make those choice parts work!
Good luck!!!
-D-
p.s. Feel free to ask away with any questions or search the bike mechanic forum on the Bike Forums site.
http://www.bikeforums.net/forumdisplay.php/10-Bicycle-Mechanics
- November 26, 2013 at 4:27 am
- in reply to: anyone heard of an Appaloosa?
As twisted as you might think I am, I pulled that image off a Google search, I don’t frequent any questionable sites. Seriously, I can’t and wouldn’t anyway, you have to understand my students… they might be labelled “special” by the education system but some of these kids are off the charts brilliant. Some of my autistics kids have IQs well above 150, since 130 is considered “genius” and qualifies to be a member of MENSA, now add computer hacker to the 150 IQ and there is nothing these kids can’t do online or within a network. Since we share computers in my room, I have to be really careful. I swore off looking up anything (even Ebay) after one of my kids congratulated me on winning my Ebay auction, I didn’t know the results because I got busy and hadn’t checked yet. So, even though we all pledge to respect one another and stay out of the other guy’s business… I still operate under the notion that they are peeking into my online persona from time to time (probably daily). Messing with you guys is as racy as I get… just an aged punker movin’ towards middle age and the downward spiral! My daughter saw the commercial for Life Alert the other day (we laughed) and today when I crashed on my skateboard in the street, she laughs and says, “You’ve fallen and you can’t get up! Ha-ha-ha… Do you want one of those Life Alert necklaces for Christmas?” Good thing for her I was still hamburger on the asphalt and was too jacked up to reply with anything other than a crooked smile.- November 24, 2013 at 5:09 am
- in reply to: anyone heard of an Appaloosa?
Oh man, Vinny, c’mon brother… now you’re starting to sound like Derek!I suppose if I had to find a nice quality about her, I’d go with her hair… those strands of beauty look to be as healthy and robust as her gums!
- November 23, 2013 at 3:13 am
- in reply to: anyone heard of an Appaloosa?
@vpc66 wrote:* Note…Nice looking, as in no muffin top nor she male, mouth full of teeth( white) and normal weight to height frame…..and I write this as if it will stop you from having FUN….Go ahead D and do what you must !
“Nice looking” – CHECK – nice looking to someone somewhere… YIKES!!!
“No muffin top” – CHECK – just the opposite… makin’ anorexia look delicious!!!
“Nor a she male” – CHECK – 100% lip smackin’ female sexiness!!!
“Mouth full of teeth (white)” – CHECK – gorgeous pearly whites… looks like a grill off a ’49 Merc!!!
“Normal weight to height frame” – CHECK – sexy svelte build… supermodel?!!!
CHECK, CHECK, CHECK, CHECK, and CHECK… Big Vinny’s dream gal… private moments with a box of tissues!!!
- November 23, 2013 at 12:42 am
- in reply to: anyone heard of an Appaloosa?
Hey- It’s said with love and big wet kisses just like grandma planted on your pucker!!!- November 23, 2013 at 12:28 am
- in reply to: anyone heard of an Appaloosa?
Aw schucks… gettin’ me all bashful… now f*ck off and leave me alone!!!- November 22, 2013 at 5:11 pm
- in reply to: anyone heard of an Appaloosa?
Ha- you guys are funny! Thanks but I’m no bike wizard and I certainly don’t know all there is to know. Back in the 80s and 90s I took every bike magazine there was (just like I did as a kid growing up with every skate, punk, and surf zine I could find), I suppose I was a bit obsessed, but what’s not to love about the freedom that bikes provided!If you want to know a real bike guru, search “T-Mar” on the C&V (classic & vintage) forum on Bike Forums website, that guy knows everything and he can back it up with catalogs. He has been so helpful to so many people, his catalog collection is one for the ages. I had a spray-bombed road bike frame, nothing identifiable aside from the era of the parts on the frame. I loaded a couple pics and listed the parts, within a day T-Mar replied to my inquiry, he narrowed it down to only three manufacturers were making lugged steel road frames in the early 90s. He asked about the drop outs (a single threaded eyelet in the cast drop out), I replied, and almost immediately he nailed it that I had a 1993 Giant Kronos. Now that is pure guru status in my book!!!
Have a great weekend my fellow Cudaheads!
-D-
