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The Bike Shop / Re: What did you do to your bike today? (v2)

« on: February 22, 2014, 04:04:44 PM »

Tweaked on the commuter a bit. I think I have it dialed in.

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The Lounge / Re: PAPOY Spot Finds

« on: February 20, 2014, 07:32:29 PM »

Why don't you go there your self mate?

if you're talking to me, i plan on going there now that i know where it is. just gotta get sketchy and risk a trespass fine i guess.

Gotta take a raft into that one past a power station, right? (if it's the one I'm thinking of)

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The Bike Shop / Re: What did you do to your bike today? (v2)

« on: February 13, 2014, 10:22:00 PM »

Pulled the trigger on a new commuter. Pics to commence in a week or so.

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The Bike Shop / Re: What did you do to your bike today? (v2)

« on: February 08, 2014, 01:25:40 AM »

Put flats on the Cielo then rode in the fresh snow.

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The Bike Shop / Re: What did you do to your bike today? (v2)

« on: January 25, 2014, 11:00:57 AM »

Pulled frame bags and installed pedals.

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Site Help and Rules / Re: help ! broke my account

« on: January 08, 2014, 03:48:30 PM »

Got it, see your PMs.

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Site Help and Rules / Re: help ! broke my account

« on: January 08, 2014, 02:57:59 PM »

Sorry man, but the system doesn't show any accounts named "jingles"...

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The Lounge / Re: RIP Brian Itzaina

« on: January 04, 2014, 11:50:29 PM »

Josh- I'm so sorry for your loss, and thank you for taking the time to share with us.

Brian has been in my thoughts for the last few weeks... I really wish I could attend his service to pay my respects. He was a great guy.

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The Lounge / Re: RIP Brian Itzaina

« on: January 02, 2014, 10:56:49 AM »

I think Brian would want full frontal on the new site as well.

If Alex owns the site, and with us as mods, you can bet your ass that we'll allow it.

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The Lounge / Re: Post Your Guns

« on: December 20, 2013, 12:48:40 PM »

Looking at buying my dad a shotgun for Christmas. My budget is $400 maybe 450.. Mossberg 500 or Remington 870? Any other suggestions? He wants to be tacticool with a pistol grip and shit but the fixed stock? law is ruining the vibe of that lol. If you had to get your dad a gun and were only 18 with $400 what would you buy?

I'm a Mossy 500 fan myself, the ergonomics make more sense to me. And I can also confirm that newer 870s have been having some QC issues.

I also agree that a pistol grip just looks cool on a 12ga, but makes it harder to shoot. Straight stock for me all day long.

That being said... the new Magpul furniture is pretty cool on 500s.

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The Lounge / Re: RIP Brian Itzaina

« on: December 20, 2013, 12:42:07 PM »

I'll bug Kurt for the banner idea. He's the only one that can make it happen...

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The Lounge / Re: Post Your Guns

« on: December 19, 2013, 11:05:10 PM »

I love wood furniture on Com-Bloc guns. If I end up having my pick, I'll get one with wood. Otherwise it's a metal folder.

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The Lounge / Re: RIP Brian Itzaina

« on: December 19, 2013, 01:29:38 PM »

Brian's BG tattoo! I couldn't believe he actually got this when i saw it. Classic shit!

I had forgotten about this... he really did love this forum and always stuck around even with the changes and BS that took place.

Stickied this thread for Brian. We'll all miss him.

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The Lounge / Re: Post Your Guns

« on: December 19, 2013, 01:01:44 PM »

Hell yes. Rattle can jobs make me happy (I assume that's a good rattle can job).

I'll be picking up a new rifle soon. Looking at AMD-65s for the ugliness and bastardness. Either that or an M&M M10-762.

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The Bike Shop / Re: What did you do to your bike today? (v2)

« on: December 18, 2013, 01:47:23 PM »

i got some new chrome s&m fathead bars and a 48mm fit bf stem in trade recently, so i cut the bars down from 29" to 27.5 and slapped a fresh t1 'fuckwipe' sticker i'd been stashing since it wouldn't show on my old black bars. had to hammer in a set of animal plastic bar ends so i'm liking how thick the tubing is. on my t1 bars i had to beef up the OD of the same bar ends with a few layers of electrical tape before lightly pushing them in. also the stem looks really good compared to my old boring rectangular fit s3 stem.

i recently bought a drill bit, tap and tap handle on ebay for drilling and tapping my fbm autopilot's headtube for fly gyro tabs. i planned on using a dremel tool for the drilling, and that was just stupid fucking planning on my part. tough steel, and hard to drill straight even with both hands on the dremel. i obviously need a better setup, so i'll wait til i move back to california this summer. my dad has a drill press for wood that he doesn't care about, maybe it'll drill 4 holes through an fbm headtube before the motor burns out.

also after finally realizing that i hate how short and stumpy my united railed seat looks, i managed to snag a new odyssey aitken seat for $17. basically the united seat is like an odyssey junior with a wider base, and i remember my old aitken seat was an inch or more longer and a better shape overall. finally no more walking past my bike looking at it wondering what it is about it that grosses me out. i'm slowly eliminating the parts on my bike that gross me out, and that feels good. it's frustrating as hell not being able to tell what you don't like about your setup.

It's crazy how much difference a seat makes to the look of a bike.