tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411971291954693330.post8188329476722262003..comments2024-01-03T21:26:17.656-08:00Comments on Church of the Sweet Ride: I say "awesome", you say "cool"? Ready?reverend dickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00090415465883988497noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411971291954693330.post-71795139593021462452009-03-03T21:52:00.000-08:002009-03-03T21:52:00.000-08:00Funny you should say that. Because I was inspired ...Funny you should say that. Because I was inspired to go dig out various parts and bits to cobble together an elegant beater of my own.<BR/>Those fender inserts are spectacular in their subtlety. <BR/><BR/>That ZR bike would scoop up a fat ped, but then you'd be stuck with them. To be truly efficient it needs to slot them to the side.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411971291954693330.post-77459557824867876862009-03-03T21:25:00.000-08:002009-03-03T21:25:00.000-08:00Okay, the mysterious B_____ S_______ aside, (becau...Okay, the mysterious B_____ S_______ aside, (because otherwise all energy would be sucked into his mysterious and dedicated/hardcore truth vacuum), the whole NAHBS has beCOME sort of jack-off fest. The solutions(!?!) are answers to ridiculous questions (eg. how will I get these bottles of wine home?...Drink them first watch the glass break splendidly as is crashes amongst the recyclables...then Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411971291954693330.post-34212467075431234402009-03-03T19:19:00.000-08:002009-03-03T19:19:00.000-08:00Whenever I look at the bike my friend ZR built, I ...Whenever I look at the bike my friend ZR built, I think not of carrying cargo but of scooping up fat pedestrians, cow-catcher stylee.<BR/><BR/>http://www.flickr.com/photos/twowheelflight/3321731620/in/set-72157614575112759/Lord Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12391480235022175754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411971291954693330.post-24206191513685578702009-03-03T18:39:00.000-08:002009-03-03T18:39:00.000-08:00no doubt, they'd cost more but i still think a sma...no doubt, they'd cost more but i still think a small shop with a couple of builders could easily find some economy in cranking out sound tough as nails bikes.<BR/><BR/>did you see the front rack for portaging wine bottles? now that is ingenious!fxdwhlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580920089772180379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411971291954693330.post-49028745324380882912009-03-03T15:55:00.000-08:002009-03-03T15:55:00.000-08:00I hear you. Still, there is some cool (awesome!) s...I hear you.<BR/> Still, there is some cool (awesome!) stuff buried in there. I am happy to see the focus continue to be randoneur/constructueresque versus the truly humdrum carbon-fiber-me-too-breakable-lite-low-clearance-race-specific big brand stuff.<BR/>And come on...those lace up panniers are disturbingly interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411971291954693330.post-7688751465321814762009-03-03T13:18:00.000-08:002009-03-03T13:18:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Gunnar Berghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17451985764040900726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411971291954693330.post-25929169335434549702009-03-03T12:27:00.000-08:002009-03-03T12:27:00.000-08:00honestly, I've gotten bored trolling thru page aft...honestly, I've gotten bored trolling thru page after page of flickr. know what i'd like to see, a domesticly built line of surlys. ride'm for a year, then show'm filthy and stratched up, and they'd be more interesting than another ti carbon early 401k payout bike. boutique is played out.fxdwhlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580920089772180379noreply@blogger.com