Simplicity, thy name is "grrrrr."

Coming on half a pound of tape.

why the tape?

Simplicity, thy name is "grrrrr." by adamgreenfield.

My sweet-ass bike, in more-or-less final configuration

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bopuc says:

i'm about to join you bike maniacs... sigh... ;)
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

adamgreenfield says:

Why the tape? Three words: "New, York, City."
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

Gen Kanai says:

Give us more details! What's the frame? What's the crank? Why not clipless pedals? What's the brakelevers?
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

bisceglie says:

breaks? ach.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

Gen, dang, can't you read tags, bwoy? OK OK, it's a stock Cannondale Capo 2007 frame (came with RPM cranks) that I've customized with Profile AirWIng bars and QS2 levers and old-skool MKS pedals and clips. (Clips 'cause I want the biomechanical advantage, and not-clipless 'cause I ride in traffic 99% of the time and need to be able to put my foot on the ground without a thought.)

Alex, lol. It's got a flip-flop hub. One of these days I may well flip it.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

bisceglie says:

well i'll be damned. might want to secure that seat/post. mine got jacked over the summer - right in front of NYU - Stern...
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

bopuc says:

no really, I'm clueless. what does NYC have to do with tape on the whatever part that's called? :)

also your clips/non-clipless explanation doesn't make sense to me... you have clips because of the transference efficiency, but you need to put your foot down without a thought (and I imagine clips require thought...)???

please, someone, enlighten me! i am teh noob. :\
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

adamgreenfield says:

bisceglie, great advice. I've had no fewer than five bikes stolen in my lifetime (three of them properly secured with Kryptonites, two my own idiot fault) and knock on wood, I'll be dipped in shit if this is number six.

bopuc, the tape serves multiple purposes. Primarily, it protects the frame from the serious banging-around involved in throwing it against the various objects to which it needs to be secured. Secondarily, and it's admittedly not going to be particularly effective in this role, it covers up the branding and makes it just that tiny little bit less attractive for the length of a prospective thief's once-over.

The pedal clips is just a matter of personal preference. I never have gotten fully used to clipless, and as a consequence I'm not safe with them in traffic. I'm sure people fully at ease with Looks or SPDs or whatever can get in and out of them just as fast as I can get out of my clips, but I'm not among their number. : . )
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

adamgreenfield says:

Also: Indeed, "H."
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

Joe Kral says:

Rock on Adam!! I have to take some pics of my bikes- chrome Bianchi Pista and a yellow Alta. check out www.altabikes.no
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

Pete Barr-Watson says:

*that's* what a 'dale bad boy *should* be like... although, the profile bars would be a stretch for me these days. Nice city wheels too - those rims look bombproof.

I have a 2001 BB that looks very similar but minus the personal input this has... I use spuds though - albeit fairly loose, but they definitely help in getting off the lights quickly. I never could do clips...
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

adamgreenfield says:

Pete, they are! As for the fairly aggressively forward posture, yeah, I find it's no longer as comfortable as it used to be. There seems to be some kind of gut in the way.

I've always hated drop bars, too. Maybe the next step is some kind of cruiser bars, for the total Amsterdam effect. : . )

Joe, OMG, you own an *Alta*? I bow down!
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

bopuc says:

thanks for the explanation Adam. :)
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

Marika says:

I love it, a perfect bicycle!
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

mantella says:

nice reflectors. ;)
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

fabio sergio says:

Mean and lean!
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

tokyocraiger says:

Adam, welcome to bike dork land - sexy ride!

Re: clips/clipless .. It's funny you say you want to be able to put your foot down without thought -- I find straps to be much harder to do that with than clipless!

And yea, seriously, take those reflectors off man. ;-)

Show us your lock!
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

adamgreenfield says:

Reflectors stay on, no matter how d0rky. I ride enough at night, in my various all-black ensembles, that they actually do me some good.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

tokyocraiger says:

いやいやいや、take off the reflectors and get some good blikenlights -- much more effective (safety-wise) than reflectors and more stylish.

A good light on the front and back blinking away will alert drivers of your presence far more than spoke reflectors. Me thinks.
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

Joe Kral says:

Yeah, I got one of the Alta bikes. It was a pain in the ass to get it. Had to pick it up at the airport customs office and pay duty on it. I'll post picks of it soon.
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

sevensixfive says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Designer's Bicycles, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

Anybody else who's got a shot to throw in is more than welcome as well.
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

simon_bates says:

whats the widest tyre you can put on that thing? very nice setup.
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

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