i'm sure it's not YOUR word, but still, watch the slurs, even while quoting "teh south".

anyway - where can you get cheap powdercoated phils?

vDECKERv:

Jennx:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=270252483114

some phil woods. think they're a good deal? $250

everywhere I've looked they're about $325 or so for the pair.

can i get some feedback...pricewise that is, i know their good. they're high flange. is low flange better? what's the difference, that's one thing I really don't know.

thebikebiz has the lowest prices on philwoods and the pair costs 280. the difference between high and low flange is weight for one. low flange also puts more stress on the spokes than a high flange would meaning the high flange is ultimately stronger and more durable

have you been building wheels long? i think you'd enjoy this book:

http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/books.html#brandt

the notion that one type of hub puts more stress that another is simply not true, but one does build a stronger wheel, you just have it backwards. peep the book.

"fits nearly all bannanas" sounds like something Terry Twilstein from Run Ronnie Run invented.

zack_p:

"fits nearly all bannanas" sounds like something Terry Twilstein from Run Ronnie Run invented.

Hahaha!

Y'ALL ARE BRUTALIZING ME!

QUARTERS MOSTLY QUARTERS!

most of my bananas are fairly straight... thats one super-bent banana holder.

aint about to fox with a suicide hub.

it has tarck written on there, literally
http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/bik/750229103.html
help sharky out
http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/bik/750208936.html
looks small, maybe a conversion?
http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/bik/750191348.html
have a mt bike? you need these
http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/bik/749045265.html
just a great bike
http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/bik/747568588.html

BITCHASSNESS

^ive always wanted an integrated headtube

ReverendJackson:

this deserves an award.
http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/bik/706258190.html

I know the kid thats selling that haha

http://cgi.ebay.com/07-Fetish-Cycles-Attack-Track-Messenger-Bike-Frame-50cm_W0QQitemZ200237888173QQihZ010QQcategoryZ98084QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

same fetish frame, in black or red buy it now $199

500 bucks puh-lease.

yung jeezy pdx:

small road bike with horizontal drop outs
http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/bik/750862589.html

already on that one.

Damn. Great find!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Phil-Wood-110mm-ISO-bottom-bracket-BB-Brand-New_W0QQitemZ270254844128QQihZ017QQcategoryZ56195QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Phil Wood BB w/ steel shields and oil lubed bearings, $1...

Haha. It'll go up in price, eBay is always like that. I started at a buck because they charge a certain amount of money per auction based on what you choose as a starting bid, so I'm keeping that little policy of theirs to a minimum... I sold a keirin frame on there last summer and started the price at like $500, those eBay/Paypal fuckers ended up taking 30 or 40 bones off my profit!

c'mon yall build up a sick shifty and impress.....well impress Crosset thats about it.

jk i kid i kid!

Huh? Shimano 105 is the shit. It's a nice balance - seated above the crappy low end Shimano groups like Tiagra, yet not so expensive as Ultegra or Dura Ace that it's completely out of reach to someone who isn't an aging blue collar worker with a midlife crisis or racer with a discount.

Shifts clean too.

white folks:

anyone remember that wheelset deal for like 129 awhile back? it was formulas to open pro types for $129 on sale. where'd that link go?

This isn't it is it?

http://www.bicyclewheelwarehouse.com/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=50

It seems like a helluva deal.

Should I get em or you think I should just do the, buy at Veloshop and build up at your place? Errrrgggh or just wait for a used wheelset?

Yeah, I don't wanna skimp when it'll only save me twenty to forty bones, but I'm kinda torn about it b/c this bike is a humungo step up from my heavy ass raleigh and kinda wanna take it slow. Don't want to spoil myself too much ya dig?

jvandub:

Should I get em or you think I should just do the, buy at Veloshop and build up at your place? Errrrgggh or just wait for a used wheelset?

for 139 thats a deal i cant compete with. you could buy 'em and buy real nice spokes and still come in cheaper than $200 id think.

Word. I think I'll go for em but I'll check out what the coOp can get me before I order em. Those black ones are $10 more dougy, you know how many double cheeseburgers that buys. like 10 of em.

word

stumptown:

Huh? Shimano 105 is the shit. It's a nice balance - seated above the crappy low end Shimano groups like Tiagra, yet not so expensive as Ultegra or Dura Ace that it's completely out of reach to someone who isn't an aging blue collar worker with a midlife crisis or racer with a discount.

Shifts clean too.

haha, i guess we have different perceptions of bees knees. i know it's good stuff.

http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/bik/753611049.html

yo delish future, heres the same bike as mines, but mines not for a giant and some component upgrades. still this one is a steal. even the lo end campy gruppo would e-bay for that asking price. go with $300 cash add in your size frame and done.

it's not e-bayor CL but there some sick turbo saddles at the recyclery swap meet. a plain black real nice near mint $40, a white special (with th gold rivets/hella rare) for $80 and a decent cond white perforated for $70. he wouldnt budge on the price and i already have both a white and a black one so I passed. did get a nice suntour superbe cog and a dura-ache lockring for $5 tho..