It's an S&M frame with a bunch of different parts

love my bike

And my bike after one of the Shellac Hideout shows in December:

Bob Weston wrote:

love my bike

What size is that frame. If those are 700c wheels, it looks too big for you. I don't remember you as being giant.

Ben

Bob is gargantuan. Larger than life.





it's nice. no pimp shit, they don't have deep V's in cream, and I ain't got the paper anyways. the cranks are nice I've heard. Complete for $250, plus $10 in paint, I think it's a solid ride.

It is, in fact, the perfect size for me, my man. I come from a time when you picked your frame size by standing over the bike, lifting the front wheel off the ground, and the correct frame size was found when you could lift the wheel up about an inch before hitting your nuts.

I am so not into you guys with your modern puny frames. I rode the "correct" sized frame (read "puny") for a while. But I got to miss a nice big frame and the way it feels and flexes. The geometry, feel and ride of a big frame is awesome.

This is 80's FRAME. Big and chrome-moly. Eat me.

bob

wiggins wrote:Bob is gargantuan. Larger than life.

it's nice. no pimp shit, they don't have deep V's in cream, and I ain't got the paper anyways. the cranks are nice I've heard. Complete for $250, plus $10 in paint, I think it's a solid ride.

I mean physically, not sonically.

Deep Vs can suck my nuts.

Ben

Bob Weston wrote:It is, in fact, the perfect size for me, my man. I come from a time when you picked your frame size by standing over the bike, lifting the front wheel off the ground, and the correct frame size was found when you could lift the wheel up about an inch before hitting your nuts.

I am so not into you guys with your modern puny frames. I rode the "correct" sized frame (read "puny") for a while. But I got to miss a nice big frame and the way it feels and flexes. The geometry, feel and ride of a big frame is awesome.

This is 80's FRAME. Big and chrome-moly. Eat me.

bob

Oh, I shop at Rivendell Bicycle, I know about these concepts

I also ride a steel frame. I can't stand aluminum. I've never ridden carbon or titanium for more than a spin around a parking lot. I beat the crap out of my bike.

Maybe it's the photos, but it just looked like a 64cm frame or something made for a 6'6" dude.

Ben

benadrian wrote:Oh, I shop at Rivendell Bicycle, I know about these concepts

I also ride a steel frame. I can't stand aluminum. I've never ridden carbon or titanium for more than a spin around a parking lot. I beat the crap out of my bike.

Maybe it's the photos, but it just looked like a 64cm frame or something made for a 6'6" dude.

Ben

Rivendell...drool...

They are 700c. Where do I measure the frame? Center of BB to top of seat tube, or something like that?

b

benadrian wrote:

wiggins wrote:Bob is gargantuan. Larger than life.

it's nice. no pimp shit, they don't have deep V's in cream, and I ain't got the paper anyways. the cranks are nice I've heard. Complete for $250, plus $10 in paint, I think it's a solid ride.

I mean physically, not sonically.

Deep Vs can suck my nuts.

Ben

You can hate, but there's probably some appeal in getting all those dirty looks from the spandex chumps.

this is my friend stewart's ride:

and some other chumps:

I can't take the stickers. In fact most of those bikes look like shit.

it gets gaudier too, i just can't find pictures. there's some kid riding around here with all gold and blue anodized parts. looks like paul wall's mouth with wheels. blech

I reaaaaallllyy wish I could have squeezed a brooks saddle out of my girlfriend for christmas before we broke up. oh well. findin' rich girls ain't hard.