youramericanlover

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• Does anyone own a Canyon?

  in Bikes & Bits • 3 days, 21 hours

  

  All the taxes / duties must have been included in the price as I didn't pay anything additional in Feb.

  Only thing I'm paying for now is trolling by Amey

• Rapha, nice but a bit pricey?

  in Bikes & Bits • 5 days, 22 hours

  

  Exactly. Companies often aren't in charge of who co-opts their clothing - that they won't do sponsored tie-ups with McKinsey doesn't mean that the same people won't buy them. I doubt patagonia had any intention of being the standard bearer of the midtown uniform

• Rapha, nice but a bit pricey?

  in Bikes & Bits • 5 days, 22 hours

  

  Most of the city banker cunts wear Patagonia gilets. I don't get it.

• Gravel rat / tracklocross bent aluminium frame. What do you think?

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 1 week

  

  It hasn't ever happened to me but people say that with steel the breaking point can rattle a bit, then it sort of gets all fucked, and THEN it fails - essentially you have some "there is something not quite right here" time before something fails. The same people say that with aluminium the fail happens extremely quickly, the thin metal shears and the fail is catastrophic.

  Generally the advice is if it's alu and the frame is bent (especially on the top tube) bin it / stay away

• Tattoos

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 week, 2 days

  

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• Tattoos

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 week, 2 days

  

  I had a couple of small geometric line pieces done on Thursday. They are healing up well. How long before I can put the lycra back on?

• Rapha, nice but a bit pricey?

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 week, 4 days

  

  I did Hell of the Ashdown a few weeks back which has a good cross section of committed roadies and ambitious choppers, but the early season date and elevation is enough filter out most of the Altura Ultras. Anecdotal evidence suggests that Rapha still rules the road in the SE. There was scattered Maap layers, a few Hypersexual Lithe PNS types, and some scattered Albion - those were all making inroads yes, but otherwise it was Rapha everywhere. I did see a little Castelli which was nice, made ne nostalgic for 2014. Anyway it was Rapha on the Stayers, O'Reillys, Supersixes, even the SWorks types were generally Rapha (I rode it fixed in Albion natch)

  Rapha makes good shit. But is it the best or coolest these days? Nah mate, nah

• Hard Day in the Peaks 2023

  in Rides & Races • 2 weeks

  

  I don't want to Armchair DS a ride I'm not going on but it was -2 on HDiJ and we got very lucky that nobody binned it. The Peaks will still be there later this spring

• Hard Day in the Peaks 2023

  in Rides & Races • 2 weeks, 2 days

  

  I am gutted that I can't make Saturday. If anyone is on the fence I'm telling you 1) it's absolutely doable fixed and 2) it will be some of the nicest riding and scenery you'll get all year

• Does anyone own a Canyon?

  in Bikes & Bits • 2 weeks, 3 days

  

  Only beef with the Canyon setup is the stock seat, the Selle Italia model X has this sticky texture which makes it harder to settle back into position after a CX remount. Otherwise bike is so good and gravel bikes are for suckers