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rainbow lopro is pretty much cool par excellence. (the thing that bothers me about the foto is the fotographer who isnt standing straight opposite to the bottom bracker but few feet to the left/rear of the bike. It is so easy to make it right, doing it wrong seems so, wrong. )

I think you'll need to flip the stem if you want to do bar spins

I dont think it would spin anyway :) Needs 26" front or something if I wanna do that. It's mainly for lols/statement about artistic cycling vs fixed freestyle/trolling/because I got fever and got bored with all this free time on my hands.

Gonna try it for some time though, as the roads are in pretty bad condition at the moment anyway, so that upright position aint even bad.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1389.snc4/164177_499006017551_570402551_5874052_1752143_n.jpg

Ill get my coat. Just have to say without that "BROOKLYN" decal on it most of you would agree with me.

Here it is...

The supercompactness of those smaller frames looks quite anti to me.

^ in my opinion needs clear rims, chain, hubs, cranks & chainring and headset OR black/white seatpost & Izumi ESH NJS chain. And black strong v grips.

about the nelson, its photographed outside my apartment, every time I come in I put it straight into shower room, rinse and leave there to dry.

Front brake + ice = death. In normal riding conditions I am pro frontbrake but making exception now because it only makes riding more dangerous and gets snow stuck.

Downtube kills it

a bit too

for me but definitely would ride it to see how fast it is.

^ it looks like some tri guy is pulling a joke on his tri friends riding really expensive bikes.

trackstanding on lights on my setup is mostly quicker and more confortable than remounting all the time. If someone think its too 2008/9/embarassing I dont care that much.

first I though it might be some rule about velodrome and about things that might hit the ground when falling down but not sure are QRs even allowed there. Weight distribution sounds quite reasonable too.

That sounds like you ordered a 2011 bike, they are due on 18/1. I bought a 2010 bike (it actually arrived today less than 24 hrs after we ordered it).

If it's the 2011 you want specifically then it will be a two week wait, if you just want a Steamroller regardless, or in fact prefer the 2010 spec (they have a few differences), and if you want to save about £50, you could try asking at the shop if they can revise the order to a 2010 for you.

Of course, because the '10 is obsolete you can't get all sizes now from the distributor, have a look on Ison Distribution under track bikes to see if your size is available. You can't order from Ison, a shop has to do that.

Ignore all that if you want a 2011

Hope that helped.

It is in fact 2010 cream one. I live in finland and the shop ordered it directly from Surly. First I had one coming from evans but they cancelled it and gave money back + 25e (for not being able to keep their promise) because there wasnt any in europe or something.

I bought one 3rd of december last year, shop promised would be here first week of january. Called today, "in 2 weeks". Meh. Getting angry with ice and 25mm tires.

not 100% sure where to post this (might probably be in some other thread already), I kinda like it but its not perfect.

saddle and unwrapped bars kill it for me.

which is cheaper? a hybrid bike or a different stem/brake/shifter?

selling that EM with those original parts he hopefully has and buying 5 hybrids.

^ a basket integrated into that thing would be fun.

I still love that Eddy Merckx, sure it look weird with a flat bar, but it's damn more practical than the previous set-up and actually kept the gears, i'd ride that.

Still look like he need to raise the stem or lower the saddle though.

Probably with silver stem and silver risers I would ride it too to piss off old steel is real roadies. But still if the owner wants a hybrid he should get one instead of lo pro.

skipping over the horrific amount of spoke cards this one isn't too bad

I really hate the typography on this one. Too tribal/lame/tattooish. Not porn.

bar choise on this hybrid-tt thing is just something beyond me

Looks like something Mr Bean would wear.

As opposed to all those uber practical brakeless, 24" front wheeled lo-pros? If I had to have only one bike, I know what I'd rather have.

yes both extremes seem kinda pointless, and I do admit owning a pugsley probably would be vicer (for me for example, 60cm snow here in helsinki at the moment), but still my opinion is that they are ugly -> not porn.

being ugly and having overly specific purpose making them useless to average humans doesnt make them instantly porn.

if the integrated stem bar combo was chrome it would be rly nice

That red mtb sheilman (or something) needs bullhorns according to the grip.