Letters, we get letters

I wouldn't want people to think I don't acknowledge the feedback I get here. It's just that the only way for me to respond to comments while I'm at work is by using my new cell phone that's equipped with a QWERTY keyboard that only a person with Lilliputian body dimensions could use efficiently. I use it mostly just for checking emails and other trivial duties since "surfing the internet" is more like pulling the teeth of the internet, a painstaking task that tests my patience and dexterity and rewards me with jumbled information and a very limited means to add to my two cents to the ever growing pool of digital knowledge.

So anyways, here goes a little back and forth to keep it real:

Anonymous said...

no crabon frok?

why are there so many, songs about rainbows?

Yes, no crabon frok... yet. I do have a white crabon frok on order, and hopefully by the time it gets pulled out of the container and shipped the rest of the way around the globe I'll have my position dialed in. That way when George at Bike29.com gets it in his comically large hands he'll be able to slice it with a hot knife and send it on it's way to me.

Peter Keiller said...

the difference between a purple or black 110 with that stupid kermit fork?

irony.

black screams to the world, my name is dick and i just don't get it.

As usual Peter has left me speechless. I'm not sure if he approves of my choice or abhors it. Sometimes there's just no making Peter happy. Maybe pancakes would help.

Anonymous said...

I know you want to be like me, but damn. Guess I need to get out the spraypaint.

Anon, you sad little man or woman. I invented cool and the Kermit green fork on Raw look back in August of 2008. You are merely the Burger King taking my egg McMuffin and trying to call it your own but in a much cheaper way.

photo cred: Big Worm

Anonymous said...

I like my geared niner HT but isn't this a big step back for you? Isn't that EBB going to suck a fat one?

I was prepared for this question the whole time. Is this a big step back for me? I don't think so. Although I love titanium mostly because I am infatuated with it's durability I have had four ti frames, and with the acquisition of each ti frame I have been led to believe that it was the last frame I would ever need... yeah right.

When I rode the Fool's Gold back in 2008 I was aboard a Niner One 9. I got the piss beat outta me (on both laps) on one particular descent called Bull Hare Butt Hair (or something like that), and the pain was unlike any pain I'd ever had before. I was told that it was from my kidneys be slapped around like speed bags, and when I returned in 2009 on my MOOTS I expected a smoother ride. No dice, my kidneys were bouncing between my uvula and my coccyx just like the year before.

I'm not saying that ti doesn't make a great bike. A well made ti frame should last you a lifetime, while aluminum can be a limited lifetime kinda thing. I do believe that good geometry and proper tire pressure make the biggest differences when it comes to MY comfort. I had even blamed the 2008 Scanoodium frame I rode for some of my wrist problems, but they were there long before I got the frame and continued to soldier on long after I started riding my MOOTS.

The One 9 is a lively frame, that is to say when I tried to use my very lacking skills to loft the bike over a log is was quite responsive, and it accelerated like nobody's business. I dig the ride and as far as racing goes it's an excellent choice. I'm not saying my MOOTS didn't disappear underneath me (it did), and I do love the way it rides too. It's just different, and nobody wants to eat clam chowder every day. For what it's worth the Niner frame also weighs about the same as the MOOTS (according to my inaccurate bathroom scale).

Will the EBB suck the big one? Dunno. I contacted quite a few people I know to get feedback on it before I got the new Niner. Lots of people bought in early, and there certainly were some kinks to work out before all was said and done. I know Dejay was riding his all the way back in the spring of 2008 working out the bugs for Niner, and I feel like it's proven at this point. I've had all sorts of EBB's in the past; split shell on a steel bike, Bushnell on a ti bike, and set screw on steel, ti, and aluminum. I like EBB's as I'm not finicky about my position in relation to the pedals, but I do know some people can't stand them. As far as I'm concerned EVERY TENSIONING SYSTEM HAS ITS DRAWBACKS, it's just a matter of which ones you can tolerate.

Anonymous said...

The One9 is a fine racing frame. Small is a better choice for guys our size. I would get a small at 5 8".

Thanks for the affirmation anonymous expert guy. Your opinion is poignant and valid.

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I'm sure this was Jennifer Anniston trying once again to talk me into a three way with Zooey Deschanel. Sometimes she gets a little drunk, leaves a comment, sobers up...

Nerd On A Bike said...

I always go with a smaller size frame, not because of fit or 'flickability', but simply because it makes my seatpost look longer.

Correct you are sir. Why have a 410mm Thomson if you're not going to expose as much of it as possible to the ladies?

Anonymous said...

Yeah that green fork is hideous and seems to mess with the geometry a little.

Thank you, and the angle I took the picture from makes the the fork look funny (not color funny but shape funny... like a balloon animal). The geometry is solid, and has a very close bar height to my custom Thylacine with a trail figure right between the extremes of what I've tried and like (@ 75mm or so).

Anonymous said...

I thought you'd be bigger....

Stabby

So did I.

ant1 said...

it looks like you're building a mardi gras bike. that fork is awesomely hideous. keep up the good work.

Thank you ant 1. You really get me. Are you married? How do you feel about living in New Hampshire?

Mike said...

Loved the blow-by-blow description on the build. Glad to know I'm not the only one who works (on everything in life) like that.

As for the green fork....I dunno...wouldn't pink or purple be faster? Of course then you'd have to swap the headset again.

When I get the white crabon frok I'll probably go back to the purple 110 anyways.

Emily said...

hell yes on the green fork/ pink wheels/black headset.
Visionary. Inspiring.

Emily, you really get me. Are you married? How do you feel about living anywhere since no one in the US and A would frown on our very hetero relationship?

cornfed said...

What about the middleburns?

I like the mr. moots green fork.

Middleburns? Since I'm not sure which disposable ISIS bottom bracket to get next I decided to just go with something I already had. It might be hard to not go ahead and use the Race Face cranks down the road since they are uber stiff and super light. Besides, if I am correct in my assumptions I may be in love with my new Niner 32 tooth chainring (more on that later when the build is complete).

Well shit, that just burned through a whole morning. I have more on my mind, but I guess I'll save that for later on... probably tomorrow. I do like a little back and forth action, so I wouldn't say this was a total waste of time.

Maybe tomorrow I'll be posting about a couple of marriage proposals (one of which would be legal in NC... great success!!).