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• Posted in thread: Should We Shave Our Legs? on 04-02-2013 at 11:50 PM
  Acutely if you have hair on your legs it decreases the laminar flow much like the dimples on a
  golf ball. SO I think hairy legs actually go faster. The reason i used to shave my legs was
  because suppo...

• Posted in thread: Tubeless road wheels worth it? on 03-16-2013 at 02:35 AM
  A large part of that type of riding has to do with how good of a rider you are . I used to ride
  for thousands of miles on sew-ups. The idea is to ride were the glass isn't. and I made sure
  that I coul...

• Posted in thread: Motobecane Cafe Latte on 02-23-2013 at 09:06 AM
  The guy from the shop must really like you. Its a lot of work to get those inserts installed,
  (I have done a few myself) I think that the best thing you can do is after about thirty miles
  is go in and...

• Posted in thread: my wife bought me a new recumbent, a nice one :) on 01-28-2013 at 10:47 AM
  Bet it turns a pretty quick turning radius. I have a long wheelbase one myself. My old bike was
  also a long wheelbase recumbent but, it's steering was set up so that I had better than 1 to 1
  steering ...

• Posted in thread: Finally got a SS/fixie on 01-19-2013 at 02:03 PM
  The bike I got at the the bike shop I eventually wound up working for was called Action Sports.
  I had a account with them and finally was able to pay it off and was able to ride my bike home.
  It was a...

• Posted in thread: Finally got a SS/fixie on 01-17-2013 at 09:22 PM
  The things you can think about changing first are the things that rotate like wheels and tires.
  If you drop the rotating weight buy a pound I heard that its like taking seven off the frame.A
  seat post...

• Posted in thread: Who rides singlespeed and why? on 01-16-2013 at 06:48 PM
  For my fixed I have two sets of sew ups One for the road and one for the rollers or the track.
  with my track wheels my bike weighs in at sixteen pounds. I have a pair of heavy duty kevlar
  belted sew u...

• Posted in thread: Finally got a SS/fixie on 01-15-2013 at 07:05 PM
  I like the Kool Stop type they make a big difference. I have a pair of Vans on my fixed (they
  look like sneakers) :)

• Posted in thread: Finally got a SS/fixie on 01-15-2013 at 02:53 PM
  How much does it weigh? Looks pretty light.

• Posted in thread: I just got a "new" recumbent on 01-14-2013 at 09:28 PM
  Well I just had to take my new bike for a ride and I'm going down the sidewalk and it tacks a
  slight turn around a tree and the bike hits a patch of ice and goes down. I think I dinged a
  rib(hurts whe...