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Thursday, August 28, 2014
BSNYC Product Review: State Bicycle Co. Saturday Deluxe
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Texas Scranus
- August 28, 2014 at 1:27 PM
- JB said...
Fly 6 crotch shots!
- August 28, 2014 at 1:27 PM
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- August 28, 2014 at 1:29 PM
poopy bum
- August 28, 2014 at 1:30 PM
- Spokey said...
at least top 10-dia
- August 28, 2014 at 1:31 PM
- Spokey said...
i'll read the post later. time to toodle around town while it's still nice and windy
- August 28, 2014 at 1:32 PM
- recumbent conspiracy theorist said...
Reclined comfortably in the top 10.
- August 28, 2014 at 1:33 PM
- August 28, 2014 at 1:33 PM
Shirtless Cat 6 Motto: "Drops, Not Tops!"
- August 28, 2014 at 1:36 PM
Capturing the spirit of labor Day by sweating your dick off - brilliant show of support
- August 28, 2014 at 1:43 PM
it's amazing how many people you got who seem to be staring right into your fly6.
or is there something else they were looking at?
- August 28, 2014 at 1:43 PM
I see where the Dyckman Bar is only a block from the intersection is Seaman and Cumming.
- August 28, 2014 at 1:45 PM
Small basket...
and I don't mean on the bike.
- August 28, 2014 at 1:49 PM
- grog said...
Saturday Deluxe on Thursday.
- August 28, 2014 at 1:51 PM
- Kenny Banya said...
Perhaps the bell requires a hammer, and it fell out during shipment.
- August 28, 2014 at 1:55 PM
It appears the rear rack is not aligned with the rear fender... Maybe optical, maybe mechanical. If I were State, I'd issue a C&D.
- August 28, 2014 at 1:57 PM
The State looks like a great ride. How was it on the way back? Or was public trans a better option?
No Snob for another week, and Moots lust at a fever pitch.
- August 28, 2014 at 1:57 PM
- Tad Salyards said...
That type of bell needs to be "flicked" clockwise or counter-clockwise, not up/down (insert clitoral joke here) in order to function. Be warned that even when used properly it will still likely suck as a bell.
- August 28, 2014 at 2:03 PM
- Comment deleted said...
Have a nice 7-day weekend, you bastard.
- August 28, 2014 at 2:04 PM
I like to follow along with these "adventures" on the maps of the google. It's like a vacation without the travel, risk, or interaction with the public. Thx Snob!
- August 28, 2014 at 2:04 PM
The wonky rack annoyed me too. Does the gym short fixie bro have his fork backwards or is it distortion on the edge of the fly6 shot?
- August 28, 2014 at 2:05 PM
- leroy said...
Dear Mr. BSNYC --
My dog asked me to post that the BSNYC hat wicks away wet dog smell so well that I don't know he's been borrowing it.
Hey, wait a minute. I just got that.
Ride safe all!
- August 28, 2014 at 2:07 PM
your 'fixiebro' looks a lot like Liev Schreiber.
- August 28, 2014 at 2:08 PM
- RoadQueen said...
Top 30?
- August 28, 2014 at 2:09 PM
Jeeesus you're a lazy blogger.
Tilford totally kicks your ass in post count. How does that make you feel?
- August 28, 2014 at 2:09 PM
- crosspalms said...
Maybe apologizing driver guy was just trying to score some caviar from the Solex Catsmo truck. I thought maybe it was a refrigerated truck delivering frozen cats to some greasy spoon, but Mr. Internet tells me that no, it is in fact a purveyor of luxury foods. They will sell you a wild hare or pheasant, but no cat, according to the "wild game" page. Or they'll sell you a grouse. But be warned: "We find one grouse a bit too much for a person, but half a grouse more than a bit too little. My advice? Give your guests one bird per person and save the leftovers for grouse soup later."
- August 28, 2014 at 2:11 PM
Jesus. You come back for three f'in days and now you're leaving again. I demand a refund.
- August 28, 2014 at 2:14 PM
- 3G said...
Sweaty balls
- August 28, 2014 at 2:19 PM
That's the worst, when you yell at somebody for almost killing you (or somebody), and then they're all like "OMG I'm sooooo sorry!" and you feel like a shit for yelling at them. I've carried that guilt around for 2, 3 hours sometimes. Even though they almost killed me.
- August 28, 2014 at 2:19 PM
- August 28, 2014 at 2:21 PM
- Olle Nilsson said...
Um yeah, I'd buy a hat except they make me look dorky. Or dorkier anyway. I just can't afford to go any further with that look. Plus, you know, I'd have to buy a whole new wardrobe to go with the cycling cap and, well, I'm about as lazy as a bike blogger, so that's not going to happen.
- August 28, 2014 at 2:22 PM
Yeah it's tempting but how do you reconcile a hat so awesome with an otherwise bland/humdrum/workaday/mundane/ho-hum/yaddayadda/everyday/inconspicuous/blending-in/totally-not-a-serial-killer wardrobe?
- August 28, 2014 at 2:26 PM
"Hey, don't apologize, just try harder not to kill people in the future!"
Actually I think I'll start using that line when people yell at me to get out the fucking street.
- August 28, 2014 at 2:31 PM
...which is what mine is. If I were actively mating it would be different.
- August 28, 2014 at 2:31 PM
- crosspalms said...
If you put the hat on backwards then put your helmet on over it, you reduce the awesomeness to more manageable levels.
- August 28, 2014 at 2:40 PM
Yes, indeed it is a matter of mitigating unmanageable awesomeness.
- August 28, 2014 at 2:43 PM
- Orestes Munn said...
Yeah, contrite motorists are pretty sickening, especially when you just went raging psycho on them, but it's still better than trying to run away in bikie shoes.
I'm going to satisfy my Moots lust by getting my old road frame out of storage and sending it to the builder to get the rear cold set to 130 mm, etc, etc. Anyone in the market for some Nuovo Record?
- August 28, 2014 at 2:44 PM
Top 10
- August 28, 2014 at 2:45 PM
You must have giggled a little after your wrote this:
"Like Mario Cipollini checking out of a hotel room, I left Seaman behind,"
- August 28, 2014 at 2:46 PM
That is why I wear dark colored pants in hot weather, which in turn might make me sweat more...
- August 28, 2014 at 2:47 PM
- P. Bateman said...
BikeSnob? more like BikeSlob. good lord you sweat a lot for a skinny-ish guy.
good choice on the sunglasses. very handsome.
and thank you for considering the additional colour ways.
p.s. - i'm glad you like the bike, but i'm still not convinced that it's not gay as the bejeezus. sorry.
- August 28, 2014 at 2:48 PM
- Orestes Munn said...
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- August 28, 2014 at 2:48 PM
I've got fans like that in my underwear. You should try it.
- August 28, 2014 at 2:49 PM
- crosspalms said...
Speaking of riding under elevated tracks, Wells Street in Chicago sports these signs, which cheer me up every time I see them. I've still been honked at under there, but not nearly as much as before the signs went up.
- August 28, 2014 at 2:50 PM
Wildcat, whilst you and fixiebro rode through Father Demo Square, a Citibike commuter waved at you. A fan!
- August 28, 2014 at 2:50 PM
- Joe K. said...
Ain't nothin' wrong with a coaster brake cruiser...
...so long as the rider knows how to get it off of the sidewalk.
- August 28, 2014 at 2:51 PM
- Orestes Munn said...
Yes. Forgot to mention how much I appreciated the Cipollini line. …being a seaman myself and all.
- August 28, 2014 at 2:51 PM
- crosspalms said...
Fred of the Sea,
Barnacle, jetty, seaman......I think Snob's headed your way.
- August 28, 2014 at 2:53 PM
OK doggy photo shoot: Is the woman on the left part of it, or just a passer-by obediently letting them get the shot before walking through? Because I never do that.
- August 28, 2014 at 2:59 PM
- August 28, 2014 at 3:01 PM
- Orestes Munn said...
The "Just Kidding" couple look disturbingly familiar.
And the busy, narrow, 4-lane I ride about 1/4 mi on twice a day has those signs, too. Definitely keeps the honking, shouting, and attempted manslaughter down.
- August 28, 2014 at 3:01 PM
Looks like fixie bro is riding a langster. I'm a little ashamed to admit that I recently replaced my old and heavy steel single speed scraptante with a Langster, put on a freewheel though with the curvy TdF style bar-handles. changed the cheap shitty crankset and bottom bracket (and seat). I have to admit that I love the bike. I was on the steel, fenders, racks, brooks, etc bandwagon for a while but the thing was just too heavy and slow. who cares? no one except me, but a slow day here in the orifice.
- August 28, 2014 at 3:02 PM
Consider sage leaf pills for the sweating.
- August 28, 2014 at 3:07 PM
- crosspalms said...
You gave up a steel bike for people who write like this? Hang your head in shame, o Anon 3:02! Anyway, more gears take care of some of that heavy/slow problem.
- August 28, 2014 at 3:14 PM
- Olle Nilsson said...
Anon 2:05, looks backwards to me but I think it's a Special--ed tradmarked design. If you put your fork on backwards, prepare to be sued.
- August 28, 2014 at 3:15 PM
Ah, so you left for vacation yesterday and used this "stock" post that you had been saving for just the appropriate occasion. Damn, you're a smart motherfucker. Ordinarily this type of "shill post" for State would've pissed me off, but luckily you're also a fairly funny motherfucker.
- August 28, 2014 at 3:20 PM
- August 28, 2014 at 3:22 PM
- Spokey said...
i was thinking of a hat but being a cheap bastard (yes i've won cheap awards from friend(?)) I didn't as I dithered.
Now it makes no sense after reading we're talking about augmenting the hat offerings somehow
An augmented hat will be a much better deal and i'll be able to shout scranus from the rooftops. as soon as we save up enough for roofs that is.
Oh and of course say nyah, nyah, nyah, to all you with non-augmented hats
- August 28, 2014 at 3:25 PM
I rode a Ross coaster brake bike through middle school, but it seems to me that an adult city bike should have a front brake that works, for the occasional "oh S--t, that guy is cutting me off" moment. There are times for upright sitting on a cruise around town vs leaning forward on the drops on the Langster.
- August 28, 2014 at 3:32 PM
I am shocked to report that my (non-augmented) woo hoo speed hat has actually been received with approval by MrsJLRB. I thought for sure it would meet a nose upturned like the bill of the hat, but no - it was admired, and got me laid.
- August 28, 2014 at 3:34 PM
- recumbent conspiracy theorist said...
Hey Crosspalms that's cool. I see that Wells st. is near Wacker drive. Of course I had to g**gle that.
"The upper level is normally known as Upper Wacker Drive and the lower level is Lower Wacker Drive. A short part has a third level, sometimes called Lower Lower Wacker Drive."
-Says the wiki.
Ya'll got some interesting places in them big cities.
- August 28, 2014 at 3:38 PM
- RoadQueen said...
JLRB - can't ask for better than a hat that will get you laid.
Hey Snob, you forgot to advertise that the hats will not only wick sweat and make you faster, but will also get you laid.
- August 28, 2014 at 3:46 PM
Feel my force and reckon with me!
- August 28, 2014 at 3:46 PM
the best thing about that park are the extra-large portapotties, for the handicapped. They're big enough to bring a bike inside, so those of us who are handicapped by the fear of bike-theft while whizzing can whiz in peace.
The next best thing about that park is the fluorescent green paint, marking the rough spots. Good trail stewardship.
- August 28, 2014 at 3:52 PM
dop - second that. Portapotties not designed for disabled access are also usually too small to unzip a jersey and get the bibs off, with the added fear of everything falling out of your jersey pocket into the chemical miasma.
- August 28, 2014 at 4:13 PM
Your clothes much needs the wicking fabric of the Woohoo Cap.
- August 28, 2014 at 4:20 PM
- crosspalms said...
The building I work in has a room in the basement where you can lock your bike. But you can only get to it from the parking garage, and you can only get to the parking garage from Lower Wacker Drive. Too exciting for me (as I found out the day I left my lock at home and had to use the place). Delivery trucks, cars in a hurry, no bike lanes, blind curves, no shoulders.
I got lost on Lower Lower Wacker once; thought I'd discovered a shortcut from the Lakefront path to Michigan Avenue, but once you get lost it isn't much of a shortcut anymore. Not much traffic down there, but enough weird dead-ends to keep a person busy.
- August 28, 2014 at 4:22 PM
With a name like Saturday Deluxe I think you pretty much know what's up: People dancing, people laughing, a man selling ice cream, singing Italian songs, "eh Cumpari, ci vo sunari," can you dig it, yes I can.
- August 28, 2014 at 4:26 PM
Shit, now I'm stuck singing that. THANKS A LOT, SELF!
- August 28, 2014 at 4:35 PM
Dries @ 4:20 - good point - maybe Waltz can develop wicking bike shorts of a breathable fabric - maybe something like lycra with a soft inner moisture absorbing liner. Nah
- August 28, 2014 at 4:55 PM
- Orestes Munn said...
Slow motion riders
Fuck, me too, and I hate that song!
- August 28, 2014 at 5:06 PM
- Olle Nilsson said...
Okay, now I'm convinced JLRB is just RTMS trolling his own blog. I'm going to have to go back and look at previous comments to confirm. Oh wait, I'm losing interest. Never mind.
- August 28, 2014 at 5:12 PM
Eben, have fun in Florida this weekend and please convey my best wishes to your Bubbe and Zayde when you are visiting with them in Miami.
(Hint, take the fly 6 to Haulover beach and leave it running all day.)
- August 28, 2014 at 5:56 PM
- Drock said...
Me ride long today and sweat did reach between my legs too. Wow I'm like snob
- August 28, 2014 at 5:59 PM
On that bike, Snobby, you have facility for two (2) water bottle cages and yet you haven't installed any.
You've outed yourself as an enthusiastic urinater in the past and now we learn you sweat in torrents. You need to rehydrate, mate, you'll get cramps and experience hallucinations. You'll start seeing preposterous things like people photographing gutters, signs spruiking a garden of yachts and drivers actually apologising to cyclists!!!
And I'm quite certain the "bell" is merely decorative. Just polish it once in a while or leave it alone if you prefer the vintage patina'd look.
- August 28, 2014 at 6:30 PM
It's a long way to 100... if ya wanna rock 'n' roll.
- August 28, 2014 at 6:48 PM
It's a long way to the shop... if ya wanna sausage roll.
- August 28, 2014 at 6:59 PM
It would seem that Wildcat wears a sweatshirt all the time.
- August 28, 2014 at 6:59 PM
Fuckin Chicago Transit Authority...my first concert in '77(?) at Central Park. Vivid flashback: a loose joints dealer...the crowd going wild hearing "Saturday in the park"..."old days" indeed.
- August 28, 2014 at 7:23 PM
snobs gotta do what a snobs gotta do...feed 17 children, pay riverdale rent...so he takes a few pages from biciclecycling magazine & puts the ads amongst the content...what the hey...I love a good fly six adventure...the moots wqsn't an ad, but they certainly got exposure for a few days comping (death to the apostrophe)
- August 28, 2014 at 8:04 PM
People really do seem to stare at you a lot. Maybe it really is all about you.
Also, try mounting the bell on the left. Dummy.
- August 28, 2014 at 8:05 PM
- David Pearce said...
Dear Wildcat,
The Bell.
Jesus, man! I already told you how to fix the bell, and you don't take my advice! Believe me, man, I KNOW IT! I'm down with the struggle. I've walked the walk and talked the talk, bell-wise. It might HELP, you maroon, to move Clara's clapper (apologies Johnny Carson) more to your thumb area, but, whatever. Refer to your previous Saturday Deluxe comments page. You can lead a horse to water.....
Now on to your excessive hyperhidrosis.
Dude, have you ever heard about shorts? I'm not a family man, so maybe the Secret Society of Fathers is not allowed to wear shorts, I don't know. All I do know is you wouldn't catch ME biking in a pair of slim-fit long pants until I goddam had to, which ain't in August. Don't you care about the long pants dragging over your knees with each revolution? I'd never put up with it. And on a single speed. Jeez, what is up with that? You wear long pants, and then do a photo essay on your sweat-drenched family jewels. Makes no sense. No sense to me. I guess you folks in NYC are more evolved than I. It's a shonda, but there it is.
Enjoy your vacation, and time at the shooting range, giving the coup de grâce to the ailing body of summer while you're at it. Come to think of it, you're always working for us, even when you're on vacation! You're such a mensch!
- August 28, 2014 at 8:07 PM
Dance Son Pedals,
Death to the ellipsis!!!
- August 28, 2014 at 8:07 PM
- David Pearce said...
Dear Mr. Anonymous, 1:57 p.m.,
You got dat right. Looks like Monsieur Vélo Snob is better with his fingers tip-typing out his blogue than assembling bicycles. Perhaps. But who am I to judge? But it does brings Lou Reed to my mind:
"She said, 'Hey, sugar, shove it over to the drive-side".
And the colored girls go.....
- August 28, 2014 at 8:26 PM
mr pearce...sounds like a clssic clapper caper...were they by any chance made of copper (I saw that 40 years ago)
anonymous at 8:07...celine was an influence...from way back...as a child I produced litotes and syllogisms like so much shit in my diaper...you have to understand..it was for my own good
- August 28, 2014 at 9:28 PM
- Jed said...
I once wiped out on Cummings and Seaman.
Nice, moist post today, Sir Schvitzalot.
- August 28, 2014 at 10:02 PM
It always takes me 2 or 3 Fly6 still-lifes to realize you are not salmoning upstream to spawn. Cause the camera is on the BACK.
- August 28, 2014 at 10:29 PM
- Evo2 Mitsubishi said...
Would love a hat, but for those of us who are not metrically challenged, 46 is nowhere near Fred woo-hoo-hoo-hoo speed. Any chance of a 74 hat?
- August 28, 2014 at 10:43 PM
- Daniel said...
Hey Bikesnob,
Killed any cyclists while you were working? Well, if you are a police officer, that's no problem at all! Just an unfortunate mishap.
- August 28, 2014 at 11:33 PM
- Joe K. said...
This has to be the most douchetastic eBay listing I have ever made it through 50% of the first sentence of.
- August 29, 2014 at 12:23 AM
Surely an elevated subway is just a train.
- August 29, 2014 at 12:34 AM
If fin got laid Bike Snob's getting paid. Gettin' one.
- August 29, 2014 at 6:25 AM
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- August 29, 2014 at 6:45 AM
century...damn pipped...capcha didn't clear
- August 29, 2014 at 6:46 AM
no, she went throuigh
- August 29, 2014 at 6:46 AM
Daniel @ 11:33 - how messed up is that? Urgent message? Pick up the radio thing like they used on the old time police shows or pull the fuck over to type a message. Fuck.
- August 29, 2014 at 7:56 AM
Cops are "exempt" from mobile device laws. Just like cops are exempt from parking laws and government vehicles are exempt from parking tickets. What is law if it doesn't apply to everyone?
- August 29, 2014 at 8:15 AM
- Unknown said...
You've featured that "fixed bro" in a much more positive manner in the past.
- August 29, 2014 at 8:49 AM
- JB said...
An elevated subway is just a way.
- August 29, 2014 at 9:08 AM
- semi serious cyclist said...
Such epic urban portaging and adventure! I love the 'deep insights' into greater NYC the new fly cam has inspired you to. In this latest foray into the wilds of manhattan, the crotchal area 'fly cam' of sweated out dungarees is a bit too much, even for such a stauch and intimate friend of cycling such as myself. If you're sweating out so bad you headed to looking like you've lost bladder control, SLOW DOWN!
However, thoroughly inspiring all. you exposition makes NYC look genteel. except for the shoals of ticketing boys in blue, that is. just wait till they start deploying the spike strips.
- August 29, 2014 at 9:11 AM
- Bryan said...
Terrific post! I personally attest to the cap you are trying to get us all to buy. Mine finally came in a few weeks ago, and ever since I have happily been no better than I was before, which to me is great news! Consistency is key. I will say it has been nice having a brim block out the morning sun from my eyes on my ride into work. The sweat wicking capabilities has been crucial to my successes in the South Carolina heat.
Okay, last Saturday I did set a bunch of PRs on Strava - I am 100% totally giving credit to the cap.
- August 29, 2014 at 9:14 AM
No JB....it's a......highway.
- August 29, 2014 at 9:30 AM
An elevated train cis a highway, but I'm with JB, an elevated subway must be just a way.
- August 29, 2014 at 9:34 AM
highway vs way
ti vs steel vs plutonium (the half-life effect is awesome!)
- August 29, 2014 at 9:40 AM
In that second photo of fixiebro, it looks like the fork is mounted backwards on his bike. Is that a fisheye effect of the Fly6?
- August 29, 2014 at 9:46 AM
- BikeSnobNYC said...
Anonymous 12:34am,
Sure, and an airplane on the runway is just a car.
--Wildcat Rock Machine
- August 29, 2014 at 9:48 AM
Semi-serious travel bieke question: I picked up parts to convert my salsa Casserolle to single speed, but am thinking about using the parts on my travel bieke instead because the 7 speed set up it came with is pretty much beat to hell.
I see the advantage as less crap to deal with on the reassembly, two less cable splitters to mess with (not that they are complicated), no derailleurs to damage in the luggage/adjust for shifting etc.
Obvious disadvantage is if I go somewhere with lots of steeps I'd be limited. Not sure if removable chain links are good/bad/indifferent on single speed vs geared bieke.
Other advantages/disadvantages?
- August 29, 2014 at 9:54 AM
You want a 2 speed coaster brake rear hub on your travel bike. I'm sure you can figure out the advantages and can live with the disadvantages.
- August 29, 2014 at 10:06 AM
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- Orestes Munn said...
An underground highway is just a way, too, right?
- August 29, 2014 at 10:12 AM
You take the high road and I'll take the low road...
- August 29, 2014 at 10:14 AM
- Spokey said...
congrats on the century.
given that our lazy scribe is off for another week there should be a couple more podiums to vie for.
But I must say that an honest man is not up at that hour of the morning. Unless you're on another planet or something. Like maybe you're in France? But then an honest man . . .
- August 29, 2014 at 10:15 AM
- Spokey said...
I'm normally agin electronic shifting but I guess that would help in the traveling bike cable dept.
Are there any of those 14 or so speed internal hubs with electronic shifting?
- August 29, 2014 at 10:21 AM
- babble on said...
Eddy Merckx is in hospital following a heart scare. :(
- August 29, 2014 at 10:24 AM
By way of contrast, I am feeling absolutely fine this morning.
- August 29, 2014 at 10:28 AM
sell out
- August 29, 2014 at 10:40 AM
Why would they paint seamen street blue?
- August 29, 2014 at 10:50 AM
- semi serious cyclist said...
just throw that travel bike shite in the box and have at 'er. What's the worst that can happen - you might have to fix something?
I used to think bayonet pedals and fancy cable splitters made the difference with the traveler checkbox bike. i may try once more, because i think, it just might, come together real quick and easy, but otherwise it seemed like little added payoff timewise in assembling a traveler boxbike
- August 29, 2014 at 10:54 AM
hoverbike the end times are upon us...but an honest man can have a cup of coffee while feeding the dog & browse
- August 29, 2014 at 11:01 AM
- crosspalms said...
That's quite a Q-factor on the hoverbike
- August 29, 2014 at 11:27 AM
- Orestes Munn said...
It was custom built for Sen. Craig, but he never picked it up.
- August 29, 2014 at 11:30 AM
Are you talking about the Shimano Alfine Di2? Looks cool, but I'm way too cheap to drop that kind of cash to avoid a little work assembling a bike out of a case.
- August 29, 2014 at 12:10 PM
not that there's anything wrong with that
- August 29, 2014 at 12:42 PM
- Orestes Munn said...
So is this "al fine" as in the musical notation, "to the end" or rhymes with "alpine" and means even less?
- August 29, 2014 at 12:57 PM
- Sherrif Kills Bicyclist. No Charges said...
Out on the West Coast, Law Enforcement kills bicyclist with patrol car because he was typing on the computer in the car. Another blog claims text messages were also sent in the moments immediately before the death by patrol car.
Deputy runs over cyclist
Blogging dude adds details to LEP running over bicyclist
This is pretty common for Southern California. The guy killed was even an entertainment lawyer guy. It's an industry town, but apparently Sherriff's dept and DA can flip them off anyway.
If I screwed up the URL's then the one in the name will take you to the story.
- August 29, 2014 at 1:22 PM
- Spokey said...
1904 Cadardi
didn't have that one in mind in particular, but yeah that type. Didn't even know if they existed yet but figured someone probably had one by now.
Personally I would opt for the splitters. Don't want to be dependent on anything too tech when the apocalypse comes. Never know. You might have to get replacement batteries from a zombie and pay with a chunk of brain. Maybe the rest here have spare brain but I'm a bit in deficit already.
What I'd like to see is a better NuVinci hub with maybe 19-115 gear inches and a less embarrassing shifter. Ideally hooked up as a barcon.
- August 29, 2014 at 1:37 PM
Nothing to see here, move along, move along.
But the taxpayers of Ca will probably get to participate in funding a rather healthy financial payout to the victim's estate.
- August 29, 2014 at 1:38 PM
"What I'd like to see is a better NuVinci hub with maybe 19-115 gear inches..."
I'll like to see an efficiency test on the NuVinci hub. Looking at the diagrams of the DiVinci on-line, I'm thinking it is not very efficient at the 50 to 120 watt level most people ride at most of the time.
- August 29, 2014 at 1:47 PM
Ever pedal one though? It's HAWT.
- August 29, 2014 at 1:51 PM
So I have this cheep-ass wheelset. Well I kept getting flats in the same spot. On the rim side, not the road side. Each time I scrutinized the rim, looking for a defect, finding none. UNTIL it occurred to me to look UNDER the rim tape, whereupon I discovered crescent-shaped and pointy-sharp shards of metal leftover from drilling the spoke holes. The clowns at the factory hadn't even de-burred the holes. Dicks. Hence there was no visible or feel-able puncture mechanism with the tire removed, but at pressure, it was just enough to put a tiny pinhole through the rim tape and the tube, and go flat in about 6 hours. You beleedatshit?
- August 29, 2014 at 2:06 PM
"...cheep-ass wheelset."
That's the part that makes it believable.
- August 29, 2014 at 2:09 PM
OK insert your own closing sentence then, e.g.
"How about that, boy howdy I tell ya?"
"It's always something!"
"Sometimes ya just can't win!"
"If only I were rich I wouldn't have any problems ever!"
- August 29, 2014 at 2:14 PM
- Comment deleted said...
- August 29, 2014 at 2:19 PM
I thin I found the ultimate portagible touring bike.
In the absence of the snob, I'd like some opinions
- August 29, 2014 at 2:21 PM
I had a problem where the port for the valve stem was cutting the tube/stem joint. I polished the edges and went to much higher pressure tires, which fixed the problem, as long as the tire pressure stayed over 95 psi.
- August 29, 2014 at 2:27 PM
"...the ultimate portagible touring bike."
A folding bike with clipless pedals? So you get to where you need to fold the bike and you have to change shoes? I guess it has a front rack to carry the left walking shoe and a rear rack for the other shoe.
- August 29, 2014 at 2:28 PM
You had me at cheep-ass
- August 29, 2014 at 2:34 PM
Oy, would it kill these schmendricks to show a picture of it folded up? You would think "just Google it" but, nebuch, that turns up bupkes.
- August 29, 2014 at 2:40 PM
"Well that just figures."
What, a $1500 Rolhoff isn't good enough? Too Germanic?
I picked up a used Ritchey Breakaway, and aside from the 30 minutes it takes to disassemble-pack/unpack-assemble, it's pretty sweet. I don't mind the half hour spent on my bike, it's the half-hour I have to spend on the girlfriend's bike each time. I decided she looks better without major facial scars, so I assemble it for her without too much grousing.
- August 29, 2014 at 2:40 PM
- JB said...
I had the same exact problem, except the rims are (I assume) decent Mavics from the early 90s. A filing and new rim tape solved the problem.
- August 29, 2014 at 3:17 PM
I'm-a-git the deburrer out, and then the round file. That shit's unacceptable. "Wouldn't ya know?!"
Part deux of the story, Being The Encounter of Roille Figners with a Fred in the Opposite Helpfulway to Snobbo's GWB Pump-Demanding Aero-Fred, coming up.
- August 29, 2014 at 3:24 PM
- crosspalms said...
"Oh, well, it takes all kinds."
- August 29, 2014 at 3:29 PM
Now y'all see what a dick he is. And he don't care.
- August 29, 2014 at 3:38 PM
Not talking about Snobby.
- August 29, 2014 at 3:39 PM
- babble on said...
That's good to hear, WIWM!
- August 29, 2014 at 3:44 PM
Yeah, what a dick he is! Finally we see!
- August 29, 2014 at 4:01 PM
'This has to be the most douchetastic eBay listing I have ever made it through 50% of the first sentence of."
I made it through almost 3 sentences before passing out. If there could be a more douchetastic listing I don't want to know about it.
- August 29, 2014 at 4:12 PM
Oh Gawd, with no Snob I've been forced to read the newz.
There's illegals behind every bush and terrorists under every rock.
And besides that, my tinfoil hat is kiillllliiiiinnnnnggg me.
Going to go ride.
- August 29, 2014 at 4:14 PM
- Comment deleted said...
It is what it is.
- August 29, 2014 at 4:15 PM
Can't fold the folder because the drops, the fenders, and the racks are in the way, I guess.
- August 29, 2014 at 4:16 PM
Schlumpf Drive is the cats ass (Don't really want to know where that expression originated) for folding bikes. Uber German engineering and quality materials make it a 'must' for getting more out of your hard to ride ride.
- August 29, 2014 at 4:24 PM
- Spokey said...
1904 Cadardi
nuttin agin the teuts
I've got Busch & Müller 4DToplight Senso taillights on my touring bikes.
And I've been thinking of getting a new americano. they have a Rolhoff with a gates belt that I'd consider although it's something like $1700 more.
But I think the nuvinci is really intriguing. Seems like a perfect solution. Get your cadence exactly where you want it with the twist of a dial whether on the flats, uphill or whatever
- August 29, 2014 at 4:24 PM
- Spokey said...
that's why you spend the big bucks and go nashbar. I ponied up $40 for a set back in the mid-late eighties that are still going strong. Nice strong 36 front and 40 rear.
- August 29, 2014 at 4:26 PM
I'm sorry about your cheap wheelset, though I'm impressed by your tenacity in finding the solution. I think the lessn here is that with slave labor, the products made on Tuesday-Thursday are just as shitty as those made on Monday &Friday.
- August 29, 2014 at 4:37 PM
- Orestes Munn said...
As long as the conversation has wandered to bicycles, here's a clueless Fred question: What kind of kit should I update my early 80s road racer with? Expense is not a major consideration, but I am on old crumb with no plans to compete again and I care more about being able to fix stuff than I do about weight. I do, however, want to make the bike as ridable as possible and thrash around the roads on it, not post photos of how vintagy and Camporiginal it is.
I figure this group will give me the broad, mechanico-esthetic and social perspective, not a bunch of douchetasm.
- August 29, 2014 at 4:53 PM
- Comment deleted said...
Roille, thank you for prompting a riffage on meaning-devoid conversation end-tags.
I've always thought we could just as well burp our agreement/commiseration/indifference, but ah well, that's the way the cookie crumbles.
- August 29, 2014 at 5:01 PM
"What kind of kit should I update my early 80s road racer with?"
Step one, see what the rear spacing is. 126 mm limits you to a 7 speed cassette. 130 mm lets you use 8-9-10 speeds. If the frame is steel you can cold-set 126 mm to 130. Al frame, you can't.
You said you "care more about being able to fix stuff". If you care about stuff not wearing out you should consider 7 to 8 speed chain/chain rings and cassettes. The 9 and 10 speed stuff is thinner and wears out faster. But it is tough to find new 7 and 8 speed stuff now-a-days, and it is almost all low end stuff.
A lot of people think brifters make make riding easier and more fun. Fewer people think dual pivot brake calipers are better than the old single pivot ones. If you are getting new wheels resist the urge to go to fewer than 32 spokes. Low spoke count wheels are harder to straighten.
If you really want to get crazy and educe maintenance to the bear minimum, go with an Alfine 8 or 11 speed hub. you can get a brifter shifter for either of them.
- August 29, 2014 at 5:12 PM
- Spokey said...
Blogger Fred of the Sea
and what will you possibly do with any answers from this group? Other than of course assume that they are bizarro answers and go the opposite way.
And impossible to say in the general sense. I know that how I would outfit a bike would be very different than the young studs who are here. For example, I'm not likely to buy a new bike that didn't have a triple cranks and a low gear of 20 inches, preferably less (consideration of my continuously sore knees). Wouldn't accept a wheel that didn't take at least a 35mm tire. Or a bike that couldn't accommodate fenders, racks, a kickstand, etc.
- August 29, 2014 at 5:13 PM
- Spokey said...
anon @ 5:12 PM
i have bought a 6 sp freewheel a couple years ago. Don't remember where. Probably either amazon or harris cyclery. Harris will order anything you can find in the QBP catalog. i think they will also build custom cassettes.
Got a 7 sp hyperglide last year from amazon.
Got sram chains for 8 & 9 sp last year from amazon.
the common stuff seems available but yeah maybe if you're going rip it down to the frame and rebuild everything, you might have to search awhile. i do find new old stock from time to time on ebay. haven't done that much but so far I haven't had any issues with buying that stuff from ebay.
I am finding that if I'm not careful I get 4mm cable housing. Are most new bikes using that. Getting 5mm housing isn't a problem. Just need to take care.
- August 29, 2014 at 5:24 PM
- Orestes Munn said...
The rear spacing is currently 126, but part of the plan is to cold set out to 130. I would be perfectly happy with an 8-speed cassette, but the high-endish stuff all seems to be 10 or 11. I like the dual pivot brakes I have on one of my commuters and find they center much better than the old NR ones on the bike in question.
Good question, Spokey. The frame itself kind of settles the broad question of what kind of bike it is. And I think the opinion here is a hell of a lot more intelligent than one generally hears from bikies, with all that idiocy about "stiffness" and "ride". You guys also crack me up.
- August 29, 2014 at 5:25 PM
- Orestes Munn said...
I don't seem to have any trouble finding Shimano 7-speed cassettes and 7/8-speed chains of various types.
- August 29, 2014 at 5:27 PM
I've had a campy chorus 8 gruppo on my circa 1996 fred sled..over the years I've replaced worn components with NOS from ebay or my current favorite, chainreaction cycles. (free shipping over $99 from Northern Ireland) most of my replacement components (rear hub, rear der, cassete) have been record, wonderful for that smidgeon of turgidity, but I'm quite happy with that veloce brake lever-shifter off ebay
- August 29, 2014 at 5:57 PM
Any new rear derailleur will work with 7-8-9-10 speed cassettes, high end, low end, in the middle. The trick is going to be finding a good 7 or 8 speed brifter, if that is the cassette you chose.
If you go with 3 chainrings, might have to look to get the correct front brifter.
If you go with a double chain ring, get 16 tooth difference between the rings (max. modern derailers can handle.) Get a close spaced cassette, like 1 or 2 teeth difference between the sprockets. When riding stay on the big ring (except for big uphills of course) and shift the rear to find the right gear. When stopping shift to the small ring so you are in a low enough gear to get started again.
You want a hyperglide cassette (or whatever SRAM and campy call their ramped designs) and ramped/pinned chain rings. You want a free hub not a freewheel.
You want the small sprockets on the cassette close together (1 tooth difference) but it is OK to have 2 teeth difference between the bigger sprockets. May a 3 or 4 tooth difference to the biggest sprocket, to give you a bail out gear. Any Shimano compatible rear deariluer made in the last 20 years will take a 28 tooth sprocket, despite what the specs may say. Maybe as big a 30 teeth, depending on the hanger geometry. Try to get a cassette with individual sprockets and spacers, not the ones stuck together on a spider. This way you can replace the sprockets that wear out fastest without having to replace the entire cassette.
If you are always only going to be on pavement you want pure slick tires, no tread at all. Even in the rain. Unless you weigh less than 120 lbs you don't want 23 mm tires. Consider a wider tire in back, like maybe 28 mm with a 25 mm in front. But make sure you spare inner tube you carry will fit in both sized tires.
Those new Brooks Cambium saddles look good and apparently Mr. Snob likes his.
- August 29, 2014 at 5:58 PM
All this actual bike talk on a bike forum makes me want to hurl.
Back to fart jokes, please.
- August 29, 2014 at 6:14 PM
- Orestes Munn said...
wiwm, you're right. Apologies to all.
- August 29, 2014 at 6:21 PM
- Comment deleted said...
I'm following this discussion with interest, as I contemplate building a dependable commuter that won't attract much attention (i.e., in the form of bolt cutters).
- August 29, 2014 at 6:49 PM
I recently up/down graded my seven speed to triple chain ring and brifters.
It's only an improvement on the uphills, whereas the brakes seem to be less effective than when the levers were brakes only.
The rub is that I wanted the triple because the hills here are endless and/steep, but you need the good breaks for the downhill so you don't brake anything.
- August 29, 2014 at 6:55 PM
"Back to fart jokes, please."
"Expense is not a major consideration"
If expensive is not major, get the highest quality farts you can, especially for the bottom scranus. Sealed farts for the bottom scranus and wheel tits will save you having to re-pack them very year or two. Everyone talks about a Chris King headset, and a good quality farts in the headset will last longer, but drag in the bottom scranus and wheel tit farts will make you work harder. When choosing between 2 pedal that are equally comfortable, spin them both at the same time and get the one that takes the longest to stop; it has the better farts.
- August 29, 2014 at 6:56 PM
Aqua Fred,
Did you mention it was an 80's frame as an aside or because you wanna put together something true to the period?
I've still got me my first serious bikes which I built up from a frame set in the mid-eighties. All original components still on the thing -- 531 tubes, Cinelli lugs and BB shell, all that groovy arabesque Shimano 600 running gear... I spontaneously ejaculate describing it, so I'll stop now, but I will mention it has downtube shifters rather than brifters, loose ball BB rather than sealed cartridge, cluster rather than cassette etc.
With only three specialist tools: chain breaker, crank puller and that thing to remove the cluster, I can (and have, multiple times) completely stripped and reassembled it.
In three decades it hasn't clocked up millions in mileage, but it gets out at least once a month and the only failure has been a cracked seat post.
So get yourself second hand gear and slap it together like that.
And no! No fart jokes! This is un chartered territory for this blog; who knows what may be discovered if we follow this path...
- August 29, 2014 at 7:05 PM
- Spokey said...
anon @ 5:58 PM
I'm using a cambium and like it a lot. Yesterday took out the old Cannondale which has a B17 on it.
My butt reports that they are pretty close. Got the cambium because I left a different B17 out in the rain all night and it was never the same. Even after letting it dry naturally for a few weeks and cranking the adjusting bolt a few turns, i couldn't get rid of the sag. So I decided to spring the extra $ for the next time my mental illness leaves the bike out all night in the rain again. I might try drilling holes and lacing that one for a winter project.
I got the darker Cambium figuring it would hide dirt better than the one snobbie got. A bit of the dye has come off but it's still darker and I think I like the color better. Same dimensions as snobbie's (unless he has the C17s).
I got mine from http://www.wallbike.com/ they offer a six month full refund satisfaction guarantee.
- August 29, 2014 at 7:30 PM
ok 1) what does, 'pinned mean'
2) how are you supposed to dismount to avoid hurting the BB
3) I don't agree with snob that the Saturday Deluxe looks, 'precious'...if he thinks so, he should take the reflectors out of the spokes
long live the apostrophe
- August 29, 2014 at 7:50 PM
- Orestes Munn said...
Anon @ 1905 hrs, thank you. Yes, I intentionally mentioned the vintage of the frame, because I don't think it makes economical or esthetic sense to put, for example, a carbon group on it. I also mentioned that I am a retro-geezer myself. However, I am planning to change out the Nuovo Record stuff which, while pretty and redolent of lost youth and fredly glory, doesn't work as well as the down-market stuff on my commuters.
I'm working on the fart thing.
- August 29, 2014 at 7:57 PM
Dop 7:50 PM,
Death to Uncapitalised Posts.
- August 29, 2014 at 7:59 PM
what does, 'pinned mean'
Short pins mounted on and perpendicular to the face of the big chain ring, towards the small ring. When shifting to the big ring the pin catches the chain and lifts it.
See "Pins & Ramps" here:
See "Ramped and Pinned" on this page:
- August 29, 2014 at 8:01 PM
Aqua Fred said,
"doesn't work as well as the down-market stuff on my commuters."
Well, now you've confused and (truth be told) upset me a little.
If you replace your wholesome vintage components with whizz-bang, laser, 3D, digital gear on your 80's frame, aren't you just building a brand new bike using a quirky frame?
I believe as we drink the water we should honour those who dug the well -- therefore, I suggest you relegate your un-updated retro bike to curio status (hang it on a wall or bring it out for tweed rides only) and build yourself a new road bike using whatever frame and components take your fancy.
Yes, it would be yet another bike, but I note you said "commuters" - plural, so what's another roadie for a Fred as profligate as you?
- August 29, 2014 at 9:13 PM
- Orestes Munn said...
Ah, Anon, you cut to the heart of the matter and my own ambivalence, but no: I believe there is a functional middle ground between whizzbang and wall art.
Moreover, regarding your trenchant, "those who dug the well" comment, it is the very builder of the frame, who, being an old personal friend, has no particular economic stake in the matter, is pushing me in the direction of Gucci components and 18-spoke wheels. To him it's just a bike.
- August 29, 2014 at 9:44 PM
- semi serious cyclist said...
ONE question - what should i do with my vintage bike? and the Fredliness of these comments WENT THROUGH THE ROOF. It was as if everyone started channeling the great Zinn into a muddle of vintage redux. Jumped in and starting speaking in tech tongues.
I say:
friction downtube. anything that fits. less is more.
Unparalleled Fredliness Syzygy. Congrats to whoever initially fed the fred.
- August 29, 2014 at 10:07 PM
- Spokey said...
I'd feel cheated if I only got 18 spokes per wheel. probably radial lace to boot.
I don't have a wheel with less than double that unless it's the crit bike my brother gave me a couple months ago and won't take back.
I guess if you're a racer and don't mind new wheels or at least truing them all the time, that might make sense. The americano has had a lot of hard miles now and the wheels well into the second decade have never been trued. If I look really really close I think I can see just a hair of wobble although that's the front. I can't see anything in the rear with a 145 hub and a 48 spoke 4x lace.
Maybe I'm lucky but I've never been fredly and thus always went for the solid stuff. Other than the americano's BB which may be ready for version 3 (stupid ISIS BB), the stuff doesn't need much fixing. I do put a new chain on every year and I change the rear cluster every few years. For some reason I both think and want to not replace the rings and figure that helps them live longer. Probably doesn't make sense but we all have our foibles.
- August 29, 2014 at 10:12 PM
",,,the Fredliness of these comments WENT THROUGH THE ROOF....and starting speaking in tech tongues.
So what exactly is Fred about the above comments? No one is talking about adding speed or losing weight, or the latest components and space age materials. People are talking about durability, availability, ease of maintenance. What is fred about that? And the most Tech talk above is how many sprockets you can fit in a vintage frame.
- August 29, 2014 at 10:33 PM
Aqua Fred,
It's really and truly not my prerogative to question the authenticity of your friendship with the frame builder, but I will anyway...
Might he be encouraging you to bling up HIS frame to draw attention to his handiwork? A sorta ambush marketing thing?
- August 29, 2014 at 11:39 PM
- babble on said...
DoP - re: spoke reflectors...good point. Clearly he is a substance over style kindov guy.
Er... snobberdoodums? Sorry, but really? How can you mock people for pie plates, with your own reflectors still sitting pretty in those spokes? Hmmmm? Holy Roller is going to have something to say about that.
- August 30, 2014 at 12:22 AM
- commentatorbot_038413 said...
Fred of the Sea,
Leave the 1980's chariot intact. The triple likely will not work out if we are talking about the average 80's road-racing type biek. In that era, triples were used on "touring bikes" only. And I mean ONLY. The stays won't be set right at the bottom bracket to work out good chain lines.
Buy used. Yes, some patience is required for some sizes, but there are so many spurned Cat 6 glory seekers that there's a steady supply of recent vintage, low hours equipment at very, very low prices.
The other way to go that's good is buy Scatantte or the other half-dozen retailer branded bikes. Bikes have improved in the sense there's a bigger variety of designs out there including lightweight bieks with triples.
These days I ride a cyclocross bike and have one set of wheels for dirt, another for road. I run a 38/46 or something like that. Plenty of low gear with a 32 on back in the dirt. I'm not going back to having a road-only biek. It wastes time and money.
The next trend in cycling is l'eroica rides. Your 80's chariot will be HIGHLY prized.
- August 30, 2014 at 1:22 AM
- commentatorbot_0384 said...
semi serious cyclist,
You've got two choices with a bike you don't want.
1. forget about it in the shed.
2. sell it
I prefer the latter. You won't miss it.
Fred of the sea,
Trying to use modern gruppos on old frames just doesn't work. The notches in the click-shifting most likely won't work out right.
It's like putting an old porsche engine in an old VW beetle.
Sure, you can do it, but what a pain and it will always be a little fiddly.
- August 30, 2014 at 1:34 AM
- Orestes Munn said...
Comments all appreciated. I'm not considering a triple crank. Notches in the click shifting? What does that have to do with the frame?
As for the builder, he's still producing substantially similar frames and putting modern kit on them. However, I don't have access to the darker reaches of his commercial soul. Simply having me on the bike is a pretty serious negative advertisement.
- August 30, 2014 at 7:48 AM
"Trying to use modern gruppos on old frames just doesn't work. The notches in the click-shifting most likely won't work out right."
Here is a thread with 1463 posts about restoring old road bikes:
More than half have modern components, maybe 25% have brifters.
And here is what Saint Sheldon says about the wisdom of upgrading old frames with modern components:
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Boater found safe after frantic search
A flipped canoe. Rushing water. A man missing.
Those were about the only things search and rescue crews knew when they set out with kayaks, canoes and a small airplane to scour the San Miguel River for a missing boater Sunday evening.
He turned up four hours later, safe and sound, hiking through the wilderness on the south side of the river.
Steven Johnson, 49, of Ridgway, escaped with minor cuts and bruises.
The San Miguel is roaring this time of year. Johnson was canoeing on the river with his buddy Ted Yoder, also of Ridgway. Their canoe overturned several times, and they had trouble bailing out the water.
"We ended up swamping several times, but we were just riding it out and having a lot of fun, except when your boat's full of water it's hard to control," Yoder said.
About 4:30 p.m., it overturned again, this time near mile marker 89 between Specie Creek and Beaver Creek, and both Yoder and Johnson abandoned ship.
Yoder was able to grab the riverbank a bit downstream. He looked back and saw that the canoe had gotten stuck under an overhang on a cliff.
What was worse — much worse — was that he hadn't seen his friend float by.
"I was expecting to see him floating along with me," Yoder said. "And when he didn't come around the corner … ."
Yoder worried his friend was a goner.
So he called the sheriff's office.
However, Johnson wasn't trapped. Upstream, he, too, had grabbed hold of the riverbank and pulled himself out.
But instead of staying put on the side of the river, where kayakers would see him, Johnson started to hike up the side of a steep hill. He was going to make it to the put-in point near Specie Creek. He hiked nearly five miles east, through rough, pebbly, unstable terrain.
But for his friend Ted, it was like he had disappeared.
Search-and-rescue teams, determined to find Johnson, deployed to the river.
They brought boats. They brought ropes. Tom Meehan even flew his own Cessna over the area looking for Johnson.
Bill Glasscock and John Warren, among others, hurried to check out the trapped canoe. Glasscock tied a rope to himself and swum into the icy river. He checked out the canoe and discovered Johnson wasn't there.
Much of the search was concentrated downstream from the overturned boat, not upstream, which is the direction Johnson headed.
Johnson, at one point, saw the plane flying overhead and waved his jacket at it, but the plane didn't see him.
He eventually pretty much "walked out of the woods," in the words of Sgt. Michael Westcott, battered but basically unharmed.
Yoder said he was happy that so many search and rescue personnel came out to look for his friend.
"I'm really grateful for the help, that people are willing to come out and give of themselves," Yoder said.
It's a perilous time to be out in a boat on the rivers these days. The rivers are running high, and the San Miguel is more dangerous than it might appear.
"It's not like [the area where the canoe overturned] is the rowdiest part of the river, but there's definitely some moves you gotta make. There's some rocks in the way," said Erik Dalton, an avid kayaker. "I could see how someone could get themselves in some trouble there. … It's definitely no Valley Floor."
The sheriff's office encouraged boaters to be prepared, use the right equipment, have a backup plan in case you get separated from your friends and buy a search-and-rescue card.
But Yoder said that Johnson is doing fine.
"He was pretty chipper, not suffering at all," Yoder said. "He's really grateful for the help and concern that was put out there for him."


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This week we're dedicating our show to retro gaming. As we discuss the games of our youth, we discover that we're still in love with many of those early games. Gaming editor Kyle Orland joins Senior Apple Editor Jacqui Cheng, Open Source Editor Ryan Paul, Social Editor Cesar Torres, and Ars Contributor Casey Johnston.
We reminisce about consoles we had in our homes when we were young (Jacqui was only allowed to have one console at a time), the games we played at arcades, and what systems we took to our dorm rooms in college. Some of the classic games we dissect include Ocarina of Time, Castlevania, Pokemon, the Final Fantasy series, and more. Are any Ars Technica staffers still playing these retro games today? We'll also learn how Kyle's experience in computer science led to his interest in writing about video games.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has turned away a challenge from former House Majority Leader Dick Armey and other Social Security recipients who say they have the right to reject Medicare in favor of continuing health coverage from private insurers.
The justices did not comment Monday in letting stand a federal appeals court ruling that held that there is no way for people who receive Social Security to reject Medicare benefits.
Armey, a Texas Republican, and two other former federal employees say private insurance covers more than Medicare. Two other plaintiffs are wealthy individuals who have high deductible private insurance and prefer to pay for their health care.
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A study by Yale and New York University investigating the effects of social interaction on adoption of solar photovoltaic panels—i.e., whether other people's enthusiasm for solar power is contagious—discovered that an increase of just 10 solar panel installations in a zip code was accompanied by 7.8 percent increase in the probability of adoption by others.
In addition to this basic increase in the likelihood that neighbors would adopt the power source, the study also found that making the panels more obvious to others, either by increasing their visibility or by word-of-mouth, led to improved take-up rates particularly among those with longer commuting times and larger households.
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Daniel Carcillo scores late as Blackhawks keep streak alive
CHICAGO -- The Chicago Blackhawks were tired, hurting and often on their heels Wednesday night against Colorado.
But despite skating without three key forwards, playing their second game in two nights and falling behind after two periods, they pulled out yet another win.
Daniel Carcillo scored the tiebreaking goal with 49.3 seconds left and the Blackhawks won their 11th consecutive game, beating the Avalanche 3-2 on Wednesday night to extend the best start in NHL history.
"Being down, resiliency, perseverance, whatever you want to call it, there's a belief in this locker room that whatever position we're in, we can come back," Carcillo said. "That's one of our biggest assets."
Jonathan Toews and Andrew Shaw also scored for Chicago (21-0-3), which reached the halfway point of a lockout-shortened season without losing in regulation. The remarkable Blackhawks have earned at least one point in their first 24 games, an NHL record.
Dating back to last year's regular season, the streak is 30 games.
The Blackhawks broke the previous team record for consecutive wins with their 10th in a row Tuesday night, 5-3 over Minnesota.
Chicago's overall points streak is the second-longest in NHL history. The 1979-80 Philadelphia Flyers set the league record at 35 games with a 25-0-10 run.
Even Miami Heat star LeBron James -- whose own team is on a 16-game winning streak -- was happy to see Chicago rack up another win, tweeting Wednesday night, "Hey Chicago Blackhawks, u guys are AWESOME!! #streaking."
Carcillo knocked in a rebound with a backhand shot, his first goal of the season, after Semyon Varlamov made two in-close stops on Viktor Stalberg during a scrum in the crease.
Carcillo is better known as an agitator than a scorer, but he punched in a puck when it counted.
"I want to be more than an enforcer on this team," Carcillo said. "Just to be able to step in with some key guys going down and helping wherever I can, in this particular situation scoring a game winner, that's what we play for."
Toews scored a highlight-reel, short-handed goal early in the third period, beating two Avalanche players to tie the score at 2. Chicago trailed after two periods for only the fourth time this season.
John Mitchell and Matt Duchene scored for Colorado, which has lost six of seven.
"It's just frustrating right now," Avalanche coach Joe Sacco said. "We had some things go well, and to come up again without any points, it's disappointing."
Ray Emery made 20 saves for the Blackhawks to improve to 10-0. Varlamov finished with 29 stops.
Chicago forward Marian Hossa sat out with an upper-body injury. Shaw left the game late in the second period and teammate Patrick Sharp left midway through the third.
"It says a lot in this situation," Toews said. "That team, they were hungry to be the spoiler, and with a couple of guys going down, it's not easy to keep going.
"But we had a lot of positive talk going into the third period. With what we've been through lately, it really helps give us that confidence we somehow, some way, are going to find a way."
Shaw's power-play goal on a deflection opened the scoring midway through the first. Shaw was parked in front of the crease, and Brent Seabrook's drive from the right point ticked in off the shaft of Shaw's stick.
Mitchell tied it with 1:40 left in the first, exploiting a rare Chicago coverage mix-up. Mitchell skated alone to the right side of the net, took a quick pass across the crease from Chuck Kobasew and lifted a backhand past Emery.
Varlamov stopped Patrick Kane on a 2-on-1 break and Carcillo on a point-blank chance early in the second.
Kobasew missed on a breakaway at 6:11 of the second moments after he jumped back on the ice from the penalty box.
Duchene put Colorado ahead 2-1 with 6:43 left in the second, moments after Varlamov made a point-blank pad save on Sharp.
Duchene streaked down the left side, slipped past Seabrook and took a pass from P.A. Parenteau. Duchene fired from a sharp angle near the goal line, but the puck struck Emery and slipped in under his right arm.
Toews scored at 2:19 of the third to tie it 2-all. He moved down the right wing, then cut to the net around Ryan O'Reilly. Toews skated across the crease -- behind both O'Reilly and Jamie McGinn -- and banked in a shot off the left post.
O'Reilly and McGinn are forwards who got caught as the two men back during the Colorado power play.
"You have a power play and you give up a chance," Sacco said. "It's a good play by a real good player on the other team, but I want to watch the tape again.
"I'm pretty sure O'Reilly got his stick slashed out of his hands (by Chicago's Dave Bolland). It led to a one-on-one situation. If it did, it's a bad non-call, but there's nothing I can do about it now."
Carcillo's game winner was his first goal since returning from a knee injury on Feb. 22.
"We had a big breakdown at the end of the game," Sacco said.
Game notes
Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville offered a postgame injury update. He said Hossa "is close to playing" and might be ready Friday at Colorado. Quenneville said the team would know more about Shaw on Thursday, but Sharp could be out longer and "may get some time." ... The Blackhawks finished the 2011-12 regular season with a 3-0-3 spurt before losing to Phoenix in the first playoff round. ... The Blackhawks assigned LW Brandon Bollig to the Rockford IceHogs of the AHL. Bollig had played in only two of seven games since Carcillo returned from his knee injury. ... Chicago RW Michael Frolik missed his second game with an illness. ... Colorado played its second game without injured RW Milan Hejduk (torso). D Erik Johnson (head) missed his 11th game and D Ryan Wilson (ankle) his 14th.
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It's Time to Improve Your New Richmond Home with Solar Energy
It's expensive to heat, cool and power a home. Today, the average household spends nearly $110.00 per month on home energy costs (a number that has increased by 37 percent in just the last three years). Fortunately, if you've had enough of soaring energy prices, there is something you can do about it in New Richmond: switch to solar power.
Solar energy can completely transform your New Richmond home from the inside out. Here is an alarming fact: most people spend about 7 percent of their annual income solely on home energy. Solar can save you around 40 percent of your overall energy costs. Think of all the things you can do with these savings!
Solar: an Investment in a Better Future
Clean, renewable energy is the future; and now you can get on board in New Richmond. We've all depended on fossil fuels for way too long; and now the Earth is paying deeply for it. Greenhouse gases (the culprit of global warming) rose by 11 percent since 1990. The only way to reduce greenhouse emissions & save the planet is to invest in clean energy, like solar.
More people are switching to solar energy now than ever before—in fact, every three minutes, someone installs a home solar system. Last year, over half a million homes added solar systems throughout the U.S. With the solar market expanding this rapidly, it's likely to become a primary energy source in the decades to come.
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Consider solar power as having two fundamental benefits. The first benefit is that solar provides a more affordable source of energy. Why is it cheaper? Solar-powered homes are no longer fully dependent on power plants for energy. Instead, they also use power generated naturally by the sun. The second great benefit of solar power is its tremendous environmental benefits.
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Okay, so the benefits of solar are impressive—you can't deny it; but what does that mean for your house's curb appeal? Today's home solar systems are nothing like the huge bulk systems that you might be envisioning from the years past. New solar systems are designed with aesthetics and functionality both in mind. Sleek and fashionable, a new solar system will make your New Richmond home more desirable.
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