I know, I know... You woulda put on a larger chainring on but it would be scraping the ground since the wheels are too small. It sure has had the drillium treatment. Nice tubular fork crown too ;)
Chuck Schmidt L.A.
Brian Baylis wrote:
>
> Chuck,
>
> You call THAT a chainring?? Oh please, that thing probably doesn't have
> more than about 150 teeth. What kind of speed do you expect to be able
> to hit with that giant 8 tooth cog on the rear wheel? You'd be lucky to
> even reach 75 mph on that turd. I didn't get thighs the size of a
> Brontosaurus by twittering around town on pansy gears. Hills be damned!
> Brakes? What the hell for? You just backpedal; if your leg breaks off
> then you were obviously too weak and don't deserve to ride a bike. I'm a
> little slow off the line, but once I get going not even a freight train
> can draft me!
>
> Wow, talk about BS!
>
> Brian Baylis (weaver of fine tales)
> La Mesa, CA
> Just got back from checking out some beautiful frames with Pergolizzi.
> >
> > Brandon wrote:
> > "Maybe Brian B. will chime in here since he likes BIG RINGS. . . what
> > would Freud say?"
> >
> > It's rumoured that this is the bike Brian is riding on tomorrow's ride:
> >
> > http://www.cyclesmithy.com/
> >
> > Chuck Schmidt
> > L.A.
> >
> > .