New Bike Day!

Went for a quick shake down run this afternoon... i REALLY like this bike. very smooth on the dirt. cant wait to get it all adjusted to my body and take it on some proper trails once they open.

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New Stooge Scrambler straight from the UK in seven days... USPS did good by me! I was looking around for a rigid mountain bike, and it came down to a Jones, a Karate Monkey or this. Went with this 100% because I like the looks of this one more, especially the curved fork with the biplane crown. I thiiiiink I have most of the build, but didn't expect it for another couple of weeks. Stem, seatpost, and brakes might be where I come up short. I'll eventually put a dropper on, but no hurry. It was designed around B+ wheels, so I'll start there, but probably move over to 29er at some point.

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Cyclotourist said:
New Stooge Scrambler straight from the UK in seven days... USPS did good by me! I was looking around for a rigid mountain bike, and it came down to a Jones, a Karate Monkey or this. Went with this 100% because I like the looks of this one more, especially the curved fork with the biplane crown. I thiiiiink I have most of the build, but didn't expect it for another couple of weeks. Stem, seatpost, and brakes might be where I come up short. I'll eventually put a dropper on, but no hurry. It was designed around B+ wheels, so I'll start there, but probably move over to 29er at some point.

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Roughly assembled with the crown race and headset in place, but not installed. Twenty two braze on bolts got screwed in!

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I sprayed the inside of the tubes with WD-40 Corrosion of Conformity Inhibitor, which is supposed to be better than T-9 or Frame Saver. Cheap insurance on a steel frame!

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My new bike day today kind of came out of left field. I’d been planning to get a midlife-crisis level wonderbike for years, and I figured that turning 50 meant that this would be the year. But 2020 being what it is, that won’t happen. When I heard that my chosen bike wouldn’t be here until February, I decided to shut the search down.

And while I still have a serviceable if worn-in trail bike, my 2010 Roubaix gave up the ghost this year. It usually hangs in the garage all summer and comes out on wet winter Saturdays and the occasional 20-30 mile spin with the wife. So I wasn’t missing it yet, but the change of seasons got me thinking...

Behold the Salsa Warbird. A really nice carbon frame with a component spec just north of Walmart. Seriously, the cassette must weigh two pounds. I figure that I basically bought the frame, and I’ll replace whatever parts really bother me after a season.
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I got a short spin in after getting all the reflectors off. Quick trip at Peters Canyon and out to Irvine lake before dark. Pretty fun. I see many rides on Santa Anas fireroads in this bike’s future.

Hopefully its going to scratch an itch for another decade, I still have a trail bike to buy next birthday...
 
tick said:
My new bike day today kind of came out of left field. I’d been planning to get a midlife-crisis level wonderbike for years, and I figured that turning 50 meant that this would be the year. But 2020 being what it is, that won’t happen. When I heard that my chosen bike wouldn’t be here until February, I decided to shut the search down.

And while I still have a serviceable if worn-in trail bike, my 2010 Roubaix gave up the ghost this year. It usually hangs in the garage all summer and comes out on wet winter Saturdays and the occasional 20-30 mile spin with the wife. So I wasn’t missing it yet, but the change of seasons got me thinking...

Behold the Salsa Warbird. A really nice carbon frame with a component spec just north of Walmart. Seriously, the cassette must weigh two pounds. I figure that I basically bought the frame, and I’ll replace whatever parts really bother me after a season. View attachment 69277
I got a short spin in after getting all the reflectors off. Quick trip at Peters Canyon and out to Irvine lake before dark. Pretty fun. I see many rides on Santa Anas fireroads in this bike’s future.

Hopefully its going to scratch an itch for another decade, I still have a trail bike to buy next birthday...
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Salsa makes good bikes... go for a 50 mile birthday ride on it!!!
 
tick said:
My new bike day today kind of came out of left field. I’d been planning to get a midlife-crisis level wonderbike for years, and I figured that turning 50 meant that this would be the year. But 2020 being what it is, that won’t happen. When I heard that my chosen bike wouldn’t be here until February, I decided to shut the search down.

And while I still have a serviceable if worn-in trail bike, my 2010 Roubaix gave up the ghost this year. It usually hangs in the garage all summer and comes out on wet winter Saturdays and the occasional 20-30 mile spin with the wife. So I wasn’t missing it yet, but the change of seasons got me thinking...

Behold the Salsa Warbird. A really nice carbon frame with a component spec just north of Walmart. Seriously, the cassette must weigh two pounds. I figure that I basically bought the frame, and I’ll replace whatever parts really bother me after a season. View attachment 69277
I got a short spin in after getting all the reflectors off. Quick trip at Peters Canyon and out to Irvine lake before dark. Pretty fun. I see many rides on Santa Anas fireroads in this bike’s future.

Hopefully its going to scratch an itch for another decade, I still have a trail bike to buy next birthday...
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Congratulations! This was to be my new MTB year as well. But Vince started carrying the Laufs at JRA and after a couple of demo rides, Jennifer and I were sold. She reminds me every time we ride them that they're the best bike purchase we've ever made. I still want a new MTB though.
 
UPSed said:
Congratulations! This was to be my new MTB year as well. But Vince started carrying the Laufs at JRA and after a couple of demo rides, Jennifer and I were sold. She reminds me every time we ride them that they're the best bike purchase we've ever made. I still want a new MTB though.
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Given how much my road bike gets used for rides with the wife, I’d looked around for a tandem, to no avail. We’ll see this afternoon, but maybe the gravel tires will slow me down enough for her hold my wheel. Riding behind her while she trained for Ironman cost me a ton of fitness, and we’ve never been able to get her comfortable being towed around behind me.
 
Rough build up today. So far 100% parts bin bike. I'm going to have to run a longer rear brake hose as it needs to be routed on the downtube vs. toptube. I also need some brake pads, and the mounting hardware for the front adapter (I think I have the correct 180mm one). I'm going to get some swept back Moto bars when they come in stock, but for now am running a RF flat bar I had laying about. I'll probably throw a Brooks on instead of the WTB Diva on there now. I'm trying to make these old Shimano cranks work, but must be missing a spacer as there is some big time side to side play on them. Plus I need a chain ring. I think it's probably best if I just buy some new ones. I like the direction it's heading, and think the B+ wheelset looks good on it. So far only cash out has been for the frameset, and the only expenses I'm looking at are cranks and a handlebars. Nice!

From this:

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To this:

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Maybe new bike week? Cranks, brake line, and pads arrived yesterday, so spent the evening and today (WFH) bolting it together. I'm not super competent with hydraulic brakes, but I think I've got the rear set up. Left the hose long (and the front short) as I will be getting new bars at some point in October and want to be future-proof. Found some old Mary bars and a 22.2 stem for them for now. Waaay too narrow, but fine for now. So now it's officially a rideable bike!

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Cyclotourist said:
Maybe new bike week? Cranks, brake line, and pads arrived yesterday, so spent the evening and today (WFH) bolting it together. I'm not super competent with hydraulic brakes, but I think I've got the rear set up. Left the hose long (and the front short) as I will be getting new bars at some point in October and want to be future-proof. Found some old Mary bars and a 22.2 stem for them for now. Waaay too narrow, but fine for now. So now it's officially a rideable bike!

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Here's the KM... as they say, what goes around, comes around...

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