Voila! This is Surly Jack. Brooks saddle, frog pedals, and my awesome and coveted Acorn handlebar bag. Love.
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Voila! This is Surly Jack. Brooks saddle, frog pedals, and my awesome and coveted Acorn handlebar bag. Love.
Congrats on the Surly! I ride a 46" Cross Check and I love it. Totally bomb proof! :) Enjoy!!!
Yay!
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that kitty exceeds the weight limit on the basket! :)
Oh man, I highly recommend this bike. It's pretty much impossible to stop smiling when I'm riding it.
Today...
Hi ladies! I know how you all love a good new bike photo, so I thought I'd indulge.
I brought home this cutie today as my chill out, library, art fest, farmers market bike. It's a Specialized...
Hey ladies! I just saw this thread and thought I'd pop in and say hi! I've been commuting 3 days a week ever since I got my trusty Surly Cross Check. (Best commuting bike ever!!)
It's 13 miles...
haha! Thanks all! I love how this is turning into a cat doppelganger thread!
Fortunately (unfortunately), we don't get very many wet days here in Arizona, so I'm glad I got to take advantage...
Oh girls! My new bike has arrived! I think it's a boy, even though I keep calling it "her".
And it just so happened that we had a big storm the night before, so the bike path was completely...
Hey uforgot, do you mind if I ask which Brooks you have on your Cross Check?
Thanks uforgot! :) That's encouraging!
Yep, Rage is indeed where I ordered it! In the end, I just went with the place closest to me! Funny that it worked out so well!
Now to somehow distract myself until Friday.
I ordered the 46. Trust me, if the 50cm had worked, I would have bought it right then and there while it was in my hot little hands! :)
Based on the top tube numbers, I was thinking I needed a...
Just wanted to post an update and say that I ended up ordering my bike today from Rage Cycles on Scottsdale. The guy who helped me order my bike, Peter, was amazing and took great care of me and...
Ok, I DID IT!!!!
I drove my butt all the way down to Tucson from Phoenix so I could see both the Cross Check and the Jamis Aurora side by side. The Aurora is one beautiful bike, for sure, but I...
haha! Yeah, I was just remembering that I had said that about the 42. But the dude I talked to said it sounded like I was thinking way too small for my height: 5"4'. So, we'll see.
Is it...
OOOOOH! I just called a bike shop about 2 hours away and they have both Aurora's (53) and Surly's (CC (50) & LHT (52)) IN STOCK. The sizes they have are a size or two bigger than what I would...
Haha, Knotted, I'm sitting here going "Do I have crazy long monkey arms?" Hm, I'm thinking I don't, as I do tend to be more comfortable on the WSD bikes.
Man, I want to put my butt on one!! I...
The problem is, I'm still waffling! I had my heart settled on a Cross Check, but then got all distracted looking at the pretty Jamis Aurora pictures.
Considering not a single bike shop in a 300...
Thank you for a the responses! PinkBike, I actually visited every one of those shops last weekend! :) I like your take on it! The Landis guys at 2 of locations I went to were very nice! I...
I'm in South Scottsdale and I'm looking to hook up with a good bike shop. I'd love to find a great shop within decent riding distance, but I'm open.
Thanks for any suggestions! :)
Thanks you for the responses! :) It sounds like I'll be developing a good relationship with a bike shop! Luckily, I have met alot of really nice dudes in some really nice shops, so I just need to...
Hi, uforgot! Thanks so much for the response! I have indeed seen that picture before, and I'm pretty sure it was that thread that got me looking at the Cross Check to begin with.
And thanks for...
Hey smarties! I have two very unrelated question!
1) What is the difference between Top Tube length and Effective Top tube length?
As I get closer to ordering something, unfortunately...
Yeah, Zen, I love blue, but I'm not terribly wild about the color. I don't hate it though, and I think it'll be nicer in person.
It's a shame, because I love the Satellite and the Aurora...
Oh, I was a little whiny yesterday, sorry about that. At this point, I'm just kind of documenting the process! HA HA!
Today was fewer words and more math, which oddly, was a good thing! Not so...
New bike, the update:
So far the shopping experience has been all words and NO BIKES to put my butt on.
Everyone has been really nice, but they go on and on about the myriad of options and I...