Setting The Bar As soon as Once more – Bike Snob NYC

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This previous Friday I discussed I’d be giving freely a motorcycle*:

*[Not this bike.]

You could be questioning if that’s nonetheless taking place.

Sure. Sure it’s. In actual fact I spend fairly a little bit of time this weekend prepping the bike,** which I’m happy to say is in a state of whole and full rideability and awaits a winner who’s worthy of it, which in fact no person actually is, as a result of it’s simply that superior:

**[Also…not the bike.]

I’m not prepared to present it away fairly but although, so please include your self for simply awhile longer.

In fact, simply as using begets extra using, engaged on bikes begets extra engaged on bikes–or no less than it does for me. Sure, I used to be on an actual tear with the ol’ Allen® wrenches, and so after tending to the Giveaway Bike I turned my consideration to the Jones:

As a lot as I used to be having fun with the Tosco, I used to be on a tinkering binge, and it appeared like time to revive the Jones to full Jonesness by placing the outdated bar again. Additionally, for the reason that lengthy throw of the Silver2 shifter isn’t one of the best match with the Jones bar, I sucked it and put the unique listed (gasped!) shifter again on there too. Little question I may search out a distinct friction shifter that will work higher with this specific drivetrain whereas additionally sustaining my retro-cred, however since just about all my different bikes even have friction shifters it appeared extra smart simply to make use of the peerlessly good clickety-click shifter I had sitting in a field.

Nonetheless, I wasn’t achieved puttering round after that, nor was I achieved with the Tosco, not by a protracted shot. In actual fact, I loved my final outing on it a lot that after re-Jonesing the Jones I put the Tosco again on the Platypus:

That’s the bar it had initially began out with; I then switched to the Choco, which I appreciated very a lot on this bike because it gave it sort of a “highway” really feel, comparatively talking:

For awhile I believed possibly I appreciated the Choco higher than the Tosco for this bike, however now that I’ve put it again I feel possibly it’s the Tosco I like higher…or possibly it’s simply the feeling of distinction I’m having fun with, like once you eat one thing candy, then you definately need one thing salty, then you definately need one thing candy once more, and so forth till you descend right into a snack spiral.

Each bars do each sound fairly snacky, come to think about it:

Additionally, in case you’re questioning how I photographed each bikes on the identical time in entrance of the Son of Sam spot, it’s as a result of I used to be using with my elder son. (He was using the Jones, and he says he appreciated the friction shifter higher. He doesn’t significantly look after entrance derailleurs although. So based mostly on my one-person survey of Technology Alpha, I predict friction shifting will survive into the longer term, however multi-ring cranksets is not going to.) Situations have been nice if just a little buggy–however not so buggy that we have been tempted by the communal insect repellant somebody had positioned alongside the path:

Having simply executed three consecutive handlebar swaps I’m wondering if these things can be helpful for putting in grips.

I’m unsure how one would possibly “play” oneself in a help-yourself-to-some-bug-spray situation because the tile warns in opposition to, however I suppose when one comes throughout such a profound show of magnanimity one shouldn’t look a present horse within the mouth–or a present deer for that matter: