Trocadero action without understanding is meaningless
Portland, Oregon, United States
Male / 20
Member Since: Oct 22, 2007
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Bike I ride: GT Avalanche, 1959 Schwinn Varsity
Favorite Trails: Phil's/Kent's Trails, Syncline, Forest Park, Peterson Ridge, McKenzie River, Powell Butte
About Me: engineering student at oregon state
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Trocadero's Activity
posted in "Home Made Bikes" ( Dec 24, 2011 at 11:59 )
posted in "Craziest Bike or Bike Parts!!" ( Dec 5, 2011 at 15:36 )
Trocadero commented under oneghost's photo ( Dec 2, 2011 at 21:17 )
Ordered these in blue with the 2" rise during their Halloween sale, they gave me a great deal and threw in free shipping too. Imagine my surprise when the box showed up with the bars as well as a free pint glass, a shirt and a bunch of stickers too! The bars look even better in person too. I threw them on my bike and went on a ride through the local trails, they feel great. The 2" rise was the right choice given my height (6'4) and the sweep is a very comfortable angle. I do plan on chopping them down a few inches, 32" is too wide for me. The ends of the bars are marked in half inch increments to make it easier to keep them even, a very nice touch. Only issue I can think of is that my Hayes brakes didn't quite clamp all the way on to the bars, they were still a bit loose even with the screw all the way tightened. However, I threw my usual bit of teflon tape under them and they're fine now. If you're looking for new bars and want to give your bike a bit of flash, I'd definitely recommend these.

Trocadero wrote on AndrewVB's noteboard ( Sep 20, 2011 at 18:38 )
Right now it doesn't look like I'm going to be able to get my bike down there so I'm going to have to pass

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AndrewVB wrote
Sep 12, 2011 at 15:40
If you wanna ride let me know, four of the people who are going live in the townhouses on 10th street near Safeway. We'll pretty much be picking you up at your place.

Anyway, we're going to BR on September 25. That day also happens to be a shuttle day and $35 will get you to the top all day.

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AndrewVB wrote
Sep 9, 2011 at 17:50
Hey we're heading up to Blackrock on September 25. You wanna ride?

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bansheerider69 wrote
Jul 17, 2009 at 7:54
hey man i have modified existing link and strengthened with bolt and spacer in old hole done my local trail everyday this week feels awsome man ill try n post pics later

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bansheerider69 wrote
Jul 10, 2009 at 7:55
hey dude thats awsome man could u send me the specs ill need to get the part made if u ever need anything just ask i owe u bout 1000 lol

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c-bernier wrote
Jul 10, 2009 at 2:22
ya ive sworn like this for a long time (my dad swears alot and he listens to rap and played it when iwas little) that were i got it and your right it is a REALLY HARD habit to lose yeah i guess ill give it a really hard try this time if its bad enough for people on pb to be telling me to stop. and i never though it was cool infact i hate it

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c-bernier wrote
Jul 10, 2009 at 2:15
didnt want to disrupt a thread so when you say run your mouth you meen my swearing or am i an a*shole to people?

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banshee-ripper wrote
Mar 11, 2009 at 9:59
Nice work on the evil model on linkage.

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oneghost wrote
Mar 11, 2009 at 7:22
The Shimano plates say 34-36T so they probably won't work to well with a 38T, sorry man.

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