Velocipede Salon

[GregL]

Originally Posted by El Chaba

I don’t know, but then again I still use rim brakes and tubulars….

Yup, I raced the state championship gravel race the week before last... on tires with tubes AND cantilever brakes. Clearly I was doing something very wrong...

Greg

[Applesauce]

Originally Posted by El Chaba

The Salon-although younger than this forum-has a core membership that dates back more than twenty years. I understand that it can seem a bit “clubby” because of that. I am not going to mention names as I would leave important people out inadvertently, but there are a number of really great people with whom I have become acquainted at both forums.

Funny, I’ve been there since basically the beginning (well before here, oddly), and feel the same way. VPS is not a place to ask a stupid question. But ask a smart question and you’ll (usually - it’s still the internet) get a very smart answer.

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by GregL

Yup, I raced the state championship gravel race the week before last... on tires with tubes AND cantilever brakes. Clearly I was doing something very wrong...

Greg

And they even let you race that rig??

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by Applesauce

Funny, I’ve been there since basically the beginning (well before here, oddly), and feel the same way. VPS is not a place to ask a stupid question. But ask a smart question and you’ll (usually - it’s still the internet) get a very smart(ass) answer.

No stupid questions, just stupid answers....

[Fat Cat]

Originally Posted by GregL

Yup, I raced the state championship gravel race the week before last... on tires with tubes AND cantilever brakes. Clearly I was doing something very wrong...

Greg

Looks like they'll let anything run if the number plate isn't modified.

[fourflys]

Originally Posted by oldpotatoe

No stupid questions, just stupid answers....

yep.. that was one of my biggest issues over there.. and here before those folks went over there.. cyclists come in all shapes, sizes, and experience..

[rallizes]

Originally Posted by oldpotatoe

No stupid questions, just stupid answers....

my question is who are the 'few current European pros in the queue' ?

[Fat Cat]

Went over to take a look. I seem to have missed the bicycle discussions. Pretty underwhelming. Sorta like Facebook without the pix. Big whoop! Not.

JMO of course. *** do I know?

[GregL]

Originally Posted by oldpotatoe

And they even let you race that rig??

To add to the blasphemy, it has mechanical shifting with 2X in front! Aluminum wheels handbuilt by me. And frame purchased here from the Paceline classifieds

Greg

[GregL]

Originally Posted by Fat Cat

Looks like they'll let anything run if the number plate isn't modified.

Thankfully, promoters in upstate NY are a pretty easygoing group. No problems with cutouts made to number plates to fit around computer mounts. Photo was at another gravel race this year, but I do this anytime I'm required to use a handlebar number plate.

Greg

[El Chaba]

Originally Posted by GregL

Yup, I raced the state championship gravel race the week before last... on tires with tubes AND cantilever brakes. Clearly I was doing something very wrong...

Greg

The Marketing Department would like to have a word with you…..

[e-RICHIE]

“'For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?”

[Louis]

RS deploying that Peddie School education to good effect!

[e-RICHIE]

Originally Posted by Louis

RS deploying that Peddie School education to good effect!

Jane Austen City Limits

[jlwdm]

Originally Posted by bshell

A couple of years ago during a chain waxing discussion the moderator/owner(?) Too tall josh something derided/snickered at it/us --as he has an oil based lube to sell (that many people love).

I think(?) I made a fairly harmless comment pointing that out and I've been blocked ever since. I'd love to see a copy and paste here because I can't remember my post.

If he did in fact block me forever that's some insecure clown s...

It 95% sucked after the early Serotta days anyway so NBD.

Hope it dies.

I don't know what VS is like now but for many years it was full of builders providing great information and serious riders - a lot more knowledge than here. I am just a recreational cyclist so I did not have much to provide.

But my experiences on that forum make me think Too Tall (Josh) is one of the great guys in cycling.

Jeff