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Just ordered a black Unicanitor: http://www.wingedstore.com/news/38-the-unicanitor-saddle
Been riding it for a few days, and I must say it is very comfortable, which is a slight surprise. Previously been on Cambium C17.
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Just ordered a black Unicanitor: http://www.wingedstore.com/news/38-the-unicanitor-saddle
Can't wait for it to arrive.
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Absolute shit.
If that's supposed to be a tie-in with the Mercedes team, it's not particularly good at all. If anything, it's embarrassing.
The new engines are V6 for a start and I don't recall anything racing with 7 cyinders.
Don't know what you're talking about, you're obviously not a douche, then.
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Yeah, not a fun of radial lacing. Standard old school 3cross of 4cross keirin FTW.
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Sword is finally done. I'll open a separate thread with the build once I get some pics. Rolls very nicely and it's perfect fit. Thanks for all the help!
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What's wrong with having 36 spokes? I don't get the obsession over spoke count. In fact, I got 36 hole Archetypes on purpose, and even in front, too. Front is indeed an overkill, but I like the uniform look.
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Ferriveloci Modello B, one of the framesets in my everlasting todo list :)
One of those frames that are either a complete failure, or a complete win, they managed to pull it off quite nicely.
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'Look at me, I'm a douchebag' watches?
The second one is justified, if you have a real need.
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"For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command nor faith a dictum. I am my own god. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us."
— Charles Bukowski
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“I have seen the dark universe yawning
Where the black planets roll without aim,
Where they roll in their horror unheeded,
Without knowledge, or lustre, or name.”-- H.P. Lovecraft
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In the workaday work, complainers will not go far. When someone asks how you are doing, you had better be wise enough to reply, “I can’t complain.” If you do complain, even justifiably, people will stop asking how you are doing. complaining will not help you succeed and influence people. You can complain to your physician or psychiatrist because they are paid to hear you complain. But you cannot complain to your boss or your friends, if you have any. you will soon be dismissed from your job and dropped from the social register. Then you will be left alone with your complains and no one to listen to them. Perhaps then the message will sink into your head: If you do not feel good enough for long enough, you should act as if you do and even think as if you do. That is the way to get yourself to feel good enough for long enough and stop you from complaining for good, as any self-improvement book can affirm. But should you improve, someone must assume the blame. And that someone will be you. This is monumentally so if you are a pessimist or a depressive. Should you conclude that life is objectionable or that nothing matters–do not waste our time with your nonsense. We are on our way to the future, and the philosophically disheartening or the emotionally impaired are not going to hinder our progress. If you cannot say something positive, or at least equivocal, keep it to yourself. Pessimists and depressives need not apply for a position in the enterprise of life. You have two choices: Start thinking the way God and your society want you to think or be forsaken by all. The decision is yours, since your are a free agent who can choose to rejoin our fabricated world or stubbornly insist on…what? That we should mollycoddle non-positive thinkers like you or rethink how the whole world transacts its business? That we should start over from scratch? Or that we should go extinct? Try to be realistic. We did the best we could with the tools we had. After all, we are only human, as we like to say. Our world may not be in accord with nature’s way, but it did develop organically according to our consciousness, which delivered us to a lofty prominence over the Creation. The whole thing just took on a life of its own, and nothing is going to stop it anytime soon. There can be no starting over and no going back. No major readjustments are up for a vote. And no melancholic head-case is going to bad-mouth our catastrophe. The universe was created by the Creator, damn it. We live in a country we love and that loves us back. We have families and friends and jobs that make it all worthwhile. We are somebodies, not a bunch of nobodies without names or numbers or retirement plans. None of this is going to be overhauled by a though criminal who contends that the world is not doubleplusgood and never will be. Our lives may not be unflawed — that would deny us a better future to work toward — but if this charade is good enough for us, then it should be good enough for you. So if you cannot get your mind right, try walking away. you will find no place to go and no one who will have you. You will find only the same old trap the world over. Lighten up or leave us alone. you will never get us to give up our hopes. you will never get us to wake up from our dreams. We are not contradictory beings whose continuance only worsens our plight as mutants who embody the contorted logic of a paradox. Such opinion will not be accredited by institutions of authority or by the middling run of humans. To lay it on the line, whatever, whatever thoughts may enter your chemically imbalanced brain are invalid, inauthentic, or whatever dismissive term we care to hang on you, who are only “one of those people.” So start pretending that you feel good enough for long enough, stop your complaining, and get back in line. If you are not as strong as Samson — that no-good suicide and slaughterer of Philistines — then get loaded to the gills and return to the trap. Keep your medicine cabinet and your liquor cabinet well stocked, just like the rest of us. Come on and join the party. No pessimists or depressives invited. Do you think we are all morons? We know all about those complaints of yours. The only difference is that we have sense enough and feel good enough for long enough not to speak of them. keep your powder dry and your brains blocked. Our shibboleth “Up the Conspiracy and down with Consciousness.”
-- Thomas Ligotti
Always forgetting about this, got burned multiple times when I do few beers too many.
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This is one is not bad at all:
Stowa is still a bit better, but this is very good, and cheaper.
Edit: 45 is too big, so 42 might work, just with another strap.
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Why is it with everything you start with a strict budget and just multiply by at least 2?
Not sure, but it seems to be unavoidable :)
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Here's a cheaper alternative:
But not a fan of the crown, also one rivet?? Repulsive, so it might work with another strap with two smaller rivets or NATO/ZULU straps.
Edit: Ah, size 45 has straps with two rivets.
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Also, a strap with rivets is much nicer IMO, especially on an aviator. Think it's a bit more expensive now, or I got it without VAT before we got in EU. But I got burned with customs fee and shipping was not cheap either, so in the end, it's more or less the same.
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Nice review:
http://wristwatches360.com/2013/06/18/stowa/
But looks nicer in person I must add. I got mine for around 540 EUR, new, without logo or any branding (like in the above review).
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Mentioned it few times already, Stowa Flieger, can be had for 500-600 EUR brand new hand-build, or for cheaper second hand. It's the best aviator (in current production) for the money that I know of. There are a few that come close or surpass it, but are also more expensive.
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The frame is sick, it must be very nice in person, and with that paint job, not that sensitive regarding other parts.
Reminds me of the car from Death Proof, has that killer vibe :) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1028528/
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Do it!
Heh, I'm not even finished on the first non-NJS regular fixie build.
Although NJS builds are somewhat constrained and all very similar, there's some purity and elegance in them, not to mention tried and true uniformity, but even then, details do matter and set them apart.
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Half decent, would wear.
http://weisswatchcompany.com/collections/all/products/weiss-standard-issue-field-watch-black-dial
Not sure if I like it more than my Stowa Flieger (not the vintage one, standard cheaper newish one).
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I thought it was hilarious, I am still giggling.
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Starting to get the NJS fever, lots of nice (semi-)NJS builds lately on the forum...
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The reflective sidewall bugged me so much that I swapped back Conti GP4 back on. All black version would be much preferred. Also interested for future consideration, although I think I'll just stick to various Conti's.