Before and After

[Too Tall]

You go first. Please use this thread as a theme to post whatever you want as long as the pics. or words are your own not someone else. Pics. of your minty fresh new bike "before" and "after" perhaps? Maybe pics of you before and after a facelift...I'm reaching a bit ;) hehe you get the idea.

I'll post fresh built pics. of one of my bikes used for daily commuting and after two yrs. HARD use in the next couple days.

Go for it, Josh.

[Eric Estlund]

I'll bite:

Before-




After-


Once it gets beaten up and abused I'll get an "after" after.

[shiggy]

My Salsa ala Carte.

Nov '07 while building it up
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During today's ride
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[Too Tall]

Shiggy :thumbs_up:

[steve garro]

the fish eats the worm, the people eat the fish, the worms eat the people, the fish eat the worms.........

[bironi]

Too Tall,

Would you please post a pic or two of your wife's new bike built up? The pre-build pics from the bike show just didn't get it.

Thanks much,
Byron

[Too Tall]

Bironi, yes yes am still waiting on a part or two. It's killin' me too bro. Queen is dyyyyyying to ride the bike. I hope Bedford has an answering machine in good working order...it's that nice ;)

OK, me next. Pics. of Big Red Vanilla before and after two yrs. of hard use racing cross, D2R2 and daily commuting. Don't hate me man these bikes are ment to be used not polished.

[uno-speedo]

Is the front wheel fuxxed or a trick on my eyes Shiggy?

[Too Tall]

Is the front wheel fuxxed or a trick on my eyes Shiggy?

Dewd. Taco Bell.

[caleb]

Too Tall: Clinchers? (!)

[scrooge]

TT: what happened to your purdy stem?

[shiggy]

Dewd. Taco Bell.

Yup, I folded it a mile from the end of the ride.

I use this severe off camber at the base of the tree to test tire grip. These failed. My "line" is just under the moss and above the root. You can see the skid marks just above the puddle where it dove into the rut and against the root. I continued over the bars. Wheel would not spin through the fork. After a quick "truing" (I stomped on it), I rode it the the car.

[Too Tall]

TT: what happened to your purdy stem?

Out for a spa treatment. Uhhh dang I knew somebody would bust me. I am fresh out of 24 and 25mm tubulars sooooo I did the unthinkable...ouch. Luckily, last evening a fat box of tubulars arrived from some place called Musgrave Fabrication. BOO YAH.

[musgravecycles]

I'll play.

Before--new frame (old parts) 2 years ago.

After--today. Just finished up new hoops, 36h 3x Nemesis (could be off a team truck last weekend) shod with the new FMB's hereafter referred to as "effin-butter."

[ShockTreatment]

Music collection is easier to carry

[Too Tall]

Music collection is easier to carry

HA! Good one S.T.

[Too Tall]

What does 2 tons of # 3-4 Delaware rock + a shovel and some afterschool work = ? Dog proof.

[bironi]

Looks like a tough upper body workout.

[Too Tall]

Looks like a tough upper body workout.

Small shovel ;)

[matthew]

More than a bit sappy, but if you've experienced this yourself you'll give me a hall pass on this one. Before, self explanatory. After, taken today, age 4 and 2 months.