Back to the bike shop

[Gionnirocket]

Last week I helped a girl with her new big box $229 bike for free. I installed sealant in the cheap tire/tubes and gave a new sealed BB, over the loose bearings. She makes my coffee and purely selfishly, I do not want her ever late for work. I need my toast in the morning, maybe with some onion soup.

Yeah it's the toast and onion soup that you're concerned about.
I'd bet she's not hard to look at.

 

[PedalUma]

onion soup

Not in that particular case. But that sort of thing has happened. Like last Winter when I gave away a beautiful custom eBike to a nurse. It turned out she was the director of a hospice and a great motivational public speaker. She slayed me, I was writing corny swing-time songs and hearing violins, flutes with Nelson Riddle-like arrangements. A touch of MN Rochester accent with tall Nordic strawberry blond, and high cranial forehead knocked me out. I'll see if I can find a photo of it. I designed it for an elegant woman with big hills on the westside of town and extra-long legs. It got a handwoven Nantucket basket that holds a bouquet. Found the photo, it is a restored Spec. Globe with IGH, 48V, 85Nn, torque.

Q: Someone recently asked me, 'Why are bike shop people weird?'

A: Guess what I am reading: Science based Zoroastrian queer ecology!

 

[stompandgo]

Today the shop is hosting a Pinarello demo ride day. The rep is a guy I raced with multiple times in my career. The last time I saw him was in the field at the last running of the Boston Mayor's Cup in the Masters 40+ field. The boss invited me to stop by, and if I wanted to, clock in and help the rep out with test ride setups. It will be great to see him again. He better not bring a Nytro Allroad. With my discounts, that could be very dangerous to my charge card.

 

[stompandgo]

I found out today that we carry way more bike lines than I thought. Colnago, Olmo, Guerciotti, Bianchi, and more. Our biggest selling Italian bike is still Pinarello.

I have been working on the backlog of new builds and service bikes. Right now, I am focusing on road, including e-bikes, because I can turn them around. Today I finished a Cannondale Tesoro Neo X1 e-bike (entry Tesoro), did a refresh and tune-up on a 6 year old woman's 48cm Pinarello (it looked brand new when I was done), and then I spent my afternoon getting out three totally clapped out service bikes that tried my patience. There was nothing I could do to make them work perfectly or look great, and the boss was fine with it. Some people just want to ride their bikes and all they want is for them to work.

That part is hard for me, but I'm learning to deal with it.

 

[Roamers]

I'd bet she's not hard to look at.

I played saxaphone in the school jazz band 55 years ago. The hot blonde next to me was better (at saxaphone.) Now I just play the radio.

 

[stompandgo]

I built this little beauty today and set it up through the app. Velotric Breeze. A very nice bike for the money.

I just saw the shop cost price for the Pinarello Nytro Allroad E that I've been considering. Uh-oh. Could be trouble.

 

[PedalUma]

I went to a bike shop yesterday for a Shimano Road 10-sp Chain Pin and saw an analog Cervelo for only $14.250. Think of the price per Kg. Without pedals it it 7.17. So, it is $5K per Kg, or about the same a Kolikof Golden Ossetra Caviar.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

I built this little beauty today and set it up through the app. Velotric Breeze. A very nice bike for the money.

I really like the blue my wife picked for her Breeze, but that lavender with the black accents is pretty sharp.

What draws you to the Nytro in particular?

 

[Stefan Mikes]

What draws you to the Nytro in particular?

I wonder if Chris will give the same answer:

• A TQ-HPR 50 lightweight mid-drive motor
• A carbon fibre lightweight e-bike
• Advanced technology
• Integrated and Compatible with ANT+ Bike Computers
• 'It's a Pinarello, stupid!'

 

[stompandgo]

I really like the blue my wife picked for her Breeze, but that lavender with the black accents is pretty sharp.

What draws you to the Nytro in particular?

As of right now, the only two flat bar road e-bikes that have full carbon frames and the ability to carry a small load are the Pinarello Nytro Allroad E and the Scott Silence. If there are others, I'd like to hear about them.

 

[stompandgo]

I wonder if Chris will give the same answer:

• A TQ-HPR 50 lightweight mid-drive motor
• A carbon fibre lightweight e-bike
• Advanced technology
• Integrated and Compatible with ANT+ Bike Computers
• 'It's a Pinarello, stupid!'

All that, for sure. I'd like to get some of the race bike feel back. I'd also like to have full diagnostic capability once I decide that I'm done working at the bike shop. I can get one through the shop for my use. I think that I can meet my goals of being able to ride 80 miles assisted with a single range extender.

The Tesoro is like a Ford F-150 Shelby Raptor. It has an insane amount of power, with incredible acceleration, and a 40 gallon tank gives it amazing range, but it's still a truck.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Trust me, I prefer my Vado SL to Vado in the warm season Similar reasons.

 

[Rexlion]

I hope the Pinarello Dogma never gets run over by a Karma.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

I hope the Pinarello Dogma never gets run over by a Karma.

But isn't that the way it always works out in the end?

 

[BlackHand]

Isn't the Tesoro Carbon a flat bar version of the Synapse Neo? Though I guess that stem/handlebar would be tough to customize the fit.

As of right now, the only two flat bar road e-bikes that have full carbon frames and the ability to carry a small load are the Pinarello Nytro Allroad E and the Scott Silence. If there are others, I'd like to hear about them.

Storage shouldn't really limit your choices - there are solutions from Tailfin and Ortlieb among others that can solve that problem.

The 3T Ultra Boost is offered in a flat bar version.

https://www.backcountry.com/3t-ultra-boost-force-axs-carbon-wheel-ebike

Outside of that, you're more likely to find options in the gravel first designs like the SC Skitch or Moots Express.

 

[stompandgo]

The Tesoro Carbon is an awesome bike but it's Bosch.