>>2067561
Maybe you should have just bought a new Specialized instead of being poor.

>>2067561
Yup they all suck to ride

>>2067561
should have gone for 80/70s road bikes, those as long as cromo will guarantee to ride smooth. The 90s rigid meme I always considered an elaborate troll post since most are made out of early low quality piece of shit aluminium you meant to throw away after a single ride.

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>>2067561
>got a wheel with a seized shimano inter 7 for free
>rebuilt the hub myself over the course of a week
>culprit is the coaster brake that disintegrated, deleted it, also happens to be a common mod to improve rolling resistance on these hubs
>works perfectly, got 150 km of testing out of it on my beater
>decided to build a period correct bike around it
>a year of stalking marketplaces and garage sales for parts
>finally it's done
>hub started skipping right on the very first ride
>read that you are not supposed to regrease it at all (the fuck i was going to do, the original lube was full of sparkles from the brake), and if you do, you should use shimano's super special grease
>don't have the guts to take it apart, completely clean it out and regrease it all over again

>>2067574
No, the one I did before it was great.

>>2067576
Store it well until your in the mood for the job.

>>2067575
>The 90s rigid meme I always considered an elaborate troll post since most are made out of early low quality piece of shit aluminium
>Most
>Aluminium
You're a fucking idiot who doesn't know what he's talking about.

>>2067561
How does it ride badly? What does that even mean?

>>2067561
Any bike rides badly if its not fit for you and if you use shitty tires/grips and don't take the time to true the wheel and so on.
90s MTBs are also sized bizarrely and you have to account for that. They originally were intended to use super long stems.

>>2069140
The idea behind the long stems was to keep the weight forward for climbing. It's completely unnecessary and nearly everyone takes off those long stems when doing a restomod.

>guise I spent 1000$ putting 1X purple shit from aliexpress on my kurahara grasshopper
>people who buy new bikes are just drones

>>2069153
If it costs you $1000 off AliExpress you're doing it wrong. Also you can buy legit derailleurs and shifters from AliExpress for nearly half price. Still haven't tried buying cassettes, won't try buying chains.
Also you're a fag. Let people have fun.

>>2069140
>90s MTBs are also sized bizarrely and you have to account for that. They originally were intended to use super long stems.
v true, i got a shitty used mtb myself and it actually hurt to ride home. i "fixed" it by swapping the seat and post with the longest one i had sitting around and it is now kinda adequate but still results in minor back strain if i'm carrying heavy stuff

>>2069172
why are you carrying stuff on your body?

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>>2069172
Just fucking put a short bmx stem on it and cheap motorcycle bars. There, problem fixed.

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>>2069255
Just use proper length bolts.

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>>2069255
thats literally what i did. i took the seat and post from a much larger bike i had sitting around but was overall a little *too* big for start-stop traffic, and ordered cheap motorcycle style riser handlebars off of amazon. i think i just unironically have a bad back

>>2069278
Post the bike

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>>2069283

>>2069284
you could still go much shorter on the stem. or a bar with more sweep-back, like maybe a northroads or greater. or both.
personally I would be uncomfortable riding that saddle nosed down so much. maybe leveling it could help

>>2069286
>terrible advice
don't bother posting anything ever again

>>2069286
How tall are you? Is the bike too small for you? Also maybe the bars are the problem. I tried swept back bars like that twice and didn't like the feel. Switched to a wide BMX bar and it made all the difference. Maybe that's your problem?
>>2069286
That can completely ruin the steering and make it worse.

>>2069284
Raise the stem by an inch or two.There's too much weight on your arms as it is. Then the seat angle can and should change after that.

>>2069284
i am the a and that is not my bike. my bike is electrified. that one is not even full sus, nor are those moto handlbars. but it is proof that "gravel bikes" are just road bikes they slapped non-bald tires on

>>2069283
no

>>2069313
>That can completely ruin the steering and make it worse.
Nah shorter stem is better because it makes the handling spicy, dangerous, and snappy

>>2069359
>>2069313
why motorcycles don't need 9 foot long stem ?

>>2069359
>>2069360
Not with swept back bars you fucking retard. You really don't know shit do you?

>>2069360
Because motorcycle have very slack headtube geometry you fucking mongrel

>>2069144
I always assumed the long stems were for more steering leverage with the narrow-ass handlebars.

>>2069379
Why don't motorcycles have drop bars and very few have aggressively swept "touring" bars?

>>2069447
big leverage means big steering force but thats generally undesired since it doesnt take much to move the front wheel on a bike and you want fine control for both high speed downhill as well as uphill trial points

>>2069449
A crotch rocket with drop bars would be hilarious

>>2069467
now that i have a job that pays a whopping 18$ per month im tempted to buy a shitty pocket bike and try this

>>2069449
how are you gonna engage the throttle on drop bars

>>2069483
thumb throttle

i'm convinced these luddite trends are cope. i was falling in to hipsterthink from riding shitbikes all winter and then it all instantly flew out of my head the second i got back on my full carbon electronic hydro-disc road bike. it's so nice.

>>2069503
They're a different kind of fun. You don't ride them for the same reason you ride your carbon bike.

>>2069503
They're a mix of cope and trolls. Rivbikes proved that there is a lot of insecurity in the market that can be milked by telling people shitty is good and having shitty things makes you a better person than having nice things. It's a combination of fear of being perceived as trying to be competent and failing (hence "tryhard" being an insult), and the classic american tall poppy syndrome where enjoying a thing sincerely on its own merits without waiting for the approval of others is subversive and dangerous

>>2069503
people have always liked retro shit. fashion is cyclical, etc

most "shitbikes" aren't shit and are just a frame with outdated styling but still 10,000$ of parts on it

>>2069178
because my pannier rack was made of cheese and broke off.

>>2069517
don't get me wrong i still like my old bikes, i think it's this argument that modern bicycle have zero merit that's silly.

>>2069284
That’s a really aggressive posture, and my ass would never be satisfied on a saddle tiled forward that much
I say raise the stem, level your saddle.


It looks good in any case

>>2069118
you sound like OP and so far reading the whole thread you come off as incompetent unhinged retard, don't post ever again if you don't know what people are talking about also you deserve what you got dumbfuck