Twenty Niner Revolution

I would like to congratulate? thank? ...whatever.

I am stoked that this d00d Ron picked up a Supa-fly 69er from Trek. He was pretty excited about the way the Maverick Fork felt, he is already a part of the Single Speed Nation so no questions there, and is looking forward to hopping some thick logs on his new horse.

So we are one less bike, but I am still comfortable in saying that TRM Cycles is the Twentyninest (tm) Shop in the South Hills.

If anyone has any good ideas on the "Twentyninest" gang sign for us to through up when we say "twentyninest", please send a digital photograph of it to evanr at trek of pgh dot com . I don't want anything lame, Bettini does that thing in the specialized ad, and it sucks. Nothing like that.

Ok, I have tooted my horn and trashed the competition. I guess that is it for today.

Playlist:
Bob Dylan - times they are a changin'
Guns and Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Mashup crap that Sam Kaufman likes....

Tired of Automatic Shifting Lemons? Try a Lime!!

As illustrated in this photo, not only are limes the best looking automatic bike out there, they are also automatically shifting themselves out of the store. We cannot keep them in stock. Order 'em up, and we will get you rolling on one in no time at all.



I would also like to give a shout out to all of the Caffiene Club guys heading to D.C. this week. Have fun and take some pictures. The Mount Lebanon Cycling and Caffiene Club has been around since 1988 and has been mostly recognized as "Old guys wearing tight pants". To Horst, Rocky, Bod, Dave, Nick Rossi (not riding his Masi), and anyone that I am missing, have a good time.

Patented Ratio

Accelorade has a patented ratio between protein and carbohydrates making it a superior training beverage. Hrmmm 4 carbs to one gram of protein.

My mind continues pondering from Frick Park monday, Perhaps I (soupie) will patent my own ratio.


Thus I Publish the Soupie Ratio, On my 29 karate monkey I am running a 32x20 or a 1.6 : 1 ratio aka the Soupie.

It is now common occurence when out singlespeeding with your friends to ask "hey what gear ratio are you running? I am running the soupie!". And when your friends realize that they are running an inferior gear ratio on their 29er (cause no one is friends with anyone who rides 26in wheels anymore) they will swing down to the most twentyninest (a word soon to be patented) shop in the south hills to pick up new chain rings and cogs/freewheels.

We also just recieved the Mark Weir Signature 29er tire the WEIRWOLF!!!!!!! 29x2.55

Not just a 2.5, it is a 2.55!!!!! HOLY SH%T!!!!!!

Thought I'd just keep all yinz in the loop.

Playlist:
Pentagram - Relentless
Dropdead - Dropdead
Avskum - Crucified by the System
Danzig - Danzig II Lucifuge

Step it up, Step it in

Let me begin.

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(awkward silence)

Cycling Super Giant LOOK is promoting their "Step Into Keo" promotion. By simply bringing in the "STEP INTO KEO!!!" coupon from your favorite cycling publication with a pair of your old Look pedals, You can get $10, $20, or $30 off on select Look Keo pedals.

TRM Cycles will be stocking the Keo Classics (odd name for a new pedal, eh?), Keo Sprints, and Keo Carbons.

Step into it!

The converted?

Single speed converted, most certainly. I am referring to the Campy-Shimano Debate, and to be honest in stage one, i think my stance will interestingly refreshing.

To begin, I have run shimano LX, XTR, 105, Ultegra, and only ridden dura ace once for about 7 blocks. I have used, STI, Dual Control, Rapid Fire, and Bar End shifters. I am familiar with the shifting of shimano, the speed of a proper shift, the crispness of an adjusted drive chain, and the performance at different levels. I have a pretty decent grasp on the component groups capabilities.

On my new Bianchi 928 (later to be reviewed) I have been running Campagnolo Centaur 10 speed. I have about 3 hours on the trainer, and about 9 hours on the road with this guy, and I have noticed some differences in the way the bike shifts and the function of the shifters and I have to admit, I'm kinda impressed.

There was some fidgeting with barrels, and small adjustments after the first good ride, but the bike is dialed in. I don't believe I have the narrative skill to write about these components and bring the smell of fresh tomatoes and basil to the air accompanied by the sound of opera music (yeah, just like when your on hold on the phone with Campy), so I will make a brief list of things I really like.

1 Three cogs up, all of them down. So i have the same upshift creative control as shimano, but i can dump a pile of gears. To combat this, most say "When do you need to dump 9 gears" and I say not often, but i can dump three and that happens alot, as well as dumping 6 which doesn't happen often but certainly does.

2 The feel of the hoods. I will admit that I am by no means a roadie, nor do i usually take the comfortable way out when purchasing bike parts, but these things feel good. New Shimano 10 feels good, and Shimano 9 feels pretty alright, too. I am just noting that I like this.

3 The shifting is loud! This is great, I hit the shifter, i can hear the mechanisms, i can hear the chain drop into the gear. I can hear when the indexing is off (boy howdy can you) and I can just can the clicks and noises when I'm droppin all them gears and droppin the hammer.


So, Soupie, you love campy now right? No.

No I don't.

I like it. It is pretty swell, It works great (So far) and riding it is a blast. I enjoy riding my Bianchi 928 for the reasons above.

I can't say that I love it yet. I really think you campy guys need to readjust yourself. I am not talking about guys who prefer to run campy, I'm talking about campagnologists, those guys who eat sleep breath loving campy stuff. I just don't understand your love yet. I really like shimano, and i think that I like campy better. I can never say that I loved shimano, and i don't know if i could ever say i loved campy.

It has like....all this stuff going on that I'm not really excited about, special cables, special routing, but the thing i really can't get over is it has DERAILLEURS!!

Soupie, what about campy track? I Simply respond, are you buying? Are you repacking my hubs? Am I Track racing?

So, This concludes phase one. As the current ambassador to the Campy world from our Campy pro shop TRM CYCLES, I will continue this debate at a later time.

As far as being a Campy Pro shop, we are authorized to work on campy stuff, rebuild shifters, derailleurs, and wheels (depending on their rebuildability, I am not going to relaminate your Ghibli). So, if it brakes call it up!

Not to be a jerk or nothing.

I have recieved my nevegals, I am going to rail through corners and run everyone over. I am rather excited. The maiden voyage will be at Bavington on sunday if all goes correctly. The Mythos have served me....well.... well i guess. I recieved them on sale and I got a year out of them...not the best wet tire. That is all about to change, California has not been stoked on the Nevegals, but the east coast (home of varying riding conditions day to day) has been pretty stoked about this tire. The "Old Folks" have been running Michelin Hot S tires and many of them are switching to these.

In addition to being a jerk about new toys,

We are the 29er superstore of the south hills. We have Kenda Nevegalls 29 x 2.1's coming in today on transfer. This will continue to add to our selection of 29er tires, as we also have more bontrager Jones acx tires on the way, and the selection of WTBs and Michelins in stock currently. On top of the 5-8 29ers we keep in stock at all times.

There after a merciless plug, pimping such quality material goods, I can retire from the blog for a day. We have made some progress. Adam has posted, and we have upgraded to the New Blogger Powered by Google, and it only took us a half an hour.