this is my fleet the squad whatever you
want to call it these are all the bikes
that live in my house and actually they
all fit in this impossibly small closet
so if you live in a city like I do and
have a tiny place you can still have a
shitload of bikes with a little
creativity it's a huge pain to get them
in and out but it's worth it so let's
start with the road bike which you
haven't seen much of yet it's a 2003
light speeed anies which is aluminum
with a carbon chain stay and Fork light
speed is known for titanium so an
aluminum light speed is not so common
this bike has a campolo centor group set
which I guess you could compare to
Shimano
105 people who love campy say that it's
better and that while Shimano is wearing
out campy is wearing in I don't know if
this is 100% true but the drivetrain on
this bike is remarkably smooth I used to
be way more into Road biking but it's
too structured for me maybe I'll find
some fun things to do on this bike and
make a video in
2016 the mountain bike is a Tre four
series which has all sorts of upgrades I
get comments all the time asking me why
I don't have a better mountain bike
usually it's not in an insulting way
it's more like they genuinely feel sorry
for me and that I deserve a better bike
I don't want a new bike I'm 100%
satisfied with this bike right now it
runs smooth it's lightweight and most
importantly it survives the things I do
with it I even like the way it looks
this bike has a dropper seat post which
lets you adjust the saddle height on the
fly so I can be a full ride height
hauling ass and then decide to drop it
down and get real aggressive it's a game
changer a lot of people also ask me if I
clip in and on this bike I generally do
not in the rare event that I enter a
local race I do switch the SPD pedals
and clip in because it's better for
going fast and maintaining a good spin
the rest of the time I keep a gangster
and run these platform pedals speaking
of riding like a straight G this
inspired foreplay is awesome for that
this is considered a street trials bike
so it's designed for mountain bike
trials with a little bit of BMX thrown
into the mix you know going off of jumps
doing wall rides more fluid riding than
traditional mountain bike trials make no
mistake though this is not a BMX it does
not feel anything like a dirt jump bike
and it's pretty far removed from a
mountain bike the trials geometry really
lends itself to balancing hopping and
getting up on the rear wheel it feels
like nothing else the thing that sucks
about this bike is that you can't really
ride it anywhere the gearing is just too
low so I don't ride inspired foreplay as
much as I'd
like this is my newest bike the SE
everyday which is a BMX I got for around
300 bucks that puts it at the very entry
level of BMX bikes it's much better than
what you'd find at a department store or
Walmart but it's still not considered
high-end by any means it's been holding
up great but I haven't had any nasty
falls on it yet so time will tell how it
holds up in the long term like any
decent BMX bike it has a pretty Burly
crank set a steel frame and a compact
drivetrain the saddle is built into the
seat post which is common on the cheaper
bikes like a trials bike the saddle
isn't designed for sitting it's more for
stabilizing yourself and keeping the top
tube from smashing your taint more to
come on this bike in the new BMX series
I'm working on this here is my fiance's
bike it's an SE logger which is a decent
single speed bike great for cruising
around town when you get into single
speed bikes they're basically unisex
women's bikes used to have these lower
top tubes which made them easier to ride
while wearing a dress and I guess it
made them easier to mount and Dismount
this is just not relevant in 2015 in
fact most women would be insulted by the
prospect of having a special frame that
was easier to mount so this bike has a
lady saddle and pink grips early enough
last but not least we have my Panasonic
road bike which was made in
1989 this bike has by far the smoothest
ride of anything I own and that's mostly
because it's heavy and made of steel
steel is known for having great
dampening qualities it flexes a little
bit in a good way I like this bike for
those reasons and generally use it for
transportation bar hopping and going to
the beach think of it like a classic car
that you only take out on the weekends
so that's the squad as of the end of
2015 I'm always switching things up so
I'll do another Fleet bike check every
now and then to keep things up to date
now I just need to get all these
freaking bikes back into the closet here
I'll give you an abbreviated version of
what that entails thanks for riding with
me today and I'll see you next time
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