Mountain Biker's Anonymous...
Tuesday, July 15, 2003 by Fuzzy Logic | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Bitten by the mountain biking bug? Unload your technicals in here. Anything biking goes (no roadies please...)
Do you just sit and look at it? Is it something you dream of? Tell us..
For the record then: Merlin 7005 frame, Marzocchi Z1 fork, XTR groupset, Hope disc brakes/hubs on Mavic 317 rims, Azonic double skin riser + milled 6061 stem, X-Lite seatpost and various other goodies.
What you got?
Do you just sit and look at it? Is it something you dream of? Tell us..
For the record then: Merlin 7005 frame, Marzocchi Z1 fork, XTR groupset, Hope disc brakes/hubs on Mavic 317 rims, Azonic double skin riser + milled 6061 stem, X-Lite seatpost and various other goodies.
What you got?
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Fuzzy Logic
Reply #23 Thursday, July 17, 2003 5:50 PM
Reply #23 Thursday, July 17, 2003 5:50 PM
You can't explain mountain bikes to anyone. Hammering down a rocky trail at 30mph has to be experienced. It's all about being on the edge. The thrill. The excitement. The challenge. Pushing yourself to the limit. Words are inadequate... air speaks.
kona0197
Reply #24 Thursday, July 17, 2003 5:53 PM
Reply #24 Thursday, July 17, 2003 5:53 PM
Or the thrill of pushing your black diamond freeriding rig up the hill... weighing close to 45 pounds!!!!
Jafo
Reply #25 Thursday, July 17, 2003 6:16 PM
Reply #25 Thursday, July 17, 2003 6:16 PM
Ah...the subtle 'snap' of the clavicle....as you test-drive yet another helmet, reminding yourself that front brakes and steep decents are mortal enemies...
kona0197
Reply #26 Thursday, July 17, 2003 6:25 PM
Reply #26 Thursday, July 17, 2003 6:25 PM
especially when those front brakes are 8" hydraulic disk brakes...
Fuzzy Logic
Reply #27 Thursday, July 17, 2003 6:27 PM
Reply #27 Thursday, July 17, 2003 6:27 PM
Never get into a situation faster than you can get out
Unless you have a plaster fetish of course....
Unless you have a plaster fetish of course....
Jafo
Reply #28 Thursday, July 17, 2003 6:32 PM
Reply #28 Thursday, July 17, 2003 6:32 PM
I'm looking forward to the day I break something that 'can' be plastered....instead [not all bke-related] it's collar bones [3], fingers [1], toes [1], jaw [2 places], concussions [4], stitches [7 in head], and gravel rash [acres of it]....
Fuzzy Logic
Reply #29 Thursday, July 17, 2003 6:40 PM
Reply #29 Thursday, July 17, 2003 6:40 PM
11 years ago come Sunday after next, I was riding along the road at about 25mph when a car and caravan overtook me, the driver forgetting the caravan stuck out about a foot wider than the car...
Tarmac and flesh does not mix, I know this...
You know how everything goes in slow motion? All I could think about was getting the car's number... (I did...)!
Tarmac and flesh does not mix, I know this...
You know how everything goes in slow motion? All I could think about was getting the car's number... (I did...)!
Anthony R
Reply #30 Thursday, July 17, 2003 7:03 PM
Reply #30 Thursday, July 17, 2003 7:03 PM
Jafo has put his injurys into an array
The way its arranged
it would leak all over the place
The way its arranged
it would leak all over the place
kona0197
Reply #31 Thursday, July 17, 2003 7:07 PM
Road? what is this thing called road? I thing my bike is allergic to pavement.
Reply #31 Thursday, July 17, 2003 7:07 PM
| 11 years ago come Sunday after next, I was riding along the road at about 25mph when a car and caravan overtook me, the driver forgetting the caravan stuck out about a foot wider than the car... |
Road? what is this thing called road? I thing my bike is allergic to pavement.
Jafo
Reply #32 Thursday, July 17, 2003 7:15 PM
Reply #32 Thursday, July 17, 2003 7:15 PM
Oh....no question....real horrorshow razrez of guttiwuts and krovvy, oh, my brothers...
Anthony R
Reply #33 Thursday, July 17, 2003 7:24 PM
Reply #33 Thursday, July 17, 2003 7:24 PM
I think its like.. a rite of passage ... we know we will break somthing but we do it anyway
Jafo
Reply #35 Thursday, July 17, 2003 7:35 PM
Reply #35 Thursday, July 17, 2003 7:35 PM
I've been put in hospital 3 times for bike crashes...twice for concussion....before the days of helmets...
IPlural
Reply #36 Thursday, July 17, 2003 7:52 PM
Reply #36 Thursday, July 17, 2003 7:52 PM
Yes I know that Gary Fisher is connected to Trek or vise versa, but Fisher still designs and builds the bikes and picks the components used.
Sugar3+ Disc lists $1869.99 and I can pick one up out of the box for around 300 - 500 dollars less at a friends shop.
As far as *bob* goes, you can set the adjustment on the Fox Float R shock for your weight and terrain to counter it for the most part if not completely.
Sugar3+ Disc lists $1869.99 and I can pick one up out of the box for around 300 - 500 dollars less at a friends shop.
As far as *bob* goes, you can set the adjustment on the Fox Float R shock for your weight and terrain to counter it for the most part if not completely.
kona0197
Reply #37 Thursday, July 17, 2003 10:57 PM
no thanks. Bob pisses me off. i will stick to the new designs that have no bob.
Reply #37 Thursday, July 17, 2003 10:57 PM
| As far as *bob* goes, you can set the adjustment on the Fox Float R shock for your weight and terrain to counter it for the most part if not completely. |
no thanks. Bob pisses me off. i will stick to the new designs that have no bob.
IPlural
Reply #38 Thursday, July 17, 2003 11:20 PM
Reply #38 Thursday, July 17, 2003 11:20 PM
I wonder if no bob would help with my lower back?
kona0197
Reply #39 Thursday, July 17, 2003 11:22 PM
Reply #39 Thursday, July 17, 2003 11:22 PM
go try a sworks epic at your specialized store and find out.
joetheblow
Reply #40 Friday, July 18, 2003 5:22 PM
Reply #40 Friday, July 18, 2003 5:22 PM
I have a Pacific
Front suspention (hard tail)
Use to ride to school with it... 35 miles going and 35 coming back. Through the hard taxi driven, cell phone talking, make up putting on, newspaper reading while driving streets of Manhatten and Brooklyn.
The Brooklyn Brigde was the best part of riding... and going down that hil at 45 miles an hour.
Front suspention (hard tail)
Use to ride to school with it... 35 miles going and 35 coming back. Through the hard taxi driven, cell phone talking, make up putting on, newspaper reading while driving streets of Manhatten and Brooklyn.
The Brooklyn Brigde was the best part of riding... and going down that hil at 45 miles an hour.
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Reply #21 Thursday, July 17, 2003 5:39 PM