Deine Mudder Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 wtf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAR Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 With bars that low do you guys seriously ride a bike like that daily or are these just track/road race bikes? My back hurts just looking at them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
count chocula Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 y'all still ride bikes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist 666 Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 I do. I've been mountain biking a fair bit this summer. Realized I really truly love my 26 far more than my 29er... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 still rollin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hua Guofang Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Blew my knee out training for a 24 hour enduro race. Been off the bike for over a month now - I was pulling up too hard when clipped in and grinding hills on my single speed. Heartbreaking being off the bike like this. Going from beating the shit out of myself 5 times a week to no exercise at all has even stopped me from being able to sleep properly. Sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hua Guofang Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 I do. I've been mountain biking a fair bit this summer. Realized I really truly love my 26 far more than my 29er... What are the greatest differences for you and what are the two bikes that you're comparing here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist 666 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 26er: '99 Schwinn Homegrown hardtail (6061 alum frame), 3x9, XT/XTR set up, Hayes nine discs (these are garbage, btw), fox vanilla R, Mavic wheels, can't think of the name 29er: Rocky Mountain Hammer 29 (reynolds 725 steel frame), 1x9, XT components, Race face cranks, Formula ORO k24 discs, Reba Race fork, sun ringle black flags So both hardtail xc builds, obvious differences in gearing and frame material, but the geometry is where the difference lies. The 26 is just so nimble and I feel like I can carve corners and pull cleaner lines with it. The 29 is faster, but far less nimble. I almost feel like I'm floating on the Schwinn, even at lower speeds, whereas the RM feels like I'm on a horse... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 got one of these cheapo gran royale bikes for commuting in skirts and/or crappy weather not the aristocrat below, but cogsville or some shit. not bad. but not even a little fancy. i think nashbar made it. which i guess makes it a huffy. very cheap though. can't remember the last new bike i saw under 2 hundo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morton Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 I have been bicycle commuting to work for the past 2 months or so, its good, 27 miles round trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken McFucketts Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 I just don't get what the attraction is? You're grown men on strange looking bikes, wearing tight uniforms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hua Guofang Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 No lycra here, mate. Baggy shorts and a dirty old T. I ride in the dirt, do jumps, wheelies and big skids. I like to make motorbike noises too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist 666 Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Do you watch American football? Those dudes put on tight pants and touch each other as much as possible. People that rule out biking because they can't imagine themselves in tight pants without thinking about gay sex have some serious issues they should probably confront before they get married... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 i could writes essays on the attraction to bikes. but why bother if someone only cares about how they look to other people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken McFucketts Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Do you watch American football? Those dudes put on tight pants and touch each other as much as possible. People that rule out biking because they can't imagine themselves in tight pants without thinking about gay sex have some serious issues they should probably confront before they get married... you're comparing a cyclist with a 250 pound man charging full speed at another person with his head first. And I never brought up gay sex, you're the one who took it there. I might sound like a douche bag, but I'm honestly JUST curious as to what the attraction to the sport is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist 666 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 I'm comparing tight uniforms to tight uniforms. If you can get over it when its 250 pounds of muscle I don't understand how it can be questionable on people with less mass. The attraction is in pushing yourself, in having fun, in enjoying nature, competition, technology, fitness, community, etc. The emphasis on fun. I've been riding bikes as a serious hobby since I was 11. Starting with BMX, moving on to mountain, and eventually road. I find a liberation when I'm out on the trail that I haven't found anywhere else in life. I truly disconnect from every bit of bullshit in my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken McFucketts Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 I'm comparing tight uniforms to tight uniforms. If you can get over it when its 250 pounds of muscle I don't understand how it can be questionable on people with less mass. Violence. I like violence. The attraction is in pushing yourself, in having fun, in enjoying nature, competition, technology, fitness, community, etc. The emphasis on fun. I've been riding bikes as a serious hobby since I was 11. Starting with BMX, moving on to mountain, and eventually road. I find a liberation when I'm out on the trail that I haven't found anywhere else in life. I truly disconnect from every bit of bullshit in my life. Thanks, now I can have a little bit more respect for the sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist 666 Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Fairly entertaining. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 I might sound like a douche bag, but I'm honestly JUST curious as to what the attraction to the sport is. for me, bikes gave me my earliest taste of freedom and it was an amazing feeling i used a bike to earn money for a long time and i have continued to commute to work on a bike well into adulthood there is a great calm i get from riding. it's fun, it's meditative, and it allows me to get shit done it frees me from driving, which is only fun when there are no other cars on the road. and it's just a cheap, easy way to get around that keeps me in good shape i don't see it as a sport though, for me it's an activity, a hobby and a means to an end 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist 666 Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 RIP Steve Hed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~KRYLON2~ Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Sorry for your loss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deine Mudder Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Sorry for your loss Better late than never huh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 My buddy just gave me his old bike he left outside in the backyard for years. The fork shocks are frozen. I popped the top caps off and sprayed some WD-40 in there. Any other ideas? Should I actually heed to the warning sticker? I just want to ride on, skill level 1, fire roads with Mrs. Ko Sprueone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 WHAT?!? you want to fckin play Hardball fcker, I got season tickets, stuck fork fcker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist 666 Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 IMO you should just find a nice stolen bike at a flea market and skip all the madness of fixing that thing. Though you'll learn a bunch, a lot of basic function and ease of that bike will have faded with time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Chump Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Jeeeeeeeeeezuz!! Dude, kill that thing before it kills you. And it will do so, either with frustration as you try to revive it or by breaking as it soon as it hits the first piece of gravel. My fucking knee hurts. Hit ice as I was cornering last week. Hurts more now than when I did it. Sitting on just over 3000km for this year so far. Will do some 24 endurance races later this year and early next. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Fist 666, D C, Your opinions and advice are sound, for that fork system is TOAST! I got up early this morning and removed the scissor jack. I had cranked it almost all the way open. The forks compressed back down about half way so I thought it was good then. Then I put my weight over it for a test and it just compressed all the way back down and was stuck there again. It's going onto the scrap metal guy's truck today when he rolls around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hua Guofang Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 New Addition to the family; Commencal Supreme Racing 2010. I wasn't even in the market for a full suspension downhill bike, I'd been trying to source and old Banshee Morphine frame for years to make a hardtail DH rig. However, a dude around the corner from me was selling this for $500, which is an utter steal so I grabbed it. It's only six inches of travel on the rear, which is only one more inch than my trail riding bike. The last DH rig I had was eight inches on the back, so this sucker may get bottomed out from time-to-time. However, the front triangle is exactly the same as what they use on their DH specific bike (this bike is fine for DH but it's kind of DH-lite, a 'park bike') so I know I can put 200mm of travel on the front with triple clamp forks and I'll keep my eye out for an old rear triangle from a 2010 DH Supreme and do the swap when the opportunity arises. Been years since I've bombed a DH trail, really looking forward to getting back into it. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 A steal indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEKSE1 Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Used to ride my bike all over the city, trying to get a good one and start doing it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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