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Old 04-17-2007, 04:54 PM   #1 (permalink)
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YEAH! BIKING, i mean, CYCLING!!!!!

It rules! I'm out and about all the time on mine! I ride an average of 10 miles a day, but wish it was more. I am doing the MS-150 in june,which will rule as well.

I ride a Fixed gear I built from an old Schwinn World frame and plan on riding Fixed for life! It rules too!

Who else here bikes, and on what, where what, how what?

anecdotes and stuff welcome as well.
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Old 04-18-2007, 02:14 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Yeah, man! I'd truly like to share your enthusiasm, but sadly, I don't know how to ride.
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Old 04-18-2007, 03:47 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Doing the MS 150 on a fixie sounds pretty bold! But then again you fixed gear guys have always been a different bunch.
I ride a lot, since I have worked at a bike shop part time over the last few years. I have a custom titanium hardtail cross-country mountain bike with some pretty nice components, and I have a Specialized Big Hit III downhill bike for hitting the slopes and jumping off big stuff, and I have a Trek 2300 carbon road bike with Ultegra components. And I have a few crappier mountain bikes hanging about for other people to borrow etc.
As an aside, is this the place for cycling talk, I mean they don't have any motors? [shrug]
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Old 04-18-2007, 07:13 AM   #4 (permalink)
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I definitely enjoy riding. In my town there is a network of trails that never get old.
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Old 04-18-2007, 07:30 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Tilted Motors? Maybe move to Tilted Living?

Anyway, back to topic. I am a long-time cyclist, though I've been riding embarrasingly little in the last year or so. House remodeling takes most of my free time.

I ride a Ironhorse Hollowpoint offroad and a custom, steel-is-real, Zinn on the road. I second the early post about the questionable mental state of anyone undertaking a MS150 on a fixed-gear. That is just crazy! I guess it would be doable in a mostly flat state or for a shorter distance. I just can't imagine it.

Now that the weather is rebounding toward pleasant here, it is definitely time to get myself back onto my beloved bikes. I miss the feeling. Thanks for the inspiration to get out and ride again!
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Old 04-18-2007, 11:41 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Tilted Motors? Maybe move to Tilted Living?
Could debate if it could also be in Tilted Health & Fitness.
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Old 04-18-2007, 03:43 PM   #7 (permalink)
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I have a Cannondale T800 for road-cycling, errands and someday I'll use it again for long-distance cycling (it or something like it will be my retirement vehicle rather than an RV).

I also have an old Specialized Stumpjumper as my mountain bike, it's too tall, and I don't mountain bike much anymore because of it. I love mountain biking, but have put too much into the T800 for long-distance and don't have money for a mountain bike at the moment. When I do get a new mountain bike I will change tear this bike down, swap it to a single gear, paint it lime green and throw some black fenders on it and make it into a bar bike.

I have a Haro... forget the model, solid BMX/Freestyle bike. It's my funtime bike when I want to drop staircases, or am in no rush at all to get anywhere. I could see my future child digging up my backyard to build jumps for this bike like my neighbor's children have done.

I cast my vote for Health & Fitness for this topic.
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Old 04-18-2007, 04:36 PM   #8 (permalink)
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I bike to class... and do a little mountain biking out and about.

I ride a trek alpha 4900

really hope that I get a place close enough to my upcoming job location that I can ride too and from work.

I'm also wondering what the draw to fixed gear is? just more simple and lighter? or what?
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Old 04-25-2007, 03:37 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Hell yeah I'm crazy! I just got some Specialized shoes and Egg beaters, and I rocked a bus on a downhill on the way to work today. Also, I'M THE MOTOR!! haha
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Old 04-25-2007, 09:48 PM   #10 (permalink)
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I have a road bike, a Giant tcrx. Pretty nice bike, I bought it as a recovery tool after I blew my knee. But it hasn't been used in two years. I scare myself at the speeds I always get up to on smooth roads.

I have a cross country hardtail, a Kona Cinder Cone. A little heavier than I would like, but it gets used the most. Edmonton isn't a great biking town, but there are enough ravines + the river valley to keep me moderately entertained. At least I pedal it around.

And I have a Demo8. Insane downhill bike. My best friend is a fanatic, has some partial sponsorship and regularly gives me his hand-me-down components. He spends most the summer around Fernie, some Alberta Rockies, and out in Whistler. I usually tag along for a week. I still have far too much self-preservation instinct to be decent, but I have fun.
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Old 04-26-2007, 07:21 AM   #11 (permalink)
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And I have a Demo8. Insane downhill bike. My best friend is a fanatic, has some partial sponsorship and regularly gives me his hand-me-down components. He spends most the summer around Fernie, some Alberta Rockies, and out in Whistler. I usually tag along for a week. I still have far too much self-preservation instinct to be decent, but I have fun.
I have a friend who is serious into downhilling, and I would try to follow him on rides but found I was mostly getting off the bike and walking it down large steep sections, or when I would commit would end up in bushes or hugging trees. I decided to tone it down. He's still surprised at what I can drop on my BMX that he hesitates to do on his full suspension downhill bike. It's the damndest thing.
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Old 04-26-2007, 07:34 AM   #12 (permalink)
 
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i have a motobecane super mirage road bike that i ride all over the place.
i dont keep track of the mileage because that would make riding seem like exercise and i'd rather trick myself into seeing it as transportation and pleasure.
in chicago there are no hills, so distances are abstract in any event.

there's a specialized hybrid in my basement that i still love but which i do not ride much these days.
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Old 04-26-2007, 08:44 AM   #13 (permalink)
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And I have a Demo8. Insane downhill bike. My best friend is a fanatic, has some partial sponsorship and regularly gives me his hand-me-down components. He spends most the summer around Fernie, some Alberta Rockies, and out in Whistler. I usually tag along for a week. I still have far too much self-preservation instinct to be decent, but I have fun.
Those Demos are awesome bikes! Like my bike's big brother. I am the same way about my sense of self preservation. It's wierd, i won't drop off of much over 8' or so, but I'll fly down the long windy downhill sections that are a little smoother, knowing full well that if I fuck up the next sound I hear will be the blades of the helicopter coming to get me. I am jealous you get to get out on the big bike a lot, mine makes an excellent decoration for my living room most of the time.
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Old 04-30-2007, 11:10 PM   #14 (permalink)
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I used to ride cross country, then moved to jumping around the local woods on our homebuilt six packs. Now I build and ride homeade choppers in my spare time . They are so easy and fun to ride and having 6 foot long forks is a real head turner.

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Old 05-02-2007, 02:45 AM   #15 (permalink)
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Old 05-18-2007, 03:36 PM   #16 (permalink)
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shit man. I am headed out in the morning to taylors falls, about 70 miles north of the Twin Cities... on my fixed. WOOOO! CRAZY!!!!!!!! its gonna rock the house, mo fucka.
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Old 05-20-2007, 10:52 AM   #17 (permalink)
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so i was originally going to chastize this thread for having nothing to do with motors, but since it seems to have caught on and i am an avid biker, i am going to go ahead and say this thread is useless without pics!

my 3 current rides
Giant XTC Two 2 One


Pake fixed gear


Rocky Mountain Turbo


all of which i've pieced together myself with what i want/can afford
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Old 05-20-2007, 07:34 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Tech, you're right about the pics, Tech--world of difference, thanks for sharing. is that a manitou black on that giant, it looks pretty long travel? I like those frames though, I built a similar one (fully geared) up for my buddy and sold it to him for a grand and it weighed under 25 pounds. That Pake is awesome too. I've never really liked the fixed thing, but that is a fun looking bike. If you ride that Giant a lot you should treat yourself to hydraulic brakes, they rule.
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Old 05-20-2007, 07:44 PM   #19 (permalink)
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I have a road bike, a Giant tcrx.....

And I have a Demo8. Insane downhill bike.
Since posting that, I've sold both. I sold the road bike about a week after this thread made me realize that I didn't use it, so I cleaned it up (removed a tonne of storage grease and oil, listed it on a board at the local bike shop and had someone willing to pay my asking price within 5 hours.

Now I had to bail out of a May-Long-Weekend bike trip due to work, but I lent my bike to a 4th who was going to join the normal three guys. He has fallen in love with the sport and phoned yesterday to make me an offer on the Demo that I couldn't refuse.

Sigh. I probably wouldn't have used either at all this summer, but both sales came with a bit of regret/sadness.
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Old 05-21-2007, 01:57 PM   #20 (permalink)
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my condolences.

only thing to do is start over.

BUILD A FIXED!!!
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Old 05-23-2007, 09:54 AM   #21 (permalink)
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I have a Marin Fairfax on which I putz around the 'burbs and local parks. I think it's a pretty good bike in the "around $500" range.

Hey, did you guys see these awesome pics by Victor Lucas? ...this looks like some serious biking!




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Old 05-23-2007, 06:43 PM   #22 (permalink)
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holy sh*t! i hope those are parachutes and not camelbacks!
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Old 05-23-2007, 06:56 PM   #23 (permalink)
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holy sh*t! i hope those are parachutes and not camelbacks!
ha, my roomie said the exact same thing. Are those photoshopped, I almost want to hope so, otherwise those guys are a little dumb, so many things could go wrong.
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Old 05-24-2007, 05:24 AM   #24 (permalink)
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I would bet my paycheck that they're NOT PS'd. He is well known for some extreme sports photography. I don't know if there are other sites with a better collection of his stuff, but here's one he's working on that has some of his stuff if you click on "CLICK HERE" in this link: http://www.freezefocus.com/ and you can see the pics above and other cool shots at Hans Rey's site http://www.hansrey.com/latestadventures.htm
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Old 05-24-2007, 07:19 AM   #25 (permalink)
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Are those the Cliffs of Insanity from The Princess Bride?

Nice bikes Tech, thanks for the photos.
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Old 05-24-2007, 09:30 PM   #26 (permalink)
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So here are a few of my rides. Unfortunately they are pretty much all worth more than my car.
My Big Hit, 8" front and rear travel for the biggest stuff out there.
My custom titanium framed cross country bike, XTR and XT with Crossmax Enduro wheels. bombproof.
1997 Trek 2300 lugged carbon with carbon fork and steerer tube and full Ultegra, under 19 pounds with pedals.
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Old 05-29-2007, 01:31 PM   #27 (permalink)
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I looooove cycling too. It's the best. I even like it better overall than my motorcycles. I feel guilty riding my motorcycles, especially when i pass cyclists.

Here's my stable...

This is my BABY!!! I adore her...
It's a Rivendell Atlantis with custom paint job. As far as I know there isn't another like it.
Here it's set up for commuting...




This isn't my pic, but I have one of these too. It's a Straight 8 by Electra Bikes. Great fun for riding around the neighborhood. 3 speed internal hub. Only difference is mine has coaster brakes rather than the hand brake.


And then I most recently aquired this Bacchetta Cafe recumbent but after two weeks of riding it I broke my ankle and dislocated my shoulder during a group ride when the front wheel got caught in a gap in the road. Ouch.
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Old 05-29-2007, 03:26 PM   #28 (permalink)
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miko that's a beautiful Riv. Love the Brooks.

And Ilow I've been quite proud of the fact that throwing one of my bikes in my old Subaru Outback more than doubled the value of the total package.
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Old 05-29-2007, 07:31 PM   #29 (permalink)
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miko that's a beautiful Riv. Love the Brooks.

And Ilow I've been quite proud of the fact that throwing one of my bikes in my old Subaru Outback more than doubled the value of the total package.
Heehee great minds think alike, I have an Outback Sport.
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Old 06-05-2007, 11:43 PM   #30 (permalink)
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Wow, miko! Beautiful bikes. My first choice of transportation in the city is by bike. It's just as fast or faster than driving and I don't have to worry about parking. I've had several flat-handlebar roadbikes. Nothing too fancy so that I'm not too worried about theft. I've had this Marin Mill Valley for the past 2 years:

I changed the gears to suit my needs and installed spd pedals. Very fast, light and reasonably priced.
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I need to get some pics up of my stable maybe tomorrow anyways I am a Hardcore steel man so with that:

Waterford Paramount 17 in Orange & Red My Baby set up old school judy sl, xtr 8 speed, king head set, cook brothers cranks, xt shifters and front der., ti bar, aluminum bar ends, straight gauge spokes mavic rims and White Bros hubs.

Waterford Paramount 17 in Blue (just picked this one up used going to do a single speed conversion)

Schwinn Paramount Road Blue and White, Reynolds 853 Tubing, Carbon Fork, Dura Ace

Schwinn 24" wheel bmx cruiser

I have my first real bmx an old 20" wheel cro moly main tune I need to put back together. I also need to put back together a 20" wheel GT Oerformer I rescued from the back of a house I was mowing. The bike I wish I had back Ibis 26" wheel Tandem 19"/17" black with splatter paint, miss that bike.
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Old 07-09-2007, 10:46 AM   #32 (permalink)
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is cycling supposed to be in tilted motors? that said, i have a bianchi road bike, a surly steamroller fixed gear, a voodoo mountain bike, and a spot singlespeed mountain bike. i usually commute (7.5 miles one way) on the fixed, i ride the mountain bikes on the local trails, and the bianchi on longer road rides (30 or more miles). cycling rocks. way better than paying $3 a gallon of gas to be pissed off by crappy drivers (i'm probably one of the crappy drivers pissing others off, so it all works out, karmically)
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