Mountain Biking - New member with pics

well i just joined up here looking for bike info. so i thought id post up my rides if you will.

here is my 96 Dyno VFR bought new in 96

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/1240/dsc00528oc9.jpg


and the 2008 GIANT Rincon im picking up this week

http://www.giant-bicycles.com/_upload_us/bikes/models/zooms/2008/Rincon-Anthracite-Black.jpg

Nice. Welcome to the forums.

Welcome

WELCOME aboard!

The Dyno has lovely chain tension.

The Dyno has lovely chain tension.

Every one on this fourm is a critic.:D

yes it does, i need to take a link out, i tried strechin it back and it just wont go tight enough. so i left it alone at the end of last summer when i cruised it around. im not hittin any jumps and stuff any more with it so as is for just scootin around it ok.

The Rincon is a solid entry level bike, well done.
Welcome to the forums!

don't mind Ms. ProFail. Just a child who doesnt have to pay for his own gear.
nice giant. have fun.

well thats good to hear. i didnt want to spend a lot cause my other hobby takes a bit more money to do and is my #1 over anything right now. but didnt want somethin im gonan break and spend double what i piad for it in replacement parts. so this seemed like a solid biek with decent components for what im gonna do with it. im gonna get it today after work, or tomorrow mornign. i cant wait, i wanna ride the snowy trails now

my other hobby takes a bit more money to do and is my #1 over anything right now

New girlfriend?

Who in their right mind would want a Giant?

don't mind Ms. ProFail. Just a child who doesnt have to pay for his own gear.
nice giant. have fun.

Oh, how witty. Questioning my gender with "Ms.". I also like the Ad Hominem (which is also a fallacy) saying I don't pay for my own gear. All I said was the chain was slack.

In an ass hole-ish way.

Whats wrong with the floor in the first pic?

New girlfriend?

sort of....

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/4882/wheelntirefitment16yv1.jpg

drag racing comes first, then everything else. this is my project i hope to have to this year and running around and wasting my money on



Who in their right mind would want a Giant?

certainly not me, but i guess i will settle this time



Whats wrong with the floor in the first pic?

its painted concrete enclosed porch. the paint is about 40yrs old and is chipping apart in different spots

this is my project i hope to have to this year and running around and wasting my money on


tell me more

All I said was the chain was slack.

In an ass hole-ish way.

This guys is new here. Don't be a dilbert.

Who in their right mind would want a Giant?

certainly not you anyway!

Welcome to Bike Forums, Dom!! Nice bikes you got there, I especially like the SS. :)

I dig the SS. My cousin had one in silver that he wouldn't let me drive until he got it just right. He got it just right and it was stolen out of his driveway the night before I was to drive it. My buddy's wife had one in Brown with the orange stripes. That SS was stolen and recovered three times before they got rid of it. Never got to drive that one, either. So what I guess I'm saying is, can I drive your car?:D

drag racing comes first, then everything else. this is my project i hope to have to this year and running around and wasting my money on


Setting it up for a drag radial class?

Holy chainstays Batman!

Does the Dyno handle like a Sherman Tank?!?

just gonna be a street beater, puttin a small block together hope to have everything in and going by julyish. not set up for any class, but is on a small drag radial. 275/60/15, stock style suspension, full interior, comes in around 3800lbs with driver. i hope to run in the 10's on pump gas on spray, should run high 11's or so on nuts. nothin special, im just dyin to get it done. just need to get the motor and trans (gonna run a th400) in and run the lines and wires.

if i had just bought these last week, i woulda probably picked up a better bike. these things are bad

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/209/dsc00521rj7.jpg
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/5039/dsc00516gg8.jpg

the old 357 i had that is now up for sale. never did get to run this thing, just putted it around a littel then yanked it back out for a new motor

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/7774/p10100115fs.jpg

just finishing up this car for a stock suspension class, gonna be a small block on spray. the cap on teh class is 8.20 so he hopes to go a bit faster then back the car down a little to try to get some consistency out of it

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/3497/tomback2wf4.jpg
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/8047/tomfrontcb2.jpg

Cars go here: http://classracer.com/classforum/index.php


Welcome to the new guy! Your days of having your bike "hypercriticized" and threads hijacked have officially begun.

Once you get past the over-analization & off topic banter...this is the best place on the net for bikes.

it doesnt bother me much, it cant be as bad as some racing sites in on. they can go off topic in the first post and go on for 20 pages

Once you get past the over-analization & off topic banter...this is the best place on the net for bikes.

Coukdnt agree more. Some of the folk here (66, gastro, Dminor, chelboed himself, born2bahick, junkyard, RICO and even Pete fagerlin when he was around. I forgot a few, but hey) really know their stuff, and if you ask properly, and dont be a dick, this place is great for helpful information. Just learn how to cypher that from the crap and you'll be fine

Cars go here: http://classracer.com/classforum/index.php

It was by request, sorry if I derailed the thread.

Some of the folk here (66, gastro, Dminor, chelboed himself, born2bahick, junkyard, RICO and even Pete fagerlin when he was around. I forgot a few, but hey) really know their stuff, and if you ask properly, and dont be a dick, this place is great for helpful information.

False.

Well if you start a thread going "Hay guise i has 300 dollars whut kind of full suspansion race biek should i buy?" the answer will be starkly different than if you do a search, come up with some questions that haven't been covered yet, and then ask.

Also, calling people like Smashy a n00b doesnt help either.

well placed the order yesterday, bike will be here and assembled by thursday. while there my girlfriend bought an 08 Giant boulder se for her first non-walmart bike. i think we did pretty good. got a deal on the bike cause we bought 2 and some other stuff. now i cant wait to get it and ride.


bad part is im already lookin at forks, derailers, seats, chain stays, brakes, bars, and other upgrades for it, and i dont even have the bike yet. *sigh* i can see this getting expensive *shaking my head*