Mountain Biking - Spokane, here I come!

I have to wake up and head to the airport at 4 in the morning. I can't wait! I need a bike asap. My budget isn't what I hoped it would be. I just got a macbook pro (was a need, not a want).

lets ride!

We'll figure out something to put you on.

Thanks man, preferably somthing with wheels. :P

man its early. Im headed out now.

You 'needed' a mac book pro? The school you're going to required you purchase that specific computer?

We'll figure out something to put you on.

If the weather is OK - might have to get him up to Beacon on Sun, or next weekend - Bob offered his bike for a ride or 2 (he can tag along on his new Transition)

Sunday sounds great if you guys don't mind. How do I gear up?

You 'needed' a mac book pro? The school you're going to required you purchase that specific computer?

Your annoying.

Your annoying.

You're going to college? Maybe you should learn to spell first.

BTW, you could have bought a Dell and saved maybe $500-$1000. But instead you'll bum rides and parts off of people because you had to have the Macbook. That's nice of you.

You

If the weather is OK - might have to get him up to Beacon on Sun, or next weekend - Bob offered his bike for a ride or 2 (he can tag along on his new Transition)That would be cool, cyco; very nice of B. Some runs can be had on the Yet-eye too, even though it'll priobably be largish and oversprung for him. Want you guys to get a run on it too and tell me what you think.


Sunday sounds great if you guys don't mind. How do I gear up?Riding shorts and platform pedal shoes will do. If you feel the need, I have three spare sets of armor plus a couple different full face helmets to choose from; oh and a somewhat tatty set of knee-shins.


. . . of shady-website abuse & not a hint of virus protection.Like that sketchy BikeForums place . . . .

yikes. I think he was saying in most cases a mac is more expensive than a dell although the dell will do just about everything if you take care of it. way to stand up for your friend though while he is on a plane somewhere. According to you if you have a dell you are sacrificing your education. I have had the same dell for 8 years and my education seems just fine. Best part about his mac is he can take naughty videos edit them and sell them for money to buy his fancy toy. But what do I know? my education has been sacrificed due to my computer choice.

bikeforums.net taking care of poor college cyclists since 2000

Oh boy, such a number of things to cover on this one. Where to even start...

He paid $400. Somehow I doubt Dell would have paid him $100-600 for getting one of their computers (though they should). You could have asked what he paid instead of making assumptions, but instead you came off looking like a total d-bag. That's nice of you.

He could have bought a Dell. And then another one in a year when the cheap battery overheated his computer & fried the processor. And then another one a year later after hackers easily found their way around a number of computer-slowing virus protectors. And then another one yet again, for a long list of other possible reasons why Dell & Gateway have no place in the computer world.

Or he can buy a Mac, like I did after having two Dells fail on me in less than a year, & have it run strong after 6 years of shady-website abuse & not a hint of virus protection. If you're going to recommend a MS OS, at LEAST recommend a company with quality parts & hardware put into their computers, like Toshiba or Compaq.

Honestly, on a forum that stresses quality so much, why would you recommend he buy the 'Next Power X' of computers to get him through college, just so that he can afford a nicer bicycle? That's terrible advice, & I lost any potential respect I could have ever had for you because you're honestly trolling a forum telling kids they should sacrifice their education so they can get nicer toys. You're a ******.

What the **** are you talking about? I asked him a simple question, if his school required that computer, and he replied that I was annoying. He could have answered honestly, but he chose not to. If you could get your face out of your friend's crotch for a second you would see that.

So I made an assumption about the cost of his computer. Big deal.

Get of your high horse Sam, you're looking too much like Johnny up there.

smell

like

Edit: Forget it.

Cheese!

I didn't get any email. So I don't know what to say to that.

my dell rides like this:
http://www.gifbin.com/bin/012011/1296151307_danny-mcaskill-bike-flip.gif

Does that mean one o' them hippie laid-back Apples rides like this?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ju5jeuzlK4

Here's a fun activity. Reread this entire thread and replace the word Apple with SRAM and the word Dell with Shimano (or 29er / 26" or singlespeed / 9-speed, etc.)

That's how silly you all look.

Or replace Apple with dminor and Dell with santiago.

Or wait, should that be the other way around?

wow. This turned into a huge thing lol. Rank, you dont have a clue what i payed for my Mac. And i said my BIKE budget is lower then i wanted... what on earth does that have to do with bumming rides?! And im not on a high horse at all man.. actually im a pretty humble guy that is excited to move to spokane (doug and joe, its beautiful!).

Anyways, i can spend my money how i want, be transported from place to place how i want, and spell hwo i want... Whats it to ya, dad?

ps- sam is the man! lol

Or wait, should that be the other way around?

You got that right!

^^ 'Sho . . . got that right.

I didn't get any email. So I don't know what to say to that.

Well then we can all agree that I win.

This what I'm looking at, what do you think?

http://spokane.craigslist.org/bik/2144078984.html
http://spokane.craigslist.org/bik/2111012790.html

This what I'm looking at, what do you think?

http://spokane.craigslist.org/bik/2144078984.html
http://spokane.craigslist.org/bik/2111012790.html

I think you should sell your computer, collect all college funds in the form of cash, & buy this: http://www.specialized.com/us/en/bc/SBCProduct.jsp?spid=52792&scid=1000&scname=Mountain



Oh & I'd like to see anyone reread this thread all the way through & make any sense of it after the excessive post editing.

my dell rides like this:
http://www.gifbin.com/bin/012011/1296151307_danny-mcaskill-bike-flip.gif

My Mac does that, but lands a little smoother & requires no skill or prior knowledge in order to perform such a feat. You just turn it on & you're instantly a world champ.:thumb:

Sam I don't need that lol. There is a pretty nice specialized enduro for like 600.
And I'm about to re read.
Dude its only 8 pm here

Lucky you. It's 11 here & I have to be at work at 7am tomorrow. As for the bikes, I have no idea. They both look cool, but I don't know jack about DH bikes.

righto dude, I'm going to bed. I have been up since 12 am spokane time 3 am your time... I can't keep my eyes open. Il let you know what I end up with, whatever it is ill be happy. Night

Ps- I ate a dick burger today lol

:roflmao:

This what I'm looking at, what do you think?

http://spokane.craigslist.org/bik/2144078984.html
http://spokane.craigslist.org/bik/2111012790.htmlWell, you've seen my note on Stinky's already. One of the better PNW bargain gravity sleds around.


Ps- I ate a dick burger today lolThat's Dick's :lol: Was it a Whammy?

awesome, I'm going to look into that guys stinky then. It looks like its in real good shape.

AndYeah it was a whammy, man thats good!

No no no, not Dick's. Bleeack

^^ Snob.

If there were no places like Dick's, where would we get the free grease to power a DIY biodiesel conversion :D?

If there were no places like Dick's, there would be a bunch of unemployed heart surgeons in town.

:lol:


http://media3.px.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/OYCtFbL5xiQiu5eVKljXAw/l

http://media2.px.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/KrVSQnZWiNDDtBTOG4Neuw/l

John, what around here would you compare Dicks to? Looks almost like a smaller Varsity.

Dude its just the varsity, but cheaper

Does that mean one o' them hippie laid-back Apples rides like this?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ju5jeuzlK4

Dude, you found the video of my accident, where was it? Leave it to Big D.

You guys need to put a Mountain Bike wine tour together for this summer. Spokane has some good vino these days.

Walla Walla's even better. Over 100 wineries - - a lot of them estate - - and most all with 7-day-a-week tasting rooms :).

Of note in Spokane though: Arbor Crest Winery is an easy tool down the Centennial Trail from Beacon Hill.



Oh, and the vid? I just googled "daspydyr eats sh*t" and that was the first hit that popped up. I think Dana doing some 'get well dance' to you was #2 but I could not see it, as it was evidently NSFW.

Hey man the kona is sold, what do you know about a banshee scream?

B.C.-based company; a solid performer too.

sold lol. still searching online. Let me know if something pops up in real life.