pierce

I have no idea if nike makes bicyle specific shoes, but any shoe that takes a SPD cleat should be able to take a look cleat, they all run the same screw pattern.

if you're looking for cleat shoes that are more like regular shoes, check out the Keen Commuters (which are sandals), and they have another version thats more like a full sneaker

also, mountain bike shoes are easier to walk in than road racer shoes.

ScreaM

Hey can you weigh your FX 7.5 please please please.... I just wanna compare to mine LOL.

click here..
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...=#post11317139

slimneverdies

As soon as I get a chance to take it some where with the proper scale I'll post it up for you.

slimneverdies

Thanks, I'll search for those now

AaronJohnTurner

I like all the custom components SreaM. Not to mention I'm also a fan of the PCS-9 stand, probably the best investment I made after the bike.

droobieinop

Thank you.

I often see that set up come into our shop, usually owned by a drunk who has lost their DL to DUI's. I do really try not to be a bike snob, however, those people are using a bicycle because they have to and not because they want to. They have no respect for their bicycles or themselves and affect the public's perception of those of us who ride well maintained machines and follow the rules, ie. not riding on the sidewalk and or against traffic. That I find difficult to deal with and thusly lump anyone that has a bicycle set up like that with the rest of the DUIs.

I do however, still think that the aforementioned trek is atleast one, if not two sizes too small. I would have fought long and hard to get you on a proper sized frame. Sorry, but the customer is not always right.

GeminiFX7.1

Nice Combo

Joltman

I've not seen so many of these so far in the thread. A 2010 Giant Seek 1 Australian spec. Panniers / rack / bar ends and MTB SPD pedals all extras.


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irclean

Nice-looking ride!

AdelaaR

For it's 1000 kilometers celebration festivities my bike got a complete cleaning, degreasing and regreasing



I lowered my stem by two spacers and installed lockable ritchey truegrips ... then I moved the old grips I had (the same but not lockable) to my aerobar to make long roads more comfortable.
I don't use the aerobar for difficult stretches of road, so the grips on them do not have to be as firm and steady as the ones on my flatbar.

Daveedoe

here is my wife and my bikes on the Boundry Bay trail near Twassen ferry landing in British Columbia

irclean

You're making me homesick.

Doohickie

Cool lookin' bike. Looks like a hoot to ride.

pierce

It is. Thats why i've hung onto it all these years, and many times it was my go-to bike for general rides. Its been to many a music festival too.

Catch-22, and the bike's ultimate weak spot... it uses a 13/16" seat post. Thats just too thin for a 220 lber like myself. The original seat post (and the handlebars) are fluted aluminum. The original seatpost broke (and I managed to /not/ crash but rode through the bump). I've also bent a steel Wald post in it. I found another NOS fluted post on fleabay, but it was a 7/8 so my friend turned part of it down to 13/16" on his lathe, and that worked for a couple years, then I hit a bump on a dirt road rather hard and not only bent that post, but the seat tube started cracking just above the top tube. I've had it tig-welded with 2% chrome wire, but now I'm noticing hair cracks forming in the bar just left of the stem clamp. I think its time has past, and it likely will get parted out soon.

So I'm riding a hybrid now, as I pasted a few pages ago, with a late 90s Crossroads frame. I plan on giving it the same red powder coat treatment eventually in honor of this old cruiser.

AaronJohnTurner

That place just brings back memories of very long ferry line ups.

irclean

Ahh, yes... but the Island is worth the wait.

AaronJohnTurner

I agree with you there. Being on the ferries is a good time on it's own. The two occasions I've been to the ocean in 2003 & 2004 were fantastic indeed. I've been up the east coast of the Island to Comox/Courtney and expereinced a few of the Gulf Islands. Gabriola Island off of Nanaimo was my favorite place I've seen out west, it's too bad I didn't have a bicycle to ride there.

qmsdc15

Don't hate me for buying a mountain bike. It's a tank, but I wanted the ability to go mountain biking on occasion. Since taking this picture I've swapped out the fat tires for 1.5 Armadillos (hereby proclaimed hybridized!). Added lights, trailer hitch, bell. Replaced quick release skewers with bolt on type. Everything else stock and working well except the grips which are almost but not quite staying put. I've put about 100 miles on it so far. The first day riding it to work was in heavy rain, a real soaker. The main road was detoured because of flooding. The hydraulic disc brakes shined in those conditions, but sunshine would have been preferred.

2010 Marin Bobcat Trail

pierce

FWIW, Armadillo isn't a specific tire, its a brand name for Specialized' puncture protection. There are many different Armadillo tires, such as Hemisphere Armadillo, AllCondition Armadillos, etc.

I've used the Hemisphere Armadillos 1.9's on a 26" cruiser and a 26" mtn bike that was doing city-bike duties, they rock for that (see the 2nd picture of my red cruiser, in front of the lake, a few posts up).

qmsdc15

Nimbus 26 x 1.5 if you have to ask. The others are crap.

AaronJohnTurner

We'll let you slide...

Daveedoe

That apple tree had some yummy apples too. Just watch out for the worms.
No wait ferry line on bike

TheSwede

Hello, I am new to this forum, I hope to learn a lot here! Here is my new ride. Trek 7.3FX. Ergon GP1 grips, Bontrager Race flat bar, Serfas RX921L saddle. The stock 10 degree stem has been flipped and lowered 1 spacer.

irclean

Cool ride!

Triaxtremec

Nice bike and I love your Klipsch Rf82's! I myself run the Klipsch reference series speakers in my dedicated home theater.