what bike were you riding before you found BF?
03-28-14, 01:56 PM
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what bike were you riding before you found BF?
I had an old 30+ lb mongoose MTB that I rode exclusively on pavement. When I started getting passed daily by riders with those weird thin tires, I searched, and landed here.
03-28-14, 02:02 PM
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Huffy....without a full kit. The horror.
03-28-14, 02:15 PM
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I was riding before there was a BF.
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03-28-14, 02:18 PM
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I was riding a Balance AL 350 Mtn Bike before I decided to "Upgrade" to a road bike...
03-28-14, 02:24 PM
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03-28-14, 02:28 PM
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As an adult when I got into cycling I started with a Huffy MTB that weighs about 4 tons. I got up to about 10 mile rides on it and decided I needed something nicer. I went to Walmart and got a 'nice' flat bar aluminum Schwinn Varsity 'road' bike. I rode that for a season and was doing rides of around 50 miles with it, but wasn't happy with the lack of hand positions so I picked up a Motobecane Grand Record from CL and rode that for the next year. That was around the time I found BF I believe. Now this year I'm riding the Fuji that is the correct size and has a nicer groupset.
Next year I'll probably drop 10k on a real bike.
Next year I'll probably drop 10k on a real bike.
03-28-14, 02:30 PM
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I started cycling long before Al Gore invented the webernets.
03-28-14, 02:36 PM
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2003 Fuji Cross ... which I still use for commuting, gravel & dirt roads and a little bit of CX racing.
1997 Specialized Ground Control Comp ... which I sold back in 2010 because it was no longer worth it to me to fix/upgrade.
1997 Specialized Ground Control Comp ... which I sold back in 2010 because it was no longer worth it to me to fix/upgrade.
03-28-14, 03:07 PM
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concorde squadra tsx with dura ace. it's my dedicated trainer bike now
03-28-14, 03:12 PM
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I used to hang out in the bike forums on usenet way back when.
Guess what - helmet threads were extraordinarily contentious back then too.
Oh, I had a bianchi. Bought it in '92 and I still have it. It's a bit of a boat anchor and I need to fix the shifters but hey, it's celeste.
Guess what - helmet threads were extraordinarily contentious back then too.
Oh, I had a bianchi. Bought it in '92 and I still have it. It's a bit of a boat anchor and I need to fix the shifters but hey, it's celeste.
03-28-14, 03:50 PM
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Trek 1000. I think is was an '00 or '01.
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03-28-14, 03:57 PM
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Schwinn Moab Mountain Bike. Then started doing research while my uncle let me use his Roubaix. Ended up getting a bikesdirect.com Kestrel Evoke. Still have it, and feel I got a great deal. May not have found it without BF. I imagine I would have bought a lesser bike and would have upgraded by now.
03-28-14, 04:13 PM
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1988 Trek 1000
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03-28-14, 06:10 PM
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The same Campagnolo equipped 1996 Litespeed Natchez I've been riding since shortly after getting my first decent paying job in 1995, although I'd yet to break a discontinued spring in my right shifter and progress from 9 cogs to 10. I was also still riding the Mavic Reflex Clincher rim on front that I built into a wheel in 1997, but finally bent that and replaced it with the somewhat stouter Open Pro.
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03-28-14, 08:36 PM
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The sport is so popular here, that it is kind of hard not to start out right, since you constantly see what kind of gear and bikes are using.
03-29-14, 12:02 AM
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Schwinn Tourist from Target. Before that, it was a Schwinn mtb from Walmart. Riding the Tourist actually got me into buying my first road bike because the thin tires compared to wide (and deflated often) mtb tires was a HUGE difference.
03-29-14, 12:46 AM
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a borrowed mtb i found outside a bar and then rode across ireland.
