Originally Posted by thehappyrobot

i rode my madison in the hotter n' hell 100 and did the full 106 miles.
me and my buddy were the only ones that year that did the century on a ss.
out of 12,000~ riders.
good bike...nothing really "special"about it.
crashed mine hard enough to give myself a grade 5 shoulder dislocation, broken in half collar bone and tear every muscle and ligament in my shoulder- 4 months off a bike- and the madison came out perfect.
the wheels were trashed, but i was actually in the process of building wheels for it anyway.
i thought my looked super sexy..and didn't get lost in the maddy crowd- with my fully chromed fork.
i also had a kilo for awhile....didn't notice any flex in the frame...and i weigh 250~
the madison was definitely more "stout" though...but not as aggressive in geo...which was ok with me.