I already did that a week or so ago... I'll have to see if I can get them to adjust the seat up (wrenching on a bike at Wal-Mart that I haven't bought isn't the wisest idea) so I can see how good the fit would be on the bike.

The blue frame, I've got, oh, 3" or so of space when flat footed over the top tube.

Wal-Mart doesn't sell the black frame, which is why I was asking the standover height - I can't see one in person before buying.

Hey guys.

Saturday I got hit by a car that forced me head on into a telephone pole at 20 mph. I have a dislocated sholder and bruised knee. The Denali is totaled. The front wheel now touches the down tube, the head tube is crecked and the BB is a wreck. So I have to go pick up a new one soon. Of course the driver took off like a bat out of hell. So I laid in the gress till the pain as managable. Then released the front brake and rode the bike the rest of the way home (about 3 miles.) I had put 6720 miles on the Denali fron Oct of last year to Saturday. Which makes the cost per mile for the Denali $0.0235.

man that sux, what a bastard, maybe u can throw a bike lock thru his window then just hard right somewhere while he tries to figure out what happened. just sayin :)

nice review though. I've got a Peugeot I bought off craigslist that I'm burning thru parts, learning a lot about bike repair. I just ripped the front dérailleur off last week. I was pondering going to Walmart/Target to take a look at cheaper road bikes since I just started.

omg. glad to hear that you are ok!! that sucks about the bike. just make sure that it gets a proper barial of some sort.

Heal quick, and get back to riding! you have another review to do! Denali Part II.

Oh yea, and even after running into a telephone pole, the "weak link" handlebars still have not failed!

Augh, that sucks. Sorry that happened--I really enjoy this thread. I hope you recover soon.

I do hope you recover I've only got 230 miles on my denali so I'm never catching you. If you do decide to continue some kind of review I would be interested in seeing what the bikes direct low end offerings do in comparison. Maybe a dover or leeds and see if they are really worth the extra 200 bucks. Most important thing though is to get well and see if you can get a case on the driver. Good luck and good health.

:eek:

Friggin JAM.

Get a bike-mounted camcorder next time, and recover quickly. And, hey look at the bright side - you can prove whether or not your bike was a fluke. :p

Damn, that's terrible cigtech. You still rode it home after all that :eek:

Definitely post when you get a new one. Maybe it's time for a re-review of the denali with a new thread. Whatever though, heal up... hopefully you'll remember something about the car and will see it again while out.

I have his face and car burned into my memory. I'll have to give him a lesson on what to do if you do hit a biker. I am all ready looking at geting an other bike be it a Denali or something elase. I was suprized at how well the Denali took the front end hit. The Handle bars are just fine. But the forks are bent back and the head tube is cracked. So the frame is DOI (Dead On Impact).

The frame welds held just fine. But the fork weld on the right side has a crack it it.
And I can not beleave that the front wheel is still useable. It has a slight wobble. A quick abjustment of the spokes took care of that.

Any ways if I do get a Denali at least I'll have spare part's for it. :lol:

Sorry to hear about your crash, I'm sure the driver was just mesmerized by you changing colors due to the doppler effect of you zipping by at ~35mph. Kudos for you continuing to ride for an additional 3 miles with a dislocated shoulder on a bike with a cracked frame, bent fork, and your front wheel rubbing on the downtube. I'll bet that was interesting to say the least.

I think you should review the Yukon this time. We already know what a great bike the Denali is - the Yukon is bound to be twice as good.

How is the Peugot rebuild coming along?

I'm sorry to hear about the crash. I hope you are ok. I've often wanted people to stop when I flick them off while riding. I'd really like to beat the **** out of some of them. The cops would never catch me, not in a million years.

This is what pisses me off about drivers in Florida. For some inexplicable reason, drivers forget that bicycles (and motorcycles) are vehicles too. And you're supposed to know that for your computer-based portion of your driving test. To top it off, many drivers don't stop at places indicating 'Stop for Pedestrians', like on the road outside my dad's neighborhood.

CigTech, you have the biggest balls in TampaBay to commute on a bike. Bravo! :beer: I'm waiting for the Denali II posts.

I went to two Walmarts, both supercenters, no Denali in stock. :(

Maybe its time for a review on one of the new Schwinn road bikes(?). The Varsity or Prelude I think it is. None of us ride enough for a good long distance review. It would take me 2 years to put the miles on that bike that you did.

Issue with the Varsity is there's nowhere to mount a rear rack or fender.

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Ok, im calling BS on this one. I was with you all the way man until now. World class riders travel at 35mph - and you're busting it out in the middle of the night on a Denali. Man that cape you wear must be really aero.

Man, the best part is you're ok (you'll heal. :) )

Glad you're ok.

There is no cape because he's for real. Just like Borat.

I like Cig-Tech.

Borat is an idiot.

I like Cig-Tech too, he tells amazing stories. Like the time i was riding my Arthur Fonzarelli bigwheel and broke the sound barrier. The wind was kicking up to 20mph and I had it in first gear, doing 720. :rolleyes:

I'm calling BS on dkprnce's existance on the forums. He's too chicken $$$t to post under his regular account so he registers a new account. How could you be with cigtech till now unless you were a longer term reg here? :rolleyes:

And WTF is so unbelievable about 35mph? I'm no olympic athlete yet when I took my denali from the volvo dealership in Anniston, AL (I had some recall work done on our V70) ... down Wilmer Avenue towards Oxford on Monday, I easily hit 30mph. And I'm still 13 pounds overweight for my height (195... healthy is 182 or less for a 6' tall guy with medium frame). Had I pushed it or if I could spin at a higher rpm like cigtech it wouldn't have been a big issue at all to hit 35 or heck more. But no I cruised it at that on that slight downgrade. On the flat of main street (near the end of wilmer I crossed to main) I was pushing 25mph without putting any major effort into it. And hey I'm not a hardcore daily rider even.

I smell jealousy.


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As for the Shwinn's not having the mounts for a rack.... there are brackets that can make any bike compatible for mounting a rack. You could even DIY some brackets from some found in the hardware section of any major department store or home improvement store.

Of course the Varsity is $50 more... and another Denali does mean he has a good number of spare parts available.

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Cig...

Got a picture of the wrecked bike? How's the shoulder doing?

True, true, but I'd rather it be in the frame already. ;)

And, as a straight-up unfit rider, I've hit 22 MPH on the flat with my old steel-framed Schwinn. I see no reason why the Denali (which is 2 pounds lighter than the 23" version of my bike, and mine's the 25", so heavier) couldn't be that much faster given a regular rider.

You are either dreaming, a pro cyclist, or have a badly mis-calibrated computer if you think you can hold anything near 35mph for long on anything but a long downhill. And it is not just you, the vast majority of us could not either. Most of us who find the claims in this thread dubious have simply long since abandoned it.

My computer is right. I've compared it to fellow cyclists computers as well as compared mile marker distances to those posted on the local paved bike trail. I can hold the low 20's on a nice long 30 mile ride. I'm not a seasoned bicyclist either (only back in riding a few months now) and still have plenty of room to grow in getting in better shape and losing more weight.

You wouldn't even come close to surviving on the local bike club rides if you can't hold atleast the upper 20's on a flat road. Forget the climb up mt cheha (the largest mountain in the state, i think). Heck you wouldn't probably survive the spinning class at the local gym either.

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This reminds me of running. I have recently completed a learn to run program. It took about 8 weeks and I went from never running to being able to run 4 miles without stopping. Great huh? I can run a 5K without pushing too hard in just over 33min. So I should do a 5K run huh? I looked over the local run results from last years Woostock run since the next one starts early next month... and the top runner finished it in 15:26.60. That's just over 5min miles. That's blazing fast. That's super human right?

I'm aiming for sub 30's right now... and yet there are more than a few people running sub 20's.

It's not incomprehensable at all to me to realize there are people out there that are much more fit than I am, have an amazingly high VO2 Max, and can just outrun, ride, swim.. or whatever pretty much anything i can do. And these people aren't that rare.

Could that dude that runs a just under 15.5min 5K also do great at a marathon? Maybe not at all. EDIT: Oh and that guy last year was 38 years old. Not a young dude either.

jeez, Cigtech. glad you're basically OK. R.I.P Denali. I enjoyed the thread...

I've been cycling two months, am 5'7 and weigh 150lbs. I have hit 35 on the gmc denali once on a straitaway and regularly hit in the 30s on this same area. My average speed is 14-16mph depending on the incline so I have little problem believing a taller, stronger, more experienced cyclist who fits the bike better can outperform me.