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12-13-12 | 11:51 PM

#26

Bikepacker67

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From: Ogopogo's shoreline

Bikes: LHT, Kona Smoke

Be careful.

Under that snow, thar be ice.

I prefer studs to cartoonishly wide tires in winter conditions.
Maybe Large Marge can be drilled?

12-14-12 | 08:54 AM

#27

rumrunn6

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From: 25 miles northwest of Boston

Bikes: Bottecchia Sprint, GT Timberline 29r, Marin Muirwoods 29er, Trek FX Alpha 7.0

I built up what I thought would be a dedicated snow day MTB commuter and found it was a waste of time and money cuz I would up using my regular commuter instead.

12-14-12 | 02:27 PM

#28

CB HI

Cycle Year Round

Joined: Mar 2005

Posts: 13,644

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From: Honolulu, HI

Quote:

Originally Posted by modernjess

Yeah, I love these types of statements. Especially from a dude in Hawaii. The next time several miles of your commute has 6 inches of unpacked wet snow on it and your bike rages through it like no other, we can discuss overkill. Or you have to navigate deep cookie dough snow with ice underneath it on the edge of a busy road in the dark and you do so, easily with no issues we can talk overkill.

Yeah, I love these types of statements, which ASSume that the current location of a poster is the only place they have cycled. I grew up in Colorado and Wyoming, plenty of snow riding there. I also lived in several other snow states in which I have cycle commuted as an adult. Regular treaded tires worked just fine for snow riding without the extreme weight and inertia of your tires.

But the bike is great for the bling factor for snow riding.

Quote:

Originally Posted by modernjess

Or you hit the sandy trails or the beach with your 29er buddies they're walking while you a riding easily... well I could go on and on.

Seems somewhat dishonest (or at the very least rude) to make this statement towards me after deleting/ignoring this part of MY post.

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Originally Posted by CB HI

Good tires for beach sand riding.

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12-14-12 | 03:50 PM

#29

RidingMatthew

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Joined: Jul 2008

Posts: 2,588

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From: Lexington, VA USA

Bikes: --2010 Jamis 650b1-- 2016 Cervelo R2-- 2018 Salsa Journeyman 650B

That is a cool looking bike. plus I admire your dedication to commute in conditions that need a bike like that.
cool stuff.

12-14-12 | 06:14 PM

#30

Bent Bill

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Joined: Nov 2011

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From: AZ.

Bikes: Trek Domane 5.2 Giant Frankenbike Trek Utopia Canondale 3.0 Sun Easy Racer Tadpole Schwinn Tandem Cheap Unicycle

Quote:

Originally Posted by RidingMatthew

That is a cool looking bike. plus I admire your dedication to commute in conditions that need a bike like that.
cool stuff.

Thanks for the compliment

but I cant claim to be that dedicated
but I will admit to a warped sense of what I call fun

12-14-12 | 10:21 PM

#31

chriskmurray

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Joined: Aug 2012

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From: Colorado Springs

Bikes: Borealis Echo, Ground Up Designs Ti Cross bike, Xtracycle, GT mod trials bike, pixie race machine

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Originally Posted by linus

Thanks for the insult. American style?~

To OP, you know that those reflectors won't do a thing. Better put reflector tapes on your frame and fork + lights.

Where I live has nothing to do with it, are you that thin skinned? You said something foolish and I called you on it. Get over it.

When I drive you can clearly see the reflectors light up from cyclists, the rear reflectors are certainly visible but the ones that always stand out the most when I am behind a cyclist are the pedal and wheel reflectors, those are clearly a cyclist even from a great distance.