Pick Your Poison, Steel, Alumminum, Carbon, or Titanium ?
05-11-10, 10:58 PM
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Aluminum is my poison of preference, inexpensive, light yet rigid enough for the tough urban commute. Only one steel bike left in the stable after dumping the chrome moly one, it's very heavy, old school, and used for parade laps when the mood strikes.
05-12-10, 04:44 PM
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Probably anything but steel. Not sure about carbon yet.
Got 3 aluminum
One Scandium
And two titanium (both Colorado made
)
Got 3 aluminum
One Scandium
And two titanium (both Colorado made
)
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05-12-10, 11:56 PM
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Anything but carbon fibre. I personally don't trust the stuff for my purposes, its too difficult to determine the health of a CF product on inspection sometimes, and it doesn't lend itself well to careless treatment, which I tend to dole out to my bicycles.
Otherwise, i'm pretty indifferent now.
Otherwise, i'm pretty indifferent now.
05-13-10, 10:43 AM
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I have ridden chrome moly. The bike that I had of that was not stiff enough. I then went to aluminum and that worked fine except the paint flaked off from sweat. Now I am riding titanium. It is very good. I have thought of carbon fiber. But I am in no hurry. My current bike has 9 speeds and that is fine. I don't see an advantage to going to a less reliable, more expensive chain for just one more gear.
05-13-10, 12:43 PM
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05-13-10, 01:06 PM
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Thank you. The white Specialized and the Salsa are my commuter bikes
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Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
05-13-10, 04:32 PM
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05-14-10, 08:27 AM
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I get to park in my building
I used to park in the rack outside (I work at a gated facility so theft really isn't a problem) but our groundskeeper was determined to make a lawn grow where it shouldn't and would water it 4 times a day. My bike would get watered 3 times a day. He had so much water standing on the lawn that ducks would land on it. After a few weeks of that, I parked my bike inside and have been doing so ever since.
The groundskeeper's name: Willy. Honest.
I used to park in the rack outside (I work at a gated facility so theft really isn't a problem) but our groundskeeper was determined to make a lawn grow where it shouldn't and would water it 4 times a day. My bike would get watered 3 times a day. He had so much water standing on the lawn that ducks would land on it. After a few weeks of that, I parked my bike inside and have been doing so ever since.The groundskeeper's name: Willy. Honest.
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Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
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Old School…When It Wasn’t Ancient bikepacking
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
05-15-10, 09:03 AM
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YES! the Royce Union is a RARE unique vintage classic one of a kind Minty Ti Royce Union made by teledyne. 
I can make you great deal on it *giggle*
thank you. what do you mean whats up with the Minivan? it is a fabulous all purpose vehicle. and most of the time I transport my babies inside
I can make you great deal on it *giggle*thank you. what do you mean whats up with the Minivan? it is a fabulous all purpose vehicle. and most of the time I transport my babies inside
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