Very nice!

:beer:

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Holy Goth Batman!!

How are those BTW...do they pulsate?

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Since last pic I put on a 130mm stem and bar ends.

Swanky

Nice.

my rig

The last ride of my green machine that didn't work out...

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/7911/green1kbq.jpg
http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/9649/green2g.jpg

That's a '98 trek 930 made outta OX comp steel I stripped and powdercoated and I didn't realize it was originally spec'd with something like a 50mm fork till after I built it up, so I just couldn't get the geometry to work with my fork (had it set to about 65mm on the above ride). Too bad cuz it turned out nice and I built it up cheap.

New frame is here, waiting for a couple more things and I'll take the failed one apart.

Beautifull bike Bro!!!:thumb:
I'd love to own one,or at least later replace my RL frame w/ a Bander (I've a friend who is a Vassago dealer,and rolls a sweet 2x9 Bandersnatch :))

The old bike -- quite an improvement over the 1980-ish Huffy "ATB" that got stolen in college: ;)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...e/IMG_3554.jpg

The new bike, loaded up for a picnic ride. No way I was going to deal with being jostled on my CAAD8 along the gravel C&O towpath:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ke/RushMed.jpg

Thanks! I've ridden it three times now. Twice on a trail I knew would be no problem, and then yesterday I decided to push it. Ended up kicking out 23 miles of singlespeed awesomeness. I love it. Love this bike. I was unsure about it when I bought it because I bought it strictly off of the info on their website, some stuff I read, and a recommendation from a guy I trust (who doesn't have one). There's only one dealer in Northern California of Vassago and it sounds like the dude works out of his kitchen or something so I never test rode one or any of that. When we got it put together and I sat on it though, it was perfect, and I'm riding stuff with huge confidence that I would shy away from on my full suspension bike.

Now I just need to figure out what to do with that bike. I love the bike but I feel like it holds me back a bit and I might need something a little more slack. Maybe I can pick up a stumpjumper frame and swap all my parts :o

I love that trail, sadly I've only hiked parts of it (Part of the section just out side of Cumberland), but I want to ride the whole thing.

I love that picture. What that during the flooding last year? nice bike btw.

I just rode from Shepherdstown to a little south of Cumberland on my fixed gear roadie with cross tires last weekend. Was a nice ride. That area is beautiful this time of year. Was also my girls first ride on the yo betty I bought for her, and set up SS. Its a nice SS ride, and the roadie did great on it. We are planning a trip this fall to ride the whole thing, and stay at some B&Bs on the way.

I haven't even been up to Great Falls on it before (usually ride the Capital Crescent on my road bike instead). I went with a bunch of others to see off a friend as she left for a cross-country year-long bike tour:
http://abikeablefeast.blogspot.com/

That one with the Schwinn was the remnants of the surge from Hurricane Isabel way back in '03. We had the day off from work, so I took the bike out (back then, it was my only bike) and rode around town to get some pics of the aftermath.

Yup, a cross bike would do fine. I wanted a more plush ride than I'd get on a rigid bike, and since it was only about 15 miles each way (not counting the 3-4 it took to ride to mile marker 0), I figured I could put up with the extra weight and fewer hand positions of the Rush. And besides, it was still good for over 20 mph on the cruise back to Georgetown.. ;)

^ Nice SS... did you take of the frame logos or did it come like that? Is that a Saint crank... did you take of the logos as well? Pedals?

Is the white garage wall really mandatory?

So many questions... :D

1: The logos have been off.

2: It's not the 2009 saint line up.

3: I didn't really feel like going any further.

A Deejay?


I don't feel so bad now...that's like, what 3 forks in ...


...wait a minute. (55, Domain, Float)



Nevermind.

Yep. I wasn't really digging the tora all too much.

Is it at 3 inches? Also, any issues with the fork being a bit stiff?

4". No issues at all.

It really looks nice with DJ. That being said, it looked nice with just about all the forks I've seen on it :).

How do I uh.. post a picture on here? I'd like to post my ride :D

Open a photobucket account and upload a picture. Use the [img] link to copy and paste in your message and voila!