A little "Special" Friday evening porn, just brought her home ...





Needles to say my riding plans have slightly changed.

DBD

Sometimes it's a good thing to keep a good relationship with former boss'.

He somehow found the same model of sidekick that I had that was stolen, bought it without hesitation. Only problem was that there was a nice big scratch along the downtube and being that I don't like having similar colors in such a close span decided to paint it before assembling it. Had the frame yesterday and had the excuse to build it finally due to finding a crack in the front triangle of the fisher. I think I'm going to have to get a Fox Vanilla for it.

Where the red, not so straight line lays is where the crack is.

is that a derailleur is see there?

Yes, changed out crankset to the XT in order to shed some weight from the bike.

It's funny to read your blog and then read your comments here on the forums. You're like the ultimate "flipper"...even more than myself. You totally decide on something and say you're ultimately happy with it, then you flip back to something else.

I know you have no choice when your squish is cracked or your HT gets stolen, but the SS vs. geared is a hoot.

I agree with chelboed, again. You're worse than I am!

I do flip alot, but I always have a bike on hand that doesn't have any gears which is my pista. The mountain bike probably wont get the SS treatment. I'm going to need the gears down the road.

My issues always lie within my need to keep up with my riding buddies vs. having the time of my life on my bike.

My perfect ride would be a SC Bullit with Prob. a 36 Vanilla...somewhere around 32-34lbs or so. I'd have a 2ring with guide. I'd take my dadgum time climbing up hills and dadgum enjoy the heck out of the descents.

My problem therein lies being able to keep up with the XC ****ers that I ride with that like to middle-ring the climbs. No way I could do it on a Bullit...hence I'm back to the hardtail as well.

Can't afford to have 2 nice bikes. Always flipping back and forth in my mind though about a Heckler to do it all.

my pride and joy

Hmmmmmm, 34 pound Bullit? That sounds like a sweet setup. I must try one out.........tomorrow.

You need a B4X...under 30lbs, wind the Pike down (and lock the shock if you feel it necessary) for climbing and XC riding, then let it rip in the corners (corners soooooo good), on the descents, and in the air. I'll be using it for shuttling tonight and a XC race on Saturday...it's damned versatile.

Don't get me wrong dude the 4x is a flopping perfect bike...I'm just sick of multi-pivot bikes. This is why the Heckler and Bullit appeal to me so much...especially the Bullit. New style with External BB bearing cups for a pivot.

any good?

How do you like the frame?

kinetic.jpg

This is my bit of fun.. a stock 08 Brodie Kinetic, only had her for a few weeks, but she is a blast!

if that questions for me, the frame rides really nice, nice and flickable

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Yeah, sorry. It was ment for you. Thanks.

Here are my trusty Clydesdale steeds

00' Trek ZX7000 - for when I feel like getting punished with no rear suspension

07' GT Ruckus 7.0 - a.k.a "Lead Sled"

NICE! At my shop, we got in an NRS1 we sold a few years back. The thing was a baby, the guy bought it and put maybe 10 miles on it on the sidewalk and never touched it. He wanted it tuned up so he could have a bike to "ride around the neighborhood". I offered him $100 and he's like "How about a more comfy bike?".

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I really like the look of that bike.

Just found this pic of my F5

C'dale and some POS Trek thingy

College towns, eh?

https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...d&ie=UTF8&z=13







Custom (?) Black Sheep





Eric Baar of ground up designs infamy - 16" fixed custom Ti anyone? Never mind the CK headset.

https://www.groundupdesigns.com/

I might be wrong, but it looks like the guy with the Surly's wheel is crocked.

I know it's old and it's not top-of-the-line, but it's the best bike I've ever owned, and I'm loving riding it. It inspires confidence, and with 27 gears, can go just about anywhere. It's a Rock Hopper Comp with Ritchey OCR Comp rims and Specialized hubs-not sure if the rims are standard. The rear deraileur is XT, as well, which there is some question about whether it's stock. Anyway, this is my second Specialized bike-first one was a Hard Rock Comp, and I'm loving the feel. Very light and agile-I'm the only limitation with my 260 lb frame. I've never seen handlebars like this on a good mountain bike-Bontrager Crowbars-are they any good? Also, the Bontrager seat is very comfortable. The initial pain of getting back into riding is already gone.








And then you have my BMX monster-you can't touch this bike! Notice the flames?





Furious, even!




Even the handgrips are on fire!