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12-06-08, 02:27 AM
#2752
Te mortuo heres tibi sim?
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Bikes: hardtail, squishy, fixed roadie, fixed crosser
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Umm...Magmol...lots of us don't like feedback from large structures and drops that our suspension is designed to suck up. I sure don't want any feedback on my next staircase (logcase...Banner Cr, hehe). Agree'd, carbon is for sissy nad-grabbers, but feedback is for electric guitars, hehe.
"rant done"
Mostly just kidding.
I'm a little taken back, man. I had a '97 Rockhopper A1FS Comp with an Indy-C...actually a few notches under your ride. Nice sentimental journey.
"rant done"
Mostly just kidding.
I'm a little taken back, man. I had a '97 Rockhopper A1FS Comp with an Indy-C...actually a few notches under your ride. Nice sentimental journey.
Meh, it's a cheapy scale. I'm not concerned enough about the weights to worry about having the most accurate measurement there... The Pinkbike bit was a nice touch though.
12-06-08, 08:42 AM
#2753
Old School Rad
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Real steel from the past. Specialized Stumpjumper from the 90's with RS Indy XC, Gripshift X-ray twisting Shimano LX and XT 8 speed gear. Modern parts are Terry Fly saddle, Campus peddles and WTB Velociraptor tyres/tires.
I enjoy the steel ride. It has personality and feel that only my titanium road bike can match. I've rented the aluminum HT and DS demo's with modern suspension and they feel dead in the feedback department. I will not do carbon fiber at all, Mtb or road. How in the world are you suppose to feel fibers suspended in glue********** I DO NOT RACE, I DO NOT HERO WORSHIP RACERS CARBON BIKES.
I enjoy the steel ride. It has personality and feel that only my titanium road bike can match. I've rented the aluminum HT and DS demo's with modern suspension and they feel dead in the feedback department. I will not do carbon fiber at all, Mtb or road. How in the world are you suppose to feel fibers suspended in glue********** I DO NOT RACE, I DO NOT HERO WORSHIP RACERS CARBON BIKES.
Awesome!
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Like a circus monkey on a stolen Harley......
12-06-08, 01:48 PM
#2754
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All the big bike companies make inexpensive bikes as well as a few expensive ones.
12-06-08, 02:22 PM
#2755
Te mortuo heres tibi sim?
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I enjoy the challenge of the climb more than anything else. I also don't believe in the advertising hype of new tech. Jeeze we're having to bail out the Detroit dinosaurs because they were depending on advertising to sell OPEC OIL GUZZLING machines that no one can afford to buy or fill up.
May be you all can afford the DS bikes and keep up the suspension maintenance. I can't. I use things up before I buy new. Plus now days you have to go to small pricy builders to get steel or ti bikes.
Has any one else noticed the trend that the bicycle industry is following???? How long before we have to bail out TreK and Specialized because their depending on advertising to sell an overpriced product that no one can afford to buy**********
Just a thought.
May be you all can afford the DS bikes and keep up the suspension maintenance. I can't. I use things up before I buy new. Plus now days you have to go to small pricy builders to get steel or ti bikes.
Has any one else noticed the trend that the bicycle industry is following???? How long before we have to bail out TreK and Specialized because their depending on advertising to sell an overpriced product that no one can afford to buy**********
Just a thought.
you think most of trek and specialized profits are made up from their high end bike sales? uh, no.
*shrug* it's all about choices. i drive cheap car that gets fairly decent mpg, have a fairly cheap laptop. i spend the money on bike stuff instead. my wife is much the same with her car. we don't have cable. we don't bu y superfluous crap, because we'd rather spend the money on a nice dinner out instead. i ride my bike to work and do a lot of errands with it, so that most of my car time is spent getting to and from rides rather than to and from work and around town. i don't buy coffee drinks out somewhere unless i'm using my travel mug.
just because someone is riding a newer/nicer bike doesn't mean they are some consumer *****.
and: a new ride comparable to your old bike there would put it to shame in terms of fork and component performance. no, you don't have to go some custom route to get a nice steel frame these days, but if that's what you'd prefer to think, i'll leave you to that thought. updated fork and component choices on your current frame (yes, when your current parts finally clap out - and yes, they will someday) will be a drastic eye opener. speaking as someone who started riding a ways back, the "new" stuff is not all hype, not by a long stretch.
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12-06-08, 04:05 PM
#2756
****** (can I say this?)
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12-06-08, 07:27 PM
#2757
Just say no to brakes.
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@ca7erham:
Seal of Approval.
Seal of Approval.
12-06-08, 07:32 PM
#2758
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Lol. Nice.
12-07-08, 04:57 PM
#2759
Lost in the Black Hills
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damn, i cannot keep up with this thread! that is why i never look in here
i have wanted an ohlins shock for many years....long before FS was prevalent on bicycles. so much of it stemmed from myself just having to have this shock.
in all honesty, the riding i am currently into would probably work well with air. like 66 said, i do like the feel of coil...for forks. this is my first shock, so i don't have a comparison.
i think for long 24hr races maybe coil could be more reliable?? aren't you screwed if a shock seal goes for air shocks? ...but then you have extra weight.
mx
i have wanted an ohlins shock for many years....long before FS was prevalent on bicycles. so much of it stemmed from myself just having to have this shock.
in all honesty, the riding i am currently into would probably work well with air. like 66 said, i do like the feel of coil...for forks. this is my first shock, so i don't have a comparison.
i think for long 24hr races maybe coil could be more reliable?? aren't you screwed if a shock seal goes for air shocks? ...but then you have extra weight.
mx
12-09-08, 05:20 AM
#2760
Newbie
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Bikes: 2004 Specialized Stumpjumper Elite, 2 DG's, Torker 2 freestyler
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here's a couple pictures of mine.
2004 specialized stumpjumper
2004 specialized stumpjumper
12-09-08, 06:30 PM
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12-09-08, 11:59 PM
#2762
Az Rider
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just got done with it today..34lbs
12-11-08, 11:23 AM
#2763
Senior Member
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Bikes: 08 Seven Alaris, 07 Jamis Quest, 08 Swobo Dixon, 91 Specialized Rockhopper
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My mountain bike, a veteran of Vail, Breckenridge and Slick Rock in the early 90s, has finally been rebuilt and is ready for action:
12-12-08, 04:22 PM
#2764
No Compromise.
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Northern Virginia
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Here's mine, cleaned it up a little bit since the last ride,
12-13-08, 06:57 PM
#2765
Newbie
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Giant 08 Iguana disc
The frame held up pretty well at the trails... 26lbs...
12-15-08, 09:35 PM
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No longer here
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My gearie bike:2008 Redline d440 29er,1x8,Avid 5's 
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12-16-08, 05:15 PM
#2769
Why not?
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12-17-08, 02:22 PM
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12-17-08, 04:00 PM
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Thats what I figgured
12-17-08, 10:26 PM
#2775
Trailrider
Join Date: Dec 2008
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shiney bike
hows it ride??? just got a sick fsr hc epert 08 rides fast and handles great, looking for more areas to ride it around here in sunny Ca .