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10-02-09 | 08:24 PM
#1726
Moar cowbell
Joined: Oct 2004
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From: The 509
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I'm at Silver Mtn. Idaho for SilverRoxx - two days of some music, a few brews and lots of gravity-fueled racing. Tomorrow morning: short course DH in jam-session format (as many runs as you want from 10-noon); throw out your slow times. 2:00 in the afternoon is the Super-D and I'm ready this year with a bike that will pedal uphill. Sunday is the 15+-minute Endurance DH top-to-bottom. I love that race. See if I can dust the 30-year-olds again or maybe they'll skool me. I'm stoked!
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Originally Posted by Mark Twain
"Don't argue with stupid people; they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience."
10-02-09 | 08:30 PM
#1727
Don't really have a bike.
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 3,355
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From: Wenatchee, WA
sounds fun! I saw a pink transition bike on campus today and thought about your bike.
10-02-09 | 08:53 PM
#1728
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Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 10,939
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From: The Summit of Lee
Bikes: Hecklah
Yeah...every time I see a pink bike...I think of Doug too.
10-02-09 | 08:56 PM
#1729
Don't really have a bike.
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 3,355
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From: Wenatchee, WA
maybe it wasn't even a transition now that i think of it....
10-05-09 | 02:01 PM
#1730
****** (can I say this?)
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 1,900
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From: CO
Video from one of our runs at our recently refurbished spots. Only about 100ft of vert, but still fairly fun. I need to get up to clear off some of the other runs. Nothing big or hugely exciting, but its what we've got.
https://vimeo.com/6906230
https://vimeo.com/6906230
10-05-09 | 04:34 PM
#1731
Don't really have a bike.
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 3,355
Likes: 0
From: Wenatchee, WA
cool video!
10-05-09 | 09:27 PM
#1732
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Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 10,939
Likes: 1
From: The Summit of Lee
Bikes: Hecklah
Off the bike again indefinitely until my knee is figured out.
10-05-09 | 10:44 PM
#1733
Moar cowbell
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 12,480
Likes: 7
From: The 509
Bikes: Bike list is not a resume. Nobody cares.
Sorry to hear that, Ed. What's this deal with knees and bikes lately? You and 66 and who else? I thought that was supposed to be a runner thing.
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Originally Posted by Mark Twain
"Don't argue with stupid people; they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience."
10-05-09 | 10:55 PM
#1734
Thread Starter
Still kicking.
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 19,659
Likes: 47
From: Annandale, New Jersey
Bikes: Bike Count: Rising.
Ed, are the crank arm lengths different on each bike?
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10-06-09 | 03:09 PM
#1735
Senior Member
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 564
Likes: 3
From: Nacogdoches, TX
Bikes: cheapie Schwinn - ride what you got.
Come one guys, post faster. This forum is my entertainment while I'm supposed to be working.
10-06-09 | 03:50 PM
#1736
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Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 10,939
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From: The Summit of Lee
Bikes: Hecklah
Nope
10-06-09 | 05:58 PM
#1737
Thread Starter
Still kicking.
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 19,659
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From: Annandale, New Jersey
Bikes: Bike Count: Rising.
As in on one bike 175's, the other, 170's? That actually does have an effect with the knee tracking.
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10-07-09 | 07:42 PM
#1738
****** (can I say this?)
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 1,900
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From: CO
Woo!! I got a car. Well, actually my dad's old car became mine (that lucky fool got a 2010 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport). Its a 2001 honda CR-V, so not the most exciting thing, but at least its a 5 speed, and its hard to argue with free stuff.
10-07-09 | 08:33 PM
#1739
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Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 10,939
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From: The Summit of Lee
Bikes: Hecklah
Oh...nope. I have 175's on everything but the roadie...and I hardly ever ride it.
10-11-09 | 06:41 AM
#1740
Senior Member
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 9,458
Likes: 16
From: Colorado
Bikes: Something Canadian, something Italian, something American, and something German
Gettin' out for a ride today. Third week in a row. This makes me happy. The first ride was almost 4 months ago, then a 3 month break in between, and now every week. Much bettah.
10-13-09 | 03:48 PM
#1741
****** (can I say this?)
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 1,900
Likes: 0
From: CO
Mmmm, smells like new crankset...
10-14-09 | 09:05 AM
#1742
Don't really have a bike.
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 3,355
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From: Wenatchee, WA
off to school then to the bike coop to finish my bike! pictures to come soon.
10-14-09 | 05:04 PM
#1743
Senior Member
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 9,458
Likes: 16
From: Colorado
Bikes: Something Canadian, something Italian, something American, and something German
10-14-09 | 10:13 PM
#1744
Moar cowbell
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 12,480
Likes: 7
From: The 509
Bikes: Bike list is not a resume. Nobody cares.
Some do, some don't. All depends on the helmet and the shape of your head/face. Full faces vary widely for fit.
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10-15-09 | 07:26 AM
#1745
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Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 10,939
Likes: 1
From: The Summit of Lee
Bikes: Hecklah
10-15-09 | 10:35 AM
#1746
Senior Member
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 516
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From: Dayton, Oh
Bikes: Salsa Vaya, Specialized Roubaix Team Saxo, Fisher HiFi29er
Hey…ever tried glucosamine sulfate for the knees? I had knee surgery back a few years ago and still have issues in both knees at times. When I first got on the bike this spring, a doctor friend told me about the glucosamine sulfate and I took it for a few weeks and noticed my knees weren’t bothering me as much. I ran out and stopped taking it for a few weeks and started noticing knee pain again. I have been taking it ever since. You can get it at any health food, grocery, etc. Usually in the vitamin sections…takes a couple of weeks to notice a change.
10-15-09 | 11:55 AM
#1747
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Joined: Oct 2005
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From: The Summit of Lee
Bikes: Hecklah
Yeah...my PT/AT friends in KCK have been hounding me to take glucosamine chondroitin.
10-15-09 | 12:00 PM
#1748
Moar cowbell
Joined: Oct 2004
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From: The 509
Bikes: Bike list is not a resume. Nobody cares.
^^ Costco sells industrial barrel-size bottles of it reasonably. Higher mg count that many other brands too.
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Originally Posted by Mark Twain
"Don't argue with stupid people; they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience."
10-15-09 | 05:34 PM
#1749
****** (can I say this?)
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From: CO
I kind of thought the price was to good to be true (at the time I ordered, the cheapest I could find was 205$ but I think it can now be found for 175ish), but being the cheapo I am, I went ahead and got it after calling and asking a few in depth questions about the crankset, and something else. Took 2 weeks to ship, but it did get here, and I installed it, and its good. The whole thing (including BB and packaging) is lighter than just the drive side half of my last crankset (which was a square taper).
https://www.bikesonline.com/TruVativ-...GXP-6873mm.htm
https://www.bikesonline.com/TruVativ-...GXP-6873mm.htm
10-21-09 | 09:07 AM
#1750
Don't really have a bike.
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 3,355
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From: Wenatchee, WA
My LBS had to shut down recently so from what i have heard they are having huge sales which makes sense. However, I have tried to go by and the doors are locked and lights are not on and no one answers the phone so i got the guy who owns it cell phone number and want to call and ask about helmets and a couple other things but not sure if that is an acceptable thing since he was not the one to give me his number. My friends dad bought a bike from there and gave it to me. what do you think? Call and ask away just tell him how i got his personal number? Keep trying the shop since someone has to be there at some point?