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Old 02-15-08 | 05:38 PM
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lol....nothing like cold setting aluminum!...lol

In my opinion, if you were seriously JRA and your ***** got bent, you should be provided a new frame.

lol....srsly..

your moms boyfriend didn't take it out for a joyride while you were sleeping and crash did he? lol

I would ask....srsly lol
Shes merried to my dad, who happens to be in the middle east for a year.
Yea, I think I should get a whole new bike, everythings breaking. The rim, the seat is stripped, even though I havnt touched it, and now the frame.


to the above, NO he didn;t remove the derailure
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Old 02-15-08 | 05:54 PM
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Just riding along....

My LBS here's this all the time. They all know it really means

"I was taking a six foot drop-to-flat"
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Old 02-15-08 | 06:05 PM
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Just riding along....

My LBS HEARS this all the time. They all know it really means

"I was taking a six foot drop-to-flat"
I took a 6 inch drop, off a curb...
flat indeed, but that doesn't even break my sisters bike.
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Old 02-15-08 | 08:10 PM
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Hmm...I wonder what he bent, then. What part of your seat is stripped?
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Old 02-16-08 | 01:30 AM
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Cheeto, for Pete's sake, was it the dérailleur hanger he bent back? You dont have to remove the Der. to do that.
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Old 02-16-08 | 06:39 AM
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He stuck two metal bars in where my axel goes, and he started pulling and twisting thats all I know.
My the screw that keeps it from tilting back and front, it's been replaced once already, but it's loose again.
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Old 02-16-08 | 11:08 AM
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I have no idea what you are trying to say half the time.

Also, if someone just starts pulling and twisting and you don't know what they are doing you should probably call the police.
 
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Old 02-16-08 | 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by ProFail
Just riding along....

My LBS here's this all the time. They all know it really means

"I was taking a six foot drop-to-flat"
I do that all the time on a set of Rhyno Lites, out of loading docks and such. I've knocked the wheel out of true doing it once or twice, but never unrideable. The mechanic just trues it and sends me on my way. Half the time, he's with me when I do that.
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Old 02-16-08 | 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Cheeto
Shes merried to my dad, who happens to be in the middle east for a year.
Yea, I think I should get a whole new bike, everythings breaking. The rim, the seat is stripped, even though I havnt touched it, and now the frame.


to the above, NO he didn;t remove the derailure
are your breaks braking?
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Old 02-16-08 | 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Cheeto
Shes merried to my dad, who happens to be in the middle east for a year.
Yea, I think I should get a whole new bike, everythings breaking. The rim, the seat is stripped, even though I havnt touched it, and now the frame.


to the above, NO he didn;t remove the derailure
my point exactly
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Old 02-16-08 | 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by C Law
my point exactly
That went a little to far there....
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Old 02-16-08 | 07:10 PM
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Yes I agree, Kindly lay off those type of jokes.

Everythings fixed, But I'm still convinced I need a bike that can take what I wanna do.

anyone got a decent dually for a decent price LOL
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Old 02-16-08 | 07:18 PM
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I've got one with Mercalli suspension and full Shimano Tourney. $650.
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Old 02-16-08 | 07:22 PM
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What type of bike?
maybe something in the future.
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Old 02-16-08 | 07:23 PM
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Mercalli? Sweet. That's the one with the carbon fiber muffler bearings, isn't it?
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Old 02-16-08 | 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Cheeto
Yes I agree, Kindly lay off those type of jokes.

Everythings fixed, But I'm still convinced I need a bike that can take what I wanna do.

anyone got a decent dually for a decent price LOL

What have you done to "bend" the Trek?
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Old 02-16-08 | 07:53 PM
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Lets see... I rode the XC trails at Dosset Trails GA (spelling on dosset is wrong I know) and rode on the back areas of the Airforce base... and... Checked the mail and went off a curb.

Apparently a curb breaks a mountian bike... I don't get it, and I'm rather pissed off/ discouraged from it.
I don't really trust my bike anymore.
It's a shame I'm alreayd looking for another one to get in the next year, but I don't want to hurt my parents feelings as they scraped the bottom of the bank account to get this bike for me..

I like haros reputation that it had in the BMX world.
I've been looking at the Haro Shift, or the Haro Escape sport.

Like th shift as it's dual.

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Old 02-16-08 | 10:03 PM
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You should put some Bonty Race X-Lite wheels on your bike.
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Old 02-17-08 | 12:15 AM
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Originally Posted by ProFail
You should put some Bonty Race X-Lite wheels on your bike.
Yeah, the Sun DoubleTracks aren't up to this guys abuse.
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Old 02-17-08 | 12:16 AM
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I'm thinking custom Seven Cycles Ti bars will compliment the X-Lites nicely as well.
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Old 02-17-08 | 12:21 AM
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Originally Posted by ProFail
I'm thinking custom Seven Cycles Ti bars will compliment the X-Lites nicely as well.
Needs H-Bars on a Super Monster T, affixed with a road stem.
And the X-Lites. Yeah, that combo would work.
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Old 02-17-08 | 12:30 AM
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I wouldn't call a curb rider error, but to each his own.
How the hell is riding off/into a curb not rider error? Whether it was intentional or on accident, he ran into it, the biking didn't fail, causing him to run into/off the curb.

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I'm thinking custom Seven Cycles Ti bars will compliment the X-Lites nicely as well.
Do you plan to contribute anything to this thread?
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Old 02-17-08 | 12:34 AM
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Originally Posted by MattP.
Do you plan to contribute anything to this thread?
No. No I wasn't.

Anyway, unless he was riding at thirty MPH INTO the curb, I don't think the bike should have failed. If riding off a curb is rider error, then god-forbid anyone try to use that "warranty schtick" at their LBS.


Opinion^ Just saying, don't attack me because of that.
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Old 02-17-08 | 12:39 AM
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Anyway, unless he was riding at thirty MPH INTO the curb, I don't think the bike should have failed. If riding off a curb is rider error, then god-forbid anyone try to use that "warranty schtick" at their LBS.


Opinion^ Just saying, don't attack me because of that.
Good thing that's just an opinion. I would hate for people to take it as truth.
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Old 02-17-08 | 12:44 AM
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Originally Posted by MattP.
Good thing that's just an opinion. I would hate for people to take it as truth.
So you admit that you've voided every single warranty on your bike?
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