Don't worry, I was just bugging you. I actually don't love the Peugeot...I used to hate riding it before but with the changes (i.e., different fork, stem, bar, etc), it is more enjoyable to ride. Or at least it was for the one day I got to ride it.

Now to ride it again, I'll have to get a new crank and BB...doesn't sound like a big deal but it's a mid-80s French bike...I'm hoping the BB threading isn't the odd French style (probably is though and I don't have the tool to take it off and check) because if it is, it may be hard getting a replacement bracket (I don't know for sure, I haven't checked). I did try a different crank arm on the spindle and there was a bit of play between the arm and spindle so I will have to replace the BB if I want to ride it again. Oh well...

My 06 Hardtail

I assure you you'd be hard pressed to do so
Ever see a rodeo clown get gored or maybe footage from the running of thebullsin Pamplona, Spain? Bar ends pointed the wrong way can maim you at a minimum

that dirtjumper is on roids!! sweet bike. heres mine

i took the avid stickers and the ones on the top tube off. i finnally bought touch up paint

they look sexy in black..better than my baby poo green colour.

lets see it then... get some pics of it !! lol i wanna see if its as bad as mine!! (Not the Cinder Cone lol)

Nice. I bet it will fly up the hills. How is the cornering?

He already posted it in here, that's why I was bugging him about the bar ends and the height of the bar/stem...you'll have to search the thread to see it.

antman, that is a really sweet bike.

darn it!! need to search now

:Edit: wooooow lol check them cantilever brakes..haha *sighs*

Without my bar stem, my back aches while riding that bike. Its like I have to bend down to do anything, and on any rocky downhill parts I would allways feel like I was gunna flip.

That's when you have to get your butt off of the seat and get it over the rear tire.

nothing new. the Peyto hardtai/Rock Shox Pike Team, and Weyless-67/Boxxer Ride. SRAM shifting/drivetrain, Avid Juicy-5 brakes. Chris King and Hope wheel builds. Assorted other parts.

thanks. ill get a better picture when i can. for some reason it looks ******** in that picture. on january 30 im getting my faith 3. i cant wait to get pictures of that

me neither! lol

'98 Kona Fire Mountain frame. 7005 alu. 16"
Wheels: XT/Mavic 517 Irc Mythos 2.1 tires
Bar/stem/post: Raceface Evolve XC
Cranks/BB/: Raceface Turbine
Shifters/Deraillers: Sram Rocket 8spd/Deore
Cassette: Sram 5.0 8spd 11-28
Brakes: Avid SD7 with Avid Speed Dial levers.
Fork: Marz EXR Pro Coil

The only thing that's screaming for improvement is the fork. The EXR on there was free. So any upgrade is going to have to be a pretty good value. =)

Nice photo.

Hey thanks! I got home and found my new bar had come in the mail so I sawed it off and srewed it on and got the pic just as the sun was going down. Barely made it. 2 hours ago the bike had the Evolve flat bar on it. I rode that with bar ends wrapped in road tape. On that bar I could climb like an animal so I'm anctious to see if the new bar has any detrimental effect. I'd be on it right now, but I'm waiting for the aqua-net to set up on the grips.

Speaking of grips, I believe I ordered som sram shortys as well, but they didn't come. Luckily I had a new pair of cheese pizza grips sitting in the garage. You can see the blue packaging in the pic.

Edit: And you see the crabgrass, in my lawn? That's LX crabgrass. I think it's just as good as XT crabgrass if you're not counting grams.

thats a pretty nice bike twin cam.

race face fan i see???

Actually, I saw it on your other thread. This link gave me an error, something about the photo not being available.

Thank you, thank you. I did all the wrenching myself, with the exception of pressing the headset.

I'm a textbook brand *****. I got like, a Raceface sticker or something and had to have everything to match. The cranks and tubing are very nice for the price. But mostly the logo is neat. I know, I'm a dork.

And yeah the first time I posted the pic was broke but I swithed it to photobucket and now its groovy.

Real nice lookin' Fire Mountain, TwinCam. I really dig the color.

Hey thanks!

My bike has never gotten so much love before!

Me and a friend went to a resort to ride and he rides a Giant AC. So everyone we meet is all oohing and awing over his big meathead bike and nobody even noticed my Kona!!

Same thing happenned with another friend except this guy was riding a Raleigh Ram!!! Can you believe that!??! The frickin cops even flagged us down because they wanted to ask about his Ram 2.0 !

Cop: "How much does a bike like that cost a guy?"
My friend: "About 600 dollars."
Cop: "Holy cow, that's alot of money!"

Not bitter. Not bitter.

Again, thanks for the kind words.

just posted it in the commuting forum... but, here is my newly built 1x9....