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10-28-04 | 06:06 AM

#976

bikejunkie

group W bench

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From: Hinckley, Ohio

Bikes: Raleigh Prestige, GT ZR.1, Burley Duet, Schwinn Voyagre, Giant ATX 990, a couple single speeds and a fixed gear, plus my bike collection

Here's my bike . It's an oldie but a goodie. It's a Giant ATX 990. XT deraileurs and hubs and a Girvin fork. This was considered a downhill bike in the mid nineties. This was the same kind of frame John Tomac rode when he was national downhill champion. It even has stickers with his name and championship on it. Later.

10-29-04 | 02:16 AM

#977

Hopper

Ride bike or bike ride?

Joined: Oct 2003

Posts: 1,447

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From: Adelaide, Australia

Bikes: MongoosePro DH, Dart custom road bike, .243 Racing FR street bike

Who ever said Mongoose make bad bikes obviously haven't seen my beast

Just got it yesterday.

10-29-04 | 03:07 AM

#978

BikerTrashP.2

Junior Member

Joined: Sep 2004

Posts: 11

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From: Milwaukee, WI

Bikes: '89 Cannondale M800, '04 Specialized P.2

bikejunkie, you need a spring for that fork.

10-29-04 | 03:28 AM

#979

cryogenic

Campy or bust :p

Joined: Oct 2004

Posts: 3,139

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From: Knoxville, TN

Bikes: Surly Karate Monkey commuter build

Are those Noleen forks that you two guys are running? I've not seen anything new from them in quite awhile, to be honest. As I recall, they were bought out by K2, or was it vice-versa?

10-29-04 | 03:35 AM

#980

Raiyn

I drink your MILKSHAKE

Joined: Jul 2002

Posts: 15,061

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From: St. Petersburg, FL

Bikes: 2003 Specialized Rockhopper FSR Comp, 1999 Specialized Hardrock Comp FS, 1971 Schwinn Varsity

Is that Girvin fork I see and Biopace chainrings? Tell me that's not an Avocet gel saddle. It's very clean. I'm just astonished at the condition of what I see in the picture

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10-29-04 | 03:36 AM

#981

cryogenic

Campy or bust :p

Joined: Oct 2004

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From: Knoxville, TN

Bikes: Surly Karate Monkey commuter build

I think you're right.. the C-dale has a girvin.. but I think the Giant ATX had the Noleen/K2 elastomer fork.

10-29-04 | 03:49 AM

#982

BikerTrashP.2

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From: Milwaukee, WI

Bikes: '89 Cannondale M800, '04 Specialized P.2

Raiyn, LOL, yeah, that is the bike I rode in the early/mid 90s (now my xc bike). Pure old school; '89 M800 Beast of the East, BioPace chainrings, Girvin fork (with recent Mountain Speed spring find), Avocet Mountain Gel saddle, DiaComp 990 rear brake, XT thumb shifters, XT deraileurs, Salsa bar ends, Dart/Smoke tires. I did add new DK magnesium Iron Cross pedals, which I only put on because I ordered by mistake (I wanted black ones).

10-29-04 | 03:53 AM

#983

cryogenic

Campy or bust :p

Joined: Oct 2004

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From: Knoxville, TN

Bikes: Surly Karate Monkey commuter build

wow... that's incredibly old school... I actually vaguely remember when that sort of stuff was high-end. Now it's a relic.

10-29-04 | 03:53 AM

#984

Raiyn

I drink your MILKSHAKE

Joined: Jul 2002

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From: St. Petersburg, FL

Bikes: 2003 Specialized Rockhopper FSR Comp, 1999 Specialized Hardrock Comp FS, 1971 Schwinn Varsity

Quote:

Originally Posted by BikerTrashP.2

Never thought I'd see a working example again. That thing's pretty clean looking from the pic. All you need is a Hite Rite

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10-29-04 | 05:35 AM

#985

bikejunkie

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From: Hinckley, Ohio

Bikes: Raleigh Prestige, GT ZR.1, Burley Duet, Schwinn Voyagre, Giant ATX 990, a couple single speeds and a fixed gear, plus my bike collection

Quote:

Originally Posted by cryogenic

I think you're right.. the C-dale has a girvin.. but I think the Giant ATX had the Noleen/K2 elastomer fork.

No, the ATX has a Girvin fork also.

10-29-04 | 05:38 AM

#986

bikejunkie

group W bench

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From: Hinckley, Ohio

Bikes: Raleigh Prestige, GT ZR.1, Burley Duet, Schwinn Voyagre, Giant ATX 990, a couple single speeds and a fixed gear, plus my bike collection

Quote:

Originally Posted by BikerTrashP.2

bikejunkie, you need a spring for that fork.

Where did you get the spring upgrade. I've wanted to do that.

10-29-04 | 10:15 AM

#987

rasheed

mmm babaghanouj.

Joined: Aug 2003

Posts: 848

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From: toronto, canada.

Bikes: 2003 norco fluid 3.0, 2016 Intense Tracer 275C Expert

here's a ghetto webcam pic of my rig. can't really see it too well cause the lighting sucks and the webcam sucks too...

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hopefully, i'll be able to get a good digital camera soon and take some better pictures of it.

10-29-04 | 01:51 PM

#988

khuon

DEADBEEF

Joined: Aug 2002

Posts: 12,234

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From: Catching his breath alongside a road near Seattle, WA USA

Bikes: 1999 K2 OzM, 2001 Aegis Aro Svelte

Quote:

Originally Posted by cryogenic

Are those Noleen forks that you two guys are running? I've not seen anything new from them in quite awhile, to be honest. As I recall, they were bought out by K2, or was it vice-versa?

Noleen/Girvin was purchased by ProFlex around 1996 (I think). K2 then bought ProFlex around 1998/1999. The fork line carried on until about 2002. Newer K2s use aftermarket forks. The cross-link forks were excellent cross-country forks and they had enough travel to possibly be considered for light-freeride and light-downhill. However, their main claim to fame was their ultra-precise steering... almost too precise and twitchy for some applications. They tracked as well as a rigid fork.

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10-29-04 | 02:11 PM

#989

cryogenic

Campy or bust :p

Joined: Oct 2004

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From: Knoxville, TN

Bikes: Surly Karate Monkey commuter build

Ah, so Noleen and Girvin were one and the same? I do remember their marketing pitch being that the fork travelled straight up and down when it hit a bump as opposed to the lateral forces exerted on the legs of a regular fork. I never got a chance to ride one and always kinda wondered if in fact they held any merit over a standard fork.

10-29-04 | 02:23 PM

#990

khuon

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From: Catching his breath alongside a road near Seattle, WA USA

Bikes: 1999 K2 OzM, 2001 Aegis Aro Svelte

Quote:

Originally Posted by cryogenic

The Cross-Link fork design is essentially a 4-bar parallelogram link suspension system.

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10-29-04 | 03:59 PM

#991

cryogenic

Campy or bust :p

Joined: Oct 2004

Posts: 3,139

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From: Knoxville, TN

Bikes: Surly Karate Monkey commuter build

interesting, but what are the graphs showing? There's no actual legend or whatever to show what each axis means.

10-31-04 | 10:43 PM

#992

sambusik

Just a Member

Joined: Oct 2004

Posts: 113

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From: Chicago, IL

Bikes: Felt F35, Ellsworth Id

2003 Ellsworth Id

10-31-04 | 11:00 PM

#993

cryogenic

Campy or bust :p

Joined: Oct 2004

Posts: 3,139

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From: Knoxville, TN

Bikes: Surly Karate Monkey commuter build

nice bike... what components does it have on it?

11-01-04 | 01:31 AM

#994

khuon

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From: Catching his breath alongside a road near Seattle, WA USA

Bikes: 1999 K2 OzM, 2001 Aegis Aro Svelte

Quote:

Originally Posted by cryogenic

interesting, but what are the graphs showing? There's no actual legend or whatever to show what each axis means.

Y = vertical travel component in mm
X = horizontal trail component in mm

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11-01-04 | 02:03 AM

#995

PWRDbyTRD

Toyota Racing Dev.

Joined: Oct 2004

Posts: 3,339

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From: Knoxville, TN baby!

Bikes: 2004 Kona Hoss Dee-Lux

Hopefully tomorrow I'll be posting some pix of my new bike

yay.

11-01-04 | 04:22 AM

#996

PWRDbyTRD

Toyota Racing Dev.

Joined: Oct 2004

Posts: 3,339

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From: Knoxville, TN baby!

Bikes: 2004 Kona Hoss Dee-Lux

11-01-04 | 01:43 PM

#997

Raiyn

I drink your MILKSHAKE

Joined: Jul 2002

Posts: 15,061

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From: St. Petersburg, FL

Bikes: 2003 Specialized Rockhopper FSR Comp, 1999 Specialized Hardrock Comp FS, 1971 Schwinn Varsity

What's the fascination with the hind end of that bike?

Every link I clicked had a shot of the rear.

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11-01-04 | 02:27 PM

#998

trekkie820

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Joined: Feb 2004

Posts: 2,304

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From: Cleveland, OH

Bikes: 2004 Trek 4600 SS, 2016 Cannondale Cujo 2 SS

So...lose the reflectors and that worthless plastic disc behind the cassette.

11-01-04 | 02:30 PM

#999

khuon

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Joined: Aug 2002

Posts: 12,234

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From: Catching his breath alongside a road near Seattle, WA USA

Bikes: 1999 K2 OzM, 2001 Aegis Aro Svelte

Quote:

Originally Posted by trekkie820

So...lose the reflectors and that worthless plastic disc behind the cassette.

It's not completely worthless. It could make for a good serving plate for a doughnut... or a bagel.

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1999 K2 OzM

2001 Aegis Aro Svelte
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11-01-04 | 02:43 PM

#1000

vortec135

go baby go

Joined: Oct 2004

Posts: 67

Likes: 0

From: Toronto, Canada

Bikes: a not so stock, '04 hardrock

how do u take it off anyways...? (the proper way) cuz i hurt myself while I cracked mine off with a screw driver

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