just got it a few days ago, first real mountain bike! im psyched! 2003 GT Ruckus I-Drive 2.0.
first post, hello

Hello and welcome. Now give me your bike.

and my brothers bike

Frame: Sandvik/TST 20" Ti (oval downtube)
Fork: '04 Marzocchi MX Pro ETA
Wheels: XT hubs laced to Sun Rhynolites (on order)
Tires: Panaracer Fire XC
Brakes: Avid BB7 Mechanicals (160mm, on order)
Headset: Chris King
Crank/BB: Truvativ FireX mated to Truvativ Gigapipe Ti
Shifters/Derailleurs: SRAM 700 grip shift (scavenged from old Trek), SRAM 9.0 rear, crappy Shimano front (also scavenged)
Seat/Post: Titec Berzerker DH Ti saddle w/Titec post
Bar/Stem/Grips: All no-name from old Trek

that is a pretty nice bike, but why would you even think of putting grip-shifts on there?

Do not be bad-mouthing the wonder of Grip Shifts.

Some people (my girlfriend included) think they're the shizznit. I don't get it but it's not like I have to ride the thing

I've never had a ride with anything else, so I have no opinion - they work fine for me. In this case, they were installed by default (no money to change, and no instigation to do so)

You dig them. That's all that matters

ooooooooh, so that's what that bike is. i saw one this past wednesday up at blue mountain but i couldn't read the decals to see what bike it was.

i haven't had too many problems yet, i had to change the seatpost cause the stock bontrager sucked and also i need to get a chain guard but other than those things so far nice

and this is what started my love for mountain biking back in 1995 i was 10, and in the life of this bike i rode the hell out of it.

Now for a question do you think it would be worth it to revamp it and give it new life? Or should i just leave it?

That depends what kind of bike you want. I stripped mine to the frame and rebuilt it last month, and now it's exactly how I like it.

Hey bkrownd, I was just talking about those type of tires the other day. Who made them, that was the one thing I couldn't remember. Oh, and major jealous that you still have a Scrambler.

My BMX Scrambler was stolen in 1981, but its memory lives on. I don't even have a picture. You can see the tires very well in that picture? They're the stock 1994 Cheng Shin tires, with the connected center tread, still only half worn after 10 years of commuting. I haven't seen any with that tread pattern recently.

What do you notice is so much better about the seat post?

here is my Cannondale F600, but i am hoping to get the Cannondale Rush 2000 as soon as it hits the market

take a look at the bontrager connection, comes on all trek 3500, 3700 and 3900's

Here is my new 05 Stumpjumper FSR 120 Disc Expert

My 2003 Norco Pinnacle has that exact same tread pattern...it won't wear down at all.

Here's the most recent picture of my rig; new grips, tubes and a lizard skins chainstay protector.
(and with the new DH tubes, this thing weighs in at almost 40lbs instead of the stock 35.5lbs )

MAn, mine compared to all of yours is ... not at all that great. Considering I'm only 15 and have no job... eh... I still regret not buying the Aluminum frame=(. I just didn't want to wait a couple of more days possibly a week to get the bike but... this ones mine...

https://www2.trekbikes.com/Assets/Bik...ile84_3412.jpg

Everything Stock. But either way it's my first Mountain Bike so I guess you could call this just a bike to warm up on and hopefully when I get a job I'll make money fast enough to get a Cannondale real quick=).

sweet ride man. love what you ride! i wish i had a bike like that for my first rig..

common another stumpy fsr. i should have learned by now to stop looking at this thread.

lucky.

tubes and grips added 5 lbs? doubtful