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Old 11-16-10 | 03:47 PM
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I'll be going to school at MBI in Spokane WA!

I can't wait! I'll be getting the education i want and shreddin the Gnar part time! If you live up that way and have a dh bike for sale please let me know! I dont know much about DH at all, but i do know that i will really enjoy it! Im not looking for the top of the line 2011 WhateverMaRig, im just looking for a pretty good used bombproof bike that will get me by for a while and one that isnt going to completely bust my bank.

Also, i will be going to school up there the first of the year so i cant really do anything untill then. But i think it would be good to know what im looking at getting a bit prior to buying it so i can do some research and what not.

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Old 11-16-10 | 03:58 PM
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kick ass, congratulations, have a blast. stop by ellsworth and say hi to my buddy Fish, he is a super cool guy and can build you a bike.
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Old 11-16-10 | 04:02 PM
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HA! sounds good man, and thank you very much. i will have a blast! And i dont think i would be able to afford a built bike! lol
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Old 11-16-10 | 04:07 PM
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Congrats Mr. J. Law, have a great time up there. Great place in the world to be. Some great trails and trout fishing north of Spokane up into Canada.

Remember, Grades FIRST, trails second............the better your education now, the nicer your bikes in the future.
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Old 11-16-10 | 04:23 PM
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Remember, Grades FIRST, trails second............the better your education now, the nicer your bikes in the future.
Very good logic! I never thought of that! But i seroisly doubt "the nicer bikes" will be in my future with the field im going in! haha
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Old 11-16-10 | 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Johnny Law
I'll be going to school at MBI in Spokane WA!

I can't wait! I'll be getting the education i want and shreddin the Gnar part time! If you live up that way and have a dh bike for sale please let me know! I dont know much about DH at all, but i do know that i will really enjoy it! Im not looking for the top of the line 2011 WhateverMaRig, im just looking for a pretty good used bombproof bike that will get me by for a while and one that isnt going to completely bust my bank.

Also, i will be going to school up there the first of the year so i cant really do anything untill then. But i think it would be good to know what im looking at getting a bit prior to buying it so i can do some research and what not.

Thanks so much!

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Old 11-16-10 | 04:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Johnny Law
But i seroisly doubt "the nicer bikes" will be in my future with the field im going in! haha


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Old 11-16-10 | 05:01 PM
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"I see a beer-and-downhill-bikes ministry in your future . . . ."
ill hang with you guys and it could be a Green Tea-and-downhill-bikes ministy for me! lol

also, D what kind of bikes do you have for sale?
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Old 11-16-10 | 05:21 PM
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I don't have a whole bike for sale right now. I have an '08 Transition Blindside frame (medium) with a Gravity crankset and a dual-crown RST R-One fork. It is essentially this bike minus a lot of important pieces:



Not prepped for sale yet but I will probably soon sell my '03 Diamondback XTS Moto (large). It's my 7"/ 6½" trailbike; has a 7" single-crown RST Storm Super and Hayes Mag HD brakes but is otherwise close to stock. It looked like this when new:



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Old 11-16-10 | 05:47 PM
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That Blindside looks wicked, but i would definatly need one with all its "important pieces" haha. And the DB may be a bit to big for me. Im only 5'8" on a good day.
Also, what are the advantages to double crown forks?

but how much are you asking for the Transition?
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also this may seem like a stupid question, but on the DB the rear shock, is it upside down? The stock photo is facing the other way.
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Old 11-16-10 | 05:50 PM
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also this may seem like a stupid question, but on the DB the rear shock, is it upside down? The stock photo is facing the other way.
or does it make no difference at all?
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Also, what are the advantages to double crown forks?
More torsional rigidity and usually more plush than a similar-length single-crown, because there is more internal volume for oil, damping circuits and a looser-wound spring.

Oh, and I'm asking $800 for frame/fork/crank.

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or does it make no difference at all?
It doesn't. Most or all Fox remote-reservoir shocks can be flipped any which-way. I chose to flip it so that there would be no chance a slammed seatpost could foul with the reservoir.



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Do mine, do mine, what's in my future.
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Do mine, do mine, what's in my future.


"I see leathery-skinned, chain-smoking widows in halter tops vying for your attention in an over-55 mobile home community."
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Old 11-16-10 | 06:34 PM
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Ok so.. If I went with the blindside, how much more would you estimate I would have to put in it(price wise)? Not top of the line but not junk.
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Old 11-16-10 | 06:37 PM
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And how much would you take for the DB? Cause I deffinatly will at leaste check it out and se how it feels with my short body.
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Old 11-16-10 | 06:40 PM
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"i see leathery-skinned, chain-smoking widows in halter tops vying for your attention in an over-55 mobile home community."
lucky!!!
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lucky!!!
More like " yummie!"
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Old 11-16-10 | 07:00 PM
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Well, crap, pretty much like life now..................
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Old 11-16-10 | 07:05 PM
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You've chosen an admirable future dude. I wish I could bring myself to do but its hard to let go of my role as provider. Got so many friends doing missions...makes me feel like a lazy man.


D! Wassup with he DB? I thought you loved that thang.
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Old 11-16-10 | 07:45 PM
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You've chosen an admirable future dude.
thanks man. i cant wait for it to start !

and do you live around those parts also?
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Old 11-16-10 | 09:14 PM
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some bikes i have my eyes on

https://spokane.craigslist.org/bik/2031274685.html

https://spokane.craigslist.org/bik/2001355041.html

https://spokane.craigslist.org/bik/2048205857.html

https://spokane.craigslist.org/bik/2026827699.html

https://spokane.craigslist.org/bik/2011114563.html

https://spokane.craigslist.org/bik/2006804592.html


what do you think?
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Old 11-16-10 | 09:49 PM
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thanks man. i cant wait for it to start !

and do you live around those parts also?
Nahh, dude. Moving to Misery.
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