MTN. biker turned roadie, I love my life.
11-27-08, 01:12 AM
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MTN. biker turned roadie, I love my life.
So I bought a 20 year old Bianchi, It's a great ride but I neeed more gears.
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11-27-08, 11:15 AM
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Do you want more gears/cogs or do you want a broader gearing range? What are you running, a 42/52 double with a 7 or 8 speed cassette?
Anyhow, there are plenty of people with older bikes who ride faster or longer than noobs (like me) with newer bikes. My coworker regularly rides Mt Hamilton on a bike with the drivetrain I described above. If I did that, my kneecaps would explode but he pulls it off.
Anyhow, there are plenty of people with older bikes who ride faster or longer than noobs (like me) with newer bikes. My coworker regularly rides Mt Hamilton on a bike with the drivetrain I described above. If I did that, my kneecaps would explode but he pulls it off.
11-27-08, 03:34 PM
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Time for a change.
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Been road riding for just over 2 years after 16years of Mountain biking.
Took me 6 months to change over on the different riding and bikes- but that was when I realised that there are better quality bikes out there that work better than an old bike or a cheap bike.
But still get out on the MTB for a bit of fun occasionally.
Took me 6 months to change over on the different riding and bikes- but that was when I realised that there are better quality bikes out there that work better than an old bike or a cheap bike.
But still get out on the MTB for a bit of fun occasionally.
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11-27-08, 09:16 PM
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Do you want more gears/cogs or do you want a broader gearing range? What are you running, a 42/52 double with a 7 or 8 speed cassette?
Anyhow, there are plenty of people with older bikes who ride faster or longer than noobs (like me) with newer bikes. My coworker regularly rides Mt Hamilton on a bike with the drivetrain I described above. If I did that, my kneecaps would explode but he pulls it off.
Anyhow, there are plenty of people with older bikes who ride faster or longer than noobs (like me) with newer bikes. My coworker regularly rides Mt Hamilton on a bike with the drivetrain I described above. If I did that, my kneecaps would explode but he pulls it off.
But I am looking at getting a new caad9.
11-27-08, 09:18 PM
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Been road riding for just over 2 years after 16years of Mountain biking.
Took me 6 months to change over on the different riding and bikes- but that was when I realised that there are better quality bikes out there that work better than an old bike or a cheap bike.
But still get out on the MTB for a bit of fun occasionally.
Took me 6 months to change over on the different riding and bikes- but that was when I realised that there are better quality bikes out there that work better than an old bike or a cheap bike.
But still get out on the MTB for a bit of fun occasionally.
11-27-08, 09:42 PM
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Classic celeste. I like it.. But, to be classic still, can we convert the shifters up to the levers... and still be classic.
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11-27-08, 10:41 PM
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11-28-08, 09:39 AM
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Things are very much different in the road cycling compared to the MTB side. You can get a very light, quality carbon or part-carbon road frame for not too much more than an al frame. Consider used. I'm selling my used 53cm Scattante frame and fork for a song.
