Why I Stopped Trackstanding, And Started Jumping

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07-24-06 | 09:31 PM

Serendipper

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From: ~Serenading with sensous soliloquies whilst singing supple sentences that are simultaneously suppling my sonnets with serenity serendipitously.~ -Serendipper

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Why I Stopped Trackstanding, And Started Jumping

....cuz track bikes suck off road. And my wheels won't stay true when I bomb the stairs.

I traded my Bianchi for an On-One Gimp.

It's still a singlespeed, so sorry haters, I'm still around.

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07-24-06 | 09:36 PM

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good for you.

07-24-06 | 09:38 PM

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good for you.

Don't you just love self-indulgent threads?

07-24-06 | 10:10 PM

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Gimps are bad ass as ****.

I want one real bad.

07-24-06 | 10:19 PM

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Gimps are bad ass as ****.

I want one real bad.

Hell yes.

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07-25-06 | 06:05 AM

Aeroplane

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I traded my Bianchi for an On-One Gimp.

Good trade. You can still trackstand with your Gimp, too though.

07-25-06 | 06:36 AM

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It's just as easy to track stand on a freewheel as it is with a fixed.

07-25-06 | 09:56 AM

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It's just as easy to track stand on a freewheel as it is with a fixed.

that's just plain not true, but this is the internet, and i understand the urge to ego-inflate thyself.

still, its doable, most of the time it just takes a little upslope.

07-25-06 | 10:24 AM

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that's just plain not true, but this is the internet, and i understand the urge to ego-inflate thyself.

still, its doable, most of the time it just takes a little upslope.

True true but it's way more fun or so I discovered thanks to Chimbly's Gunnar of doom.

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07-25-06 | 01:33 PM

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I traded my Bianchi for an On-One Gimp.

Why are all of On-One bikes given such ******** names? I absolutely love the seatstays on the Inbred, but I refuse to ride a bike called an Inbred.

Is it because MTBers are goofier than trackies?

07-25-06 | 02:07 PM

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Is it because MTBers are goofier than trackies?

Companies that make MTB's generally make more than one, unlike track bikes, so names are required. And 90% of track stuff has the word "pista" involved in it, how generic is that?

07-25-06 | 03:09 PM

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Is it because MTBers are goofier than trackies?

Yes. And bigger closet nerds, if you can imagine that.

07-25-06 | 03:59 PM

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that's just plain not true, but this is the internet, and i understand the urge to ego-inflate thyself.

still, its doable, most of the time it just takes a little upslope.

i can trackstand my 1969 Schwinn women's Lightweight in all the same I can trackstand my track bike. You can claim ego-inflation all you want, but I learned how to trackstand on a freewheel bike.

07-25-06 | 04:02 PM

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i can trackstand my 1969 Schwinn women's Lightweight in all the same I can trackstand my track bike. You can claim ego-inflation all you want, but I learned how to trackstand on a freewheel bike.

but can you trackstand a freewheel on a steep downwards slope? that i would like to see.

07-25-06 | 09:09 PM

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07-26-06 | 05:30 AM

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Let's not get into a pissing contest here. Obviously, it's trickier to stand w/ a freewheel bike, but it's doable and not too difficult on level ground. Hell, even I can do it, so it's easy

You'd need to be a trials rider of sorts to do it on even a moderately steep downhill... or Nathan Fabian, of course.

OP: how the eff did you buy a track bike if you want to ride offroad and down stairs??? I guess you didn't know then that you'll want to...

07-26-06 | 07:37 AM

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I feel you. I just bought an Ironhorse 7point3 and it has been recieving a truly disproportionate amount of my riding attention. That and my singlespeed azonic steelhead build...as my track bike weeps in the corner.

07-26-06 | 09:27 AM

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Long live 24 in.-wheeled, ss 'mountain' bikes.

07-26-06 | 10:03 AM

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Long live 24 in.-wheeled, ss 'mountain' bikes.

Yeah..not sure if I am goin to build the new one up 24" or 26".

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07-26-06 | 10:05 AM

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Long live 24 in.-wheeled, ss 'mountain' bikes.

Agreed.

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07-26-06 | 10:10 AM

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more of this...

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07-26-06 | 10:17 AM

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more of this...

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07-26-06 | 10:25 AM

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my jumper...not a hardtail, not 24", not a s/s...but fun nonetheless!

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07-26-06 | 10:29 AM

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no no no...lets go with park and street ridin. I gave up gettin dirty awhile back.

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07-26-06 | 11:17 AM

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my last ss mtb was 24" but I may try 26" this time. I built up an on-one gimp with 24" halo rims. Not sure
about running 26"...

Keep this thread going!! That .243 is great.

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