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awesome, ledge! i want a new XC hardtail...

29er? some schmoe at vn sez 26er hardtails are now dead.

or how about a 69er

http://www.mountain-bike-world.com/image-files/69er.jpg

what is this nonsense

o_O

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/3509/snapshotg.jpg

^^^ pic of me w/pista, taken outside the thompson center in downtown chicago. there's this old guy who has made it his mission to photograph all the messengers in town, so he'll hang out at the TC, snap photos with his ancient point and shoot, and then come down with copies for everyone weeks, maybe months later. in this case, my friend kyle just emailed me the pic, 1.5 years later

http://www.bike24.com/images/products/p049777.jpg

can't find the exact same specs as mine but this is the frame/bars/post with a mix of 09 ultegra with 08 dura-ace brifters and 08 easton circuits (discontinued).

basically it was a lot of bike for a fred like me but with the economy crapped out and my friends' own a bike shop and i sold them a car and we worked out a couple bikes as part of the exchange.

but now i'm in the top 20 riders (top 10 climbers!) in the world as rated by strava.com... pure lolx0rz for those who know my low-wattage and fat ass. here are some crappy cell phone pix from the road (i should be riding but i had to pull over out of exhaustion):
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2455/3891357368_186228db2b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2657/3869038526_89a94006bb.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3581/3862660865_3cec4dd4b5.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3549/3845524255_9bc06aca30.jpg

niiiiice

crazy nice. is the top tube ovalized? also interesting headtube/downtube junction.

my bike is old and ugly but I love it

show us it!!

shasta can i move in with you, sugar daddy

nice lakeside pix. i have a bianchi but its not that nice

crazy nice. is the top tube ovalized? also interesting headtube/downtube junction.

the frame is STIFF... i rode steel, titanium, aluminum and carbon before choosing this frame. it's monocoque, so no joints, lugging, buttings, or seams. the top tube is trapezoidal and the downtube is upside-down teardrop-shaped. i am neither small nor petite and carbon was an issue for me but now i ride relatively fearlessly. some of the descents following the climbs pictured above i'll hit 45mph+.

1st pic is from the top of Mt. Tamalpais with a fog-shrouded San Francisco peninsula in the distance.
2nd pic is from the approach to Mt. Tamalpais (locals call it "Seven Sisters") overlooking Bolinas and Stinson Beach.
3rd and 4th pics are at the base of the mountain at a reservoir called Alpine Dam.

for historical purposes, you cross and mtb riders should note that mt. tamalpais served as the birthing ground for mountain biking as we know it today. there is a trail along a ridge in the near-background in pic #2 that is quite famous.

tamalpais high (at about three)

old and ugly but as I said it gets me where I'm going
http://img.skitch.com/20090918-nsq2r3yb8nt67isn75r1p9dbin.jpg
got it (rebuilt and re-conditioned) from this v.opinionated bike charity

My new old bike (before / after):

http://i652.photobucket.com/albums/uu241/dnvnoo/mai_baiku_II.jpg
http://i652.photobucket.com/albums/uu241/dnvnoo/mai_baiku_iib.jpg

1983 Trek 400

I took off some of the ixnay crapay, next step is to get the derailleur sorted (right now it is basically a ss) and get some new handlebar tape (want to go w/ a deep red) / brake hoods. I kinda like the patina of the decayed and gooey old hoods but I want my bike to look loved. Yahhh trick i know I should have taken off the lock before the picture.

So much lighter than the Fuji upthread.

sorry that should be:

http://i652.photobucket.com/albums/uu241/dnvnoo/mai_baiku_IIb.jpg

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/6374/bikebn.jpg
New frame, new saddle and seat post, old everything else.

This new frame is chromoly. It's a little heavier than my last two, but after going through two aluminum frames in two years, I could use something a little stronger. And maybe it's a more comfortable ride?

here's my mountain bike:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2586/4059348067_f117384bee.jpg

and my commuting bike:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2700/4060101896_4a5dbce414_b.jpg

in that first pic, i didn't mean to poach the trail... i came up the other side, where there's no sign, and then was surprised that the sign said it was closed... but there were plenty of other bikers and hikers on it, so i'm wondering if it's really closed or not.

it would appear that you live someplace v pleasant

ha- the first pic is in china camp state park in beautiful marin county... some of the last legal singletrack in the immediate vicinity of san francisco.

the second pic is indeed somewhere v pleasant- the seaside enclave known as oakland, ca.

i was guessing the first one was tamarancho

http://static.paulsmith.co.uk/images/width484/img-3085-33395.jpg

old bike

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2661/3685552423_62489308ea_o.jpg

new bike

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2549/4118031974_fa3d1dbdf6_o.jpg

unavailable :(

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2549/4118031974_f9270fcc5c_o.jpg

nice dude! will you go clipless? for me?

are clips bad

niiiiiice

I'm going clipless soon

v nice eman

cutty is right, you should get some clipless if only for those times you want to go on a long ride that is not just A-->B (i wear bike shoes all the time, but they're still inferior to real shoes for non-biking comfort, which is why i've got comfy slip-ons at school)

or just do what a lot of ppl do and ride yr street shoes on yr clipless when yr just getting around. it's really not much of a pain when you get down to it

also most clips/straps just get mangled over time, and are generally a pain

i'll look into it at some point. not really looking forward to learning how clip in and out without falling

you can do it. you're a smart boy.

lol

or just do what a lot of ppl do and ride yr street shoes on yr clipless when yr just getting around.

that would be good. do most clipless pedals allow for that? obv the eggbeater ones don't

nice dude! will you go clipless adjust your saddle? for me?

(unless nose down really really works for you)

ya it was pointing up at the store and hurting my weenis and taint so i had them adjust it but they went a notch to far i think

you don't want to lose penis head feelings

also you don't want to lose weenis head feelings

i will always rep for "what works for you." except for plastic reflectors on spokes.

whomi kidding, i got a list of the forbidden shit.

congrats on bike

former roadie trying to be cool admits he really still judges everyone

also if there are reflectors on those pedals. take them off! buy some knog lights.

I have two pairs of bike shoes, one that look like trainers and have a deep recess and can be walked around in. The others are pretty rigid and hard to walk in. (I wear through a set of cleats in the walking shoes in about 2 months).

I keep meaning to go to the machine shop to build a clip in platform for my pedals.

former roadie trying to be cool admits he really still judges everyone

"non-shockah"

thx Hunt3r. got a proper fit this time and the difference is huge.

also if there are reflectors on those pedals. take them off! buy some knog lights.

are u joking or ? a co-worker recently got ticketed by baltimore's finest for riding (a freestyle bmx) at night w/out a headlamp. had no idea about that law. aren't rear lights more important??

what joke? get knog lights for the front and back. white and red LED.

i would never ride at night without flashers. but reflectors are in the realm of kickstands. utilitarian but avoid like the plague.

I prefer solid beam to flashers, but would rather have both.