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What type of bike do you ride?
09-15-06, 02:09 PM
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Mountain Bike - Enduro SX Trail (6.6" rear travel, 6" fork)
SS Mountain Bike - Steel Nashbar frame built with Psylo fork
Cyclocross - Bianchi Axis (mostly stock)
24" BMX - Schwinn AL. Cruiser (beater bike)
SS Mountain Bike - Steel Nashbar frame built with Psylo fork
Cyclocross - Bianchi Axis (mostly stock)
24" BMX - Schwinn AL. Cruiser (beater bike)
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09-15-06, 03:06 PM
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Bikes: Cannondale T800, Cannondale ST400, Trek 520
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I ride mostly my Cannondale T800, once a month I take out my Fuji Royale.
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Trek 930
1988 Cannondale ST400
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Trek 930
1988 Cannondale ST400
09-15-06, 03:10 PM
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A FG/SS cyclocross bike. Also have a mtb and a roadie.
They are fun and you don't need a mtb. I ride an IRO Rob Roy fixed gear cross bike and fully loaded for commuting I'm pushing 250-260. You just need some good, well built wheels. In my case, 32h Deep V's. I think they come in 36h drillings too.
Originally Posted by Viggen Ed
But I'm looking for an old road frame to convert to fixed. Maybe an mtb would work better for what I want but definately a fixie... I'll know the bike when I find it; it looks like so much fun! I wanna ride backwards... 
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09-15-06, 08:36 PM
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Vintage Raleigh Pursuit Road Bike from 1988 here.
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09-15-06, 10:31 PM
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Craig A. Lebowitz
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1980 54cm Miyata seven ten road bike
~1980's 54cm unknown Fuji fixed gear
~1980's 54cm unknown Fuji fixed gear
09-16-06, 12:31 AM
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2002 Bianchi Bergamo Hybrid
As you can see from the picture, I changed the saddle, the pedals, the tires, and added bar ends. I also just recently had my rear wheel relaced with stiffer spokes, and asked them to leave off the blue dork disc. (started popping spokes after about 1200 miles on those wheels)
Note: the top bars of the rear triangle do not curve much at all. Just bad close-up photography with a wide-angle lens.
As you can see from the picture, I changed the saddle, the pedals, the tires, and added bar ends. I also just recently had my rear wheel relaced with stiffer spokes, and asked them to leave off the blue dork disc. (started popping spokes after about 1200 miles on those wheels)
Note: the top bars of the rear triangle do not curve much at all. Just bad close-up photography with a wide-angle lens.
09-16-06, 12:41 AM
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Road bikes. All of 'em steel. Latest and most favoritest is a 1967 Paramount P-15 mostly built up with various parts from Rivendell. Also have a 2000 Lemond Zurich frame built up with miscellaneous parts that I ride a fair amount. My Burley tandem is on extended loan to my usual stoker so he can ride with his 8 year old son. I also have a 1994 Trek 520 that I use for loaded touring, which I haven't done in a few years (need to fix that). All great fun, but that Paramount is something special.
I have nothing against mountain bikes,they just never have floated my boat for some reason.
I have nothing against mountain bikes,they just never have floated my boat for some reason.
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09-16-06, 02:47 PM
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OK - obviously, the majority of us ride road bikes, with MTBs and various "other" models coming in third. Having ridden road bikes, a fixed-gear, recumbents, tourers, and hybrids, I now stomp a MTB. Since I'm in an urban environment with serious concrete problems, the MTB's "roll over anything" ability is a plus for me. I keep a second set of road wheels for the MTB for weekend distance rides. I average 100 to 150 miles per week. Until I lose another 50 lbs., the MTB will be my sole ride. After that, anything goes!
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09-16-06, 07:00 PM
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Originally Posted by FarHorizon
OK - obviously, the majority of us ride road bikes, with MTBs and various "other" models coming in third. Having ridden road bikes, a fixed-gear, recumbents, tourers, and hybrids, I now stomp a MTB. Since I'm in an urban environment with serious concrete problems, the MTB's "roll over anything" ability is a plus for me. I keep a second set of road wheels for the MTB for weekend distance rides. I average 100 to 150 miles per week. Until I lose another 50 lbs., the MTB will be my sole ride. After that, anything goes!
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09-17-06, 12:19 PM
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Dolce far niente
I've got two main road bikes - a modern 2005 Giant OCR Limited, and a vintage 1975 Mondia Super. I love them both.
The Giant:
The Mondia:
Me with Giant, atop Mt Diablo:
Me, with Mondia, touring the Sacramento Delta:
The Giant:
The Mondia:
Me with Giant, atop Mt Diablo:
Me, with Mondia, touring the Sacramento Delta:
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09-17-06, 02:21 PM
#41
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One, that I am riding, A Cannondale R800. Two hanging in the shop for restore work.
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09-17-06, 08:14 PM
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I have and ride all kinds except road bikes and bmx. I've broken too many BMX bikes and I haven't found a road bike I was comfortable on since I lost mine to a Bonneville when I was 15. I just retired my old Pacific full suspension MTB with ape hangers, seat post mounted rack and many other goofy looking things to make it unique, comfortable and very very heavy as my commuter/all purpose bike. (I don't recomend ape hangers for steep hills on trails in the woods) Now I ride an older Trek antelope 800 with BioPace everyday that will eventually have almost as much "useless crap" as my old one.
09-17-06, 08:57 PM
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What kind of bike(s) should a Clydesdale ride? In two words: Whatever works.
The caveat here: Make sure you have good wheels! That seems to be the sticking point. No wheels, no bike. I have had no problem with frame materials, and never have had a frame fail on me, and I have run everything from a Bianchi "Pista" to multi-speed cruisers, and even an old Belgian-made mixte frame, steel (lugged and TIG-welded) and aluminum. from around 20# to close to 40#, unloaded. (I cannot afford ti or carbon composite...yet.). Almost all components--even the less-expensive stuff--also hold up well.
However, this year, I have had two wheels fail...one just last week, both road bikes or light hybrids: Broken spokes. I also had this happen on another bike in the past, and it was virtually brand new. My LBS does true and tension wheels properly before sale, too...that was not the problem. The big irony? Those wheels have at least 32 spokes...I have a Specialized Sequoia with "trick" wheels, and it never has had wheel problems. Ditto with cruisers or mountain bikes...never a problem.
I suspect the quality of the spokes in those failed wheels was less than satisfactory, and therein was the weak spot that caused the failures. (I am sorry, but wheels that last less that 1,500 miles don't cut it with me.) Since I do carry cargo on most of my bikes, and I am definetly "Clydesdale" weight ("Athena" is way too skinny!), and the failures were both rear wheels, I suspect that weight contributed to the problems.
The caveat here: Make sure you have good wheels! That seems to be the sticking point. No wheels, no bike. I have had no problem with frame materials, and never have had a frame fail on me, and I have run everything from a Bianchi "Pista" to multi-speed cruisers, and even an old Belgian-made mixte frame, steel (lugged and TIG-welded) and aluminum. from around 20# to close to 40#, unloaded. (I cannot afford ti or carbon composite...yet.). Almost all components--even the less-expensive stuff--also hold up well.
However, this year, I have had two wheels fail...one just last week, both road bikes or light hybrids: Broken spokes. I also had this happen on another bike in the past, and it was virtually brand new. My LBS does true and tension wheels properly before sale, too...that was not the problem. The big irony? Those wheels have at least 32 spokes...I have a Specialized Sequoia with "trick" wheels, and it never has had wheel problems. Ditto with cruisers or mountain bikes...never a problem.
I suspect the quality of the spokes in those failed wheels was less than satisfactory, and therein was the weak spot that caused the failures. (I am sorry, but wheels that last less that 1,500 miles don't cut it with me.) Since I do carry cargo on most of my bikes, and I am definetly "Clydesdale" weight ("Athena" is way too skinny!), and the failures were both rear wheels, I suspect that weight contributed to the problems.
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09-18-06, 11:46 AM
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Bikes: GT Edge for the road/Specialized Hopper (well the frame and the bb, everything else is new) for the dirt
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Road-'00 GT Edge Aero, Al frame/kinesis Al fork I built it up with :
Dirt-'96 Specialized Rockhopper Comp
I went from MTB to roadie because I moved to NYC.
- a mix of 105 and ultegra
- Salsa Bell Lap cyclocross bar because it si the widest bar I could find)
- Ultegra hubs and Mavic Open Pro 36 spoke wheels
- Conti GP4000 25cc tires
- Specialized Body Geo saddle
- Shimano SPD peddals
Dirt-'96 Specialized Rockhopper Comp
- the only stock parts are the bottom bracket, the headset, the brake handle on the left and the brake and shifter on the right.
I went from MTB to roadie because I moved to NYC.
09-18-06, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by jyossarian
They are fun and you don't need a mtb. I ride an IRO Rob Roy fixed gear cross bike and fully loaded for commuting I'm pushing 250-260. You just need some good, well built wheels. In my case, 32h Deep V's. I think they come in 36h drillings too.
But now that I've gotten a better feel for the drivers here, I think I'd rather be waving my butt in the air at them. It definately expresses the way I feel about their driving, if you could call it that.
09-19-06, 10:13 AM
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When I was over 200#, a hardtail mountain bike with 1.8" street tires.
I'm using a touring bike now that I'm under 185. I switched to drop bars because my belly is no longer in my way.
I'm using a touring bike now that I'm under 185. I switched to drop bars because my belly is no longer in my way.
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I miss bicycle commuting.
I miss bicycle commuting.
