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Pilotforhire587 said:
Those are sweet guys. Brian is that your wife's bianchi in against the wall? How much does the 566 weigh?

Train notta thing wrong with that Speicalized. My dream mountainbike is the Trek Top Fuel. An XC bike does it all for me. I have never had a carbon mountaibike though so the carbon part still makes me nervous when I think of how much more of a beating the frame of a mountain bike takes compared to a road bike. I have never done any cross before either but thats mostly because there isn't any in TN.

When is comes to suspension FOX still takes the cake in my mind but in that last few years I am glad to see Rock SHOX getting high end again, back 10 years ago they went from being some of the best to the equiv. of a walmart brand, about the same time Mongoose sold out to Walmart.

What do you guys think of two ring vs three ring cranks for Mountain. Every bike I have ridden has had a 3 chain ring crank.
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There are starting to be more and more 2x9 and 2x10 rigs out there on mountain bikes, and I think it's an interesting idea.

I've got a double on my road bike, partially because there are no epic hills that I have to haul myself up. At the same time, and if I understand it correctly, you can get nearly the same, if not exactly the same, chain lengths out of a 2x10 setup as you do a 3x9. What you lose is a bunch of combos that either don't work anyway because you're cross chaining or because they're simply not used. Truth be told, on my mountain bike I would only use probably 5-6 different combos, and the rest seemed fairly worthless. The ability to lose weight, and possibly increase the potential combos you can use by making fewer combos real grinders when it comes to cross chaining seems to be advantageous, but at the same time, I haven't been on a 2x10 rig on a death march of a fire road when I want a serious granny gear, so at a point I can't tell you much about it :)
 
Okay one more. My 1990 Gary Fisher Paragon (before Fisher got bought out). All kinds of mix and match parts from years of abuse, but still an XT bike with Mavic 231 rims. I have no idea how may thousands of miles this old frame has, but it has made numerous climbs and decants to the lift serviced tops at Telluride, more than 50 trips around slick rock, dozens of times around Porcupine Rim, and even a couple on the White Rim, as well as Marin County rides and lots of other places. All without any pansy ass suspension! ;)

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Truth be told, this frame geometry is a miserable ride for me now. I can's stand it!
 
Pilotforhire587 said:
Those are sweet guys. Brian is that your wife's bianchi in against the wall? How much does the 566 weigh?
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Not my wife's bike, it's one of my buddy's. When and if we ever get to live together again I'm hoping to set her up with a bike. Maybe build up a BMC for her.
The 566 weighs in at around 17lbs set up how it is now.
 
Straight out of my cellphone, here are some pictures of the Peugeot in situ.

https://picasaweb.google.com/104185090755308910962/Bikes?authkey=Gv1sRgCJiciJXlyP-P0gE#

My Italian steel stallion, complete with all Campagnolo equipment, Campagnolo wheels, wore out Selle Italia saddle, one expensive yellow GP4000 tire and one cheap Bontrager. Yes, the pump is being attached with zip ties - so are most of the parts on my car:

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As with most manufacturers, after releasing a cool bike with nice gruppo and wheels, Marin affixed the same name badge on a cheap aluminum Taiwanese frame with Shimano Sora components. All their late 90s road bikes were built in Italy with Columbus tubing and the stickers could easily say Bianchi or Pinarello. It is a fantastic old ride. Sadly, the new ones are not nearly as good - they don't even deserve to have the same name, but I digress.

My wife's nice, quick aluminum Ultegra (105 brakes for some odd reason) Spec:

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In the background of one shot of the Pug you can see the front wheel of my Gary Fisher, which is in the "shop" to have the bearings cleaned and repacked.
 
Brian29 said:
Whats the word on the jerseys?
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I was wondering the same thing.

jtrain609 said:
There are starting to be more and more 2x9 and 2x10 rigs out there on mountain bikes, and I think it's an interesting idea.

I've got a double on my road bike, partially because there are no epic hills that I have to haul myself up. At the same time, and if I understand it correctly, you can get nearly the same, if not exactly the same, chain lengths out of a 2x10 setup as you do a 3x9. What you lose is a bunch of combos that either don't work anyway because you're cross chaining or because they're simply not used. Truth be told, on my mountain bike I would only use probably 5-6 different combos, and the rest seemed fairly worthless. The ability to lose weight, and possibly increase the potential combos you can use by making fewer combos real grinders when it comes to cross chaining seems to be advantageous, but at the same time, I haven't been on a 2x10 rig on a death march of a fire road when I want a serious granny gear, so at a point I can't tell you much about it :)
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The 2x10 combo is great on the road and putting on a mountainbike would save a bit on weight but I can remember being able to plow up long steep climbs in a low gear on a 3x8 mountain bike a lot easier than I can on a 2x10 road bike. Maybe I am just not in as good of shape now but I notice a huge difference. Anybody ridden compact road cranks. I went with the standard on my bike because it was recommended, and I am more of a sprinter than a climber on the road.
 
I have a compact on the road bike (50/34), which makes sense for the relatively hilly terrain I ride on. Back when I mountain biked, I almost never used the granny gear, so I could see going with a double. That said, I am no longer in my early 20's, and those climbs might not be so easy anymore!
 
Went out on a shop ride tonight. The pizza I ate a little more than an hour before caught up with me and I got dropped about 15 in when we hit the hills. Just Gods way of telling me I need to ride more hills to get back into shape. Avg speed was still 22mph though. First time actually out with the shop guys and even after the road grime all over me from the rain on the road and the 1 or 2 lbs of dirt my bike picked up off the road I had a blast. Definitely going to start doing more group rides. Put another 30 in the books for me.

While I am at it, If there are any cyclist in Nashville you should come out to MOAB in Murfreesboro on Thursday nights all year. Spin classes in the winter and 30 to 60 mile rides when its warm. I WANT TO SEE YOU THERE!
 
Pilotforhire587 said:
I feel you guys with the heat, When the temp is in the 70's I can ride for hours vs. not near that when it gets into the upper 90's. Its amazing how the heat can have such an effect on our bodies.
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As much as I despise riding when it's windy, especially a headwind. When it's that hot, I hope I get a headwind. Even a tailwind can be miserable because you just bake in your own heat.

Does anybody use those headbands with the plastic strip across the front that is supposed to shed sweat to the sides of your face? Do they work? I'm not a sweaty cow or anything, but I always get sweat in my eyes, and even worse, on my glasses and can hardly see......
 
If anyone is interested in my Ridley alum cross bike I am trying to sell it. Lots of nice parts and brand new wheels it is barely used at all. It is a 2008 bike. It would fit a rider from 5-9 to 5-11. I am selling it because it is too big for me. PM me for details. I also have a Cannondale rush that I am trying to sell with lots of newish components but the frame is well loved size medium. I am selling that one because I am going to go 29er. JC price 800 bucks each. I am a bay area local. Be sure to PM me as I don't check in here too often.

I paid over 2.5k for the Ridley and I am embarrassed to say what I paid for the Rush.
 
bike21 said:
Oh hells yeah! Mountain bikers represent! I've been waiting for this performance ever since he sold out and went roadie!
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He put on one of the best rides of his life. It was sad to see the Shleks fall apart on the time trial like that but I am glad, for all he has been through, that Cadel pulled it off. I love this sport.
 
Pilotforhire587 said:
He put on one of the best rides of his life. It was sad to see the Shleks fall apart on the time trial like that but I am glad, for all he has been through, that Cadel pulled it off. I love this sport.
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Wish I could have seen it but I'm at Oshkosh so it could be worse. Very happy Cadel won, friggen awesome! It's is such an awesome sport.
 
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