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Hey,

I know I laugh at myself for all this but I will share this with you all. Back in the day of dorky childhood, I used to tie a small 12v battery to the back, a small car cassette player, two speakers in the back, two bicycle lights in the front and heck small christmas lights on the handle bar corners, red on left and green on right (aviation dorkyness). Then on top of all this turning signals and with all this weight climb up to the mountains, (talk about work out) and then race down. Yeah all of this on a bicycle. How embarrassing. But hey it was worth that back then.
 
Dj To Rule said:
Hey,

I know I laugh at myself for all this but I will share this with you all. Back in the day of dorky childhood, I used to tie a small 12v battery to the back, a small car cassette player, two speakers in the back, two bicycle lights in the front and heck small christmas lights on the handle bar corners, red on left and green on right (aviation dorkyness). Then on top of all this turning signals and with all this weight climb up to the mountains, (talk about work out) and then race down. Yeah all of this on a bicycle. How embarrassing. But hey it was worth that back then.
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LOL. Why does this not surprise me? :)
 
Dj To Rule said:
Hey,

I used to tie a small 12v battery to the back, a small car cassette player, two speakers in the back quote]
Wow! Was it a chick magnet? Cause man, you got the music, the cool setup, and the party moves with ya from town to town.:p
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I just had a nice ride out at turtle river the other day with some friends. My bike has been sitting neglected for FAR TOO LONG.... even though we live in barren ND there are times when its not so bad - turtle river has some really nice singletrack. It may not be sourdough canyon or the emrald lake trail from my hometown of Bozeman, MT (think MOUNTAINS) but it is singletrack. It was just good to get off my rear and get a workout outside again. The flight instructor diet has not been good to me lately. If only the flight instructor salary would buy me a road bike now!! (drools) My current setup is a 95 vintage Trek 7000, only original equip being the headset and seatpost. Currently full 2003 XT, SID XC fork and mavic ceramic rims. :cool:

-Aaron
 
BZNflyer248 said:
. . . SID XC fork . . .
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How do you like it? I used to have a SID World Cup on my Santa Cruz and didn't realize how much I hated it until I swapped it out for a Marzocchi Marathon. With the Doppio Air cartridge, it was awesome! Then Fox joined the market, I bought a Float RLC, and I've never looked back.

Ahhh, the joys of a fork that REALLY works. I think about my first Rock Shox Indy elastomer peice of crap and cringe . . . :)
 
I like it quite a bit actually. It has the climb it control lockout feature which is really nice, plus rebound control so its nice to have that adjustabliity. Its a great XC fork but a lot of guys buy it looking for a light fork and try to use it for downhill doing 4' + drops when thats not what it was built for. The one major downside is that its FLEXY! Once again it was built as a superlight XC fork.... some tradeoffs I guess..... I might try a FOX for my next fork... we'll see...

-Aaron
 
My gripe was the maintenance. I was constantly having to replace seals to keep it from blowing air. But, again, this was 7 years ago in '98 - fork technology has come a long way since then. More than likely, they've got those issues figured out and fixed.
 
Keeping the air is one thing that has really surprised me about my SID fork actually... When I go on long rides, and especially after my bike has been sitting for weeks or months over the winter I'll check the air and I've NEVER noticed a drop in pressure really... The challenge is unscrewing the pump fast enough so I keep the pressure I want - but every time I hook the pump up - after big hits, long rides or after its been sitting for a while its still in the PSI range I normally set it at. Like I said - I pretty much love everything about it except for the fact that its so flexy.. the control on the descents and cornering just isn't quite what I'd like it to be... I guess thats the trade off on a superlight XC fork like that... I do as much climbing as I do descending though so on my favorite trails back home where I get 2-3,000 ft elevation gain on the single track its nice to have a light fork.
 
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