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Ok, ok, I know it doesn't have pedals, but dammit it's fun!
I'm usually on the Surly cross check. I have two wheelsets, one for the road and one for the trails, so it's pretty much my swiss army knife.
when I ride something other than my desk chair, it a Specialized Roubaix.Crabon fibre and 105 components. It's done everything I've ever asked of it. Not my bike:I also have an old Gary Fisher Paragon from 2001 that doesn't get out of the garage as often as I'd like it to.It's a great old hardtail mountain bike that's been torn down and rebuilt so many times, I think the only original part left is the frame itself. Love that stupid bike.
I ride this built up with 10 speed Ultegra for fun:http://www.brodiebikes.com/2013/bikes/rodie_ti.phpI ride something like this, but mine is built up Monster Cross style for transportation (presently - its getting a makeover to drop bars and Tiagra soon):http://ep1.pinkbike.org/p5pb8844971/p5pb8844971.jpgI have an old GT Zaskar for trails, an 85 Bianchi for vintage rides, an old Rocky Mountain Hammer as a backup commuter, and a vintage Diamondback I was thinking of converting to a shopping bike.
I have an old GT Zaskar for trails, an 85 Bianchi for vintage rides, an old Rocky Mountain Hammer as a backup commuter, and a vintage Diamondback I was thinking of converting to a shopping bike.
Got a picture?
My dad rode an old Bianchi until a few months before he passed away. It was a hand me down from one of my brothers. Great bike.
Which one? Or all?
How do all of your ride your bikes without pedals?
Thanks. I'll take a picture of my celeste green '85 bianchi over the weekend and post back. I don't ride it anymore, but man that bike had the best geometry for me. Nothing else has ever compared.
Forgot about this thread......again. When I get home if I remember I will post pics of my stable.2008 Cannondale Six13 feminine 3 with combo of 105, ultegra and dura ace3 year old Rocky Mountain 29'er and a Salsa Mukluk fat bike.Also have a Trek hybrid for tooling around town.
I am now remembering again why I wanted to upgrade to WSD shifters/brakes. (And didn't because it would have run 1/2 the cost of the bike new). Now that I'm having more hand pain and grip strength issues in general, if I really get riding again (have ridden short distances twice now), I will have break down and do something. My components aren't high enough level that shims are available for the ones I have. The bike is otherwise a decent fit for me, so I have no great excuse to get something fancier. (I'd have to drop 15-20 lbs off my own human frame and do some serious riding again for carbon fiber to make sense, although I've lusted in the past.)
Back when I was lighter and in shape, I test rode a carbon fiber bike. I was going uphill in the big ring! (I never use the big ring; even in great shape I don't have the muscle for it). It was a noticeable difference. Unexpectedly so. But yeah, I was strong, good lung, and as light as it was healthy for me to be at the time. That's pretty much the conventional wisdom; don't drop small amounts of bike weight unless you've dropped sufficient human weight. (Different than the huge difference in a bulky hybrid comfort bike and a road bike.) I have a good road bike. I will have to get past the spending of components the exceed the value of the bike. The bike was $800ish new.
My new bike is a Cannondale Synapse Tiagra 6 Disc. So far, loving it.
Forgot about this thread, Six Tgirteen, Winter and summer Mukluk and Rocky Mountain
Oooh, a fat bike. If I lived in snow country I think I'd have one of those.
MrsT and the kids were at the fondo finish line last Saturday. While they didn't see me cross, they did see an 11 year old boy - the youngest person to ride the whole 122 km distance. Now the kids want to do it too - particularly my son. The girls may drop off, but I think I need to find a bike suitable for a 10/11 year old to train on.
Here in London I have a Specialized Diverge. Great for commuting and weekend shopping and leisure rides.In Ireland I have a Specialized Sirrus, old but a lovely bike. Did the Ring of Kerry on it this year.
Not that old, it's an aluminium frame with carbon forks. About 10 years old I guess.