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 trANce
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 Re: It's gettin to be that time of the year. BIKES OUT!  [Re: underfliptown]
#15845733 - 02/22/12 02:30 AM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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well so long as you recognize it was bad and arent doing the same stuff anymore.
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Re: It's gettin to be that time of the year. BIKES OUT! [Re: trANce]
#15845735 - 02/22/12 02:31 AM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Re: It's gettin to be that time of the year. BIKES OUT! [Re: PatrickKn]
#15845756 - 02/22/12 02:38 AM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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here is the gary fisher bike i had 
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bryguy27007
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Re: It's gettin to be that time of the year. BIKES OUT! [Re: trANce]
#15845826 - 02/22/12 03:06 AM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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This thread got me so excited to bike. I love it so much. I have a heavy old bike that is a slow and most of the gears don't work, but it is a tank. I also have a fixed gear that is light and so speedy. It's a blast to ride. I started getting flats every time I road it though. I need new tubes and maybe new tires.
I think I am going to ride a century this year, I have never really considered it but it sounds like a blast. Maybe I'll try to bike up to Duluth...
I've always wanted one of these:
http://www.xtracycle.com/cargo-bicycles/xtracycle-compatible-bicycles/surly-big-dummy/big-dummy-configurable.html
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psi
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Re: It's gettin to be that time of the year. BIKES OUT! [Re: bryguy27007]
#15846651 - 02/22/12 11:23 AM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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For the fixed gear riders, is there some kind of utilitarian advantage beyond just low weight? I like a no derailleur setup but is a fixed gear "better" in some way than say a single speed with a coaster brake? Ideal for me would be a 3-speed with coaster brake. I believe there's also a Sturmey Archer 3-speed that behaves like a fixed gear.
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Re: It's gettin to be that time of the year. BIKES OUT! [Re: psi]
#15846698 - 02/22/12 11:36 AM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Ive been biking all winter
Even in snow storms  Biking in snow is fuun!
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KushKaptain
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Re: It's gettin to be that time of the year. BIKES OUT! [Re: Beefy1]
#15846706 - 02/22/12 11:38 AM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Beefy1 said:
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dat_ass said:
better at what i may ask?
Avoiding cars.
I've been hit once.
I treat every car like it's got a drunk chick on a cell phone behind the wheel now.
Hey to city biking survival because 90 % of the time its the case
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badchad
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Re: It's gettin to be that time of the year. BIKES OUT! [Re: underfliptown]
#15846772 - 02/22/12 11:55 AM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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My 2001 gt i-drive (not mine, that's what I have).
Upgrades to lots of XT parts. I bought it a decade ago when I was getting in to biking. I find it perfect for transport and for me, its perfect since I can use it on the road and go off when I want to.
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...the whole experience is (and is as) a profound piece of knowledge. It is an indellible experience; it is forever known. I have known myself in a way I doubt I would have ever occurred except as it did.
Smith, P. Bull. Menninger Clinic (1959) 23:20-27; p. 27.
...most subjects find the experience valuable, some find it frightening, and many say that is it uniquely lovely.
Osmond, H. Annals, NY Acad Science (1957) 66:418-434; p.436
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KushKaptain
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Re: It's gettin to be that time of the year. BIKES OUT! [Re: badchad]
#15846934 - 02/22/12 12:52 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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I have so much bike skill (wheelies, endos, trails, general riding ability) but I have the shittiest bike ever, it skips on every gear like a whore  and the front shocks have been demolished by my aggressive riding, the thing is a wreck and almost a death trap at this point, but I still ride it every day
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Lynnch
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Re: It's gettin to be that time of the year. BIKES OUT! [Re: psi]
#15847032 - 02/22/12 01:20 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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psi said:
For the fixed gear riders, is there some kind of utilitarian advantage beyond just low weight? I like a no derailleur setup but is a fixed gear "better" in some way than say a single speed with a coaster brake? Ideal for me would be a 3-speed with coaster brake. I believe there's also a Sturmey Archer 3-speed that behaves like a fixed gear.
Or in other words, 'why you ride track bike on street? coasting important advancement!'
I've been have a blast riding this year, I feel sorry for you icy states. I went for a ride along the canals in the rain the other day, got nice and muddy, was trying to power slide lol. And somehow managed to flat both tires (goats heads grr).
I've been taking the full suspension out on some sweet jumps, man landing from anything is just cushy, fluffy, nothing dude. Its cool we have a park with a bmx track, practice jumps, a trials course, and just a bunch of trails crisscrossing the place (with a bunch of self made downhill drops...)
Been hitting the road hard too. Pops got me a new voodoo frame to replace the Lemond I crashed... I found myself way out there on saturday, did 42 miles with a couple climbs in two an a half hours. My buddy wants to do a century, good thing I like pain.
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Re: It's gettin to be that time of the year. BIKES OUT! [Re: badchad]
#15847073 - 02/22/12 01:37 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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badchad said:
My 2001 gt i-drive (not mine, that's what I have).
Upgrades to lots of XT parts. I bought it a decade ago when I was getting in to biking. I find it perfect for transport and for me, its perfect since I can use it on the road and go off when I want to.
Nice, we have the same bike. Mine is a 2001 gt i-drive race. Nearly the same bike except for a few differences in the frame and front suspension. They're really great bikes, I ride mine pretty hard through the mountains and she's never let me down.
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dat_ass
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Re: It's gettin to be that time of the year. BIKES OUT! [Re: Beefy1]
#15848172 - 02/22/12 06:11 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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Beefy1 said:
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dat_ass said:
well im assuming you know about the three O's
No I don't.
Please share.
THE THREE STEREOTYPICAL PEOPLE TO AVOID ON THE ROAD
- Old people
- Orientals
- Ovaries 
Its actually really weird how often it plays out.
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fbi365
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Re: It's gettin to be that time of the year. BIKES OUT! [Re: trANce]
#15848253 - 02/22/12 06:25 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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trANce said:
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trANce said:
i used to bike all day. i bet i have more bike skills than all you guys.
I bet you rode a bmx.
ive had like 100+ bikes. my favorite was a gary fisher mountain bike that i stole when i was 15. it was worth 850 dollars.
Don't steal bikes! That warrants a serious ass whoopin. 
I have a Trek Fuel Mountain Bike. I feel bad because it needs serious work
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trANce
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Re: It's gettin to be that time of the year. BIKES OUT! [Re: fbi365]
#15848287 - 02/22/12 06:31 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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i love those trek bikes. i stole one of those to in green. it kinda looked like this one except darker green 
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Re: It's gettin to be that time of the year. BIKES OUT! [Re: trANce]
#15848298 - 02/22/12 06:33 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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i was only like 15 when i was steeling bikes. if i recieved an ass whoopin back then then thats what i deserved at the time
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Re: It's gettin to be that time of the year. BIKES OUT! [Re: trANce]
#15848489 - 02/22/12 07:05 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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I caught a guy trying to saw through my lock in DC. I was coming out of the Metro at Union Station and saw him huddled next to my bike. By the time I got there he was gone. He got about halfway through my kryptonite slinky lock, but it held just long enough.
That's why I bought one of these  The fahgettaboutit. For little kleptos like you
Ironically, somebody stole my lock from me later on...
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Edited by fbi365 (02/22/12 07:06 PM)
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fbi365
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Re: It's gettin to be that time of the year. BIKES OUT! [Re: fbi365]
#15848545 - 02/22/12 07:13 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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lol
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Synapse Trap
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Re: It's gettin to be that time of the year. BIKES OUT! [Re: fbi365]
#15852747 - 02/23/12 04:20 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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My babies!!
(I collect/restore old BMX bikes from the 70's and 80's)
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I'm on the pavement thinkin' 'bout the government.." -Dylan
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underfliptown
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Re: It's gettin to be that time of the year. BIKES OUT! [Re: Synapse Trap]
#15857195 - 02/24/12 01:18 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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Dude! that second one is rad!
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Re: It's gettin to be that time of the year. BIKES OUT! [Re: underfliptown]
#15857216 - 02/24/12 01:23 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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thanks.. unless you're making a pun of the 80's movie rad 
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