Any Bike Riders Out There?

ha, when I was a kid I used to park my motocycle in my bedroom, my mom was a real push-over, but now, my wife would kill me if I pulled a bike into my living room :zip:
 
One of my beaters I almost threw off Mulhulland.
Currently looking for a new ride

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gto-dave said:
One of my beaters I almost threw off Mulhulland.
Currently looking for a new ride

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xaxa! I broke my wrist two years ago in May - was back in the saddle in July, in September I 'spilled' all over the road in a very fast and tight turn - scraped the whole right side of my body, but finished my ride anyways ...what a PITA to wait for that rash to heal!
 

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hey dave, build one.

the good thing is you can do it piece by piece & even start with your trek beater.

a mountainbike is as good as the sum of it's parts. the 2 important things are light weight & strong, along with reliable shifting while under torque. on a cheap bike everything will be very heavy & not necissarily strong either & shifting performance can suck... little by little you can just upgrade parts... then, at some point, when you're already on a good wheelset & have a good drivetrain, good shifters & a good fork & everything, then you could just start loking for your ultimate frameset, swap everything over & bam, fully built bad ass mountain bike!

I had a really cheap trek 820 steel frame bike & just for fun did a full xtr/sid race build on her with a set of kings with a light weight fast semi slick tire, great saddle & post, all great components top to bottom... everyone that saw trek 820 used to laugh at it, but I would kick everyones ass with it, it was great to beat out guys with cannondales, turners, a guy with a merlin & all there other big $$ bikes... they never fully realized that a bike is about way more that what it says on the frame...

honestly that steel framed trek 820 was an awesome riding frame... yeah maybe an extra pound or so cause it was chromolly, but steel is just so much more plush of a ride than either aluminum or carbon fiber or even titanium, the most comfortable hardtail I have ever riden & it was looked at as a joke, guys couldn't even belive a piece of crap bike like that could even live on the trails we used to ride at, much less outperform there megga $$$ snooty bikes:confused:

bike road so nice that I would really like to build anther steel hardtail or maybe even build that frame back up again, love the ride of steel but I'm a real weight weenie too so that kinda contradicts... honestly I think I really felt at zen on the trails on that bike more than even my titus at times...




if you did decide to do this the only real areas of concern would be to make sure you don't cut the steerer tube short so it'll fit the new frame eventually & also realize that you will probably need another new bottom bracket & maybe a different front derailer on the new frame so don't spend huge there, otherwise you can just start throwing great components on that beater without any real loss or waste in the end...
 
Maybe build it. Dunno yet. I've been so busy, I havnt looked into things that much. I was also thinking of hitting up Craigs. Geta real high end piece for half or less. Beaters will be beaters, so not upgrading the 2 that I have already.
 
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yeah, used is much cheaper... could do components that way too....
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I'd say eBay for components or www.probikekit.com been using this site for years, save 17% VAT to begin with + always free shipping to US.

Built a bike in spring for a relative - generic aluminum Columbus frame + Campy wheels + Campy Veloce UT QS gruppo + indoor MAG trainer all for $1,100
 
^^ somehow spending anything over $300 for a bike feels like a waste of money for me, especially in New England. I'd love to build a custom bike if and only if the weather was good enough to ride it through the year.. Still, I envy biking enthusiasm.. Should feel great after you built your own bike :tup:
 
ege, when you get into real performance bikes, one component of a bike can cost many times that alone :tongue: I do understand that thought though... when I very first got into it, & I was standing in the bike shop talking about different bikes & when I started hearing things like 4 & 5k, my first answer was yeah right, a bike better have at least 750cc's for that kind of $$$, but, only one short year later, after riding a lot, I was so hooked that I then fully understood exactly what the reason was behind such high dollar bikes...

oh yeah, & you can ride year round... we used to hit the trails in the snow, was awesome... it could be 18 degrees out, & when you ride with the right equiptment you can regulate your own temperature, you will not feel cold at all, you are generating your own heat...
 
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So basically, you're spending $500 for shaving off 2 lbs from the bike's weight for example, right? Diet man, Diet! It even saves you money.. :tongue::rofl:


note: A close friend wonders why my FX is fast.. Well, I'm 5' 7" at 140 lbs.. Cheap performance! lol..
 
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