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Is this better in that you figure in a group you should be able to outride at least one of the other riders?

I'm really quite proud of where this thread has gone.

Which probably makes me a douche.

At least I don't wear white sunglasses. Although when my hair is cut short, I tend to wake up with a...

Only if the vehicle owner is trying to create a matched set with his Yakima cargo box, and neither of them get used more than once a month.

That is a pretty unique bike, and cool. Almost the way I would build a road bike. Not, I think, what my girl is after. Good luck selling it.

I guess I can see leaving it on. And I see plenty of these that see serious use. I have absolutely no problem with a guy that wants to protect his bike and his truck. I would too if I was carrying...

Seems my little city is now chock full of Dakine tailgate pads. Some of these are actually in use, and as intended. You can tell by the dirt, grease, minor tears, etc. Saw a truck yesterday with...

Wow, now I'm actually surprised I didn't know the rider. He practiced medicine in the clinic me and my family have been using for 15 years. Thought I knew everyone who worked there.

Like I said...

I've got a daughter turning 12 next month who has been saying she wants a road bike. (I think she just hit that age where I have to introduce her to the concept of the "town limits sprint" for when...

I didn't know the guy, either, but it still sucks.

The only "silver lining" here is that it should serve to remind us all that our hobbies are dangerous, so (1) be careful; (2) use appropriate...

I still think it's ridiculous that it took SC 10 days to put a bike in a box. And as I made clear above, I think the problem is there, not with the LBS. This particular LBS, this is the first...

Well, here I am bitching and the shop just called to tell me the bike is ready. That means they just got it thismorning at the earliest (cuz I was there at the end of the day yesterday) and busted...

Still in Boise, like Conundrum, but I've been treated well by the shop rats at Idaho Mountain Touring. Wish they carried something other than Trek, but ifyou ride Trek and you're in Boise, they're...

Conundrum, they've recently revamped the shop with a total focus on repairs, service, installs. Almost no retail product on the floor. In fact, they wiped out a big chunk of retail square footage...

Yeah, I knew that was completely optimistic, which is why I didn't even worry about it until late in the week.

Mostly I'm just blaming myself, should have ordered it earlier, should have looked...

That's pretty shitty to hear, conundrum, because you hit the nail on the head.

I try to go to those guys because they are in my neighborhood and they try hard to be friendly and helpful when I...

Well, all I can say is that's pretty crappy customer service from SC, and I'll cut my local guy some slack. I could have driven to Santa Cruz, picked up a bike and gotten a few days in the Demo...

Complete bike.

I know some of you guys have worked in shops, hopefully some of you have dealt with Santa Cruz. I ordered a bike (SC Highball) through my LBS on May 15. Guy who runs the shop told me that according...

I'm pretty sure that you and I are dam lucky with the shops we have around here, Conundrum. Also, pretty dam lucky that the level of competition has made all of them bust their asses for customers,...

telemike, lots of options out there. I personally think a MTB is the best choice, as it will do anything a boy could want it to. I put my kids on Gary Fishers, Torkers, Novaras and Specializeds and...

It is likely that none of those will require any drilling. If the hitch is sold as specific to your model car, it should just bolt on. I agree with zombinate that the hidden hitch looks like it...

As someone who lived in Cleveland for 9 years I agree with the above.

Back then I didn't ride dirt, so can't help you, rideit. Except to suggest that the best thing to do in Cleveland if you...

Not sure I rate as a maggot, but I'd be in for a SS freestyle. I strongly prfefer the green color and design as shown in the last set of pics.

Like I said, get some lube.

Lubing the brakes is my secret to winning races.

I know I shouldn't care, but one thing drives me crazy this time of year on the trails: poorly maintained bikes. It's always worst in spring, and obviously how somebody else treats their ride is...

I think they put their bikes on ebay.

Wasn't even thinking about it. My question was genuine curiosity as to whether there was some inherent engineering/structural reason such a thing could not work?

Anybody know anyhting about the Sette frames on sale at Pricepoint? The Rekken aluminum is dirt cheap right now.

Yeah, maybe, but this thing climbs like a goat. For a geezer like me that's about the most important thing.

I have been casually browsing new and used frames for a while now. Every time I put a...

Went for another ride today, only a little bit better than yesterday, but at least it was better and not worse.

New bike is definitely not in the budget, although even a half assed salesman could...

mtnjam, that's what got me thinking. I've got disc tabs on my fork, so I'm thinking of buying a new wheel and running disc up front, but my old Trek 9900 frame ihas no tabs for a rear brake.

Nob ody ever came up with a work around to attach disc brakes to a non-disc frame? I realize that placement is pretty darn important, but is there a fundamental reason you couldn't design a clamp to...

I am riding really shitty. End of July I wrecked, broke my collar bone. It's fine now, full recovery, yada, yada, but that was the last time I rode trails until a couple weeks ago. Been out for a...

The Novara bikes are fairly good. My kids rode them. They're just like all the REI-branded gear, solid function, good quality, but nothing exceptional, at a fair price. If you're good with a...

Holy shit, you are a cranky old man.

Go for a ride.

Great story. Embarrasses me, though. I wimped out of a climb on my ride on Sunday. Was going to go do a ride I realy like, but haven't been riding this winter, and am really out of shape. Got...

smmokan, we'll be downt here around the same time, and I saw your earlier suggestion we try to ride together. Unfortunately, I'll have the whole family catastrophe along, and cannot easily predict...

In that realm of lower-intermeidate XC rides, what's closest to Springdale? I'll be staying there with the fam to explore Zion, but I'd like to grab some rides when I can.

The pro-level Park (I dont' know which model, I used one in a shop where I used to go do my own wrenching) is better than the feedback (which I now own), but the feedback is pretty darn good, and...

It's a bike, don't overthink this.

Some people are just assholes. Other people actually get involved in the communities that grow around the activities they enjoy, and try to pay the joy forward. You either get it, or you don't.

My guess is that for a guy like Hugh Conway they are effectively free. In economics it's called the freerider problem, in real life it's called being a freakin' moocher.

. . . of the season

. . . of the year

. . . and, at least as to riding trails, since the broken collarbone late last summer.

Was gerat to get out but I was rusty as a Panamanian railroad,...

I've got a wheelset I ran tubeless last year, but I think I'll just throw some tubes in them. I understand, but don't really need the weight savings, and the hassle level is just not worth it. The...

Stop being so damned reasonable.


I cannot imagine that skiing has escaped the plague of bad parents, or that it ever did. Still, go easy on judging other parents, or, better yet, try to be...

Well, the distance may or may not be the relevant factor here, actually. Could just as easily be elevation depending on the two particular points being compared. But, yeah, I do tend to be the...

That would indeed be warm, bt that is a LOT of driving. Ah, for the days when I was young, and windshield time didn't seem to add up so much.

Just looked at temperature data, definitely a bit cooler than farther south.

What were you thinking of in AZ?

Where is Fruita? Somewhwere near Grand Junction?

Seems like one of those things I should know, but don't.