Bicycles........ leg power type

[Alfatango1]

Who's old enough to remember this one? Still got it and even ride it once in a while. Goes up hills like the devil.

 

[kalifornia]

Tango looks like the nishiki i had awhile back. nice in the mud

i used to huck the gnar

I must be getting old.

 

[Ronin1]

Hey Buddha,
The second pic, aren't you supposed to ride the bike not use it for forearm curls?

Jim

 

[dorado29]

lol "huck the gnar" is kind of a joking around type saying. sorta like the commercial where the guy surfing was like "bro, i was stoked when i caught that tasty barrel"

and for the record, from someone who was a bike mechanic in college, don't buy mountain bikes with hydraulic disc brakes unless you're gonna work on your bike yourself, haha, you're gonna make the poor mechanic hate you.

why's that? i never had problems with the stock hayes that came on my giant and nothing complicated in the switch to avid juicy 7's.

 

[BuddhaBuell]

Hey Buddha,
The second pic, aren't you supposed to ride the bike not use it for forearm curls?

LOL
Jim thats funny, but truth be told I was just being a poser..

 

[Alfatango1]

Tango looks like the nishiki i had awhile back. nice in the mud

Actually, an Alpinestars bike. Really advanced for the day. Elevated chain stays and elongated top tubes made it climb so easy. Rode bikes faded to the rear on the hills.

 

[BuddhaBuell]

juicy 7's.

niiicceee!!
(wifes favs)

tango, the frame is so wild on that, def a keeper
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[upthemaiden]

why's that? i never had problems with the stock hayes that came on my giant and nothing complicated in the switch to avid juicy 7's.

I was just kidding around, they're not all that bad. I just know that from someone who worked on disc brakes instead of riding them, life was much better when all you had to do was readjust the cable instead of bleed the brakes. 75% of bicycle mechanics don't even know how to bleed them, in my experiences most shops have one guy they all get shoved on, haha.

Nice bikes with nice hydraulic brakes are worth it, but the majority of mountain bikes leaving bike shops are in the $500-550 range, and most people don't realize that good mechanical disc brakes are better than cheap hydraulic brakes, and it's pretty much just a way for shops to upsell people because they think they're getting something fancy, and those are the ones you usually got stuck working on. If you're buying a $2000 mountain bike it should have hydraulic brakes, but if you're buying a $500-600 mountain bike and have the choice of either, get the one with the mechanical brakes [up]

 

[kalifornia]

alpine star is a copy of the original nishiki alien, both sweet bikes no doubt

 

[Fish]

I have an old specialized stump jumper. Sorry no pic's also have a GT Dyno 20" freestyle & Diamondback Venom freestyle.

 

[kalifornia]

Thats the best non-riding injury story I've ever heard Dorado. Buddha.

well since BC is the birth place of mountainbiking

Buddha please

 

[kalifornia]

Maiden you don't own a table saw do you?

 

[upthemaiden]

nope! just a circular saw, pneumatic cutting wheel, pneumatic hand saw, and a jigsaw. We're good! [up]

 

[nineronesix]

Quote:
well since BC is the birth place of mountainbiking
Buddha please

I was waiting for that.

Check out Klunkerz, if you haven't already.

 

[BuddhaBuell]

I was waiting for that.

Check out Klunkerz, if you haven't already.

[smirk]
hmmm, gotta stop smoking that fine BC pine and listening to the locals..LOL
its big here, really BIG, GI-NORMOUS!

one of the sweet rewards of life...you never stop learning

 

[nineronesix]

hmmm, gotta stop smoking that fine BC pine and listening to the locals..LOL
its big here, really BIG, GI-NORMOUS!

I've been all over BC. I love it there.[up]

 

[GatorBuell]

One thing I love is passing a guy on a 3k dollar bike with all the newest and top of the line gear with my 350 dollar Trek 4300. [up]

 

[upthemaiden]

give them a good ol' pat on their spandex covered butt as you pass them.

 

[BikerTrash]

Nice Specialized bikes. I had a P.2, then realized that is not my kind of riding. I built a 29er last year, I love this bike!

 

[GatorBuell]

give them a good ol' pat on their spandex covered butt as you pass them.

Ha ha, Im not touching anything wrapped in spandex. The group I ride with is a spandex free riding group.