The Official Bicycle Thread.

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Saaboy

Discussion Starter · May 3, 2008 (Edited)

This is The Official Bicycle Thread.

Road bikes, mountain bikes, bmx bikes, tandem bikes, recumbent bikes, unicycles, and anything in between are welcome.

Post up nice pictures of your ride. Tell us what year, make, and model it is. Also tell us about modifications to your bike, mileage on the bike, and other interesting facts as well.

After posting pics, feel free to leave a link to more pictures too!

For the weight weenies, don't forget to mention a weight!

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Cark

· #441 · Jun 11, 2014

That race face ring looks pretty slick! $40 is barely more than the ring I was looking at...

And I get 40% off Hayes stuff so I could prolly upgrade the front brakes and get that ring for barely more than $100 total. Get rid of my shimano multi lever, at least on the left side, then hopefully upgrade the back at a later time.

Cark

· #442 · Jun 13, 2014

I went ahead and ordered the 34t race face ring. I don't climb much and figured the extra speed could be nice.

Also ordered some Hayes Prime comps to replace the clunky shimano XT multi levers. I'll keep the 6" rotors for now...

Palmer

· #443 · Jun 14, 2014

Nice, I bet you will dig it.

On a more random note, I can't find my shock pump, so I guess I'll be riding the hard tail tomorrow morning.

bogan

· #444 · Jun 14, 2014

I have a click noise in my bottom bracket area..

I have replaced the bottom bracket, replaced my chain ring bolts and greased everything.

I think now the only thing left to do is jump of a bridge

Palmer

· #445 · Jun 14, 2014

Switch pedals

bogan

· #446 · Jun 14, 2014

tried that too...

its got me beat

Cark

· #447 · Jun 24, 2014

Did the 1x9 conversion yesterday and so far it feels great! I'll post some pics up tonight. The chain line looks good and I got it nice and tight, no more chain slap! The new Hayes prime brakes up front feels great too, although the existing rotor I used seems a bit warped.

We rode our first casual downhill of the year Sunday and took it easy, but things felt good. Looking forward to heading out again on Saturday!

Cark

· #448 · Jun 25, 2014

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Here are a few before and after shots.

Before:
Clunky ass "Multi-levers", both brake and up-shift

A few miles on this crank...

After:

The old XT's felt pretty good braking, but it's really nice having the adjustable throw on the Hayes!

Next I'll look to hopefully get a short cage rear derailleur setup and new shifters, then get a Hayes brake setup for the rear too!

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Ninety5Aero

· #449 · Jun 25, 2014

Don't throw those dual control XTs out! I could use a right side.

Cark

· #450 · Jun 25, 2014

I won't throw anything out Ray!

Palmer

· #451 · Jun 25, 2014

Nice!

srp

· #452 · Jul 24, 2014

I'll just leave this here for you bike geeks.
The Sexiest Bike Rack Ever | News from the Field | OutsideOnline.com

nuclearphoenix

· #453 · Jul 24, 2014

srp said:
I'll just leave this here for you bike geeks.
The Sexiest Bike Rack Ever | News from the Field | OutsideOnline.com

saw this the other day. pretty cool idea

bogan

· #454 · Aug 26, 2014

My new stead.. its sweet

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Troup

· #455 · Aug 26, 2014

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My 2013 Trek 1.5 Road bike

My recently acquired 2014 Trek EX-8

My recently restored 1999 Trek 8000 -- commuter duty

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Cark

· #456 · Apr 7, 2015

So 3 years ago for my 30th I got my 85 c900. This year I decided to treat myself to a different kind of summer fun. Happy 33rd to me

Ironically the bike cost more than 2x what the 85 did.

Can't wait to get through mud season and tear it up on this bad boy!

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sethreign

· #457 · Apr 16, 2015

digs it!

Saaboy

Discussion Starter · #458 · Jun 4, 2015

Wow! I'm so happy to see The Official Bicycle Thread is still going! I'll add some of my bikes soon.

bogan

· #459 · Jul 2, 2015

cardio FTW !

Cark

· #460 · Jul 2, 2015

Haven't been doing much pedaling, but I have been doing lots of riding down hill!

...and we use my buddy's Toyota to get us back up.

This is a local trail to me, a "flow trail" build last year buy some volunteers with a mini excavator. Awesome gravity fueled action!

And last week I made it to Highland Mtn Bike park ( Highland Mountain Bike Park | Northfield, NH ) for the first time. It's only about 30 minutes from me, and is world renowned as being the only Downhill/Freeride specific Mountain Bike park at least in the country. Pro's come from all over to train there and the place is an absolute mecca. I barely scratched the surface on the green trails and a tiny bit of blues. The level of talent that rides there is through the roof!

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