imschur Posted January 22, 2013 Report Posted January 22, 2013 I have decided on buying a complete bike rather than building my own.There are many great bikes to choose from but in the end I will purchase from my favorite bike shop Class Cycles in Southbury CT. That means Trek, Felt or Cannondale are my options. If nothing goes wrong I hope to get a Trek Rumblefish Elite or Pro unless the Roscoe 29er becomes available. I was leaning heavily towards a Yeti SB-95 Enduro but the closest dealer is 90 minutes away or online. The Yeti is a bit more expensive all things being equal.
unforgiven Posted January 22, 2013 Report Posted January 22, 2013 Hope you have alot of fun with the bike brother. <thumbsup> Missing a motor.Just sayin. :)
imschur Posted January 22, 2013 Author Report Posted January 22, 2013 CT aint friendly to any type of motorized bikes. The roads are lethal and very few places for off road. CT is congested and filled with asshole drivers.
unforgiven Posted January 22, 2013 Report Posted January 22, 2013 <lmao> <laughs> Swollen rectums ain't just in CT.Just sayin ;)
Rsquared Posted January 22, 2013 Report Posted January 22, 2013 <lmao> <laughs> Swollen rectums ain't just in CT.Just sayin ;)They're everywhere
Madhouse Posted January 27, 2013 Report Posted January 27, 2013 Nice bike! Almost makes me want to pull my X0 off the garage ceiling...
imschur Posted March 19, 2013 Author Report Posted March 19, 2013 found a home for my old bike. Tomorrow putting a deposit on a Trek Rumblefish Elite. I HATE the color but it does not matter.
edgecrusher Posted March 19, 2013 Report Posted March 19, 2013 Sweet, you have to get up here for a day or two of riding and shooting. We have endless trails and wilderness for x country style riding.
edgecrusher Posted March 19, 2013 Report Posted March 19, 2013 (edited) Late April or May is great, dry enough so we don't have to hose off, cool enough that we won't get heat stroke! I will hold you to this! by the way, you signature is teeny tiny….????? Edited March 19, 2013 by edgecrusher
imschur Posted March 19, 2013 Author Report Posted March 19, 2013 Dont forget Im fat, old and out of shape. Yes sig is just there for inbound links to my other sites for search engines.
planeflyer21 Posted March 19, 2013 Report Posted March 19, 2013 "Yes, police? That odd neighbor of ours...the one with all the guns and funny looks...yeah, that's the one! Now he has a zombie-painted bicycle...I'm worried he's going to mount one of his machineguns on it!" Jon
planeflyer21 Posted March 20, 2013 Report Posted March 20, 2013 There's a lot of those bikes around here bro! Lot of the cars too! Jon
imschur Posted March 26, 2013 Author Report Posted March 26, 2013 Bike is due to arrive at the bikeshop tomorrow. Im hoping to pick it up Wednesday. The weather is looking good for the weekend. I cant wait to see how much of a difference these 29" wheels make on the rough terrain.
blue109 Posted March 26, 2013 Report Posted March 26, 2013 ..I heard if you pedal a 29er to hard you can disrupt the earths magnetic field. sorry. I can make fun of 29ers all day :)
planeflyer21 Posted March 26, 2013 Report Posted March 26, 2013 29s? That is like these for the bike world. Jon
imschur Posted March 28, 2013 Author Report Posted March 28, 2013 Well I have the bike in hand. Holy cow looking at pictures on the web you dont realize just how big these 29" bikes are. The first thing that surprised me was the weight. The new bike is a bunch lighter than the older and smaller bike. It's really interesting to see the little details in engineering of the smallest of parts. Suspensions that are adjustable on the fly. The drivetrain is a mix of SLX and XT but kills my old XTR stuff in terms of shift speed and precision. Brakes are exceptional and require very little effort for precise control which is really important to a guy with short fingers and a weak grip. I did not like the color on the internet pictures but it's a beauty in person. I LOVE the old Kawasaki green highlights... I cant wait to get out and ride this weekend. I have a friend who works at Thule and he's hooking me up with their best 2" receiver rack for really cheap.
98Z5V Posted March 28, 2013 Report Posted March 28, 2013 Dude, you have friends EVERYWHERE... <laughs>
planeflyer21 Posted March 28, 2013 Report Posted March 28, 2013 The advances they've made in metalurgy in the past few decades is phenomenal! I remember the first time I saw one of the bicycles with top of the line components and oversized steel tubing, it was a couple of pounds lighter than the new carbon fiber with the same components. Crazy. Jon
imschur Posted March 28, 2013 Author Report Posted March 28, 2013 Dude, you have friends EVERYWHERE... <laughs> Cuz Im cute and likeable.. (humble too) A few years back having a forum discussion with this guitarist I know from Canada, he was looking for someone to make him a custom pedalboard. As luck would have it I knew of a guy.."The Guy" who just happened to have a shop in very close proximity to where this guitarist lived. So I hooked them up. Later another guy on the forum wrote something to the effect that if he was ever lost in the middle of the desert and he needed some sort of special guitar widget that he would call me cuz I probably knew a guy in a stone hut who could help. He wrote it much funnier though. Related side story I intentionally wore my Rainier Arms cap to a concert on a just for fun dare to get the previously mentioned guitarist in a picture with me wearing the lid. That was the first time my worlds collided :)
blue109 Posted March 28, 2013 Report Posted March 28, 2013 I cant wait to get out and ride this weekend. I have a friend who works at Thule and he's hooking me up with their best 2" receiver rack for really cheap. like this one? best rack ever!!!
planeflyer21 Posted March 28, 2013 Report Posted March 28, 2013 Where's that? Out at the end of Speedway? Jon
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