not about mountain biking: two new bikes (but it's for charity!)

There's a guy here in Boulder who takes donated bikes, fixes them up,
and sells them, donating the proceeds to emergency family assistance, a
charity to help families in need in Boulder and Broomfield counties.

Anyway, I paid him a visit, donated a touring bike missing a front
wheel, and left with a beater fully-rigid mountain bike and a hot pink
road bike. The beater has both "diamondback" and "apex" labelling, but
the only web references I find to these are aluminum hardtails; this is
a cro-moly rigid with cantilever brakes. If I understand what
cantilever means. The road bike, um, it looks like a road bike and
stuff. The shifters are on the top tube.

The idea for the beater bike is to be able to pick up small amounts of
groceries and such without feeling like such a gas-hog. To ride any
time I would like to have the luxury of riding my bike without freaking
out if it gets stolen. The idea behind the road bike is to figure out
if I can stomach it before getting an expensive one.

--
monique

"Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live."
-- Mark Twain

On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 14:25:30 -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote:

The beater has both "diamondback" and "apex" labelling, but the only web
references I find to these are aluminum hardtails; this is a cro-moly
rigid with cantilever brakes.

A lot of bikes develop over the years whilst maintaining the same name.
Current models may be alu, but 10 or so years ago it may well have been
cro-mo.

On 2004-08-09, bomba penned:
On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 14:25:30 -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote:

The beater has both "diamondback" and "apex" labelling, but the only
web references I find to these are aluminum hardtails; this is a
cro-moly rigid with cantilever brakes.

A lot of bikes develop over the years whilst maintaining the same
name. Current models may be alu, but 10 or so years ago it may well
have been cro-mo.

*nod* ... just makes it hard to find info on them =) I guess it doesn't
really matter. It is what it is.

--
monique

"Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live."
-- Mark Twain

Monique Y. Mudama wrote:
(snip)

The idea behind the road bike is to
figure out if I can stomach it before getting an expensive one.

--
monique

"Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live."
-- Mark Twain

Ride with a group for safety, and also for more fun.

--
- Zilla
Cary, NC
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On 2004-08-09, Zilla penned:
Monique Y. Mudama wrote: (snip)

The idea behind the road bike is to figure out if I can stomach it
before getting an expensive one.


Ride with a group for safety, and also for more fun.

That's part of why I got it -- the Sistahs mtb group is testing the
waters with a road group, as well, but they explicitly disallow mountain
bikes because they say that mtbs just can't keep up.

--
monique

"Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live."
-- Mark Twain

On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 14:25:30 -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote:

The road bike, um, it looks like a road bike and stuff.

Excellent description. :-)

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-BB-
To reply to me, drop the attitude (from my e-mail address, at least)

On 2004-08-09, BB penned:
On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 14:25:30 -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote:

The road bike, um, it looks like a road bike and stuff.

Excellent description. :-)

That's about all I could tell you about it. That, and it's hot pink.
But really, what else do you need to know?

--
monique

"Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live."
-- Mark Twain

Monique Y. Mudama wrote:

On 2004-08-09, BB penned:

On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 14:25:30 -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote:


The road bike, um, it looks like a road bike and stuff.

Excellent description. :-)


That's about all I could tell you about it. That, and it's hot pink.
But really, what else do you need to know?

Great! Now go ride to Jamestown for me, see what that thing can do.

Shawn

On 2004-08-09, scurry penned:
Monique Y. Mudama wrote:

That's about all I could tell you about it. That, and it's hot pink.
But really, what else do you need to know?

Great! Now go ride to Jamestown for me, see what that thing can do.


Lemme try riding it around the block first. I need to get used to this
whole weird shifters-on-the-tube thing. And only two rings! Indecent!

And after that, just give me the time to buy a spare lung for the trip
....

Er, actually, iirc, there's an *awful* lot of dirt and gravel on the
road to Jamestown at the moment; at least, there was a couple of weeks
ago. Aren't those sorts of materials counter-indicated for road bikes?

--
monique

"Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live."
-- Mark Twain

Monique Y. Mudama wrote:
On 2004-08-09, Zilla penned:
Monique Y. Mudama wrote: (snip)

The idea behind the road bike is to figure out if I can stomach it
before getting an expensive one.


Ride with a group for safety, and also for more fun.

That's part of why I got it -- the Sistahs mtb group is testing the
waters with a road group, as well, but they explicitly disallow
mountain bikes because they say that mtbs just can't keep up.

--
monique

"Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live."
-- Mark Twain

They're correct to some extent.

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- Zilla
Cary, NC
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