Please let the Supergo stories, remembrances, vignettes and anecdotes begin

On Friday, January 1, 2016 at 6:35:59 PM UTC-5, Joerg wrote:
On 2016-01-01 13:29, AMuzi wrote:
On 1/1/2016 3:15 PM, Joerg wrote:
On 2015-12-31 12:04, AMuzi wrote:
On 12/31/2015 1:03 PM, wrote:
I forgot to mention that back in '87 Bikecology billed
the Access as
the first affordable high-quality MTB; indeed, a
veritable Model T of
a bike. That's why I bought one. Like the original buyers
of the Model
T, I couldn't afford a more expensive MTB at the time.


Maybe. Or possibly a Diamond Back Axis with Supergo graphics:

http://www.mtb-news.de/forum/attachm...-1-jpg.412460/




or a rebadged Diamond Back Apex:
http://fcdn.mtbr.com/attachments/vin...l-gedc1027.jpg




or any of a few dozen similar machines.


Back then most of them had these loud colors. Here is my old
MTB from the late 90's:

http://www.analogconsultants.com/ng/bike/Oldmtb2.JPG

Still have it, to take along on biz trips or on rides where
bike theft is a concern. Those Maxxis 1040N tires are better
than most of the newfangled 29" tires, much more sturdy and
way better sidewalls. But the rim brakes are horrid.

The new MTB is white. Beats me why they chose that color. It
always looks dirty. Then again maybe MTBs are supposed to
look mud-splattered.


I think that purple bike is newer, after U-Brakes, about 1992~94 yes?


I bought it either in 1997 or 1998 but it is possible that they were
sold for several years before that. Good old steel frame. To me the only
rim brakes worth a dime are those where the cable comes in sideways and
then crosses above to the other side, usually with some bellows
protecting it from mud splatters in the middle. Not sure what they are
called. But nothing beats hydraulic disc brakes.

This is my current ride in its average state of cleanliness:

http://www.analogconsultants.com/ng/bike/Muddy3.JPG

Sometimes the brake calipers are so caked in mud that they can't even be
seen yet they do their job as if that was nothing.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

mud ! does brown know of this ?

On 1/1/2016 11:01 AM, Joerg wrote:

Luckily good MTB nowadays have disc brakes. Yesterday those came in
handy. A buddy and I rode fat bikes on snow, ice, slush and dirt for the
first time. We had a blast. Some of the downhill sections were white
knuckle rides with rear-brake controlled deliberate slides into snow
banks that I wouldn't have dared with rim brakes.

Ah, we're now back to the good old "Joerg the superhero, you can't
believe how risky it is where I ride!!!" Nice to be on familiar
territory again.


--
- Frank Krygowski

On Fri, 1 Jan 2016 10:20:45 -0500, Frank Krygowski
wrote:

I
had the experience to realize that a quiet scraping or squeaking sound
when rolling a bike is abnormal.

I don't know how many times I've stopped along the road thinking
"what's that sound?". I'm likely to get back on the bike as baffled
as I was when I got off, and when I find the noise it's usually
something like two metal objects in my pocket, but there have been a
few times that I was *very* glad that I investigated.

Seems to me that this is something we can *tell* beginners, but I
suppose it won't sink in until a quiet tink tink tink has been
followed by a loud crunch.

--
joy beeson at comcast dot net
http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/
The above message is a Usenet post.
I don't recall having given anyone permission to use it on a Web site.

On Thursday, December 31, 2015 at 9:31:15 AM UTC-8, AMuzi wrote:

for example, let's assume a stolen bike with a front flat.
Some geniuses would simply steal a rear wheel and jam that
in the fork:

http://www.yellowjersey.org/photosfr...t/frontrea.jpg

No, no, no. That was merely the prototype for the Surly Pugsley.

On Friday, January 1, 2016 at 9:06:26 PM UTC-5, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 1/1/2016 11:01 AM, Joerg wrote:

Luckily good MTB nowadays have disc brakes. Yesterday those came in
handy. A buddy and I rode fat bikes on snow, ice, slush and dirt for the
first time. We had a blast. Some of the downhill sections were white
knuckle rides with rear-brake controlled deliberate slides into snow
banks that I wouldn't have dared with rim brakes.

Ah, we're now back to the good old "Joerg the superhero, you can't
believe how risky it is where I ride!!!" Nice to be on familiar
territory again.


--
- Frank Krygowski

JUST FINE NOT IN Ohio DURING JANUARY .....

On 2016-01-01 18:06, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 1/1/2016 11:01 AM, Joerg wrote:

Luckily good MTB nowadays have disc brakes. Yesterday those came in
handy. A buddy and I rode fat bikes on snow, ice, slush and dirt for the
first time. We had a blast. Some of the downhill sections were white
knuckle rides with rear-brake controlled deliberate slides into snow
banks that I wouldn't have dared with rim brakes.

Ah, we're now back to the good old "Joerg the superhero, you can't
believe how risky it is where I ride!!!" Nice to be on familiar
territory again.


What would be so heroic about that ride? Other than maybe the fact that
at least two dozen parties were doing target practice with rifles left
and right into the forest. It sounded like a war movie. Kapow, poof,
pop-pop-pop-pop, bam, the whole time. Most city folks would likely have
freaked.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

On Friday, January 1, 2016 at 4:31:04 PM UTC-8, wrote:
On Friday, January 1, 2016 at 6:35:59 PM UTC-5, Joerg wrote:
On 2016-01-01 13:29, AMuzi wrote:
On 1/1/2016 3:15 PM, Joerg wrote:
On 2015-12-31 12:04, AMuzi wrote:
On 12/31/2015 1:03 PM, wrote:
I forgot to mention that back in '87 Bikecology billed
the Access as
the first affordable high-quality MTB; indeed, a
veritable Model T of
a bike. That's why I bought one. Like the original buyers
of the Model
T, I couldn't afford a more expensive MTB at the time.


Maybe. Or possibly a Diamond Back Axis with Supergo graphics:

http://www.mtb-news.de/forum/attachm...-1-jpg.412460/




or a rebadged Diamond Back Apex:
http://fcdn.mtbr.com/attachments/vin...l-gedc1027.jpg




or any of a few dozen similar machines.


Back then most of them had these loud colors. Here is my old
MTB from the late 90's:

http://www.analogconsultants.com/ng/bike/Oldmtb2.JPG

Still have it, to take along on biz trips or on rides where
bike theft is a concern. Those Maxxis 1040N tires are better
than most of the newfangled 29" tires, much more sturdy and
way better sidewalls. But the rim brakes are horrid.

The new MTB is white. Beats me why they chose that color. It
always looks dirty. Then again maybe MTBs are supposed to
look mud-splattered.


I think that purple bike is newer, after U-Brakes, about 1992~94 yes?


I bought it either in 1997 or 1998 but it is possible that they were
sold for several years before that. Good old steel frame. To me the only
rim brakes worth a dime are those where the cable comes in sideways and
then crosses above to the other side, usually with some bellows
protecting it from mud splatters in the middle. Not sure what they are
called. But nothing beats hydraulic disc brakes.

This is my current ride in its average state of cleanliness:

http://www.analogconsultants.com/ng/bike/Muddy3.JPG

Sometimes the brake calipers are so caked in mud that they can't even be
seen yet they do their job as if that was nothing.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

mud ! does brown know of this ?

http://www.bendbulletin.com/localsta...brown-off-the#

On 2016-01-04 12:26, Doug Landau wrote:
On Friday, January 1, 2016 at 4:31:04 PM UTC-8, wrote:
On Friday, January 1, 2016 at 6:35:59 PM UTC-5, Joerg wrote:
On 2016-01-01 13:29, AMuzi wrote:
On 1/1/2016 3:15 PM, Joerg wrote:
On 2015-12-31 12:04, AMuzi wrote:
On 12/31/2015 1:03 PM, wrote:
I forgot to mention that back in '87 Bikecology billed
the Access as
the first affordable high-quality MTB; indeed, a
veritable Model T of
a bike. That's why I bought one. Like the original buyers
of the Model
T, I couldn't afford a more expensive MTB at the time.


Maybe. Or possibly a Diamond Back Axis with Supergo graphics:

http://www.mtb-news.de/forum/attachm...-1-jpg.412460/




or a rebadged Diamond Back Apex:
http://fcdn.mtbr.com/attachments/vin...l-gedc1027.jpg




or any of a few dozen similar machines.


Back then most of them had these loud colors. Here is my old
MTB from the late 90's:

http://www.analogconsultants.com/ng/bike/Oldmtb2.JPG

Still have it, to take along on biz trips or on rides where
bike theft is a concern. Those Maxxis 1040N tires are better
than most of the newfangled 29" tires, much more sturdy and
way better sidewalls. But the rim brakes are horrid.

The new MTB is white. Beats me why they chose that color. It
always looks dirty. Then again maybe MTBs are supposed to
look mud-splattered.


I think that purple bike is newer, after U-Brakes, about 1992~94 yes?


I bought it either in 1997 or 1998 but it is possible that they were
sold for several years before that. Good old steel frame. To me the only
rim brakes worth a dime are those where the cable comes in sideways and
then crosses above to the other side, usually with some bellows
protecting it from mud splatters in the middle. Not sure what they are
called. But nothing beats hydraulic disc brakes.

This is my current ride in its average state of cleanliness:

http://www.analogconsultants.com/ng/bike/Muddy3.JPG

Sometimes the brake calipers are so caked in mud that they can't even be
seen yet they do their job as if that was nothing.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

mud ! does brown know of this ?

http://www.bendbulletin.com/localsta...brown-off-the#


Quote "The outhouse is a 200-foot walk from the cabin ...". That's not
so cool in case of a sudden onset of diarrhea :-)

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/