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Here's my bike in its natural habitat... can you see the chairs and tables
quivering with fear? BWAHAHHAHAH! http://plaza.ufl.edu/phillee/crap/xtc2.jpg (I know it's crooked... I like it that way) -- Phil, Squid-in-Training |
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On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 13:56:11 -0400, "ZeeExSixAre"
scribbled: Here's my bike in its natural habitat... can you see the chairs and tables quivering with fear? BWAHAHHAHAH! http://plaza.ufl.edu/phillee/crap/xtc2.jpg (I know it's crooked... I like it that way) How do you like the bike? I was thinking of building up a hardtail this summer around an XTC frame or maybe a Salsa Bandito or somesuch. -Slash -- "Ebert Victorious" -The Onion |
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How do you like the bike? I was thinking of building up a hardtail
this summer around an XTC frame or maybe a Salsa Bandito or somesuch. The frame's weight is its greatest strength at 3.2 lbs. It's relatively stiff, but there is a bit of frame flex. It's miles better than the Fuji Thrill I had last year. I worry about the frame's longevity, however, given the way I treat it. I haven't had any failures of any sort, thus far, and I haven't read of any XTC frame failures, either. The downtube diameter of the 2003 model is larger than the 2004... I wonder if there were reports of easy dentings in the super-thin down and top tubes. However, Jeff Lenosky (sponsored by Giant) rides an XTC frame, but I bet he can get a new one whenever he wants For XC racing, it's great! I'd say it's probably one of the best-valued bike XC bikes for the buck. -- Phil, Squid-in-Training |
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ZeeExSixAre wrote: I worry about the frame's longevity, however, given the way I treat it. I haven't had any failures of any sort, thus far, and I haven't read of any XTC frame failures, either. The downtube diameter of the 2003 model is larger than the 2004... I wonder if there were reports of easy dentings in the super-thin down and top tubes. I haven't tried it with a 2004 XTC, but with a 2003 you can squeeze the down tube with your hand and feel it flex inwards like a beer can. It is pretty scary, actually. On another note I know a local racer who bent the top tube of his NRS sideways in a turn. He didn't crash, but when he was leaned over he hit the left side of the top tube with his knee (foot still clipped in) and caved in the tube. He still rode it for a while (a few weeks) after it happened, too. miles |
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ZeeExSixAre wrote:
Here's my bike in its natural habitat... can you see the chairs and tables quivering with fear? BWAHAHHAHAH! http://plaza.ufl.edu/phillee/crap/xtc2.jpg (I know it's crooked... I like it that way) Dude, what's your inseam -- like, 24"?!? Bill "you ride that XC?" S. |
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miles todd wrote:
ZeeExSixAre wrote: I worry about the frame's longevity, however, given the way I treat it. I haven't had any failures of any sort, thus far, and I haven't read of any XTC frame failures, either. The downtube diameter of the 2003 model is larger than the 2004... I wonder if there were reports of easy dentings in the super-thin down and top tubes. I haven't tried it with a 2004 XTC, but with a 2003 you can squeeze the down tube with your hand and feel it flex inwards like a beer can. It is pretty scary, actually. On another note I know a local racer who bent the top tube of his NRS sideways in a turn. He didn't crash, but when he was leaned over he hit the left side of the top tube with his knee (foot still clipped in) and caved in the tube. He still rode it for a while (a few weeks) after it happened, too. miles My NRS2 got a fair amount of rough stuff thrown at it and eventually bit the bullet when the frame (mainly the downtube) was dented by a 4x4 reversing over it. Never had a problem with dents in the tubes otherwise. From what I've seen if you're going to dent the tubing you're doing something exceptionally nasty to the bike and should be riding something else more suited to that treatment. -- Westie (Replace 'invalid' with 'yahoo' when replying.) |
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"S o r n i" wrote in message ... ZeeExSixAre wrote: Here's my bike in its natural habitat... can you see the chairs and tables quivering with fear? BWAHAHHAHAH! http://plaza.ufl.edu/phillee/crap/xtc2.jpg (I know it's crooked... I like it that way) Dude, what's your inseam -- like, 24"?!? lol - that's what the point of the post was... quivering chairs and tables = trials. Trials = low seat height/no seat. For XC it's level with the handlebars. -- Phil, Squid-in-Training |
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ZeeExSixAre wrote:
Here's my bike in its natural habitat... can you see the chairs and tables quivering with fear? BWAHAHHAHAH! http://plaza.ufl.edu/phillee/crap/xtc2.jpg (I know it's crooked... I like it that way) Why is there so much furniture in the way and only one bike in there? -- Perre You have to be smarter than a robot to reply. |
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Per Elmsäter wrote:
ZeeExSixAre wrote: Here's my bike in its natural habitat... can you see the chairs and tables quivering with fear? BWAHAHHAHAH! http://plaza.ufl.edu/phillee/crap/xtc2.jpg (I know it's crooked... I like it that way) Why is there so much furniture in the way and only one bike in there? It's actually a snack/study room in one of the university buildings. Not really supposed to have bikes in there, but oh well. -- Phil, Squid-in-Training |
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