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Your Favorite MTB
MTBers,
What are your favorite types of mtbs (suspension, etc.) and favorite mtbs for various terrains and purposes (as racing, cruising)? Al |
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Over the past 5 years I've gotten a new bike every 6 months or so. Most
of the time I will sell or trade one to get another. I've had everything from a 5 inch travel bike front and rear, to a rigid single speed. I've currently got a Giant NRS and a Redline Monocog single speed. I love them both, just depends on what I feel like riding. |
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Per Al Kubeluis:
What are your favorite types of mtbs (suspension, etc.) and favorite mtbs for various terrains and purposes (as racing, cruising)? I've never ridden a 4-bar link and my riding is more JRA than MTB, but I do quite a bit of it (like 2-3 hours/day 4 days a week). I've been through two swing arms (Cannondale Jekyll and Ellsworth Isis/Romic shock) and am now riding a Maverick (Seven Duo). The Jekyll and Isis swing arms were good, but for me the Maverick is a whole quantum leap ahead of them. Like I said, my riding isn't that demanding....but what stands out in the Maverick for me is the almost total lack of bob. It's really about 93% to being a hardtail on the climbs; yet it does what I need it to do on the bumps. I know there has tb *some* bob bc my crude/square pedaling style gets the edges rounded off of it a little bit compared to riding a hardtail with the same forks....but on either of the swing arm bikes, I never even knew I had anything but a perfectly smooth spin - i.e. their bob was soaking up all the squareness of my stroke. -- PeteCresswell |
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What are your favorite types of mtbs (suspension, etc.) and favorite mtbs for various terrains and purposes (as racing, cruising)? 29"er Single Speed (disc) hard tail VanDessel Buzz Bomb w/ Marzocchi. Rolls over everything, as sure foooted as a billygoat, climbs like a crack-whore, carves the corners like Alton Brown carves a turkey. Ohh..... I so much _-NEED-_ a ride. |
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Al Kubeluis wrote:
MTBers, What are your favorite types of mtbs (suspension, etc.) and favorite mtbs for various terrains and purposes (as racing, cruising)? Al Different bikes for different rides. I can't say I have a real favorite, but for most of the riding around these parts it would be the Titus Racer-X. Smooth, fast, agile, and climbs like no tomorrow. When the going get's rough (i.e. Jim Thorpe), the Ellsworth Id is my choice. While others are struggling down the hill on every bumb, the thing just sails over every single rock and I never feel like I'm going to bust it in half. Of course, I pay the penalty going up. I've had many other's that I've tried, used, some I liked, and some I didn't. The only bike I owned that I couldn't stand was my GT iDrive 2.0. Yuck! All the bikes I actually ride have been FS. A SS hardtail is on it's way and I am sure that is going to be an interesting experience. -- o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o www.schnauzers.ws |
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On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 03:30:39 GMT, J G wrote:
What are your favorite types of mtbs (suspension, etc.) and favorite mtbs for various terrains and purposes (as racing, cruising)? 29"er Single Speed (disc) hard tail VanDessel Buzz Bomb w/ Marzocchi. Rolls over everything, as sure foooted as a billygoat, climbs like a crack-whore, carves the corners like Alton Brown carves a turkey. Ohh..... I so much _-NEED-_ a ride. I happen to know that crack-whores can't climb for poo, but go DH well. -- Slacker |
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On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 22:39:28 -0500, Ride-A-Lot =
wrote: The only bike I owned that I couldn't stand was my GT iDrive 2.0. Yuc= k! = What, a mighty i-drive hater!?!?!? What's next, listening (daily) to NPR= ?? -- = Slacker |
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Slacker wrote:
On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 22:39:28 -0500, Ride-A-Lot wrote: The only bike I owned that I couldn't stand was my GT iDrive 2.0. Yuck! What, a mighty i-drive hater!?!?!? What's next, listening (daily) to NPR?? Thanks. Made my day! ROTFLMA! -- o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o www.schnauzers.ws |
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"Al Kubeluis" wrote in message ... MTBers, What are your favorite types of mtbs (suspension, etc.) and favorite mtbs for various terrains and purposes (as racing, cruising)? Al Base hard-tail frame, Hope brakes, Marzocchi forks, Nokian Gazzaloddi 2.6 tyres on Mavic D521 rims laced to Shimano flangeless hubs, , various other bits etc. For everything. Why? Shaun aRe |
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