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"MattB" wrote in message ... little earthquakes wrote: "MattB" wrote in message ... Ride-A-Lot wrote: little earthquakes wrote: "Scott Gordo" wrote in message egroups.com... JD wrote: Scott Gordo wrote: What's wrong with the Cannondale? You have to ask? JD Okay, I'll rephrase: what's wrong with Mitch's CDale? (Can I preempt the reflexive "It's a CDale!" response?) they break. Well, they may break but I have not had that experience yet. I paid $325 for a 1FG with a spot hub on back, wtb on front laced to Rhynolites (I think), Sh!tmano SS cranks, Avid mechs, EA70 post and bars, and a rigid fork. I stuck a marz eta something or another on instead of the rigid (I had it laying around anyway). I have to say it was one of the best bargains I ever found. Oh, and it was delivered right to my hotel room in San Diego by the person I bought it from (no shipping). For that price, if it breaks then the parts are worth more than the frame anyway. It's held up pretty good although I haven't really ridden anything that technical on it. But, it has acquired a lot of mileage since the purchase and is still running smooth. Would it last another 10 years? Probably. But nothing beats that new bike smell, and frankly I think it's time. The SS is really the only bike I ride in my area now. So I might as well get something a little more trail worthy and not as massed produced. Is there a bling factor? Of course there is. Screw it. Why shouldn't it look good? But when all is said and done, I intend to ride the crap (no relation to crapandfail) out of it. My bikes are not garage ornaments. They don't just hang for people to see my collection. They are there to be ridden. In fact, they spend their non-riding time in the basement so no one has to look at them when the garage door is open. Now if it would just stop friggin raining (7 days straight), I can put some more mileage down. The trails are pretty saturated here, so it will be the road on Sunday. I have an old early 90's Cannondale (the 3.0 Lbs SM800) that is now the around town trailer hauler. Lots of offroad miles and it's not broken yet, but my brother had a Red Shred from a couple of years before that did eventually break. So what's it prove? Well, pretty much nothing, but I guess some break and some don't. You could probably say that about a lot of bikes. trek, way back made frames that did not break. i know someone with a really old cannondale rigid, and that thing is solid. it has some really strange looking dropouts. Sounds like mine. They stick out off the back of the frame. that's the one. |
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"little earthquakes" wrote in message .. . "Scott Gordo" wrote in message ups.com... JD wrote: Scott Gordo wrote: What's wrong with the Cannondale? You have to ask? JD Okay, I'll rephrase: what's wrong with Mitch's CDale? (Can I preempt the reflexive "It's a CDale!" response?) they break. all bikes break. period. |
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"bomba" wrote in message news On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 15:32:24 +0100, Shaun aRe wrote: Another fine reason to avoid the EBB hype and just get a bike with horizontal drops, or fork ends for singlespeeding. Good riders don't *need* a disc rear brake because a rear brake doesn't need to lock out for them. JD Whaddabout, like, for doing stunts and stuff though? And skids! That's what that downy chamois padding is for. Shaun aRe |
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"Dean A. Stepper" wrote in message news:q7T3f.1726$UF4.1255@fed1read02... "Shaun aRe" wrote in message eenews.net... "JD" wrote in message oups.com... Ride-A-Lot wrote: I routinely take out my EBB on the 1FG and regrease it. Yes, they do squeak if you do not maintain them, often. They can also seize up. Another fine reason to avoid the EBB hype and just get a bike with horizontal drops, or fork ends for singlespeeding. Good riders don't *need* a disc rear brake because a rear brake doesn't need to lock out for them. JD Whaddabout, like, for doing stunts and stuff though? Shaun aRe I don't think you what to get to radical on 29 inch wheels, they are not as strong as 26 inch wheels. We may never see 29 inch downhill bikes. 29'ers seem to be better for Usenet stunts though ',;~}~ Shaun aRe |
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"bomba" wrote in message news On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 18:21:14 -0400, Phil, Squid-in-Training wrote: Here's one: use a v-brake in the back! Who actually needs discs in the rear? Ever ride in a UK winter? Indeed. Seen a rim's braking surface when used with V's, after just one UK winter? That was god enough reason for me - blown through 2 just that way. Shaun aRe |
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"Dave W" wrote in message ... "little earthquakes" wrote in message .. . "Scott Gordo" wrote in message ups.com... JD wrote: Scott Gordo wrote: What's wrong with the Cannondale? You have to ask? JD Okay, I'll rephrase: what's wrong with Mitch's CDale? (Can I preempt the reflexive "It's a CDale!" response?) they break. all bikes break. period. some, more than others. i sure would hate to replace my frame every year, like the trek owners do, just because they 'actually' ride them. |
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little earthquakes wrote:
"Dave W" wrote in message ... "little earthquakes" wrote in message ... "Scott Gordo" wrote in message groups.com... JD wrote: Scott Gordo wrote: What's wrong with the Cannondale? You have to ask? JD Okay, I'll rephrase: what's wrong with Mitch's CDale? (Can I preempt the reflexive "It's a CDale!" response?) they break. all bikes break. period. some, more than others. i sure would hate to replace my frame every year, like the trek owners do, just because they 'actually' ride them. That implies they all break the first year. I don't think it's even almost true. I know several Trek owners who really ride and none have broken frames. Not saying they don't break, but they definitely don't ALL break. Matt |
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