My new bike.
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Topic: My new bike.
Posted By: FROG MAN
Subject: My new bike.
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 2:25pm
Well, when my mom came to pick me up from calgary to drive me back home for the summer, i convinced her to lend my the extra grand i needed to buy this baby. :-D   ------------- <1 meg sig = bad> |
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Posted By: Hades
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 2:31pm
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If she lent you a grand, how much did you put in?
youm0nt, Anyone? |
Posted By: FROG MAN
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 2:33pm
about a grand, aswell she will prob give me about 300, for my upcoming birthday, so i gotta pay her pack about 700, http://www.specialized.com/bc/SBCBkModel.jsp?sid=07PBikes - http://www.specialized.com/bc/SBCBkModel.jsp?sid=07PBikes link might not work, but i try ------------- <1 meg sig = bad> |
Hades wrote:Posted By: Dye Playa
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 2:40pm
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wow, you could buy somthing with an engine for that much. ------------- 
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Posted By: FROG MAN
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 2:42pm
2 grand isnt much for a bike, thats why i got a hard tail. A good fully can cost easy 5-7k ------------- <1 meg sig = bad> |
Posted By: FlimFlam
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 2:46pm
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What's up with the seat? What are you, like 3 feet 9 inches tall? Or is that the way that all the "cool kids" are rolling these days? ------------- 
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Posted By: FROG MAN
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 2:55pm
im 6'3'' you dont really ever sit down on the bike... ------------- <1 meg sig = bad> |
Posted By: TheWrAith
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 3:00pm
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That bike says "performance" all over it, looks like it would be fun.
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Posted By: Hairball!!!
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 3:18pm
You don't sit on a bike like that. |
Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 3:22pm
| so whats the bike for? |
Posted By: 636andy636.
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 3:31pm
Looks like dirt jumping/Urban assault riding bike. Nice toy, now go beat the **edited** out of it to test out your warranty
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Posted By: FROG MAN
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 3:31pm
well, its a freeride bike, meaning dirtjumps/urban and a bit of downhill/drops but i use it for everything X-country, downhill, dirtjumps, urban, ------------- <1 meg sig = bad> |
Posted By: 636andy636.
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 3:38pm
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Boy you dumb, I just looked at the welds, why on earth would you buy an aluminum bike? 4130 chromoly FTW Steel takes the pounding and abuse better than aluminum. ------------- [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/anthonymartinez/402cdjo-1.gif"> |
Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 3:52pm
| Aluminum frames are WAY lighter than steel frames. While you are right that steel takes shock better than aluminum, the aluminum frames built by good bike companies like Trek and Specialized are more than strong enough to handle everyday abuse that a mountain bike will get. |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 3:57pm
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If I could justify spending that kind of cash on a bike, I would so fast. Have fun! ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell" 
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Posted By: 636andy636.
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 4:36pm
Steel frames seem to ride better as well. Ive ridden many aluminum and steel bikes. Most of the aluminum bikes I rode were cracked at the headtube. None of the steel bikes have had that problem. There is not much of a weight difference between steel and aluminum frames. The steel is stronger so they can make the tube walls thinner. The only time you really need a light bike is XC riding and riding on a 10 speed style race bike. ------------- [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/anthonymartinez/402cdjo-1.gif"> |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 4:52pm
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I got a free car last night... fully working (early 90's honda I think) Not sure if i'm gona take it... would cost me $75 for licensing plus who knows how much to get the piece of crap in condition to be certified. Plus it sucks that my province requires you to buy insurance, tons of money there. ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 4:55pm
oh i know... I mean... making you cover your ass in case something happens... it's terrible. |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 5:02pm
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Well I know it's a good thing but... ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: 636andy636.
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 5:05pm
Just when I thought you could not get any dumber, you had to say something as stupid as that. ------------- [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/anthonymartinez/402cdjo-1.gif"> |
Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 5:17pm
In his defence, our public education system here in Ontario is atrocious. ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: 636andy636.
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 5:29pm
That or the drinking water ------------- [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/anthonymartinez/402cdjo-1.gif"> |
Posted By: NotDaveEllis
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 5:34pm
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I've got a Hardrock Sport.
<3 the Specialized. |
Posted By: bishopisback
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 6:09pm
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Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 6:09pm
I have a Trek 4500, and, while the frame is bulkier, it is much lighter than a similiar steel frame bike. I will pick the Al frame every time. |
Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 6:10pm
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I still ride the same Huffy that I've had since I was 12.
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Posted By: FROG MAN
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 7:04pm
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lol, find me a decent bike that has a steel frame. they dont exsist.
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Posted By: youm0nt
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 9:10pm
most DH bikes are aluminum.steel would indeed be a good choice for skate park,dirt jump,street stuff. |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 9:27pm
I meant that a different way than you understood it, screw off And it's not as If I really say anything dumb here, just unfunny ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: tecumseh
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 9:41pm
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5 bucks says it will be stolen in the next 2 months
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Posted By: barn_user
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 10:16pm
| I'll stick with my Schwinn BMX dirt track bike. So small and fun to take off sweet jumps. Picked it up for $250 when two Scheels stores were consolidating into one, when it was supposed to be $600. |
Posted By: Boss_DJ
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 10:19pm
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my cousin was a semi-professional downhill mountain biker...he almost killed himself and now he doesnt do it anymore lol
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Posted By: FROG MAN
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 10:42pm
i hate those storys. I mean, if you almost die in a car crash... do you never go in a car again? ------------- <1 meg sig = bad> |
Posted By: little devil
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 10:50pm
| pfffff, ill still stick with my 20" standard sta. ox platinum suckas |
Posted By: kickinwing2010
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 11:39pm
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I want one of those bikes so bad but for now I will stick with the eddie bower addition hybrid style bike I have that has been beaten to a pulp.
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Posted By: Slothbutt
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 12:30am
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nice..
I bought this bike last week  ------------- http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/2688/3guns27ef.jpg - My Paintball Guns http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/2711/arand9mmak9.jpg - New "Toys" |
Posted By: 636andy636.
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 1:03am
How did I miss understand it. PCF is right, insurance covers your ass encase stuff happens. You run into someones 50,000 dollar SUV and write it off and send somone to the ICU and you get left with a 1 million dollar hospital bill. Yeah it sure sucks that you have to buy insurance. ------------- [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/anthonymartinez/402cdjo-1.gif"> |
Posted By: BearClaw
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 10:53am
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I used to ride a lot when i was in high school. But after i smashed my knee up in a pretty nice crash with a rock and totaled the back wheel and drive setup i never bought a new bike and got back into it. Nowadays I will stick to my motorized bikes LOL.  Heck I even chopped up my old bent to crap pedal bike and put a motor in it just in spite LOL  ------------- AGD 68 Automag Azodin KPII Sheridan PGP2K Tippmann Crossover XVR Tippmann ProCarbine Tippmann SL68-II Tippmann TiPX |
Posted By: FROG MAN
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 1:10pm
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that does not look safe
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 1:13pm
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Posted By: kickinwing2010
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 2:01pm
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That is one of the coolest contraptions I have ever seen.
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Posted By: Tae Kwon Do
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 3:39pm
One cannot fathom just how much I want this bike: \ ------------- 
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Posted By: FROG MAN
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 4:56pm
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i would love doing wheelies on that thing
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Posted By: BearClaw
Date Posted: 02 May 2007 at 12:22am
Thanx it really is nothing special though. It not exactly a save contraption either. Got many bruises and sutch from it and even a nice scar on my thumb from when the belt let go. Built it for a charity competition 3 years ago. Its gona get scraped for parts soon to build a new improved model (with a proper frame and WORKING brakes). ------------- AGD 68 Automag Azodin KPII Sheridan PGP2K Tippmann Crossover XVR Tippmann ProCarbine Tippmann SL68-II Tippmann TiPX |
Posted By: MetallicaESPa5
Date Posted: 02 May 2007 at 4:44pm
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I ride a GT rukus. It's a hardtail as well, i'm buying a kona coilair frame for it this summer. Mountain biking is so much fun, i'm addicted. I ride once a week or so, i'd love to hit up whistler this summer. Snowshoe has excellent trails, dh, and everything i'm going there a bunch this summer. ------------- 
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Posted By: JohnnyCanuck
Date Posted: 02 May 2007 at 4:56pm
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I wanted this bike so bad growing up- http://www.bluemoonbikes.com/catalog2/product_info.php?cPath=67_62&products_id=279&osCsid=d5bc1139e315fcff7a02e30f09b62ffe - http://www.bluemoonbikes.com/catalog2/product_info.php?cPath =67_62&products_id=279&osCsid=d5bc1139e315fcff7a02e3 0f09b62ffe
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Posted By: kickinwing2010
Date Posted: 02 May 2007 at 5:36pm
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A kid that lives not to far away from me has one of those I have a few bikes one I kind of want to get pics up of but I have to get a camera first.
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