Tonybob
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| 07/14/2008 2:28 PM |
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Posted By s0ckeyeus on 07/14/2008 12:58 PM Posted By zherz on 07/14/2008 9:46 AM
I'm currently racing a Jamis Dragon. I just switched from my Jamis Dakar xpert. I like the dragon better. the 631 steel really dulls the pain, and it is lighter and more nimble than the dakar. It seems strange to name a mountain bike "Dakar" considering the fact that Dakar is a city on a relatively flat peninsula in a relatively flat country. Oh well, it doesn't matter.
never minding that most of all mountain bikes will never see an actual mountain. any other nits we can pick? :p
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s0ckeyeus
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| 07/14/2008 3:40 PM |
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Posted By Tonybob on 07/14/2008 2:28 PM
never minding that most of all mountain bikes will never see an actual mountain. any other nits we can pick? :p
I'm not even sure what I'm riding is even considered a bike in most countries...
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s0ckeyeus
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| 07/14/2008 4:06 PM |
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Yeah, the Dakar Rally goes through a bunch of different countries including Morocco, which has the Atlas mountains. Guinea also has some great mountains (I guess the foothills come into southern Senegal a bit). Anyone up for a long (expensive) bike trip?
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| 07/14/2008 4:31 PM |
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| Is it wasn't for the Hardtail and Full suspension debate. All mountain bike websites would shut down. HEY! Should I use a water bottle or a Camelpack? I know we all will agree on this. |
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BarryL
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| 07/14/2008 5:48 PM |
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| Camelpacks hold more water, and weigh more. You can only use one of those if you ride a HT, thus offsetting any weight savings you gained from "down" grading to an HT.... ;-) |
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Pepe_Lopez
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| 07/14/2008 5:53 PM |
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| How bout the old 26'r vs 29'r debate?....I'll say I prefer 29'rs and leave it at that. |
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Tonybob
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| 07/14/2008 6:32 PM |
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| 26 v 29? pff, 27.5 |
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chuck_clark
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| 07/14/2008 7:51 PM |
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36er.
http://blondefab.googlepages.com/amazonblonde36er
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| 07/15/2008 11:32 AM |
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Posted By chuck_clark on 07/14/2008 7:51 PM
36er.
http://blondefab.googlepages.com/amazonblonde36er
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BarryL
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| 07/15/2008 2:59 PM |
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| 14" x 56"...you know...one of those really old bikes that guys in parades ride... I want to know what they were smoking when they invented those things. |
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| 07/15/2008 4:40 PM |
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Posted By BarryL on 07/15/2008 2:59 PM
14" x 56"...you know...one of those really old bikes that guys in parades ride...
clowns? oh, maybe you're talking about wheel size and not gear ratio. If you mean the bikes with huge front wheels and small back wheels those are penny-farthings or ordinaries and once the safety bike was invented in the late 1880s or early 1890s it was soon apparent that the "ordinary" design was retarded and unsafe.
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