The Official MS Bike Talk Thread - motors need not apply

Did the urban ride today. Twas fun! Pretty cold though, by the end the mist in the old port was making for some nasty leg cramps.

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Nice Ride! Vintage Klein Mantra. I wanted one of those bad when they came out...Are you running Time pedals as well?

That ride goes right by my house- post up if you want company next time.

 
Update on shock. It is not well, all banged up. And since it is about 6-7 years old it is not suggested to get it rebuilt. So now I will be spending more money on bike parts than I wanted. That is all for now...

 
Nice Ride! Vintage Klein Mantra. I wanted one of those bad when they came out...Are you running Time pedals as well?
That ride goes right by my house- post up if you want company next time.
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No just spd pedals. I've had the bike for a while now, i've changed it to a minute 1 fork 100-130 adjustable. Swapped out the wheelset with an allmountain one and added hayes discs. It's a rugged little thing, and its pretty light for its age. I'm planning on replacing it next year just because it's time for something new.

 
took the wife out for a ride tonight.

nothing big. only 2 miles or so.

she has never really ridden a bike before so I picked her up a cruiser last year.

finally got my single speed conversion dialed in on the MTB it was a good ride on my old ChroMo frame.

 
took the wife out for a ride tonight.
nothing big. only 2 miles or so.

she has never really ridden a bike before so I picked her up a cruiser last year.

finally got my single speed conversion dialed in on the MTB it was a good ride on my old ChroMo frame.
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Cool I'd like to do that to my old Fisher HKEK Chromo, but the g/f uses it for occasional rides with me and she'd wouldn't be a fan of the one gear thing
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Right now I'm gathering parts for a motorized bicycle... that sort of belongs in this thread
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Cool I'd like to do that to my old Fisher HKEK Chromo, but the g/f uses it for occasional rides with me and she'd wouldn't be a fan of the one gear thing
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get her something else

http://www.bikesdirect.com

if it is only occasional you don't need anything special.

I stuck the nashbar singleator knockoff kit on. just have to take out one more link than you think in the chain.

 
Bought a front shock today. Marzocchi MW Pro, 2008, for under 200 bucks. We will see how it goes. I am sure better than my seized up SID.

 
Bought a front shock today. Marzocchi MW Pro, 2008, for under 200 bucks. We will see how it goes. I am sure better than my seized up SID.
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I had an older version of that fork back a while ago. It was a great cheap fork! Zoc's are tough as nails in my experience. Still have one from like 2001 or 2002 on my fisher.

 
I had an older version of that fork back a while ago. It was a great cheap fork! Zoc's are tough as nails in my experience. Still have one from like 2001 or 2002 on my fisher.
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Thanks for the re-assurance. My Bro (Who races road and Mountain) sent me a link for that shock, so I trusted it, but was still a bit... Ughhhhhhhhhhhhh It was almost 50% off. And there was no way in hell I was going to spend 500+ on a shock that gets riden 20-30 times a year...(hopefully more this year)

Hopefully see ya on the trails soon.
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Thanks for the re-assurance. My Bro (Who races road and Mountain) sent me a link for that shock, so I trusted it, but was still a bit... Ughhhhhhhhhhhhh It was almost 50% off. And there was no way in hell I was going to spend 500+ on a shock that gets riden 20-30 times a year...(hopefully more this year)
Hopefully see ya on the trails soon.
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you going to take the SID apart?

just for fun.

 
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