Topic: The Cycling Thread

[Railton]

Snowman, you should go biking in the Ottawa region. I hear it's an easy way to get laid ;-)

  I hear the Frisbee Clubs are fun also 

Railton

[normancw]

If you plan to do much road riding you should consider suspension fitted with a lockout.  Locking out the suspension improves efficiency when you don't need the cushioning.

Or either

1) buy a second set of wheel/tires with slick on them
2) buy a second bike, probably a hybrid

Thinking about a lockout for sure and second set of wheels/tires if required. looking at hybrid as well. This is worse that shopping for cars 

Wait till you find out how much wheels and tires cost! You'll think you had another car to take care of. It's a slippery slope my friend.
Railton

If you really want to have fun, buy a frame and pick your own parts!  It will be more expensive, but you can get exactly what you want!  You can assemble most of it yourself, just go to a bike shop to get the bottom bracket and headset installed.  I built this for my wife a few years ago.

[revalations]

take a test ride on a 29" before going that route. loved the speed on the flats and rolling power over minor obstacles, but i do more technical riding and it just wasn't cutting it.

i stuck with a 26" kona nunu... inexpensive and did all i want. i had gone the kijiji route for my last two and thought i was just extra hard on them as i was breaking stuff left and right. i think buying used for a mtn bike can be like shopping for a used track car... buyer beware. the nunu has had zero issues. only things i changed were the saddle tires and chain. the rest has been solid from the get go.

a few riding buddies of mine use those trails a lot and find the 29's do the job... so if that's where you are riding 90+% of the time... maybe worthwhile. i like to head up to kelso and hilton falls where the rocks and trees just got in the way for the bigguns.

overall, i've had giant, gary fisher, specialized, rocky mountain, norco and konas.... for hardtails, the rocky mountain and kona have had my favourite frame geometry.

Thanks alot....I forgot about 29ers, now I want one again. 

[Ex-airbalancer]

Is your son and wife going riding with you ?

Golf, drinking, driving Audi, drinking, driving s2000, drinking, swimming in pool , drinking

Are you really going to be able to find the time to ride a bike

[Snowman]

Is your son and wife going riding with you ?

Golf, drinking, driving Audi, drinking, driving s2000, drinking, swimming in pool , drinking

Are you really going to be able to find the time to ride a bike

Yes they both have bikes. My son took my old Trek when he grew a foot over the summer then it got swollen at his school  Because I work form home I will ride for exercise early in the day then with the family on evenings and weekends. I have lots of time, I don't watch the idiot box 

[Railton]

If you plan to do much road riding you should consider suspension fitted with a lockout.  Locking out the suspension improves efficiency when you don't need the cushioning.

Or either

1) buy a second set of wheel/tires with slick on them
2) buy a second bike, probably a hybrid

Thinking about a lockout for sure and second set of wheels/tires if required. looking at hybrid as well. This is worse that shopping for cars 

Wait till you find out how much wheels and tires cost! You'll think you had another car to take care of. It's a slippery slope my friend.
Railton

  I built this for my wife a few years ago.

Is that a Vitus frame?
Railton

[Snowman]

Thoughts:

http://cyclepath.ca/shop/product_info.php/2012-trek-cobia-29er1919-19-21-21-21-155-23cm-p-27902

[Railton]

Thoughts:

http://cyclepath.ca/shop/product_info.php/2012-trek-cobia-29er1919-19-21-21-21-155-23cm-p-27902

Need specs man.
Railton

[Snowman]

Thoughts:

http://cyclepath.ca/shop/product_info.php/2012-trek-cobia-29er1919-19-21-21-21-155-23cm-p-27902

Need specs man.
Railton

http://www.trekbikes.com/ca/en/bikes/mountain/cross_country/29er_race/cobia/#

[Railton]

Thoughts:

http://cyclepath.ca/shop/product_info.php/2012-trek-cobia-29er1919-19-21-21-21-155-23cm-p-27902

Need specs man.
Railton

http://www.trekbikes.com/ca/en/bikes/mountain/cross_country/29er_race/cobia/#

Mehhhhh....
Railton

[Snowman]

Thoughts:

http://cyclepath.ca/shop/product_info.php/2012-trek-cobia-29er1919-19-21-21-21-155-23cm-p-27902

Need specs man.
Railton

http://www.trekbikes.com/ca/en/bikes/mountain/cross_country/29er_race/cobia/#

Mehhhhh....
Railton

  cranky fack

[Triple Bob]

Buy the lightest mountain bike you can afford and for around here I would suggest hard tail for a first bike.
Railton
PS. This thread should be in the two wheeled section.

I agree, rear suspension is really not required, hard tails are much nicer to ride and lighter too.

[normancw]

If you plan to do much road riding you should consider suspension fitted with a lockout.  Locking out the suspension improves efficiency when you don't need the cushioning.

Or either

1) buy a second set of wheel/tires with slick on them
2) buy a second bike, probably a hybrid

Thinking about a lockout for sure and second set of wheels/tires if required. looking at hybrid as well. This is worse that shopping for cars 

Wait till you find out how much wheels and tires cost! You'll think you had another car to take care of. It's a slippery slope my friend.
Railton

  I built this for my wife a few years ago.

Is that a Vitus frame?
Railton

Yes, a Titus Racer-X.  It's extremely small, XXS (my wife is very short) and probably the only rear suspension frame that would fit her.  At the time I was looking, it had provided more crotch clearance that any hard tail bikes I could find.  Found the frame on eBay and bought the parts from online shops and eBay.

[tooscoops]

i think the cobia is what my buddy ended up grabbing... from new world me thinks. so not far from you on plains road...

i personally found the guys there not to be a huge help, or to move at all on prices, but my friend who got one said they gave him a bit of a deal.

as for the bike, he loves it. he rides mostly easy trails and the rail trail... more exercise than exploration or anything. so if that is the kind of riding you are looking for it would probably do. its components are good enough to not need replacing until they actually either wear out or you just find them not to your liking. (definitely prefer that to being a good bike... once you replace a bunch of crap.)

good luck.

[Fobroader]

Honda CRF250X, 4 stroke, nice, light and dont have to do any of that horrid pedaling!!!

[Snowman]

mmmmmmmmmmmm no. I would have to trailer the bike to ride.

[tortoise]

I agree, rear suspension is really not required, hard tails are much nicer to ride and lighter too.

Lighter?  Sure.

Nicer to ride?  Not so sure.

Modern FS designs have become very efficient and in my mind there's no drawback.  I think a 29'er makes some sense for taller riders but if I was buying a mountain bike no way it would be a hard tail. 


I'd buy this: http://toronto.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-bikes-mountain-2009-Specialized-Stumpjumper-FSR-W0QQAdIdZ455419770

[HeliDriver]

mmmmmmmmmmmm no. I would have to trailer the bike to ride.

KTM 350 EXC-F. Problem solved. 

[Snowman]

One bike turned into three today


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[Railton]

Cha-ching!