Mountainbikers. Post your ride!

[FrustratedUser]

Time to go 'Off-Topic'.

I know there are a few riders out there who, just like me, is trying to be at least a bit healthy. This is the ride I enjoy my early weekend mornings on.

Frame: '99 Rocky Mountain Element Race
Rear Shock: FOX Float
Fork: Manitou X-Vert Air, 105mm travel.
Cranks: XT with XTR chain rings
Rear derailleur: 9 speed XTR Rapid rise
Front derailleur: XT
Brakes: Avid SD7
Brake levers and shifters: XT
Wheels: Mavic F519 rims (black), XTR hubs, Black DT spokes
Tires: Tioga DH 2.3
Saddle: Selle Italia Flite Genuine gel.
Handlebar: Salsa MotoAce
Barends: Profile Design, carbon fiber.

This is a truly awesome bike!

 

[helpme]

I forget what is exactally on mine anymore... It's been along time since I bought it.

98' (or 99') Schiwnn S-10
100mm Triple clamp Rock shock fork (I forget the model without going in the garage to look)
Regular rear suspension that comes with the S-10
Scott Riser bars
XT Components
Front Rock shock Disc brake (forgot model, would have to go and look)

Damn, I need to get back out there more. Didn't bring it to school last year =(

 

[RichieZ]

Frame: '94 Sepcilized Ground Control A1 FS
Rear Shock: Blew the original POS and repalced with with a RISSE something
Fork: Manitou X-Vert R, 100mm dual crown.
Cranks: XT with XTR chain rings
Rear derailleur: 8 spd ESP 9.0
Front derailleur: XTR
Brakes: XT V's
Brake levers and shifters: Avid something or other
Wheels: Sun Ringle Rhino Lites
Tires: I forget
Saddle: I forget
Handlebar: Titech Hellbent DH

Bike has 3427 miles according to the little bike computer, would ahve more but i went to school and I didn't bring it cause it would probalby get jacked

 

[StattlichPassat]

1996 black Cannondale M200se mountain bike, CODA leather saddle and wavy bar ends, Shimano Altus cranks, Shimano Acera X components, black Matrix rims, Specialized Dirt Master tires, 1993 Vetta C-15 cyclometer, Garmin eTrex nav system

 

[FrustratedUser]

So how do you like your rides? What type and where do you ride?
I hit the trails in Tucson AZ.

 

[Hamburgerpimp]

Pinarello Surprise 53CM frame
Vela threadless carbon fiber fork
Dura Ace STI shifters/ brake levers
Dura Ace front derailleur
Dura Ace rear derailleur
Dura Ace cassette/ chain
Dura Ace bottom bracket
Dura Ace crankset
Dura Ace brakes
Dura Ace hubs
Mavic Open Pro rims
Michelin Pro Race tires
Chris King headset
Thompson seatpost
TTT Forgie stem
TTT Forgie bars
San Marco saddle


Oh, you said MTN bike.

 

[StattlichPassat]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
So how do you like your rides? What type and where do you ride?
I hit the trails in Tucson AZ.

There are some great hilly areas with great downhill/uphill and singletrack in the region just south of Dallas/Ft. Worth (Granbury, Glen Rose) that I ride. But I need to ride more.

 

[yakko]

Mine is a pieced together Yokota frame that will hold me over until I can afford my custom frame.

 

[Thegonagle]

Yeah, he said MTN bike, but I don't have a MTN bike.

I live right in the middle of a big metro area, and I use my home as the home base, so my city bike is great for me. They call it a hybrid, but I'm in the middle of the city, and it's my bike, so I can call it what I want.

It's a much improved 2001 Trek 7300 that only cost me $240 to start, roughly 1/2 the regular price of a new one. I've got an additional $260 in improved parts on it, so I've got a sweet urban warrior that can cruise with the roadies, yet still run through city parks, up grass hills, and cruise the packed gravel rails to trails paths without a whimper.

 

[tallest1]

2000 Gary Fisher Mamba
- Every part is upgraded. Darned if I remember with what.

 

[Supahfreak]

1998 GT Zaskar
- 80 mm Judy XC Hydracoil
- Full XT, not the new 9 speed one:-(
- Shimano DX platform pedals, the silver ones w/o clips
- Azonic shorty stem
- D-521 DH rims
- Michelin Wildgrippers Hot S tires f/r

I take better care of this bike than my car...

FreAk

 

[The Stigenator]

dont laugh...

I got a 60 buck dynacraft Magna Glacier from Target last year that I use for my riding on both street and trails.. it does great. It doesnt have suspensions and it doesnt have more than 12 gears (of which I use only 4 gears). It works great for me, it weight is negligible (any lighter and I would have trouble teh weight is lower than my race bike in India) and i find it comfortable. I am yet to switich the brakes around but for what its worth the bike does great. I have to put some foam on the handlebar grips, but other than that its all stock.

Yes the bike has a thing on it that says not made for trails and rough riding but I do it even so.. i used to do it with my Street Cat back in India and I do it with this one too. If it breaks I will get a new one.

 

[Supahfreak]

Originally posted by: The_good_guy
dont laugh...

I got a 60 buck dynacraft Magna Glacier from Target last year that I use for my riding on both street and trails.. it does great. It doesnt have suspensions and it doesnt have more than 12 gears (of which I use only 4 gears). It works great for me, it weight is negligible (any lighter and I would have trouble teh weight is lower than my race bike in India) and i find it comfortable. I am yet to switich the brakes around but for what its worth the bike does great. I have to put some foam on the handlebar grips, but other than that its all stock.

Yes the bike has a thing on it that says not made for trails and rough riding but I do it even so.. i used to do it with my Street Cat back in India and I do it with this one too. If it breaks I will get a new one.

Better to have a cheap bike that you ride than an expensive one you hang clothes on. Nothing to laugh about here...

FreAk

 

[LakerGod]

What are good mountain bikes? I used to ride BMX bikes when I was a kid, but I think i'd look kinda silly on them now. I'm thinking about either buying a used one at a garage sale, or buying a really cheap new one. 300 bucks tops, i'd rather pay 100. School me.

 

[Magicthyse]

I tried, really I did. I used to be a hardcore nut and everything. But then this thing called 'running a business of 15+ people' came in.

ah heck.

Well, I do nearly have a bike, freshly bent by a careless friend backing out of my driveway. Barely a year old, brand new 2002 Super T, about 200 miles max on it over the course of it's short life... (ducks in shame) Anyone care to name any suitable replacements? Both swingarm and fork are bent, and I'm not going to keep even the intact looking bits just in case. Some of the bits have gone if for , er, 'warranty replacements'... cough.

Frame: 2001 Kona Stinky
Rear Shock: Fox Vanilla RC
Fork: Marzocchi Super T
Cranks: Race Face North Shore XS compact drive, 38T Blackspire ring + Blackspire DS-1
BB: RF ISIS DH
Rear Der: XTR
Front Der: Ya gotta be kidding
Brakes: Hope Enduro
Brake Levers + Shifters: Hope + XT
Wheels: D321 + Hope Bulb 20mm F/regular R + Sapim spokes
Tires: Nokian Gazzaloddi Dual 2.3
Saddle: Fizik Atlas
Handlebar: Easton Scandium DH
Stem: Pace RC46
Barends: Bwahahahahaha!

 

[RossMAN]

Mongoose Alta
Shimano components

 

[Koing]

I'll be picking up a Cannondale BadBoy 02 bike for myself to commute.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Frame: '96 Serotta ATi (now known as the Colorado HT - IMO the best, most evolved hardtail in the world)
Fork: Marzocchi Bomber Z2
Cranks: XT
Bottom Bracket: Dura-Ace cartridge
Pedals: Shimano M-747
Rear derailleur: 8-speed XT
Front derailleur: XT
Brakes: Shimano XT V-brakes with Avid SD7 levers
Shifters: XT RF+ rear, Suntour XC-Pro thumb front
Wheels: Mavic 217 rims (rainbow ano), XTR rear, Mavic MTN front hubs, butted 14g DT spokes, Mavic Crossmax skewers
Tires: various, mostly Specialized
Saddle: Selle Italia Flite
Seatpost: Thomson Elite
Handlebar: Ibis titanium
Stem: Ibis
Barends: Ibis Rosies

My main road bike is a Moots VaMoots with Campy Record/Chorus, and I also have a beautiful old DeRosa Professional.

 

[SirFshAlot]

I bought a used Trek Y33 from my friend who owns the best bike shoppe here in Ogden.
He had done some nice upgrades, eg. to the best Manitou Ti shocks, XT all around, Titanium bar.

It has some crappy power loss in the suspension, but when I compare the weight of mine to my friends' new Gary Fisher Sugars, I think I will hang on to this frame for a while. I would rather upgrade to a lockout rear shock than spend bigger bucks and end up with a heavier frame.


We have great rides here in Ogden.
There is the Bonneville Trail system that goes for miles and miles along the Wasatch Front, with lots of fun spurs.
We often go up during lunch and hop on at one of many joining spots.

Snow Basin, 15 minutes away, has put mucho dinero and work into adding top notch biking trails along it's mountainside.

Moab is 4 hours away.
St George is about 4 to 5 hours.

Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake is rideable even during the winter here.

 

[Magicthyse]

I wonder what Cdalerider rides...

 

[SpongeBob]

I have a 2000 Gary Fisher Big Sur. No idea what the specs are.

 

[UberDave]

huffy 1 speed

oh... and a barbie bike jk

 

[Daniel]

Hey Supahfreak I have a GT Zaskar as well, much more stock than yours but I like it quite a bit still.

 

[axelfox]

Giant LE Rincon 01
Judy TT Forks

thats about it

 

[Supahfreak]

Originally posted by: Daniel
Hey Supahfreak I have a GT Zaskar as well, much more stock than yours but I like it quite a bit still.

REPRESENT!!!!! I almost cried when GT went under, dunno what I'm gonna do for my next bike...

FreAk

I had no choice on buying parts cause I bought the frame from a friend