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legrandefromage":3pnzfe43 said:just for, just you mind you, no-one else to look please
Just splendid!I I'll have to get me one at some point.
Thank god for retro bikes
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Just splendid!I I'll have to get me one at some point.
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I've just been out on an old bike today
and very nice it was too.
and very nice it was too.
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Don't be silly: the little bugger's legs could never reach the pedals.
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I rode my ass off when I was a kid. Banana seat and ape hanger bars.
My bike gave me the freedom to venture out all over the city.
My parents bought me another bike. A pre runner to mountain bikes I think because I remember it had cruiser type bars but fat tires. I was shocked. Embarassed even. None of my friends had a bike like this. I quickly destroyed it by doing stupid stuff with it and started going through 10 speed road bikes because I didn't ride them where and how they were intended. Most of the time. I did love the speed I could get out of them especially since I lived in the last house at the top of a long hill. Mercier, Peugot Tour de France (Canadian Tire) etc. Then I got my license and a cheap car and forgot all about bikes.
Many years later, (a few fast street/race and off road motorcycles in between) I'm back into them. Old or new I don't care. Cheap is what I care about. 2001 Devinci Guzzler was first. Not because it was retro, but because it had lots of good parts and was affordable. Replaced everything except frame (did replace all bearings) and shock over a year. Before it was finished I was buying other bikes and selling parts to make money to cover expenses. Then another and another. Now my Guzzler is basically a no cost bike. So is my Devinci Jack (4 month old bike I got for 1/4 the cost of new) and my Marin Bear Valley SE and Giant Rincon. Rincon will be sold since I don't need 2 steel bikes. I totally enjoy buying and selling and building - almost more than riding.
Previously posted, someone mentioned it doesn't matter the cost of your bike, it's the fun you have with it and friends is what matters. So true. I have a few friends that can afford $10000 bikes but they don't flaunt it and will let you ride it if you ask. I believe I don't really notice the "ride" being much different, but high end components do work better, although they sometimes don't last as long. I believe that expert riders are the ones that can do better with better bikes. But I have seen them do well with not so great bikes too so who knows. Who cares. I have fun with what I have.
If I ever get my GT Fury Carbon or Devinci Wilson Carbon downhill, I hope it is at a price where I won't be afraid to ride it. Same with whatever Titanium frame bike comes my way. A Ti bike is on my wish list just because it is Ti and as I get even older it will be easy to peddle and carry when needed. One of my neighbours is 82 and still riding and I hope to be at that age too.
My bike gave me the freedom to venture out all over the city.
My parents bought me another bike. A pre runner to mountain bikes I think because I remember it had cruiser type bars but fat tires. I was shocked. Embarassed even. None of my friends had a bike like this. I quickly destroyed it by doing stupid stuff with it and started going through 10 speed road bikes because I didn't ride them where and how they were intended. Most of the time. I did love the speed I could get out of them especially since I lived in the last house at the top of a long hill. Mercier, Peugot Tour de France (Canadian Tire) etc. Then I got my license and a cheap car and forgot all about bikes.
Many years later, (a few fast street/race and off road motorcycles in between) I'm back into them. Old or new I don't care. Cheap is what I care about. 2001 Devinci Guzzler was first. Not because it was retro, but because it had lots of good parts and was affordable. Replaced everything except frame (did replace all bearings) and shock over a year. Before it was finished I was buying other bikes and selling parts to make money to cover expenses. Then another and another. Now my Guzzler is basically a no cost bike. So is my Devinci Jack (4 month old bike I got for 1/4 the cost of new) and my Marin Bear Valley SE and Giant Rincon. Rincon will be sold since I don't need 2 steel bikes. I totally enjoy buying and selling and building - almost more than riding.
Previously posted, someone mentioned it doesn't matter the cost of your bike, it's the fun you have with it and friends is what matters. So true. I have a few friends that can afford $10000 bikes but they don't flaunt it and will let you ride it if you ask. I believe I don't really notice the "ride" being much different, but high end components do work better, although they sometimes don't last as long. I believe that expert riders are the ones that can do better with better bikes. But I have seen them do well with not so great bikes too so who knows. Who cares. I have fun with what I have.
If I ever get my GT Fury Carbon or Devinci Wilson Carbon downhill, I hope it is at a price where I won't be afraid to ride it. Same with whatever Titanium frame bike comes my way. A Ti bike is on my wish list just because it is Ti and as I get even older it will be easy to peddle and carry when needed. One of my neighbours is 82 and still riding and I hope to be at that age too.
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ultrazenith":gdxxhpoh said:legrandefromage":gdxxhpoh said:just for, just you mind you, no-one else to look please
Just splendid!I I'll have to get me one at some point.
How much would such a frameset go for these days?
So after my thank God for retro bike's I went and bought a modernish hardtail.
Like I mentioned before I have never owned a hardtail and I wasn't sure what to expect,for an aluminum bike it's a lump (Raleigh at30) I expected them to be lighter,my trek and specialzed whip it in that regard.
It's a pretty unexciting ride,the gears aren't all set up and only the rear disk brake is working so it may be their fault who knows? Bike feels a bit dead where my steel is lively.
I was expecting more fun from it,if I hadn't paid penny's for it I might be truly gutted.
I might get rid and wait on a steel hardtail popping up.
In the meantime its back to the rigids and scaring myself every run!
All hail the retro bike!
The lump below
Like I mentioned before I have never owned a hardtail and I wasn't sure what to expect,for an aluminum bike it's a lump (Raleigh at30) I expected them to be lighter,my trek and specialzed whip it in that regard.
It's a pretty unexciting ride,the gears aren't all set up and only the rear disk brake is working so it may be their fault who knows? Bike feels a bit dead where my steel is lively.
I was expecting more fun from it,if I hadn't paid penny's for it I might be truly gutted.
I might get rid and wait on a steel hardtail popping up.
In the meantime its back to the rigids and scaring myself every run!
All hail the retro bike!
The lump below
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Steel hardtail? My favourite. 92 with later everything.
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I rode my modern Giant this morning, but left my Retro rose coloured spectacles at home.
After 19 miles of mixed terrain, I sat in the garden and thought about how it felt. Cold and soulless - competent but uninspiring like driving a VW Golf
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I rode my modern Giant this morning, but left my Retro rose coloured spectacles at home.
After 19 miles of mixed terrain, I sat in the garden and thought about how it felt. Cold and soulless - competent but uninspiring like driving a VW Golf
(awaits abuse from Golf Drivers
)
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Abaca":2cj7x880 said:
That's not a very good example of a modern HT IMO.
