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To be more conversational, I'm rocking an Ibex Aprisa frame with shimano tiagra components...I picked it up back in 2007 or so. I'm guessing that things have changed a bit in the interim, so should I look into Sram when my derailleurs and shifters begin to give out? Also, it's an aluminum frame, now with a dent on the top (fuck parking on campus!), so I should expect catastrophic failure some time. :P

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Not to familiar with road bike components but my bike came outfitted with SRAM components. I rode it for awhile then I switched all the components out to Shimano XT. For me it was more of a stick with what I know and what I like mentality. Also switched out my handlebar to a low rise carbon fiber bar and seat post to carbon also.
 
a mate is giving me a spare mountain bike, so that i can do what i've been wanting for a while, and that is attach a toddler seat to the back and take my boy around.

bought my boy a bike for his second bday. training wheels and push handle included of course. trying to get him to understand pedalling. he keeps pushing down on the rear brake.
 
bagochina said:
Not to familiar with road bike components but my bike came outfitted with SRAM components. I rode it for awhile then I switched all the components out to Shimano XT. For me it was more of a stick with what I know and what I like mentality. Also switched out my handlebar to a low rise carbon fiber bar and seat post to carbon also.
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just switched out my old 3 x 8 LX drivetrain to a 1 x 10 with XT. shifting is so much more crisp, and i've been loving the extra ground clearance up front.
 
A bag of China said:
Not to familiar with road bike components but my bike came outfitted with SRAM components. I rode it for awhile then I switched all the components out to Shimano XT. For me it was more of a stick with what I know and what I like mentality. Also switched out my handlebar to a low rise carbon fiber bar and seat post to carbon also.
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Yeah, my dad switched over to SRAM on his MTB in part because Shimano kept updating components without retaining back-compatibility with older components, and really without any tangible functional improvements over old those components.

I guess for road, I could also look into Campagnolo, but that might be higher end than I can afford? Dunno...

W said:
just switched out my old 3 x 8 LX drivetrain to a 1 x 10 with XT.
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This is intriguing. I sometimes wonder if I'd do better with a 2 x 9 instead of the current 3 x 9, but with a smaller small ring gear and a larger large ring gear...an 'anti-fixie', if you will. :P

ebola
 
just switched out my old 3 x 8 LX drivetrain to a 1 x 10 with XT. shifting is so much more crisp, and i've been loving the extra ground clearance up front.
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by double ewe

Now you've got a higher center of gravity, you're rig should be more flickable. Side to side.
 
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why the fuck isnt anyone posting their hubbys bike?
-or- what horror shows you see at Wally mart?
My bike broke at the welds........its junk.so cool'
Im going to source an American bike next time

heres pics of the break at the welds.

 
Just get a refitted bike, usually the refitters advertise on craigslist. That how I found my Trek 800's and the Giant Boulder 500. Solid rigid frames for cheap.
 
I love biking, especially seeing how fast I can get from point a to point b using w/e short cuts possible and offroading sometimes, or even just get my adrenaline pumping and try as hard as I can not to stop biking no matter the situation at hand just using my focus from the adrenaline to manouevre my way around traffic and obstacles, I have a feeling it is going to get me put in the hospital one day though xD
 
This but in brown and not perfect condition but still pretty decent

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Damn that looks like a nice smooth ride over any terrain. I really only use mountain bike set-ups for winter riding, and dare not use anything in more than mere passable condition as they salt the roads twice a day where I live, but I would love to take that up to my cousin's cottage. I do envy the disk brakes in wet conditions and gear range when climbing.

just using my focus from the adrenaline to manouevre my way around traffic and obstacles, I have a feeling it is going to get me put in the hospital one day though xD
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Haha it's like an awesome video game with much more intense consequences to losing that even the cruelest rogue.

Do you have a road bike for paved travel as well? Weaving through rush hour traffic on a sturdy mountain bike is fun, but matching the speed of cars on downhills and flats is a whole other adrenaline rush.
 
DubiousDoctor said:
Damn that looks like a nice smooth ride over any terrain. I really only use mountain bike set-ups for winter riding, and dare not use anything in more than mere passable condition as they salt the roads twice a day where I live, but I would love to take that up to my cousin's cottage. I do envy the disk brakes in wet conditions and gear range when climbing.



Haha it's like an awesome video game with much more intense consequences to losing that even the cruelest rogue.

Do you have a road bike for paved travel as well? Weaving through rush hour traffic on a sturdy mountain bike is fun, but matching the speed of cars on downhills and flats is a whole other adrenaline rush.
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In quebec the roads are terrible, I wouldn't want to risk all the flats with a more fragile bike such as a road bike per say and other possible damages, not to mention the uncomfortable ride, the disk brakes have saved my ass in a number of situations xD, and for matching the speed of cars, I make up the speed difference with the short cuts I use :P, the fact that it's a mountain bike ( kind of, or if you want to be a pretentious douche like the guys at the bike shop an "urban stunt bike") much more suits my riding style with the constant transitions between on and off road, the jumps, small drop offs and whatever else my short cuts consist of. I'm not to big a fan of plain street riding, if i'm riding for a long period on road there atleast has to be nice scenery.

Foreigner said:
That's one nice looking bike :)
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Thank you :)

DubiousDoctor said:
^I'm sorry but I didn't understand any of that.
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This.
 
curiosity said:
In quebec the roads are terrible, I wouldn't want to risk all the flats with a more fragile bike such as a road bike per say and other possible damages, not to mention the uncomfortable ride, the disk brakes have saved my ass in a number of situations xD, and for matching the speed of cars, I make up the speed difference with the short cuts I use :P, the fact that it's a mountain bike ( kind of, or if you want to be a pretentious douche like the guys at the bike shop an "urban stunt bike") much more suits my riding style with the constant transitions between on and off road, the jumps, small drop offs and whatever else my short cuts consist of. I'm not to big a fan of plain street riding, if i'm riding for a long period on road there atleast has to be nice scenery.
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You sound like most old Flat-Land riders I know. Can't be bothered to use the bike lane and can't be bothered to go the routes everyone else wants me to ride.


Honestly, even though we have bike lanes here, I do not trust the drivers enough to ride in them. A lot of my riding is over gravel up stairs down stairs and whatnot as a result.
 
Heres my current bike. Fenders are awesome as its the rainy season in the Gulf of Mexico. Its a Japenese 1992 Univega Alpina Pro. Chromoly frame and fork, came stock with Shimano XTR.
It so much more lighter, stiffer and easier to acclerate than my full suspension rig.
The front fender, I installed a star-nut up the bottom of the fork and bolted it instead of the plastic wedge the manufacturer gave me.



I use a Niterider Mako 2 headlight. Its 2 watts, and has high, low and a strobe light setting that flashes in a iregular pattern designed to catch drivers attention. It also has a law enforcement setting, it will "power off" leaving the unit with juice to "power back on" when they stop you on your way back home. The rear light is a Blackburn Flea usb rechargable. With its led technology and reflectors, its really fucking bright. It also has a meter with the colors red, orange and green indicating how much juice the light has left. My helmet I got on sale for $14, Bell. I drilled out the rivets and installed stainless acorn nuts and sealed it with Dupont reflective clear. I use DOT retroreflective tape on my bike and helmet. Its whats on stop signs. From tapebrothers.com. 106in for $16 ( vs. 3 pieces of white and red at walmart for the same price ).....they have all sorts of specialty tape ranging from the tape you put on blades of helicopters down to High Grade glow in the dark tape that charges up very fast and is crazy visible, but its expensive as fuck.
 
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