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Old 01-19-2013, 03:47 PM
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So desperately want it to be summer...

any of you mountain bike? I am hoping to get into it this year, if we ever get over this insufferable cold.
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Old 01-19-2013, 06:55 PM
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Come to South America, and you'll love winter for ever ..
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Old 01-19-2013, 10:06 PM
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I lived in South America for two years .

40 degrees Celsius w00t
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Old 01-19-2013, 11:12 PM
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I lived in South America for two years .

40 degrees Celsius w00t
hey man be patient cause it will be spring soon and that's the best time of year...due to the angle of the earth the sun appears to travel 23% + and 23 % - of the equator and it will be back soon...be patient.......
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Old 01-21-2013, 11:03 AM
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I love Spring and Fall too. Just am tired of having to avoid going outside because it is too )(@#*)@(*# cold.
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Old 01-21-2013, 11:36 AM
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I don't mountain bike but I can't wait to take the car out to the track again
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Old 01-21-2013, 12:08 PM
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I do, just mostly easy trails so I'm not sure it would count as real mountainbiking but it's more for exersice then sport. Currently ride a Scott bike, really good bikes!

Haven't been out in the winter with this bike but I used to almost everyday during the winters and it's really refreshing and it's not that cold as long as you push and get your body heat up. Also the best with biking in the winter is that there are no flies that tries to make you eat them

The coldest I've biked through is -31 one morning but it was a bit too cold haha And the only time I've experienced temps that low around here, the lowest is usually around -25 and thats rarly that cold during the day usually never lower then -20 during the day and usually around -10 so you defenetly have it colder where you are Ath!

By the way, can reccomend Alexrims, the type I have works great for both bulky MBT tires and thin racing tires, so one set of rims for two different types of riding, racing and MBT


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Old 01-21-2013, 05:05 PM
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hey.... thats my bike....
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Old 01-22-2013, 11:03 AM
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Nice bike ST. I don't think I have heard of that brand here. I know Scott makes a lot of snowboarding/paintball stuff. Wonder if it is the same company.

This is the one I am using this summer:


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Old 01-22-2013, 10:23 PM
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i am going to buy a Valley bike.....the aggies are going to buy Sea bikes
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Old 01-23-2013, 10:50 AM
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Nice bike Ath, never heard of that brand though? I'm guessing it's a canadian brand?
It's the same scott brand, they make all sorts of stuff for winter sports
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Old 01-23-2013, 04:13 PM
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Yeah this one's an off-brand. I was looking into Cannondale (almost bought one but they didn't have my size), Trek, Specialized, and GT but none of them had as good of components and they were at least $100 more.
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Old 01-24-2013, 02:04 PM
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It came today w00t. Going to put it together tonight
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Old 01-24-2013, 03:20 PM
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Awsome, post a pic of it when your done!

What size are you lockin at? Mine is a 29"

Yeah bougt a off-brand first too, actually it was off, very off and extreemly off from a brand made in kambodja that was famous for being low grade which i didnt know at the time haha but got it returned and got the scott bike instead. Yours look like quality
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Old 01-24-2013, 03:51 PM
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Mine is a lot smaller. Mine is a 17". I am only 5'10" and I have short legs.
I'll post pictures tonight.
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Old 01-24-2013, 08:47 PM
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Here you go... I think it looks just as good in real life. The quality of the bike is actually better than the Cannondale I checked out, especially when it comes to the cassettes.
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Old 01-25-2013, 10:55 AM
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Thats really nice, love white! Yeah then 29" is a bit much, it's even a bit much for me at times but it's great for long distance runs on pavment, but it is a bit harder in terrain with a big bike so it's a bit of a trade off.

Have to comment a bit on my last post, the first bike I bought wasn't bad, it had shimano gears and so on but the cassettes as you spoke of ware lower grade aswell as bearings and the disc brake made an annoying sound every turn of the disk which means something is not aligned as it should be and that was the main thing which made me return it
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Old 01-25-2013, 11:33 AM
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My previous bike was a Walmart bike and it was the biggest piece of crap I've ever owned.

The caliper on my bike rubs right now but I think it jus needs to be adjusted. I am going to take it to have it tuned today or tomorrow.
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Old 01-25-2013, 02:14 PM
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Yep and its a slight difference with a mechanical disc break as hydraulic press from two sides while mechanical often press from one side against a stationary side (although there are mechanical with two moving sides) so there usually always is some "rubbing".

In my opinion mechanical disc breaks usually have a better precision then hydraulic, while many disagree stating that hydraulic are more precise but from my experience from both I would definitely say that mechanical disc breaks have the upper hand on feel and precision
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Old 01-27-2013, 10:12 AM
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Got it tuned yesterday and the bike is awesome to ride. I am impressed at how smooth the ride is and how clean the shifting is. I am stoked to go riding on some trails.
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