MintSauce

I'm in need of a seatpost. Looking for a 26.8mm. While I wouldn't mind a nice old school Campy unit, anything will do right now. Let me know if anyone has anything. Thanks.

And just as a matter of interest, how's this for clearance?

I doubt she'd be too keen. Besides, how is she going to cook my dinner down there? Crank is a Zeus Pista 165mm, fitted with a 42th ring off a similar vintage Zeus road crank I have.

I'm no good with a camera so the pic doesn't do it justice, but thought I'd update anyway. Still need to get a nice seatpost and polish up the frame a little. This thing makes me so happy. The girlfriend doesn't appreciate me sitting in the lounge staring at it, so I've moved it to the garage. Might stick a bed in here....what more does a guy need?

Stumbled across this beauty on Friday. Made my week. I think late sixties or early seventies Pogliaghi Pista in chrome. Can't wait to get it built up so I can ride it!

Beautiful. Been lusting after one of those Colnago frames with the straight fork. One day *sigh*

That's probably got more to do with speed than the wetness of the course. I was muddier than any of my friends who rode the XC course. As we were leaving, after the finish of the sub-vets race at 1pm, two funriders finished(4hrs for 35km) and they were the cleanest people we saw all day. Having said that, I don't doubt that the XC course was properly soggy. It was already bad when we rode it Saturday and percentage-wise probably wetter than the funride. I guess the funride route just seemed worse to me because in my mind the fairly short XC course just doesn't seem as bad as the sheer amount of mud we dealt with in 35km. But as stated before, I enjoyed it. I love the way the bike behaves and gets all skittish in the wet and relish the challenge of hitting technical sections at speed and then trying to stay upright. Lots of heart-in-mouth moments :-)

Agreed it would have been nice, but seeing as the organizers do these events for love and not money, I think they need all the support they can get. With that in mind, the lack of a bikewash is a non-issue to me personally. Bud, I rode this and of the 35km route about 25km was through sloppy mud....I kid you not!

There was a large dam and a fairly decent stream right at the start. Either that or wash it when you get home. It's not the organizer's responsibility to keep your bike clean. Does your mother still pack your lunch for you? Muddy as hell but I had loads of fun.

My Chris King hubs are 6 or 7 years old. Can't remember anymore. They're still on the original bearings. The sealed bearings themselves are serviceable. The wheels have been serviced 3 times in that time. Combine that with the ringdrive mechanism(as opposed to ratchet and pawl) in the freewheel and you have a set of hubs that will last you 20 years.

Yes it is prudent. Yes it is cheaper. You could also do it a month in advance and you'll be just fine. Fact. Bye.

The fact is that a town built to deal with millions of skiers every year is not going to be stretched by a few thousand riders. The annual figures for bike riders are dwarfed by the ski-figures. I was there during Crankworx, which is by far the busiest time in the biking season. My accommodation venue was half-full and the lift lines were like 20mins. And then you just stay up in the Garbanzo zone on the top half of the mountain where it's quieter. My point was simply that your claim of having to book a year in advance is overly dramatized. Nonetheless, thanks for the sarcasm.

Campy vs Shimano...?

Apparently they can also make you pregnant. True story. It would be interesting to see a comparison. I think it would do well. While it could win I don't think it will be the cause of a win. To me personally, neither is faster. It's more about a slightly different feel to the rider in certain conditions. I should clarify to the other peeps on this thread that I like 29ers but as long as I'm too poor to afford more than one bike, it will likely always be a 26er. My point is just that all the marketing BS combined with all these wet-dreaming, know-nothings(a marketing man's golden egg) and the misinterpreted facts about 29ers that they gush at the trailhead make me want to vomit. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE BIKE(that's one thing LA wasn't lying about) Do you mean to say that the trails overseas would automatically be uni-directional? If you are, you are wrong. In the bikeparks they're all uni-directional. In fact, there are signs saying "Do not ride uphill. Park privileges will be revoked" However, on every single trail outside the park the trails are multi-directional and IMBA rules apply. I.O.W, uphill rider has right of way. Don't even try not stopping and just squeezing by an uphill rider while descending cos you'll get an earful. Tokai is not a bikepark, simply a network of trails in a specific area. But let's not get off-topic....just thought I'd clarify since you brought it up And you really don't need to book a year in advance, not even if you wanted to go during Crankworx

Build courses that are more suited to 29ers? What a load of crap. Perhaps the large proportion of riders in this country(be it 26er, 29er, 96er whatever) should stop throwing money at their problems(ie not winning the middle distance at the local funride ) and just ride their bloody bikes

She's right

This setup will be as light as or lighter than most factory built wheels, but I doubt they'll suite your riding style. I also ride technical trails hard and fast and weigh a bit more(74kg), went super light a few years ago (DT Revolution spokes, aluminium nipples on Mavic XC717 rims) and they were trashed within 6 months. I switched to DT EX5.1D rims and Competition spokes and after 4 years they're still going. The back rim has several dings and is definitely in need of truing, but that's not bad going seeing as no spoke wrench has touched them since they were built. (That says something about the builder as well!) Have a look on CRC at the pre-built Hope wheels. They're available with a variety of rims and were on special a while ago.

Saw this in a bikeshop in Den Haag in April. Still kicking myself for not asking if it was for sale. At the time it seemed like too much of a mission to try get it home. Most beautiful roadbike I have ever seen in my life. The pic does not do justice to the paint or the condition. edit: It was my size too

In terms of how the suspension responds to the trail, yes

Subscribed in Feb. Haven't seen a single copy.

Slowbee, while the angle might play some small part, this would usually(on a good design) be done for a reason. Also, on most top end frames the shocks come with custom valving which would negate any disadvantages there might be. The difference in designs is also why there will be large variances in the amount of pressure the same shock would require on different frame designs. Also, note how the Tallboy has a link between the swingarm and the shock. This is one way of manipulating the way the forces act on the rear shock. By altering the location of the linkage pivots or the length of the linkage for example, the suspension can be tuned to act a certain way.

What sort of bike do you want? Or rather, what sort of riding do you do?

Keen. Contermanskloof from the tower, excluding the main DH run and following the contour ST to the left(looking from below) is perfect. In saying that, I think they have had a Super D race there already.

Yip, probably one of the best designs. Potentially the best ever. In it's day it totally moved the game to a new level. The fact that it's one of the only designs of the 90s that still exists today proves how good it was. The guy specialized bought the design from clearly knew what he was doing.