....so I'm thinkin about buying a road bike....

Guest

Thank you - that's so nice  You'll have to come here and visit!

and BD - yeah, that's why I'd like to try dry land first

Guest

Hmm, perhaps if our currency recovers abit.  (More like a lot actually).  Where do you live by the way?

Guest

East coast USA!

Guest

Yup, the US$ is currenlty hovering between 10 & 11 to 1 against the Rand, so I'd have to save loads of cash to come and visit.  Perhaps I'll just buy myself another bike. ;D ;D

MtnBikerChk

Check out the matching kitten!<br />

admin

HAHA thats quite funny ;D

Vo2

Sweet bike (and kitty)!<br />I would get rid of the reflectors on the wheels tho...

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MtnBikerChk

[quote author=Vo2 link=board=20;threadid=1077;start=30#21247 date=1033044170]<br />Sweet bike (and kitty)!<br />I would get rid of the reflectors on the wheels tho...<br />[/quote]<br /><br />yeah yeah, they're off - the pic was before I'd ever ridden it <br /><br />The Kitty's name is Cadence. ;D<br /><br />(her sister is Velocity)

Mampara

Those names are so original. You can always where someones priorities lay when they do stuff like that. Great looking bike too. Why does other peoples bikes always look better than your own even if you spend all your live savings on yours?

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[quote author=Mampara link=board=20;threadid=1077;start=30#21266 date=1033111889]<br />Why does other peoples bikes always look better than your own even if you spend all your live savings on yours?<br />[/quote]<br /><br />Just cuz it's new and shiny.<br /><br />Everytime someone I know gets a new bike..... I WANT A NEW BIKE

pothole

The bike looks very nice. Like the colour as well. Good luck and may happy miles <br />So where is the photo of the owner? ;D

MtnBikerChk

[quote author=pothole link=board=20;threadid=1077;start=30#21405 date=1033540419]<br />The bike looks very nice. Like the colour as well. Good luck and may happy miles <br />So where is the photo of the owner? ;D<br />[/quote]<br /><br />THANKS!<br /><br />Check out the mugshot thread in the general forum.

Animal

Nice looking wheels MBC!<br /><br />It will take over your life!<br /><br />I only bought a road bike for the same reasons. I was living in California, and I wanted to do better on the Leadville Trail 100 MTB race, and I realized that road riding was the way to fitness. I used to hit I80 through Nevada, cut down to Moab, and zoom along I70 every summer... Ahhh the good old days!<br /><br />Anyway, there's much more knowledge about training in the road riding scene. I went from 13 hours for Leadville, to 9:15 the next year. I would have been faster if I had had ANY off road skills left!<br /><br />I just got totally adicted to cranking down the road head down, hands locked under the brake hoods at 25 or more mph.<br /><br />The feeling of riding in a paceline at 30mph is just supreme. The last few times I have been off road I've hated the jarring and stop-start nature of the riding.

butcher

Hi Mtb Chk, <br />I'm a Mtb Bloke, just bought myself a Roadie, for a bit of variety during the week. Iwent for the Scott Expert, it cost 545 pounds (sorry don't know what that is in $). It's Shimano Sora Equipped and rides like a dream. I'm about 5'10&amp;quot; so I had a medium, so a small might fit? it's got quite a short top tube so who knows?<br />Still keep the faith on the Mtb on the wet weekends here in Wales, difference is I now kill everyone on the climbs!<br />Ride on.

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