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10-04.-2004, 04:58 AM
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Tales from the other side
I had given up on light weight XC bikes. I had decided they were
fragile, expensive, maintenance intensive and unforgiving in ones choice of lines. I had decided that one needed to own a sturdy steed and just get stronger by riding it. Then I broke my joker frame. So, I stripped it and sent every serviceable part out since the whole thing was dead until I got the frame back anyways. The funny thing is that in the mean time, I picked up a loaner, an old specialized M4, V-brakes, but full XTR, that's about 10 lbs lighter than my joker. Minimal travel, but light, very light. It's like I have rocket assist now. I can fly on this thing. I catch more air on this than on the joker. Granted I don't lauch it off the bigger stuff, but I feel like I got wings. Every little bump is an opportunity for a tail kick. Yeah, sure, at first I was landing like I didn't care and getting that nasty wheel tacoing sound when you tire rubs a seat or chain stay, but I'm getting the hang of the finesse thing. I no longer land sideways and tweak everything to within a hair of their designed stress tolerances, I go around rocks, (yeah, I know, what a concept), and I can hang with all my buddies on their freeride 5+ inch rigs, well with a few exceptions, the pumpkin patches that I can't clear in a single bound :-) I swear this thing is making me a better rider by forcing me to pay attention to lines, try fly over the nasties, not through them. I'm just so confused now. I don't what I want. I hope I can still ride my pig when I get it back. -Bruce |
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10-04.-2004, 06:09 AM
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Re: Tales from the other side
In <4075a944_3@newsfeed.slurp.net>,
Bruce Edge <edgebruce@yahoo.com> opined: > I swear this thing is making me a better rider by forcing me to pay > attention to lines, try fly over the nasties, not through them. Tell me you aren't trolling. > I'm just so confused now. I don't what I want. > I hope I can still ride my pig when I get it back. You sure you'll -want- to? -- Dave Salovesh darsal@example.com (REPLACE example WITH mindspring TO EMAIL ME) |
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10-04.-2004, 06:20 AM
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Re: Tales from the other side
Dave Salovesh wrote:
> In <4075a944_3@newsfeed.slurp.net>, > Bruce Edge <edgebruce@yahoo.com> opined: > > >>I swear this thing is making me a better rider by forcing me to pay >>attention to lines, try fly over the nasties, not through them. > > > Tell me you aren't trolling. Trolling ?! I'm trying to convey an epiphany here. I guess I was getting lazy and just going straight over/through a lot of stuff because I could. There's a kind of grace in dancing through a rock field without taking any hard blows. > > >>I'm just so confused now. I don't what I want. >>I hope I can still ride my pig when I get it back. > > > You sure you'll -want- to? That's just it, I'm not sure, that's what's worrying me. -Bruce |
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