I always worried about mountain lions when riding single track. Would have never thought antelope.

i have decided it is time to restore the mtn bike and try to break myself more.

i need a new rear derailer at least. It has a broken deore xt with an 8 sp cassette on it now. dont' feel like replacing shifters, so the cassette will prob stay.

any suggestions? I can't spend a lot of money, i just want to start riding the fat tire bike again.

Quote from: King Tut on October 13, 2011, 09:39:03 AM
i have decided it is time to restore the mtn bike and try to break myself more.

i need a new rear derailer at least. It has a broken deore xt with an 8 sp cassette on it now. dont' feel like replacing shifters, so the cassette will prob stay.

any suggestions? I can't spend a lot of money, i just want to start riding the fat tire bike again.

A quick look at Ebay shows a lot of Shimano 8-speed derailleurs for cheap money, both new (mostly Alivio) and used. Do some research first, but I've yet to have a problem mixing among Shimano road or mountain groups of similar eras - in fact, I discovered that the pre-indexed shifting Ultegra & Dura Ace rear derailleurs had the correct geometry to work just fine with indexed Shimano shifters up through 8 speed, IIRC. I'd have to look, but I'm pretty sure my cyclcocross bike is running an XT long-cage rear derailleur (8 speed) with an Ultegra integrated brake/shifter, and it works great.

If you have a funky, local bike shop with a moderately eccentric owner (and there seems to be at least one in every town), chances are there's a whole stash of old parts he/she can't bear to throw away; might be worth asking there.

I have been doing some research. I'm jsut not as into it as i used to be and wasnt' sure what else was out there.

I've never been a fan of long-cage on the mtn bike. It seems that it's too easily caught on things (namely curbs in my case)

I'll look into the e-bay stuff, and I'll see what my local bike nut has around. If the same guy still owns the shop that is.

Keep your fingers crossed; I get to spend the afternoon tomorrow trying to sell our City Council on constructing a pump track in a downtown city park:

http://www.dcourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1086&ArticleID=99094&TM=53780.2

We've done our homework with Parks & Rec, the neighborhood (my neighborhood - this is going in a block and a half from my house!  ) and the Council, and are proposing to do it at no cost to the city so it should be a straightforward proposition, but you never know until the contract's signed...

And if (like me a year ago) you're not quite clear on the whole Pump Track thing, here you go (for fun, count the pedal strokes):

bikeskills.com pumptrack video how to!!

So many other places this could go - General Monster Forum, Riding Techniques, WTF, but be sure you aren't drinking hot liquids when you click this link:

http://velogogo.com/post/14096201491

Biker seemed to be moving pretty fast and couldnt make the turn.. lean in brother, lean..

I'm sure that cyclist only lost control because he slipped in oil spewed from an old hawg.

Quote from: Stella on December 12, 2011, 09:54:34 AM
I'm sure that cyclist only lost control because he slipped in oil spewed from an old hawg.

While I'm constantly amazed by how much you can do with a 2-3" square contact patch, ultimately, physics wins.

Quote from: triangleforge on December 12, 2011, 10:50:05 AM
While I'm constantly amazed by how much you can do with a 2-3" square contact patch, ultimately, physics wins.

Exactly why Liggett and Sherwen have to explain why riders don't apex corners during every single TDF.

wow! im amazed everyone stayed upright.

Quote from: iRam on January 07, 2012, 06:28:53 AM
wow! im amazed everyone stayed upright.

But not necessarily with clean skivvies.   

One degree of separation; the fast, young guy from whom I bought my CX frame & fork a few years back - one of two frames he raced as a Junior in the worlds at Poprad, Slovakia - had a pretty good race yesterday.

Congratulations to Jeremy Powers, the new US National Cyclocross Champion!

I'll have to take the bike out & see if I still know how to do this:



(That's me, way slower on the VooDoo than JP ever was...)

Quote from: triangleforge on January 09, 2012, 08:51:13 AM
One degree of separation; the fast, young guy from whom I bought my CX frame & fork a few years back - one of two frames he raced as a Junior in the worlds at Poprad, Slovakia - had a pretty good race yesterday.

Congratulations to Jeremy Powers, the new US National Cyclocross Champion!

Great race, glad USAC streamed it.  Pumped for Jeremy.  Shocked TJ didn't reel him in with his disc brakes 

Planning on attending the '13 Worlds in Louisville- after seeing the crowd in WI, should be an awesome experience next year.

Since I recently signed up for another campaign with Team in Training, riding in America's Most Beautiful Bike Ride at Lake Tahoe this coming June, I decided to knock a little of the rust of earlier than normal this year.

The weather was really nice here in Denver this weekend, so I broke out the trusty Felt F3 and cranked out 35 miles this afternoon.

I've been somewhat of a sloth the last few months, but I've felt really good the few times I've been on the bike the last few weeks.

Really looking forward to this riding season.