Craig Ramsay Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 I just went out and bought a mountain bike for £680! Are any of you guys into mountain biking? Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfraRed Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 I used to but had to get rid of my Mongoose. Was lucky though - saw some interesting injuries ! Good luck ! N Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Ramsay Posted August 26, 2003 Author Share Posted August 26, 2003 Oh yeah I have seen some horrors! I dont think I will be trying 20 foot drops just yet tho Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barbarash Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 Hah, went to school in southwestern Virginia (Virginia Tech, GO HOKIES) and bought a nice little mountain bike. Rode the hell out of it too. Now that I've graduated, I moved back to New York City where I grew up, and unless you count the endless amounts of traffic between my home and my office in New Jersey as rugged terrain, my mountain bike is relegated to ride to my friends house, go to the bar, ride back intoxicated (which is an adventure in it's own right,) and go to bed. Poor poor bike.... David Barbarash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Erthal Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 I used to ride a mountain bike too, but its too dangerous.. now im dedicated to something less dangerous. wrek divind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbr Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 I just got back from a nice ride! Glad to see other bikers on here. I've biked on and off for a while on my trusty (albeit aging) Fat Chance. I've been in the market for a new bike, but haven't found the right one yet. It's the best sport out there, imho. And yeah, it's dangerous, I've got a nice scar along my shoulder from surgery! It's worth the risk, you just learn to go a little slower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 I have a Canondale hardtail collecting too much dust in my garage. I don't get to ride that often, I work too much. And there are some GREAT trails within 5 - 15 minutes of my house, I can go for a ride over lunch. So why don't I? I'm becoming a lazy fat-ass, that's why! Sometimes I get some renderer friends to come up from Brooklyn (NY talk) but they're busy, too. I don't think of mountain biking as THAT dangerous, we have helmets. If you don't come back a little bloody you probably didn't do it right. Unconcious is probably too much. But Bandaids are cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Ramsay Posted August 27, 2003 Author Share Posted August 27, 2003 LOL im scared now I wanted a bike just for fitness and had a budget of £200 to buy a hardtail but in the space of a month that went out the window to buy a full suspension Kona in the sales for £680 I used to be really into rollerblading but after 2 broken wrists I decided it wasn't the sport for me... hope to god I don't break any more bones! Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyanide Posted August 27, 2003 Share Posted August 27, 2003 Mad is spending £1300 on a Marin B17 full sus, then not using it much, but upgrading the brakes from cable discs to hydraulic ones becuase hydro's work better and I might get out on it this year. Maybe. And shelling out £200 on a Qranq full face helmet (in pearlecsent white to match the B17's frame). All I used that for was head-butting tree branches out the way . I haven't managed to injure myself yet, but I've bounced off a couple of trees at 40+mph (I was coated in blood from grazes that scarred) and wrecked a couple of bikes (cheap ones). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kid Posted August 27, 2003 Share Posted August 27, 2003 mountain bikes are fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Ramsay Posted August 27, 2003 Author Share Posted August 27, 2003 Thats a nice looking bike there Kid! I like the wheels... are they super light ones or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted August 27, 2003 Share Posted August 27, 2003 Once kid finishes school he'll be able to afford more spokes. That seat looks rather high, gives a very unflattering mental picture of you riding... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbr Posted August 27, 2003 Share Posted August 27, 2003 I am glad that I never got into downhill, man, that's the crazy stuff. That B17 is a suicide machine (pretty cool, though)! Don't worry about spending what you did (not sure what the exchange rate is). Next time around you'll spend double and not think twice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Ramsay Posted August 27, 2003 Author Share Posted August 27, 2003 Yeah I noticed that too... looks like he would go right over the handlebar as soon as he touched th brake lever LOL :ngelaugh: Maybe its a 11 inch frame! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choochee Posted August 27, 2003 Share Posted August 27, 2003 my m-bike cost me about $750....but today I hardly ride once a week, capoeira takes the rest of sports time for me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davis Posted August 27, 2003 Share Posted August 27, 2003 yaa bike are fun....when i lived (and owned my own business) in the sunny island of trinidad, i rode at least 4 days a week. somtimes in the middle of the day after some frustrating meeting.. now that i am in the usa...(got me a shiny black giant with all the trimming .. ) i have rode it two times this year.... it seems i have got time for everything else except my MB....maybe i should sell it.. or i am wondering if i am missing the laid back life i had back on the island in the sun and return home... after all its gonna start getting cold soon and then...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyanide Posted August 27, 2003 Share Posted August 27, 2003 I often look at my bike and think "Why did I buy that?" then I remember and grin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Ramsay Posted August 27, 2003 Author Share Posted August 27, 2003 Nah keep it man, you should make time to ride it in the evenings or something, it will keep you fit! What other things do people here do to keep fit apart from lifting heavy pints Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Erthal Posted August 27, 2003 Share Posted August 27, 2003 Scuba diving? Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawyer Posted August 27, 2003 Share Posted August 27, 2003 I dove years ago. I did a lot of things years ago. Now I pretty much just fly fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawyer Posted August 27, 2003 Share Posted August 27, 2003 Or was that an invitation to come dive in Rio? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Erthal Posted August 28, 2003 Share Posted August 28, 2003 Hehehe.. You can come whenever you want to. On weekends, me and other friends run a padi resort close to rio in a place named Arraial do Cabo. There are other nice dive points here too. In Angra dos Reis there are lots of wreks, even helicopter wrecks to visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barbarash Posted August 28, 2003 Share Posted August 28, 2003 Well, even if I don't ride my Specialized Hard Rock mroe than once or twice a month, the 3 day a week hockey schedule sure lets steam off. "Whats that? New deadline?!?!? -crush some poor guy into the boards.....) David Barbarash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbr Posted August 28, 2003 Share Posted August 28, 2003 Yeah, I stay away from sports where there are other large, intelligent (arguably, I guess) things that can harm me. So no diving, those sharks, and hockey I would surely be in trouble. Bet their fun, though. Mountain biking and snowboarding are the two extremes for me. Glad to see people with good hobbies on here (you'd never know it ) with all of our computer gibberish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Vestal Posted September 21, 2003 Share Posted September 21, 2003 Craig, you are not mad, I have that title covered. I have been racing Cross Country for the last 9 years. I got burned out after I competed in a 24 hour relay race, in Moab, last October. I took off this year to hit my business real hard! I have owned 3 carbon Treks. Currently have a 9.9pro issue and an older carbon road bike for training. If you look at my profile you will see I am in Northwest Indiana. Not many mountains or even hills here. I have been traveling to compete in the big races. £680 crazy??? Heck no, try $3500. I just dropped $450 for my new XTR cranks!!! My wife thinks I am insane, but cycling has allowed me to vent after a hard day, actually keeping me from gong insane! If I have any free time, I am working on my cycling site: www.NWIBike.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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