Board bikers

Who rides roadies and mtn's (or both)

I'll start….I ride both but roadie definately takes preference.

Anyone interested in a board-ride one Sunday morning?

I'd love to go. Just need to set up my bike!

Well Bungle and I are going cycling one day this weekend. But it is going to be offroad and I really dont think you would be up to it…….

If my bike turns up before this weekend, perhaps Bungle will cycle Saturday and you Sunday.

Road (cannondale R800)
Mountain (specialized stumpjumper)
and daily commuter (slicks on the stumpy.)

Mountain.

I'd love to ride.

what about the board go kart race?

Originally posted by mark e smith:
But it is going to be offroad and I really dont think you would be up to it…….

That wouldn't be a challenge would it?

You mean ridey-bumpy?

Originally posted by mark e smith:
But it is going to be offroad and I really dont think you would be up to it…….

Originally posted by thirsty moore:
You mean ridey-bumpy?

Originally posted by mark e smith:
But it is going to be offroad and I really dont think you would be up to it…….

….hurty-botty!!!

wimpy-limey…

Originally posted by Bollocks:

Originally posted by mark e smith:
But it is going to be offroad and I really dont think you would be up to it…….

That wouldn't be a challenge would it?

Ding ding DING!

I do not know if my bike will arrive tomorrow. If it does I would love for the old dog to teach me some of his tricks.

i ride a road bike

i'm training for some triathlons this summer…biking is my weakest sport

Who knew there were so many?

Me: Primarily mountain but road ride when the trails are too wet. Some commute/transportation biking too.

If any of the board (bored?) riders are into single speeds or fixed gears there's a new local ride list here.

And if you want to give a little love back to the trails, there's a trail maintenance day Sunday at Avalon. Details here.

I thought everyone on the board was a fat alcoholic drug addict.

Originally posted by Sailor Ripley:
If any of the board (bored?) riders are into single speeds or fixed gears there's a new local ride list here.

And if you want to give a little love back to the trails, there's a trail maintenance day Sunday at Avalon. Details here.

I noticed a reference to Fair Hill on that message board. Have you been there?

I keep reading about that place having like hundreds of miles of singletrack and I'm curious if it's really as sweet as it sounds (but obviously not so curious that I'll drive all the way out to the Delaware border to find out).

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
I noticed a reference to Fair Hill on that message board. Have you been there?

I keep reading about that place having like hundreds of miles of singletrack and I'm curious if it's really as sweet as it sounds (but obviously not so curious that I'll drive all the way out to the Delaware border to find out).

No, but I know a few people who have. Reports are 50+ miles of trail, fast and fun, more smooth than technical.

I ride both - but have been primarily using the Mtn bike the last few years. We have a bunch of great rails-to-trails that you can just cruise on. You probably already know that you can ride from Pt State Park in downtown Pittsburgh the whole way into Georgetown (connection to the C&O in Cumberland)

Allegheny Trail Alliance

The coolest thing I ever did on a road bike was when I moved away from DC in '98 - I put everything in storage & shipped my Cannondale to San Diego. Then bought one of those B.O.B. 1-wheel trailers & some maps of the southern US. Then took off on my bike with a friend & rode to St Augustine Florida.

No doubt the coolest thing I've ever done. I'm now trying to work out a scenario where I can do it again - North maybe this time.

specialized rockhopper w/ slicks

I'd be up for a ride some weekend - road, not trail…

Check out the thread Hey Chimblysweep! for some gushing over fixies and singlespeeds.

Originally posted by Sailor Ripley:
If any of the board (bored?) riders are into single speeds or fixed gears there's a new local ride list here.

Originally posted by thirsty moore:
Check out the thread Hey Chimblysweep! for some gushing over fixies and singlespeeds.

Thanks, missed that.

A few thoughts after breezing through that thread:
- Do not even think about using a singlelator on a fixed gear. It will NOT work.

- The Specialized SS is a pathetic attempt to cash in on the SS wave without investing any real money. If you are buying a new pre-built SS it certainly should not have a tensioner. Complete bikes for a good deal are the Kona Unit and the Bianchi SASS.

- Thirsty: Make sure you've got horizontal or semi-horizontal dropouts for your fixed build or you will have to find the "magic gear" to run (pain in the ass). Or, you'll have to build a new wheel with the ultra-cool idea White Industries ENO eccentric hub - from the looks of the picture you probably have vertical drops.

Any questions on your build, let me know, I've got 4 bikes and they are all either single speed or fixed (or both).