Bikes! - Page 61

Griff · 01-16-2017, 09:05 AM

Sorry I missed your post foot. Wow, the Trance is a nice ride. He has good taste.

I'd guess it's the crevice issue. Our old bikes were pretty clean in comparison. My buddy who is wicked fastidious only uses compressed air to clean his full suspension. That wouldn't be sufficient to remove salt. I'd hate him to get salt embedded in his pivots or brake mech. Any chance he'd ride a pos bike on the salty pavement and save the Trance for trail riding? He is your kid though so maybe he'd carefully rinse and dry the bike...

xoxoxoBruce · 01-16-2017, 09:35 AM

But if the boy doesn't beat it up, I'll never get handed down to 3foot.

footfootfoot · 01-16-2017, 06:37 PM

He says it might be tedious to clean the bike so he will use his POS schwinn until the salt is gone.

He's already handed down his Magic Marys since the new bike came with Ardents.

Griff · 01-17-2017, 06:01 AM

good plan

Griff · 01-17-2017, 06:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

He's already handed down his Magic Marys since the new bike came with Ardents.

Welcome to the crazy world of incompatibility which is modern mtb bikes. These are amazing machines... of course I just picked up new 2.3 tires and rescued and cobbed some Avid V style brakes from a broken frame for my '91 now I just need daylight... or lights. I should be riding now that the snow got et.

footfootfoot · 01-17-2017, 04:27 PM

And in the 80s I thought Shimano was bad with their incompatible parts...

xoxoxoBruce · 01-17-2017, 05:12 PM

Shimano was the blueprint for Steve Jobs. Incompatibility is money in the bank.

footfootfoot · 01-18-2017, 11:31 AM

What a coincidence! I hate them both,

xoxoxoBruce · 01-19-2017, 01:20 PM

Ascari

Griff · 01-22-2017, 12:31 PM

Took an old friend for a swamp ride this am.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-22-2017, 12:34 PM

No fenders? You got wet. You were counting on Pete giving you a bubble bath, weren't you, you crafty devil.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-22-2017, 09:30 PM

Memories...

fargon · 01-23-2017, 01:55 PM

We duck taped carpet scraps to them.

BigV · 01-23-2017, 08:36 PM

duct tape!

Luxury!

xoxoxoBruce · 01-31-2017, 09:29 AM

If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands!
Not you, Bike!

01-16-2017, 09:05 AM	#1
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Sorry I missed your post foot. Wow, the Trance is a nice ride. He has good taste. I'd guess it's the crevice issue. Our old bikes were pretty clean in comparison. My buddy who is wicked fastidious only uses compressed air to clean his full suspension. That wouldn't be sufficient to remove salt. I'd hate him to get salt embedded in his pivots or brake mech. Any chance he'd ride a pos bike on the salty pavement and save the Trance for trail riding? He is your kid though so maybe he'd carefully rinse and dry the bike... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-16-2017, 09:35 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	But if the boy doesn't beat it up, I'll never get handed down to 3foot. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-16-2017, 06:37 PM	#3
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	He says it might be tedious to clean the bike so he will use his POS schwinn until the salt is gone. He's already handed down his Magic Marys since the new bike came with Ardents. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-17-2017, 06:01 AM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	good plan __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-17-2017, 04:27 PM	#6
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	And in the 80s I thought Shimano was bad with their incompatible parts... __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-17-2017, 05:12 PM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Shimano was the blueprint for Steve Jobs. Incompatibility is money in the bank. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-18-2017, 11:31 AM	#8
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	What a coincidence! I hate them both, __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-19-2017, 01:20 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Ascari Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-22-2017, 12:31 PM	#10
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Took an old friend for a swamp ride this am. Attached Images __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-22-2017, 12:34 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	No fenders? You got wet. You were counting on Pete giving you a bubble bath, weren't you, you crafty devil. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-22-2017, 09:30 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Memories... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-23-2017, 01:55 PM	#13
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	We duck taped carpet scraps to them. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

01-23-2017, 08:36 PM	#14
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	duct tape! Luxury! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

01-31-2017, 09:29 AM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands! Not you, Bike! Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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