What do you ride? bicycle

dragoon · 05-11-2003, 08:54 AM

xrmattaz just got a very sweet Sofa King and I've noticed quite a few ADVriders talk about bikes, training, races, etc.
So what do you ride?
I ride a Santa Cruz Heckler (mt. bike). I'm a little too big for the Super Lite.
I won't get into all of the components on the bike but it's got a lot.
I also have an old Trek 1000 road bike that I use for cross training.

traveltoad · 05-11-2003, 09:03 AM

I actually spend a lot of time on my bike... I go back and forth between:
Gary Fischer Sugar 1 (mtn)
Eddy Merckx (Cyclocross)
Sasla (Cyclocross)
Mondonico 70th Anni (Road)
Spot (Single Speed Mtn)
Bianchi Pista (track)

I've been working too much lately... not enough time to ride.

Charlie Brown · 05-11-2003, 09:09 AM

bianchi of course, in celeste of course with campy of course...

charlie

Andrew · 05-11-2003, 09:12 AM

Rivendell LongLow. Lugged steel frame, Brooks saddle, canti brakes, moustache bars with cross-weave tape, 700c wheels and nice wide 28 tires.

Oh yeah, bar-end friction shifters and a six-speed cluster. Can you say "retro"?

Grover · 05-11-2003, 09:20 AM

I usually keep one road and one mountain bike around:

Kestrel200SCi - Velvet smooth road ride, but twitchy for my taste at big downhill speed.
Klein Mantra - Old boing-boing design. Nuthin' fancy but it's reliable, looks good, and just plain works.

John Macdonald · 05-11-2003, 09:31 AM

I used to build them for my nine to five.
Funny too, the ones I ride were made by other people.
The skinny tired one is a Spezzotto, long toptube heavyish columbus tubes, campi ergo, 28c contis. Unbreakable, it does stuff like railroad grade on Mt Tam with authority.
My dirt bike was a prototype for the giant cross country rig. It was made by a french guy named pascal, he does race car stuff. An old friend in the biz sent it to me so I could 'properly dispose of it'. Nice bike, the serial number was hand carved in the bottombracket shell with a burr, it's #5. Disc brakes and squishy plushness everywhere. The thing rips.
I still have one of my own bikes too, 26" wheels, steel, lots of clearance, fillet brazed, it's got a set of custom horizontal dropouts I made out of old campi touring dropouts just months before quality bike supply started offering the sub 11 line of frame parts and track components. They look just like them, but they are longer and are fabricated instead of cast. I set that one up as a multispeed bike at first, but have a cool set of hammered aluminum fenders and some wheels that I'm gonna throw at it and make a single speed town bike out if it this spring. Got some cool old french running lights for it too. Should be cool.

Rubber Cow · 05-11-2003, 09:33 AM

Davidson Impulse- Campy Chorus. Way too light for my weight

Bruce Gordon Rock and Road-hand built by the grand asshole himself

Look Carbon KG 281 frame & fork

I received the first two as demos when I worked in the bike business. The frame was given to me by a friend who imports them. I should be getting a parts group shortly. I need to ride.

My next bike will be a custom Steelman road frame with clearance for cyclocross knobbies and a slightly
taller bottom bracket. A kind of GS of bicycles.
Cheers,
Jorge

Caribou Aqua Buddha · 05-11-2003, 09:41 AM

K-2 Razorback
Bianchi Volpe Touring Bike

Bentspoke

Steverino · 05-11-2003, 09:41 AM

Verve, custom built with long top tube, short seat tub and relaxed head and seat tube angles.

XT disc brakes, no bossed for rear canti's, a set of hand built 700c wheels for road and some cross 4 36 spoke heavy duty wheels for the off-road stuff.

Have not ridden it since I got my first motorcyle. Such a shame.

kdog · 05-11-2003, 09:44 AM

Merlin. Campy group. Wheelsmith bladed spoked wheels.

CunningLinguist · 05-11-2003, 10:51 AM

Gary Fisher Sugar 3 - (mtn)
Trek OCLV 5000 - (road)

Haven't been on the road bike much since I started riding bikes with engines though...

fish · 05-11-2003, 10:57 AM

1968 Schwinn Apple Krate.

kdog · 05-11-2003, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Said fish:
1968 Schwinn Apple Krate.

Matching Fishwife edition.

xrmattaz · 05-11-2003, 11:22 AM

'91 Stumpjumper, converted to singlespeed, 34/18 gearing.

'02 Surly 1X1, SS specific/horiz. dropouts, 32/18.

'03 Sofa King Ti King Pin, vertical drops/Bushnell EBB, 32/18.

Two sets of identical 26" wheels for the SoKing and Surly,
one set with big knobbies and one with 1.9" semi slicks for
my daily commute to work.

Just sold my C'dale Super Duper Raven, Trek XO-1 'crosser
and my old Mantis Valkyrie on good ol' Ebay!

idjut · 05-11-2003, 12:29 PM

Litespeed Ultimate
Cinelli Olympic (track; photo by Mike Gladu)

05-11-2003, 08:54 AM	#1
dragoon ^OP I'm the REAL Dingo Joe Joined: Feb 2003 Location: Frazeysburg, OH Oddometer: 22,857	What do you ride? bicycle xrmattaz just got a very sweet Sofa King and I've noticed quite a few ADVriders talk about bikes, training, races, etc. So what do you ride? I ride a Santa Cruz Heckler (mt. bike). I'm a little too big for the Super Lite. I won't get into all of the components on the bike but it's got a lot. I also have an old Trek 1000 road bike that I use for cross training. __________________ Everyone should be so lucky as to be able to ride a motorbike through the Himalayas. - Misery Goat daveology rule #143 - never ever pass up a chance to hear a band that has a stand up bass -Mutineer

05-11-2003, 09:09 AM	#3
Charlie Brown Cockblocked BY Jesus Joined: Jun 2002 Location: Atlanta Oddometer: 10,365	bianchi of course, in celeste of course with campy of course... charlie __________________ Comparing the relative merits of Icy and Bartkim is like a battle for moral superiority between Idi Amin and Papa Doc Duvalier. ---VespaFitz Just take 1/4 of the regular population here and set them aside. The remaining 3/4ths have a vendetta against you. Kace Coyote

05-11-2003, 09:12 AM	#4
Andrew Optimus Primer Joined: Sep 2001 Location: Eastbania Oddometer: 13,984	Rivendell LongLow. Lugged steel frame, Brooks saddle, canti brakes, moustache bars with cross-weave tape, 700c wheels and nice wide 28 tires. Oh yeah, bar-end friction shifters and a six-speed cluster. Can you say "retro"? __________________ Splitting lanes, and splitting hairs.

05-11-2003, 09:31 AM	#6
John Macdonald Beastly Adventurer Joined: Oct 2002 Location: Nevada Oddometer: 1,680	love those bikes I used to build them for my nine to five. Funny too, the ones I ride were made by other people. The skinny tired one is a Spezzotto, long toptube heavyish columbus tubes, campi ergo, 28c contis. Unbreakable, it does stuff like railroad grade on Mt Tam with authority. My dirt bike was a prototype for the giant cross country rig. It was made by a french guy named pascal, he does race car stuff. An old friend in the biz sent it to me so I could 'properly dispose of it'. Nice bike, the serial number was hand carved in the bottombracket shell with a burr, it's #5. Disc brakes and squishy plushness everywhere. The thing rips. I still have one of my own bikes too, 26" wheels, steel, lots of clearance, fillet brazed, it's got a set of custom horizontal dropouts I made out of old campi touring dropouts just months before quality bike supply started offering the sub 11 line of frame parts and track components. They look just like them, but they are longer and are fabricated instead of cast. I set that one up as a multispeed bike at first, but have a cool set of hammered aluminum fenders and some wheels that I'm gonna throw at it and make a single speed town bike out if it this spring. Got some cool old french running lights for it too. Should be cool. __________________ Too many projects, not enough bank account.

05-11-2003, 09:33 AM	#7
Rubber Cow GS Dork Joined: Jul 2001 Location: Aloha... yes, Aloha, Oregon Oddometer: 5,299	Real Bikes Davidson Impulse- Campy Chorus. Way too light for my weight Bruce Gordon Rock and Road-hand built by the grand asshole himself Look Carbon KG 281 frame & fork I received the first two as demos when I worked in the bike business. The frame was given to me by a friend who imports them. I should be getting a parts group shortly. I need to ride. My next bike will be a custom Steelman road frame with clearance for cyclocross knobbies and a slightly taller bottom bracket. A kind of GS of bicycles. Cheers, Jorge __________________ "He had that rare weird electricity about him--that extremely wild and heavy presence that you only see in a person who has abandoned all hope of ever behaving"normally"." HST-RIP "Woof, woof woof woof ...woof woof!!!!!!!!!" Cricket the Dog-RIP Rubber Cow screwed with this post 05-11-2003 at 09:43 AM

05-11-2003, 09:03 AM	#2
traveltoad Aaron S Joined: May 2002 Location: SoCal Oddometer: 6,145	I actually spend a lot of time on my bike... I go back and forth between: Gary Fischer Sugar 1 (mtn) Eddy Merckx (Cyclocross) Sasla (Cyclocross) Mondonico 70th Anni (Road) Spot (Single Speed Mtn) Bianchi Pista (track) I've been working too much lately... not enough time to ride.

05-11-2003, 09:20 AM	#5
Grover Blinkenlights Adventurer Joined: Jun 2002 Location: So. Cal, USA Oddometer: 1,691	I usually keep one road and one mountain bike around: Kestrel200SCi - Velvet smooth road ride, but twitchy for my taste at big downhill speed. Klein Mantra - Old boing-boing design. Nuthin' fancy but it's reliable, looks good, and just plain works.

05-11-2003, 09:41 AM	#8
Caribou Aqua Buddha Beastly Adventurer Joined: Jan 2003 Oddometer: 22,983	K-2 Razorback Bianchi Volpe Touring Bike Bentspoke

05-11-2003, 09:41 AM	#9
Steverino Arrogant Horse's Ass #1 Joined: Nov 2001 Oddometer: 36,516	Seven Verve, custom built with long top tube, short seat tub and relaxed head and seat tube angles. XT disc brakes, no bossed for rear canti's, a set of hand built 700c wheels for road and some cross 4 36 spoke heavy duty wheels for the off-road stuff. Have not ridden it since I got my first motorcyle. Such a shame.

05-11-2003, 09:44 AM	#10
kdog Slippery Adventurer Joined: Jun 2002 Location: Kingman, AZ Oddometer: 1,409	Merlin. Campy group. Wheelsmith bladed spoked wheels. Attached Images __________________ "Practice random acts of acceleration." IBA #9289

05-11-2003, 10:51 AM	#11
CunningLinguist Behold My Glory Joined: Sep 2002 Location: Leesburg, Virginia, USA Oddometer: 366	Gary Fisher Sugar 3 - (mtn) Trek OCLV 5000 - (road) Haven't been on the road bike much since I started riding bikes with engines though...

05-11-2003, 10:57 AM	#12
fish Banned Joined: Jul 2001 Location: Gold Country Oddometer: 47,709	1968 Schwinn Apple Krate.

05-11-2003, 11:22 AM	#14
xrmattaz sputum is my bread/butter Joined: Jan 2002 Location: lovely prescott, arizona Oddometer: 3,177	'91 Stumpjumper, converted to singlespeed, 34/18 gearing. '02 Surly 1X1, SS specific/horiz. dropouts, 32/18. '03 Sofa King Ti King Pin, vertical drops/Bushnell EBB, 32/18. Two sets of identical 26" wheels for the SoKing and Surly, one set with big knobbies and one with 1.9" semi slicks for my daily commute to work. Just sold my C'dale Super Duper Raven, Trek XO-1 'crosser and my old Mantis Valkyrie on good ol' Ebay! __________________ '06 Gas Gas TXT 300 Raga '06 Road Glide '07 KLR 6fitty Red (sold) '05 Zook SV650S Yeller "PocketBike" (gone...sniff) '05 Zook DL1000K Blue (sold) '00 Kawazaki SUPER Sherpa (sold) and 80 more (sold)

05-11-2003, 12:29 PM	#15
idjut Registered Pongid Joined: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs Oddometer: 321	Litespeed Ultimate Cinelli Olympic (track; photo by Mike Gladu) Attached Images

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