missliz
06-28-2002, 09:01 PM
So I've been off the bike for over two years, I 've been being put back together by orthopods and such, and I'm told to toodle around the nieghborhood on my bike to rehab the fixed knee. (The other one gets fixed in August. Then the whole hellish nightmare should be done by Xmas if I can keep dragging my *** to rehab.) ) The problem is, my MDs and PTs don't understand that my stable are all race appointed wonders and totally unsuitable for the couch slug I've become. Both legs and feet have had to be pretty much redone and I'm fat and weak and cry when I see anybody on an Orbea frame. I WANT ONE!
So I guess I have to suck it up and change out some parts on a Mt bike to get an absurdly overdone comfort bike. I haven't got four bills to just go buy one, so, what do you all think of this? The chosen victim is a 96 Zaskar (hardtail) with a brand new Sachs nine speed drivetrain. I've already taken off the ATACs and put on some bear traps with clips and straps. I've got a little of the Fear and need a few miles before I can cope with the tricky bastards.
I've got those Terry liberator V Race saddles on all my bikes and loved them, but frankly they make my butt hurt so bad it takes a week to recover now. If I put on a wider cushy tushy saddle it seems I'll need to get more upright and then we get to the tricky part- changing the stem.
My back would like this, a whole lot. Stems are such a crapshoot though. Comments please? The current one is, I think, 135mm with a 10 degree rise. I did swap out the flat bar for a riser bar so I've gained a little hieght. And did I forget any other ways to wuss up an elegant, breathtaking beauty of a bike? It hurts me to do this to her. My junky Go To Mardi Gras bike takes a lot of strength to manhandle around the brakes and it's rigid. I can't take the beating yet. I don't see any other options than to tune down a good bike.
Thanks, girls
Miss Liz
So I guess I have to suck it up and change out some parts on a Mt bike to get an absurdly overdone comfort bike. I haven't got four bills to just go buy one, so, what do you all think of this? The chosen victim is a 96 Zaskar (hardtail) with a brand new Sachs nine speed drivetrain. I've already taken off the ATACs and put on some bear traps with clips and straps. I've got a little of the Fear and need a few miles before I can cope with the tricky bastards.
I've got those Terry liberator V Race saddles on all my bikes and loved them, but frankly they make my butt hurt so bad it takes a week to recover now. If I put on a wider cushy tushy saddle it seems I'll need to get more upright and then we get to the tricky part- changing the stem.
My back would like this, a whole lot. Stems are such a crapshoot though. Comments please? The current one is, I think, 135mm with a 10 degree rise. I did swap out the flat bar for a riser bar so I've gained a little hieght. And did I forget any other ways to wuss up an elegant, breathtaking beauty of a bike? It hurts me to do this to her. My junky Go To Mardi Gras bike takes a lot of strength to manhandle around the brakes and it's rigid. I can't take the beating yet. I don't see any other options than to tune down a good bike.
Thanks, girls
Miss Liz