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It's lovely !
Gee I hope you heal up and be able to ride it soon ...!
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Thread: FINALLY My Project One Winner!
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01-21-2007, 07:45 PM #1
I want to ride my bicycle
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FINALLY My Project One Winner!
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I finally got my new bike! This is the Trek Fuel EX 9.0 that I won in the design contest, so she has my own paint job. A very beautiful bike with a wonderful component set. It has a carbon frame! She weighs in at 26.4 pounds without her pedals, which is very reasonable for a 5" travel bike. Plush! She also has SRAM shifters which have two thumb shifters instead of index and thumb. That will take some getting used to. I had a terrible crash last week and am nursing a bad quadricep contusion so I can't even ride her. But she is pretty to look at.
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01-21-2007, 07:49 PM #2
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01-21-2007, 07:52 PM #3
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congratulations
she is really really beautiful.. both you and the bike. well done! are they going to market her? I love the design.. i'd buy one
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01-21-2007, 08:05 PM #4
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beautiful! you did a great job! i want one!!!
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01-21-2007, 08:28 PM #5
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Gorgeous! Gives new meaning to Wake up and smell the flowers!
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01-21-2007, 09:27 PM #6
"She's a little dense"
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I love the paint job. It reminds me of the paintings I saw in China of the cherry blossoms. Beautiful. Nice work.
Hope your quad contusion gets better fast. Just a word of warning. A small percentage of people can get calcium build up in the quad after a bad contusion. If this happens it takes medication and a longer rest to reolve the problem. So just watch for any weird problems like progressive loss of range of motion, hot areas around the contusion and extreme sensitivity that is not getting better but getting worse. If these things happen see your MD.
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01-21-2007, 09:46 PM #7
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She is fabulous and gorgeous! That is a pink bike I would actually ride!
Like Wahine said about the quad contusion....watch it. The MD I used to ride with warned me about that, too, and suggested that any contusion requires massage (yes, that does sound like it hurts, doesn't it?) in order to keep the circulation going and to prevent that calcium build up. So get in your happy place and massage it as much as you can tolerate!
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01-21-2007, 11:25 PM #8
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She's a beauty!
My new baby for 2007
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01-22-2007, 04:50 AM #9
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Wow, what a pretty bike. I hope, once you are healed, you have fun riding her...
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01-22-2007, 04:57 AM #10
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Beautiful, absolutely beautiful!!!!
Let us know what you name her............
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01-22-2007, 04:59 AM #11
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Stunning, simply stunning! It must kill you not to be able to ride her yet, but I am sure you'll log many happy miles as soon as you can. You did a lovely job with the design and must be very proud!
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01-22-2007, 05:04 AM #12
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Absolutely beautiful! Congratulations!
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01-22-2007, 05:50 AM #13
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Gorgeous! Maybe part of your healing process can be envisioning yourself riding your new best friend!
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01-22-2007, 05:55 AM #14
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aha, i was right! this bike turned out really well!
While you can't ride it, you can gaze at it and take lots of pictures of it.
what does 5.5" travel bike mean?
I hope you heal up really soon!
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01-22-2007, 05:59 AM #15
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Congratulations on a very sweet bike. Sure hope your quad heals quickly.
