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08-01-2009, 02:45 PM #1
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new bike |-D
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Looky what I got for my 40th birthday!
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1995 Kona Cinder Cone commuterFrankenbike/Selle Italia SLR Lady Gel Flow
2008 white Nakamura Summit Custom mtb/Terry Falcon X
2000 Schwinn Fastback Comp road bike/Specialized Jett
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08-01-2009, 02:57 PM #2
droppin' off the back
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08-01-2009, 03:05 PM #3
back of the autobus
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Happy birthday and happy ride!
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08-01-2009, 03:07 PM #4
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Happy Birthday!..looks like you've already had too much fun!
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08-01-2009, 03:24 PM #5
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Woo-hoo! Happy birthday! 40 is the new 27
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08-01-2009, 03:30 PM #6
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Happy riding at 40 and beyond!
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08-01-2009, 03:47 PM #7
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Happy Birthday! Nice bike and it looks like you enjoyed riding it already.
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08-01-2009, 04:18 PM #8
Head up. Shoulders down.
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You got a muddy bike?? Man. That's just RUDE!
Just kiddin'.
Sweet ride.
Happy birthday!
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08-01-2009, 04:19 PM #9
I heart my bike
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Happy birthday to you, indeed.
Umm... those are some nice calves!!
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08-01-2009, 05:34 PM #10
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Happy Birthday! Looks like you spent it right
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08-01-2009, 06:16 PM #11
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Are those your calf muscles? Holy cow!
Happy birthday!
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08-01-2009, 07:30 PM #12
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Good 'n Dirty. The way she should be
Congrats.
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08-01-2009, 11:37 PM #13
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I did get a little help from some lucky shade in defining my calves
So this is my first "real" mtb. It has a cute story: my dh bought it off a woman who had gotten all fired up at work about riding Birken with her colleagues, a very popular mtb event, 93 km long. They'd gotten a good deal on bikes, she trained 100 km altogether, did Birken, her knees hurt and she didn't want to ride anymore...
I've had a rigid mtb for years and mostly used it for commuting and riding on gravel roads. I've tried trails a few times, but mostly just got mightily frustrated at being bounced off roots, rocks and the like. But when this lovely thing turned up on my doorstep I had to go try it on a real mtb trail
Lesson 1: racing pedals (ie. one-sided) are useless on a trail, unless you plan on never unclipping.
Lesson 2: mud slows you down. A lot. I actually learned that after a few tries.
Lesson 3: the nice smooth surface of a large puddle doesn't mean the bottom of it is equally nice and smooth... I tried just charging through a calf-deep puddle to avoid the gnarly root-mess on one side, and ended up getting my bike stuck in the very middle, tipping over and hitting a submerged rock with my knee.
I even managed to do it on the way back too
Winter riding is much less about badassery and much more about bundle-uppery. - malkin
1995 Kona Cinder Cone commuterFrankenbike/Selle Italia SLR Lady Gel Flow
2008 white Nakamura Summit Custom mtb/Terry Falcon X
2000 Schwinn Fastback Comp road bike/Specialized Jett
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08-02-2009, 02:59 AM #14
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Happy Belated Birthday!
What a perfect present. ENJOY!
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08-02-2009, 03:41 AM #15
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Happy Birthday! That looks like a great bike. Does it have a name?
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