10-12-2010, 04:26 PM
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MTB in drag
Hey, I wanna post mine too! Since this is my first post, I`m not sure if the forum will let me post pics, but I`ll try anyway.
This is my main bike- a 92 Schwinn Impact (mountain bike with a bunch of cyclocross and road bike parts) that I commute on year round and it does occasional grocery duty as well as weekend tours when the weather is nice. I`ve yet to get a perfect year of no driving to work, but it`s been pretty close for the past three years. So far I`ve driven in four times this year. Maybe next year will be the charm! My commute is only a little over 3 miles each way if I go straight from A to B, but I keep at it even when it`s down to zero F or snowing. Let`s see if my picture goes.
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10-28-2010, 09:49 AM
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File under, Too cool not to share:
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Awesome, awesome, awesome.
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10-31-2010, 05:11 PM
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A bicycling evolutionary deadend from 1936:
It must hve been a handful in a cross wind.
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10-31-2010, 05:59 PM
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A headwind would suck on that bike too.
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11-23-2010, 12:16 PM
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Whoohoo!
First snow since I got studded tires for my bike . I did ride them for a week or so on dry pavement to see how they felt- feel like I`m pulling a Winnebago and sound like frying bacon. They seemed to hold fairly well in the little bit of ice we had last week, but this morning really wasn`t much of a test. They definitely make less racket with a little snow under them, though.
Last year I made chains, which worked surprisingly well, but wore out WAY too fast. I was going to try again this year with heavier material, but I ran into a deal I couldn`t pass up on the stud muffins.
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11-23-2010, 12:18 PM
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A headwind would suck on that bike too.
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Actually, maybe the other way around: That bike would suck a headwind.
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11-23-2010, 12:45 PM
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Varn - you have a Varna! Too cool for words.
I'm in a perpetual state of envy caused by photos of velomobiles and recumbent bikes & trikes.
As it is, I get around year round on this 37.5 lbs of awesomeness rescued from the garbage truck:
I put ~1000 km a year on this beater, in a town that's about 6 km wide. I've never locked it. (The fluorescent green spray job is apparently excellent theft deterrent.)
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...-bike-300.html
I've also got a classic 1997 GT Karakoram hard tail that I use on the local cross-country trails. It's my "good" bike
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11-23-2010, 12:49 PM
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feel like I`m pulling a Winnebago and sound like frying bacon.
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That's funny.
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01-16-2011, 07:00 PM
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This is my Catrike Trail recumbent trike. I've been riding this since Oct 16th, and it's now my primary commuter.
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01-16-2011, 07:13 PM
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Nice, - I'd be worried about riding so low to the ground myself though.
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