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Very tough choice this month. I have to ponder this issue some.

Re: OK, i'm putting this out there, i'm likely to get toaste Having ridden mountain bikes now for 25 odd years I have to say the shifters on my 2013 Trek Super Fly are the best yet. That said while riding my 83 Ross mtb today with Shimano friction shifters they did the job perfectly. However...

Hello Mr. Toad, I don't have any other good pix of the Ross yet. I did lube up the der cables today and took it out for another 20 miler. Better today than yesterday. The "uniglide" shifters are a friction shifter with a ratchet built in. Once I oiled the cables they really started working...

I bought this off of Ebay last week after getting an urge for a Bull Horn equipped early mountain bike. My first mountain bike was an 87 Klein Pinnacle and my knowledge of mountain bikes prior to that was/is limited. Well I got the bike, put it together, got it adjusted and took it out on a...

Re: *** Travis Brown's Bradbury FS Manitiou *** A very special bike! Very cool! Doug and Travis were the stuff of legends in early mountain bike racing. Still are I suppose.

Re: cinelli sentiero 88/9 mtb columbus cromor or Cool bikes. I don't ever remember seeing any of them around in Kansas???????

Train heavy and race light. And I agree most people (myself included) could probably shed more weight off their body cheaper than they could ever shed off their bike. But a light bike (wheels/tires especially) will accelerate and perform better for everybody regardless of their body weight...

Cool bike!

Re: Bike of The Month Oct 2013 Halloween Special - Nominatio Tasty! I used to bounce around Durango on my later FRO. We'd always head to Durango for the "Iron Horse Classic" race. One time John Parker showed up to the race site after flying in from Indy where he'd been watching the race...

Is there a bike in the pic? All I see is the Cobra! LOL! Just kidding (not really), nice tandem.

Re: 93 OCLV weightweenie Project Subscribed, I'd like to see the end product too!

Looks great! I also have a FRO from the same time frame and my down tube decal looks the same......I don't ride it anymore but seeing all the Yetis on this site is kind of making me want to get it going again. It's currently got an LD stem, drop bars, single front chain ring and skinny slicks...

If the tread or sidewall develop cracks I become very suspect of the tire. I like to ride as fast as conditions and my fitness allow and I don't like having blowouts at speed (even bicycle speed) or in sketchy conditions. I had a front tire blowout on my Merlin a couple of years ago at speed...

All very nice this month. But what really strikes me is that 8 of the bikes have Flite saddles. I have a couple myself. One of the best looking and best performing saddles ever IMHO.

Re: the riser bar conundrum? the riser bar nasty! I have a modern 29er and I love it. But really position is position and it doesn't matter the vintage of the bike. I didn't use to like riser bars on early mountain bikes but now I do. And risers were around. I also like that I can ride them...

I don't know what it is but I like the way it looks! Cool!

Re: the riser bar conundrum? the riser bar nasty! You are not alone at all. I too come from a time when the first thing we did was pull the factory stem and riser bars and install some insanely long, flat stem and a flat bar. Usually very narrow. My first real mountain bike was a Klein...

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Great story, cool bike and welcome back!