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The bike you SHOULD be riding......
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Guinessisgoodforyou
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This will make your back itch
Beeewu
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This is a project bike to keep up with the modem 27.5/29” inch riders.
Dropper post and 80mm travel reba forks.
I got a modern 27.5 but hate it! This team Marin is pretty beast.
Still trying to workout the best stem/bars to suit the new geometry. The current 60mm stem and 700mm riser bars are good but the bike feels like it wants to bust a wheelie…might try a non riser bar.
Dropper post and 80mm travel reba forks.
I got a modern 27.5 but hate it! This team Marin is pretty beast.
Still trying to workout the best stem/bars to suit the new geometry. The current 60mm stem and 700mm riser bars are good but the bike feels like it wants to bust a wheelie…might try a non riser bar.
Guinessisgoodforyou
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My back now wants a divorce and I now want a Zaskar ffs
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The bike you should be riding is being built tomorrow...
I thought more it might be a good excuse for me and others to stop and take stock of their riding and requirements.
I think part of the problem is until you hit a certain point in life this concept will make absolutely no sense to you, as its not an issue.
That's not always and age thing, it could be result of an accident or cumulative effect of many things.
10 years ago, none or these thoughts would have even crossed my mind and i would have been answering this thread, exactly as some have, with "just ride what you love".....sadly at a point its just not that simple any more.
A classic example is my father who had to give up his beloved car to swap for a higher up seating position, as he just could not get out of his one any more.....he's not keen on it, but its that or stop driving....
For me bikes, especially head down arse up bikes are now rapidly falling into the same category.
Walking into a shed with 3 bikes you love, but know you will pay for big time tomorrow if you ride them for 2 hours, is quite depressing and does not help my riding or my will to do so.
Do i want a franken bike, no, i want a 90 race bike, but i can't have that...so I've got to grow up a bit and accept it.
Im just interested to know who else is in this boat or in denial about it....... frankly if its like the space / accumulated stuff issue......probably quite a lot.....
So Franken-bike it is.....and do more riding whilst i can.....because that doesn't last for ever either!
I think part of the problem is until you hit a certain point in life this concept will make absolutely no sense to you, as its not an issue.
That's not always and age thing, it could be result of an accident or cumulative effect of many things.
10 years ago, none or these thoughts would have even crossed my mind and i would have been answering this thread, exactly as some have, with "just ride what you love".....sadly at a point its just not that simple any more.
A classic example is my father who had to give up his beloved car to swap for a higher up seating position, as he just could not get out of his one any more.....he's not keen on it, but its that or stop driving....
For me bikes, especially head down arse up bikes are now rapidly falling into the same category.
Walking into a shed with 3 bikes you love, but know you will pay for big time tomorrow if you ride them for 2 hours, is quite depressing and does not help my riding or my will to do so.
Do i want a franken bike, no, i want a 90 race bike, but i can't have that...so I've got to grow up a bit and accept it.
Im just interested to know who else is in this boat or in denial about it....... frankly if its like the space / accumulated stuff issue......probably quite a lot.....
So Franken-bike it is.....and do more riding whilst i can.....because that doesn't last for ever either!
I think people have misunderstood and taken it as "riding period correct bikes in the way they were intended is wrong" which is not what I gathered at all.. To me it was just a question of, how do you feel about altering your bike to be more comfortable? How many of you have done it? Etc. People should ride what makes them happy, and comfort doesn't have to take the front seat either. My rockhopper which was my main rider for a long time has a super long syncros stem, narrow flat bars and I think its a thing of beauty. I still ride it like that though to get more use of it I'll probably add risers. High rise, as its small. I personally have come to love the look of what some refer to as frankenbike, which is a strange word because truly you can put whatever component you want on a bike and there's nobody to tell you not to. Except for the inner voice, but that is soon drowned out as you take another swig and install your 12 inch rise bars and memory foam tube seat.
No but in seriousness the classic Norba geometry has a lot to offer and it looks slimline and wonderful, but the great thing about those frames is that they're equally rideable as a much more upright cruiser, the versatility is what got me into retro biking in the first place.
I suppose this thread is merely saying: if you want to ride your aggressive, racy bikes more but you can't because you don't find it comfortable, there is nothing wrong with making chances to allow you to ride it. And as I said in a previous post, a bike is a bike. Those light steel frames of the past do wonders as bikepacking machines as well, provided the frames aren't too small (which is course is another trait of the old classic racer MTBs)
Also, to add to the point it doesn't have to be because of your old creaking bones you make the adjustment. I, as an example, am young and graceful, but just plain fat and therefor the racy geometry makes my back feel like crap.
So in other words don't throw out yer collections, just invite me around to replace stems and bars with a bmx or mx equivalent while I intoxicate you to the point of acceptance
No but in seriousness the classic Norba geometry has a lot to offer and it looks slimline and wonderful, but the great thing about those frames is that they're equally rideable as a much more upright cruiser, the versatility is what got me into retro biking in the first place.
I suppose this thread is merely saying: if you want to ride your aggressive, racy bikes more but you can't because you don't find it comfortable, there is nothing wrong with making chances to allow you to ride it. And as I said in a previous post, a bike is a bike. Those light steel frames of the past do wonders as bikepacking machines as well, provided the frames aren't too small (which is course is another trait of the old classic racer MTBs)
Also, to add to the point it doesn't have to be because of your old creaking bones you make the adjustment. I, as an example, am young and graceful, but just plain fat and therefor the racy geometry makes my back feel like crap.
So in other words don't throw out yer collections, just invite me around to replace stems and bars with a bmx or mx equivalent while I intoxicate you to the point of acceptance
