[SoCalsurfer]

What's going on fellows!

New guy here......36 years young, living in Los Angeles (any other angelenos in here?

Anywho! Been biking all my life (haven't we all), but I recently bought a Straight 6 (let the Schwinn haters begin their hasing)

And I fukkin love that bike. Mostly bike around The Santa Monica mountains, like dirt mullholland with off trails, Kenter Whoops, and Backbone up in the Malibus.

And in all honesty, biking is merely my flat day fun, that is, when the ocen does not cooperate and produce waves.

Great to be here! :evil:

 

[BurlyShirley]

What's up dude?

I like meat.

 

[Skookum]

Welcome to the monkey. i like waffles.

 

[SoCalsurfer]

I'll see you the meat and waffles, and raise you guys some steamed broccoli

Cool site, finally I found a MTB site with some actual activity. I was posting on another site, and one week later, there was still ZERO replys, or any new threads for that matter!

 

[BurlyShirley]

I'll see you the meat and waffles, and raise you guys some steamed broccoli

Yack!

I hate vegetables. Especially green ones. The only vegetable I like is ketchup.

Ridemonkey is awesome. I dont actually assist anyone in fondling balls, though.

 

[MMike]

Have you found Jesus? You'd better have.

 

[SoCalsurfer]

Yack!

I dont actually assist anyone in fondling balls, though.

And you're telling me now :mumble:

 

[SoCalsurfer]

Have you found Jesus? You'd better have.

Have I found him! Jesus is my neghboor for gods sakes.....I live in L.A remember, plenny of Jesus'es around my hood!

 

[BurlyShirley]

Have I found him! Jesus is my neghboor for gods sakes.....I live in L.A remember, plenny of Jesus'es around my hood!

LA? What is that spanish for San Fransisco or something?

 

[SoCalsurfer]

LA? What is that spanish for San Fransisco or something?

You would almost think so

 

[splat]

A straight 6 !! Now that is old school!!!

what is it a 13-18 ?

 

[SoCalsurfer]

A straight 6 !! Now that is old school!!!

what is it a 13-18 ?

Now you're speaking bike lingo, which I'm not that familiar with, please clue me in!

It has a Fox Vanilla rear with 6 " travel, and a Psylo fork with 5.5 - 6" travel, with the Lawwill rear design, but otherwise. I'm not really sure. Ah yeah! A cane creek head set, all XTR otherwise...Hayes disc brakes. platform pedals

 

[splat]

When you said straigh Six I thought you were refering to an old straight Block Freewheel ( gears of 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and yes I have one here in my basement)

 

[BurlyShirley]

Now you're speaking bike lingo, which I'm not that familiar with, please clue me in!

It has a Fox Vanilla rear with 6 " travel, and a Psylo fork with 5.5 - 6" travel, with the Lawwill rear design, but otherwise. I'm not really sure. Ah yeah! A cane creek head set, all XTR otherwise...Hayes disc brakes. platform pedals

A Psylo with 6 inches of travel?

No sir. Psylos only get 5 at max.

I had a buddy with that frame too. Careful with that derailleur hanger. Non replaceable. He snapped his off, the frame was out of production and he couldnt get a new swingarm. He had to retire it for good. Its a great bike. Just be careful.

 

[splat]

Yes and Welcome to Monkey , I had a Cheeseburger for dinner

 

[SoCalsurfer]

A Psylo with 6 inches of travel?

No sir. Psylos only get 5 at max.

I had a buddy with that frame too. Careful with that derailleur hanger. Non replaceable. He snapped his off, the frame was out of production and he couldnt get a new swingarm. He had to retire it for good. Its a great bike. Just be careful.

Allright 5' then :eviltongu (I was hoping for 6")

Anyways, yeah! I know alla bout the, out of business (pacific bikes) thing. But I used to have a 4-banger, that I also loved, so I figured a Straight 6 can't be worse...It's not by the way!

But anyways, I broke my rear derailer hanger on that one, and freaked out. But I found out about this one place in ther U.K that makes aftermarked hangers, and got one for $15.00 or so...

Here;s 2 links for you Schiwnn, or otherwise out of date, frame owners.
http://www.derailleurhanger.com/index.htm

and here's the link, where I bought my derailler hanger from
http://www.betd.co.uk/

And to be quite honest, if there was NO WAY to get those hangers (besides a machine shop) I would not had bought his bike

 

[BurlyShirley]

I mean, I was pretty sure that bike in particular didnt have a replaceable der. hanger at all. That you had to replace the whole swingarm. Maybe yours is newer than his, cause he was screwed.

 

[Full Trucker]

Welcome to RM, mang. I like meat and vegetables, I recently lost my license and found a dirtbike. Allow to go "BRAAAAAPT!" in your general direction!

 

[SoCalsurfer]

I mean, I was pretty sure that bike in particular didnt have a replaceable der. hanger at all. That you had to replace the whole swingarm. Maybe yours is newer than his, cause he was screwed.

I'm not sure about that! But the 4-banger I had, where the problem occured, had a replacable derailler hanger. That was a 99' model

The Straight 6 I have now is a 2001 model (last good year for Schwinn ) and that one also has a replacable hanger.

That is so sweet, cause looking a those models on e-bay, you can usually score them fairly cheap....Probably because of issues like these. People are afraid that the bike will become.....Useless.

 

[SoCalsurfer]

And yes! Hello everybody that replied

 

[Skookum]

Allright 5' then :eviltongu (I was hoping for 6")

Anyways, yeah! I know alla bout the, out of business (pacific bikes) thing. But I used to have a 4-banger, that I also loved, so I figured a Straight 6 can't be worse...It's not by the way!

Haha i never could get 5 out of my psylo the damn thing would twist and i'd endo before i could all the way into my suspension.
Did you have the 4-banger with the carbon fiber swingarm? haha i used to be a GT lover myself, LTS and STS's and I-drives sigh.... Looks like bankruptcy broke both our hearts.

 

[SoCalsurfer]

Did you have the 4-banger with the carbon fiber swingarm? .

Yeah the 4-banger I had was basically exactly the same bike I have now, with the Lawwill rear carbon swing arm. The Straight 6 has the same rear design....I love it. It is so FUKKIN plush that design, and at least you can "semi" lock it out for long climbs

Any thoughts on a new front fork, perhaps Double crowned that will NOT add too much extra weight?

I like the stability the DC adds going Downhill.

 

[Skookum]

i'm completely sold on Fox Forx right now.....

i've got a talas air on a Specialized Enduro and i love it. Never thought i'd like air over coil......

Check out the Fox 36 i'm gonna get one of those when my Boxxer blows up on my Bullit.
http://www.foxracingshox.com/FOX_LAB/#

 

[berkshire_rider]

When you said straigh Six I thought you were refering to an old straight Block Freewheel ( gears of 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and yes I have one here in my basement)

Splat...I can't believe you of all people didn't know what a Schwinn Straight 6 was.

 

[blue]

Anywho! Been biking all my life (haven't we all), but I recently bought a Straight 6 (let the Schwinn haters begin their hasing)

Old schwinn's OWN

 

[SoCalsurfer]

Old schwinn's OWN

Word brother

 

[binary visions]

Straight Sixes are awesome. Really fun bike.

I would not add a double crown to it.. The year you have was not the burly, Easton tubed year that was authorized for use with a DC. Get a 20mm Marzocchi Z.1 or a Sherman Firefly and experience a level of stiffness that you won't even believe after that Psylo.

Welcome to the !

 

[blue]

I want a straight six...where might I find one for cheeep?!

 

[splat]

Splat...I can't believe you of all people didn't know what a Schwinn Straight 6 was.

hangs head in shame ............ was thinking too much like a roadie .

 

[blue]

No straight Sixes on ebay...

Trade my Homegrown for a Straight Six

 

[binary visions]

Trade my Homegrown for a Straight Six

You should have been looking through the B&S forum more.. My buddy had one for sale on there for a looong time, he finally sold it a few months ago. Cheap: $250 for the frame + headset.

 

[I Are Baboon]

Welcome noobee!

I had chicken sausage for dinner last night.

 

[JRB]

Welcome to the monkey. I had eggs and cheese last night.

 

[dh girlie]

Allright 5' then :eviltongu (I was hoping for 6")

Am I the only one that found this funny?

 

[Brian HCM#1]

Am I the only one that found this funny?

Yep, but then again you're always horny.

 

[s1ngletrack]

Not to be a bastard - the Straight 6 is sweet - but I think that it actually only gets 4.5" in the rear (Straight 6 is sort of a misnomer) - I used to ride a '99 4 Banger too though (the one that came with the damned Sid DC that blew after 6 rides) - I loved the bike once I swapped the RS off the front and rear... Welcome

 

[dh girlie]

Yep, but then again you're always horny.

Oh for godsake brian...go to the bathroom with your lotion and tissue!

 

[binary visions]

Not to be a bastard - the Straight 6 is sweet - but I think that it actually only gets 4.5" in the rear (Straight 6 is sort of a misnomer)

Actually, we did a couple measurements and it gets about 5.5". It is mis-named, but it gets fairly close to 6".

 

[s1ngletrack]

Actually, we did a couple measurements and it gets about 5.5". It is mis-named, but it gets fairly close to 6".

That's cool - I used to think that if the Straight 6 got 4.5... the 4 banger must've been really tiny.

 

[SoCalsurfer]

Mornin to ya fellows...and fellowettes For the one who was looking for a Straight 6. I got mine off of E-bay for $600.00 complete, and a few weeks earlier I was one go for $550.00....

And like I mentioned in an earlier post...Parts are NOT a problem