Yes...yes I am...You a large? I have a Giant NRS you might be able to have.
Yes...yes I am...You a large? I have a Giant NRS you might be able to have.
This is the Lynskey I was talking about:Technically, any custom builder can make you a hardtail with a reinforced headtube junction, a 69 degree HA, and low standover.
I got Seven to make me one, but it was like pulling teeth. Deviating from the 71/73 angle or using a tire wider than than 2.1 was heresy.
On the other hand, here's Serotta's take on a ti hardtail:
Descend Like Full Suspension, Climb Like a Hardtail
Yep, you can take TiMax down Garbanzo or Karpiel.
Lysnkey also built Nukeproof a handlebar,.....This is the Lynskey I was talking about:
http://www.lynskeyperformance.com/a/pages/2009-products/mountain/titanium-mountain-bike---houseblend---ridgeline-26-lt.php
Also - Lysnkey builds the Ti On One Inbred 456 frame
Legitimate resident...otherwise I would've bought a mountain bike with rent money.Squattin' ain't easy, yo.
I was about to order one, pretty sweet looking, pretty suck ass that they all fell apart.Yeah that handlebar wasn't the prettiest thing now was it. But their frames sure do look sweet to me.
Ahh... you wouldn't like it. It's a crappy psuedo-full sus Horst link piece of crap.Yes...yes I am...
I thought the looked f'ugly.I was about to order one, pretty sweet looking, pretty suck ass that they all fell apart.
Your Fugly!I thought the looked f'ugly.
Your Fugly!
Kidding aside I had an idea for a bike I was thinking of building and that bar fit perfectly in my mind. The fact that it want to production was sold and found to fail speaks volumes to me about a company.
Way to dredge up my gearwhore teeangster past.Ahh... you wouldn't like it. It's a crappy psuedo-full sus Horst link piece of crap.
I say a few on the webz (take that with a grain of salt) that had big cracks in the welds forming. One day CRC had them, the next morning they did not.I never fully read what the story was for the recall on them. What was the problem - where were they failing etc?
I have a buddy with a proflex who might be inclined to get rid of it...I want a classic 90's era early FS bike, like a proflex 957 or Trek Y-5oh or something similarly over-anodized.
Funny part about you saying that, I just sold my roadie for seven bills, and it was decked out .I'd love a dedicated, serious trail bike. The all day kind of thing, like a specialized enduro or another, better, cannondale prophet. About 5-6" of all day pedally goodness...but I don't ride trails enough to need anything more than my homegrown.
I'd also love to have a short travel 4x or SS bike. Maybe 4-6" travel, slack angles, perfect for highland or diablo or DS courses. Unfortunately, that's such a "want" bike vs. a "need" to have.
I really want a tri bike, or even a decent roadie. Too bad there are ZERO bikes between 200 and $800. everybody thinks their 89 raleigh is a modern classic, or their clapped out cannondale from 98 with 30000 miles on it is still "like new". Too bad for me.
I had to look it up when you said that. It looks like a prop from the Demolition Man movie.what model is it, and does it have the awful fork with it?
You're still missing a DH bike damn it!!!!!!!!!I am missing a light FS XC bike that is best used for epic rides and 24 hour races. I've officially put the bug in the wife's ear. ETA of my new bike: Spring 2011. Make and model TBD.
send him a Karpiel.You're still missing a DH bike damn it!!!!!!!!!
You are an incredibly sensitive man, who inspires joy-joy feelings in all those around you.I had to look it up when you said that. It looks like a prop from the Demolition Man movie.
if it rides like the fork, then i highly doubt so. i had the girvin elastomer fork on my first HT, and that fork was a piece of crap.You are an incredibly sensitive man, who inspires joy-joy feelings in all those around you.
Hand made in the US, Easton ProGram aluminum, carbon swingarm and fork, noleen shawks, (originally) kooka cranks with gold bolts, polished aluminum mainframe. Thing was like a custom built dreambike from the factory. I bet it still rides halfway decent too.
You'll note the coil over on the fork in the bike pic. Not elastomers.if it rides like the fork, then i highly doubt so. i had the girvin elastomer fork on my first HT, and that fork was a piece of crap.
hardly 20mm of travel in summer, in winter non at all.
it was pretty stiff, though... in all directions
Also note that they added a coil but neglected to add a dampener.You'll note the coil over on the fork in the bike pic. Not elastomers.
I hate when my fork dries out.but neglected to add a dampener.
wrong'n'wrongAlso note that they added a coil but neglected to add a dampener.
The other cool feature about that fork was the stem being part of the suspension. If you crashed, and your bars got twisted, it would bend the pivot axles. I must have pulled mine and "straighten" them a half dozen times.
Hey - it had to be at LEAST as good WRT dampening as the elastomers.Also note that they added a coil but neglected to add a dampener.
See your pm on ridemonkey.what model is it, and does it have the awful fork with it?
remember when noleen put those electronic boxes on the shock that were supposed to do something special but nobody could figure out what they actually did?if it rides like the fork, then i highly doubt so. i had the girvin elastomer fork on my first HT, and that fork was a piece of crap.
hardly 20mm of travel in summer, in winter non at all.
it was pretty stiff, though... in all directions
Damn you, I typed that 3 times trying to get it right. That was pre-coffee.I hate when my fork dries out.
My original all aluminum one has no damper of any kind. It rides like a pogo stick.wrong'n'wrong
all girvins, even the awful mk2 posted above, had a damper in them, even if they had elastomers. You could replace the elastomer (which were awful) with a coil spring, and still have damping...albeit probably not as much as a legit shock, since the elastomers provide some damping qualities (not quality)
I have the mountain bikes I want presently. I could use an XC hardtail of some kind for just spinning out miles though. Probably a Sinister Mustang...
I think I want more motorcycles at the moment though. Like this:
What the hell is that? Looks sick!
I was out camping/fishing last year, apparently the lake I was at was a popular place for "enduro" riding or whatever you call it.
These guys were awesome! They were riding on single track trails for dirt bikes, climbing insanely steep hills....looked like a deer when they hop off the road and up into the hills.