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Daver
30-05-2005, 11:08 AM
Waiting for my bikes to turn up is tough and boring, with the only riding left to do on my DH bike (which isn't the most effective way of training). Enter a new (well second hand) bike, for fitness and fun. Roadriding is more interesting and painful than i thought it would be, but it's a shitload scarier than DH.

anyway, this is the new'un. I'm going to change to a seatpost with no layback, and possibly some protapers.
jono_kona
30-05-2005, 11:15 AM
looks good,

i dont know much about roadies, but this one looks SEXY!!

ohhh and i got first reply!!

enjoy it !!!
dunk
30-05-2005, 11:24 AM
Roadriding .....it's a shitload scarier than DH.

Yeah not many semi trailers and volvo drivers on downhill tracks. Now for some downhill action try Roseville bridge in peakhour heading south, standing on level cranks, chin on handlebars, and one hand behind your back.... :D
Spooky
30-05-2005, 03:31 PM
Looking good Daver, how were those levers?
dylma
30-05-2005, 05:04 PM
Yeah not many semi trailers and volvo drivers on downhill tracks.

gotta love volvo jokes! road riding is hard to keep balance and the bike feels like it will snap so easily because they are so light and twitchy.
intense jonoooo
30-05-2005, 05:46 PM
thatz funny dave;

i seem to remember a DMR rhythm in ur garage, and a santa cruz chameleon..and a yeti dh9! lol... so much for only dh riding...

nice bike! pretty dam light...
Superman
30-05-2005, 05:50 PM
got pics of your lycra kit too?
lotec
30-05-2005, 05:56 PM
got pics of your lycra kit too?
better still, you in your lycra, just warn us before we scroll down :)
dylma
30-05-2005, 06:52 PM
thatz funny dave;

i seem to remember a DMR rhythm in ur garage, and a santa cruz chameleon..and a yeti dh9! lol... so much for only dh riding...

nice bike! pretty dam light...

they were either sold or stolen
Kammy
30-05-2005, 06:53 PM
they were either sold or stolen

or daves keeping something from us :eek:
Daver
30-05-2005, 09:03 PM
thatz funny dave;

i seem to remember a DMR rhythm in ur garage, and a santa cruz chameleon..and a yeti dh9! lol... so much for only dh riding...

nice bike! pretty dam light...

Bah, Chameleon is still in parts, Yeti is at shop (sigh), and the rhythm is at ritchey's. But apart from that... yeah.
Dicky
30-05-2005, 09:43 PM
got pics of your lycra kit too?Pumbaa, not in front of the kids...

Looks like a nice rig though. Not one to do things by halves eh?
Welcome to the road dude... and all of the crazy traffic/pedestrian antics that go with it.