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March 05, 2003

I Like to Ride My Bicycle

I finally got my new toy:

A Sweet Bicycle

I picked it up Tuesday afternoon and have been riding quite a bit already. There is a huge section of forest on the northeast corner of town...some kind of nature preserve that Peggy Will mentioned when I was over there for dinner one time. Bike trails abound, it seems. I'm going to need new tires though, I bought more of street tires for the bike. Ohwell.

Off I go.

Posted by reid at March 5, 2003 05:25 PM | TrackBack

Comments

SPECS, SPECS!

Posted by: Saiph on March 7, 2003 04:37 AM

Rotor Arsen frame (1.9kg)
Sr Suntour XC fork (1.9kg)
Shimano Deore/LX (mix) component set (??)
Ritchey Fuzzy Logic headset (.145kg)
Ritchey Stem (.170kg)
Rizer bars (.290kg)
Ritchey seat post (.340kg)
510 Mach 1 rims + spokes (.447kg + ???)
Ritchey Innovader tires (.490kg)
random pedals (platform) (.576kg)
random grips (.095kg)
Velo plush seat (which is anything but plush, unfortunately :)) (.338kg)

Total 6.691kg + rims + shimano group + chain. So probably the total weight is somewhere around 18 pounds.

Yeah so the fork sucks but I won't be doing too crazy of riding on it (yet).

Hope that's what you wanted :).

Posted by: Reid on March 7, 2003 03:35 PM

Nice. I know the Deore is a pretty decent set, the LX is the next step up. bastard. But then again, when you mentioned the shock, the word "crap" instantly popped into my head. So I guess that's the tradeoff. Looks nice though. How much did it run you?

Posted by: Saiph on March 7, 2003 04:34 PM

850,- € ($850)

Kind of pricey. But worth it. Oh yes....

Posted by: Reid on March 7, 2003 06:20 PM