"S65" (granthp)
12/14/2016 at 20:25 • Filed to: Bicycle, Mildly Interesting
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"S65" (granthp)
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That’s 22 years of progress on 26 inch mountain bikes. Mine is better...
Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> S65
12/14/2016 at 20:37 |
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Yes the specialized is worlds better than the Walmart schwin. But look at this modern specialized. 3" tires on 27.5" wheels, carbon fiber frame and 120mm fork . It. Is. Awesomeness.
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S65
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
12/14/2016 at 20:40 |
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wanna trade
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Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> S65
12/14/2016 at 20:42 |
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Nope. I tried to sell my wife’s 1995 specialized stump jumper but she wouldn’t let me.
PotbellyJoe and 42 others
> S65
12/14/2016 at 20:42 |
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I just rebuilt the drivetrain the bike that was my 16th birthday present, a Giant Iguana SE. Steel frame, lots of upgrades from when I used to ride it hard 3+ times a week in NJ and in MA. RockShox Judy 100 Hydracoil, XT parallelogram v-brakes all bolted to that beautiful matte blue frame.
In the process of rebuilding the entire thing, I had to get the BB out it. it was stuck so badly I had to use a blowtorch, c-clamp and a breaker bar. Finally came out.
of course I forget to get pictures of the bike before I send it back to my brother-in-law’s place...
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S65
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
12/14/2016 at 20:49 |
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Well if it’s anything like muh Sportrock it’s a damn good bike
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> S65
12/14/2016 at 20:51 |
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I had that stumpjumper! On a salsa el mar 29 these days.
tromoly
> S65
12/14/2016 at 21:33 |
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The quill stem and threaded headset aren’t great, other than that there’s really nothing saying you can’t rock the older bike.
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S65
> tromoly
12/14/2016 at 21:35 |
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I know, the red one isn’t even mine
FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
> S65
12/14/2016 at 21:36 |
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I’m still riding a 1998 Raleigh M-50 (upgraded most of the components) and a 1993 Trek 8000 single-speed conversion. Both displaying their original “Made in USA” stickers. Anything newer that around 2008 doesn’t do much for me. Get off my lawn.
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S65
> FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
12/14/2016 at 21:38 |
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BUT THE OLD ONE IS MINE
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FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
> S65
12/14/2016 at 21:52 |
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I was agreeing with you! Just throwing in that it makes me feel like an old man to complain about “these kids these days and their fancy bicycles with disc brakes that they get down there at that Academy!” But seriously a well made old bike is going ride better than a modern Dick’s/Academy/Walmart bike no matter how high-tech it looks or how many gimmicks they throw in.
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S65
> FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
12/14/2016 at 21:55 |
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I know, I told him to go to the bike shop and buy a redone older bike, but NO YOU JUST HAD TO BUY A CHEAP-ASS Target bike that will break more than the older one, he’ll see I was right...
TheRealBicycleBuck
> S65
12/14/2016 at 22:22 |
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The oldest bike I own that I still ride was built in 1976....
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S65
> TheRealBicycleBuck
12/14/2016 at 22:25 |
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show...
at some point I’m going to get a Peugeot
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> S65
12/14/2016 at 22:35 |
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Here it is in single-speed form several years ago.
I switched it back to drop bars, brifters, and an 8-speed rear derailleur since this pic was taken.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> S65
12/14/2016 at 22:39 |
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He will know after the first time it gets wet and he doesn’t dry it off. All of the “chrome” bits will start turning orange.
Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz)
> S65
12/14/2016 at 22:40 |
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Google has informed me that this is interesting:
The prominent produce company Turners and Growers announced that it would from now on export Chinese gooseberries under the name ‘kiwifruit’. Introduced to this country in 1904, kiwifruit are now cultivated worldwide, with New Zealand-grown fruit marketed as ‘Zespri’.
Not sure to whom, but if Google tells me it is, then it must be.
CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist)
> S65
12/15/2016 at 01:52 |
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The specialized/trek from the 90s is far more superior than the craptastic Walmart bikes.
At the shop I was working at, we were going to charge 90 dollars for a full Walmart readjustment (to actual bike shop) and not get rekt spending 30 minutes on a 10 minute job, as everything is bent.
We actually sold a walmart spec bike, and I remember it to be one of the longer bike builds by default...because of EVERYTHING DID NOT WORK.