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Re: Dem bicicletas, doe
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 11:11 am
by Gberg2119
Apex wrote:Gberg, did you take next Tuesday off yet? Weather looks good so far.
Just did. Hopefully the weather stays good.
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Dem bicicletas, doe
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 11:20 am
by Johnny_P
[user not found] wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2017 11:17 am
Looks like today is a bust on all fronts.
Can't ride the bikes and I'm not gonna take the R53 out in the rain.
Shoulda bought a WRX
lol
Go mudding in the truck
Dem bicicletas, doe
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 11:23 am
by Apex
Johnny_P wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2017 11:20 am
[user not found] wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2017 11:17 am
Looks like today is a bust on all fronts.
Can't ride the bikes and I'm not gonna take the R53 out in the rain.
Shoulda bought a WRX
lol
Go mudding in the truck
Tail lights doe
Dem bicicletas, doe
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 11:23 am
by Apex
Gberg2119 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2017 11:11 am
Apex wrote:Gberg, did you take next Tuesday off yet? Weather looks good so far.
Just did. Hopefully the weather stays good.
Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk
Dem bicicletas, doe
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 11:32 am
by Johnny_P
Apex wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2017 11:23 am
Johnny_P wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2017 11:20 am
Shoulda bought a WRX
lol
Go mudding in the truck
Tail lights doe
Remove them before mudding and then easy hose out?
Dem bicicletas, doe
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 11:35 am
by Apex
Dem bicicletas, doe
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 7:59 pm
by ChrisoftheNorth
Holy hell. Rode 20.5 miles tonight. First night that I've been back on the bike that I felt solid enough to push it. I'm DRAINED but in all the best ways possible.
That fucking Trance. Just wow. I set a bunch of PR's tonight, and I felt like I was ripping but with less effort since I'm still an out of shape fatass. It handles everything brilliantly. I absolutely love that bike and sincerely hope my dad never asks for it back.
Dem bicicletas, doe
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 8:33 pm
by Apex
Detroit wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2017 7:59 pm
Holy hell. Rode 20.5 miles tonight. First night that I've been back on the bike that I felt solid enough to push it. I'm DRAINED but in all the best ways possible.
That fucking Trance. Just wow. I set a bunch of PR's tonight, and I felt like I was ripping but with less effort since I'm still an out of shape fatass. It handles everything brilliantly. I absolutely love that bike and sincerely hope my dad never asks for it back.
Dem bicicletas, doe
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 8:43 pm
by ChrisoftheNorth
[user not found] wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2017 8:35 pm
Detroit wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2017 7:59 pm
Holy hell. Rode 20.5 miles tonight. First night that I've been back on the bike that I felt solid enough to push it. I'm DRAINED but in all the best ways possible.
That fucking Trance. Just wow. I set a bunch of PR's tonight, and I felt like I was ripping but with less effort since I'm still an out of shape fatass. It handles everything brilliantly. I absolutely love that bike and sincerely hope my dad never asks for it back.
...hope dad never asks for it back?
I thought it was yours?
In other news:
Awesome, dude.
Oh, did I not mention?
I have a 2010 Trance X2. 26er...solid bike.
I put smooth tires on it to derp around town after selling my road bike and was talking to my dad about finding a new set of rims for MTB tires (which is kind of tough for 26ers it turns out). Instead, he offered to loan me his
Trance...
A few years ago, he bought this 2015(?) Giant Trance X1 on eBay...some insane deal from a guy that never rode it. 27.5 Carbon rims, Rockshox fancy fork, SLX brakes, etc, etc. He bought it as a spare bike to ship out west to leave at my sister's when he visits. Well, my sister can't get a job that pays anything, so she's living the apt life with no space for a bike she can't ride. My dad has some
Santa Cruz Blur CF 26er that's getting on in age, and wanted to upgrade...so he rode the Trance for about 6 mos before he decided to go full
on this crazy Pivot build (has to be north of $7k), and the Trance was just sitting in his garage.
Now I get to ride it in exchange for storage and agreeing to go biking with him at least 1x a week. He said he'll ask for it back to ship it out west if my sister ever buys a house. I don't think I have much to worry about, but the bike is so fantastic...I really hope not now.
Dem bicicletas, doe
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 8:59 pm
by ChrisoftheNorth
Yea, we'll see. I'm too
to go
on a bike doe.
Dem bicicletas, doe
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:00 pm
by Apex
[user not found] wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2017 8:47 pm
Detroit wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2017 8:43 pm
Oh, did I not mention?
I have a 2010 Trance X2. 26er...solid bike.
I put smooth tires on it to derp around town after selling my road bike and was talking to my dad about finding a new set of rims for MTB tires (which is kind of tough for 26ers it turns out). Instead, he offered to loan me his
Trance...
A few years ago, he bought this 2015(?) Giant Trance X1 on eBay...some insane deal from a guy that never rode it. 27.5 Carbon rims, Rockshox fancy fork, SLX brakes, etc, etc. He bought it as a spare bike to ship out west to leave at my sister's when he visits. Well, my sister can't get a job that pays anything, so she's living the apt life with no space for a bike she can't ride. My dad has some
Santa Cruz Blur CF 26er that's getting on in age, and wanted to upgrade...so he rode the Trance for about 6 mos before he decided to go full
on this crazy Pivot build (has to be north of $7k), and the Trance was just sitting in his garage.
Now I get to ride it in exchange for storage and agreeing to go biking with him at least 1x a week. He said he'll ask for it back to ship it out west if my sister ever buys a house. I don't think I have much to worry about, but the bike is so fantastic...I really hope not now.
So bide your time and go
on a bike of your own when that day comes. In the meantime... shred away with pops.
Dem bicicletas, doe
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:12 pm
by Apex
[user not found] wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:05 pm
Detroit wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2017 8:59 pm
Yea, we'll see. I'm too
to go
on a bike doe.
Man if you lived around the blessed lands I'd have you in a blue ZR2 with a new Giant in the bed in no time.
Dem bicicletas, doe
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:22 pm
by ChrisoftheNorth
[user not found] wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:05 pm
Detroit wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2017 8:59 pm
Yea, we'll see. I'm too
to go
on a bike doe.
Man if you lived around the blessed lands I'd have you in a blue ZR2 with a new Giant in the bed in no time.
Dem bicicletas, doe
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:22 pm
by ChrisoftheNorth
[user not found] wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:16 pm
Apex wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:12 pm
And I don't even
for Chebby.
Dem bicicletas, doe
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:28 pm
by Apex
[user not found] wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:16 pm
Apex wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:12 pm
And I don't even
for Chebby.
Dem bicicletas, doe
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:34 pm
by Apex
[user not found] wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:30 pm
I just realized, I'm gonna have to update my location to Armpit of 'Murika.
Embrace it breh.
Dem bicicletas, doe
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:35 pm
by Apex
[user not found], when are you starting your own bike shop? Repp Cycles.
Dem bicicletas, doe
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:55 pm
by Apex
[user not found] wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:50 pm
Apex wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:35 pm
[user not found], when are you starting your own bike shop? Repp Cycles.
There's less money in the bike sales industry than there is in the car sales industry.
If I ever hit the lottery I'd love to just lay low, pretend to be a
, and work at a bike shop, doe.
Wouldn't be a bad life doing dat. Knowing you had fat
stacks to live off of, doing something you'd enjoy.
Dem bicicletas, doe
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 10:59 pm
by Johnny_P
Detroit wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2017 7:59 pm
Holy hell. Rode 20.5 miles tonight. First night that I've been back on the bike that I felt solid enough to push it. I'm DRAINED but in all the best ways possible.
That fucking Trance. Just wow. I set a bunch of PR's tonight, and I felt like I was ripping but with less effort since I'm still an out of shape fatass. It handles everything brilliantly. I absolutely love that bike and sincerely hope my dad never asks for it back.
Yaaaaaaaas
Dem bicicletas, doe
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2017 7:22 am
by ChrisoftheNorth
Johnny_P wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2017 10:59 pm
Detroit wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2017 7:59 pm
Holy hell. Rode 20.5 miles tonight. First night that I've been back on the bike that I felt solid enough to push it. I'm DRAINED but in all the best ways possible.
That fucking Trance. Just wow. I set a bunch of PR's tonight, and I felt like I was ripping but with less effort since I'm still an out of shape fatass. It handles everything brilliantly. I absolutely love that bike and sincerely hope my dad never asks for it back.
Yaaaaaaaas
You really should find a way to ride a Trance. But not in the city on some
test ride, full blast on a trail. That's really where it shines, IMO.
Dem bicicletas, doe
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2017 8:32 am
by Johnny_P
Detroit wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2017 7:22 am
Johnny_P wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2017 10:59 pm
Yaaaaaaaas
You really should find a way to ride a Trance. But not in the city on some
test ride, full blast on a trail. That's really where it shines, IMO.
Impossibru.
1) Nobody stocks bikes, especially a long travel AM/Enduro rig like the Trance. If they stock anything it'll be an Anthem.
2) No chance I'll get a trail ride unless there's a demo bike, see problem 1.
3) No demo days come around this area, they're all on the west coast / Colorado / Utah.
I rode a Santa Cruz 5010 on a trail once. Holy God that thing was
fun. 27.5 wheels, 130 mm travel, super playful and jumpy, rode like a couch, pedaled decently well. That thing just wanted to be airborne.
My 29er felt like a jackhammer after that ride.
I could just get one of those
But the Trance gives you better parts and whatnot? Probably pretty similar, honestly, aside from the Santa Cruz maybe pedaling a tad better.
Dem bicicletas, doe
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2017 8:34 am
by Johnny_P
[user not found] wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2017 8:24 am
Given the amount of rain that fell on central NJ yesterday, I'd say there's a good chance Six Mile will be a swamp come Sunday.
Lots of flooding all over on the roads.
Wiss will be dry
Supposed to get storms on Friday but it only takes a day to dry that place out.
Dem bicicletas, doe
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2017 9:11 am
by Apex
[user not found] wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2017 8:24 am
Given the amount of rain that fell on central NJ yesterday, I'd say there's a good chance Six Mile will be a swamp come Sunday.
Lots of flooding all over on the roads.
My concern is the forecasted rain on Friday...
Dem bicicletas, doe
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2017 9:21 am
by Johnny_P
Apex wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2017 9:11 am
[user not found] wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2017 8:24 am
Given the amount of rain that fell on central NJ yesterday, I'd say there's a good chance Six Mile will be a swamp come Sunday.
Lots of flooding all over on the roads.
My concern is the forecasted rain on Friday...
Wiiiiiiiiiissssssssssss
Dem bicicletas, doe
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2017 9:27 am
by Apex
Johnny_P wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2017 9:21 am
Apex wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2017 9:11 am
My concern is the forecasted rain on Friday...
Wiiiiiiiiiissssssssssss
Dat's over 90 minutes away from me.
