ITR Factor wrote:Hardtails were an option, definetly cheaper but, the trails around here are half man made and mostly rocky terrain so the fts was better for me.
I live in the North East, if it gets any more rocky here It would be called the Moabs.
Hardtail is the bike to have.
Full suspension MTBs are for downhill speedfreaks. they weigh too much, cost too much and take all the skill away from the rider, not to mention on the flats a good rider will out sprint a full suspension on a hardtail any day of the week.
Just get a really nice Ti frame and a great shock for the front and you're set.
Yeah I defiently agree with you on that. This is what I hate about the bike industry. Bikes are like computers, they get outdated like every year it seems. I had a really nice bike but, it's way too small for me. It was orginially a downhill bike, added xtr crank, case, derailer, mavic wheels Hayes disc brakes. Now I ran into problems with my front shock. Apparently RS discontinued their spring/oil line and doesn't have parts for the older models. The way my bike is designed new shocks would cost a fortune almost enough to just buy another bike. Specialized came out with a design integrated into the fox shock which causes similar handling of a hardtail when climbing. It's also an option on the specialized I want to by.
Dave_B wrote:
Currently I work for Florida Hospital in their IT dept. I'm moving to Downtown Orlando for the new office. It is a regional position so I will be traveling for the job, and as stated, if I wanted to really climb the latter, I may have to move but I also don't think that would be for at least a few years.
if you're going to climb the ladder you might want to learn to spell it first.
I haven't bugged you for awhile about your spelling.
Yeah.. Damn you guys. I'm sleepy as hell and I've got 12.5 hours to go before I can go to bed. This switch has me all fugged up.
ITR Factor wrote:Wait, you were promoted to "grave yard shift" so does this mean you will be all zombied out for the next track event
Ha. No actually one of the night shift people's had to have emergency back surgery. So I offered to work 3 days instead of 4 days @ 13 hr shifts. This is only until I start the new job which should be in 3 weeks, and I'm giving my notice here at the end of the week. So possibly a total of 3 weeks on this night shift.
ITR Factor wrote:Yeah I was going to say, you would be dead after the first month.
It's really not that bad, I'm a night person as it is and have no problems sleeping during the day. Hell, I went home and didn't even wake up until 5ish.
ITR Factor wrote:Yeah I defiently agree with you on that. This is what I hate about the bike industry. Bikes are like computers, they get outdated like every year it seems. I had a really nice bike but, it's way too small for me. It was orginially a downhill bike, added xtr crank, case, derailer, mavic wheels Hayes disc brakes. Now I ran into problems with my front shock. Apparently RS discontinued their spring/oil line and doesn't have parts for the older models. The way my bike is designed new shocks would cost a fortune almost enough to just buy another bike. Specialized came out with a design integrated into the fox shock which causes similar handling of a hardtail when climbing. It's also an option on the specialized I want to by.
Same kind of thing happened when I started trying to get my bike up and running again. I'm still a few parts short, but its coming along.
Dave_B wrote:
Currently I work for Florida Hospital in their IT dept. I'm moving to Downtown Orlando for the new office. It is a regional position so I will be traveling for the job, and as stated, if I wanted to really climb the latter, I may have to move but I also don't think that would be for at least a few years.
if you're going to climb the ladder you might want to learn to spell it first.
I haven't bugged you for awhile about your spelling.
LOL
This made me spit my juice!
A+++ for Erik, because I didn't even catch that when I read it! lol
you Dave, you english failing fool lol