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« Reply #180 on: September 12, 2008, 12:17:09 PM »
Quote from: Sinister on September 12, 2008, 11:09:52 AM
Downhill, insane?  Whatever are you saying?

Cheesy

Not motors, but I usually make plenty of BRAAAAPP, VBBBBBBVBVBBVBBBBB noises.

And every time I go out on the DH bike, it makes me laugh.
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« Reply #181 on: September 12, 2008, 03:14:02 PM »
Quote from: Fresh Pants on September 12, 2008, 08:41:53 AM
I'm not good at running, period.

Plus Colorado bike racers are waaaay too competitive for me to have fun any more.

Tongue

Okay, maybe one day.



Let's hit up the veloswap and look for some cheap-ish cross wheels. Then we can do a 'cross race just for fun. Stupid fun is always better in groups.  Grin

Incidentally, I've heard that the best way to do a 'cross race is to carry two bottles - the second bottle has beer in it for the last two laps...
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« Reply #182 on: September 12, 2008, 03:16:23 PM »
Quote from: Le Pirate on September 12, 2008, 08:52:23 AM

A lot of people have told me recently I should get a 29er. I still can't figure out why though  Huh?


I mean, whats the real difference? less trouble rolling over things or what?

IMHO, it's a fad. Some folks who are ridiculously tall can justify a 29er, but for most people it's just another way to different and fancy. Like all the other different people in Boulder...  cheeky

That's just my opinion. Take it for what it's worth.
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« Reply #183 on: September 12, 2008, 03:22:26 PM »
Bring the Randimus!   He (still) Roll Eyes needs a roadie!!
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« Reply #184 on: September 12, 2008, 03:23:54 PM »
Quote from: Fresh Pants on September 12, 2008, 12:17:09 PM
Cheesy

Not motors, but I usually make plenty of BRAAAAPP, VBBBBBBVBVBBVBBBBB noises.

And every time I go out on the DH bike, it makes me laugh.



I can attest to to those noises.   He makes them at happy hour too.    Grin chug
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« Reply #185 on: September 12, 2008, 03:27:12 PM »
Quote from: Sinister on September 12, 2008, 11:09:52 AM
Downhill, insane?  Whatever are you saying?

OK, not Downhill insane.  Fresh Pants insane.   Grin



Quote from: Stella on September 12, 2008, 03:23:54 PM
I can attest to to those noises.   He makes them at happy hour too.    Grin chug

Validation to my point.
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« Reply #186 on: September 12, 2008, 07:03:57 PM »
Quote from: Manny on September 12, 2008, 03:16:23 PM
IMHO, it's a fad. Some folks who are ridiculously tall can justify a 29er, but for most people it's just another way to different and fancy. Like all the other different people in Boulder...  cheeky

That's just my opinion. Take it for what it's worth.

A fad? Yeah tell Gary Fisher that.  Undecided  Oh yeah, it has nothing to do with being tall.
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« Reply #187 on: September 13, 2008, 01:07:53 AM »
Quote from: kopfjager on September 12, 2008, 07:03:57 PM
A fad? Yeah tell Gary Fisher that.  

You mean the person that single handily created the mountain bike? 
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« Reply #188 on: September 13, 2008, 08:36:09 AM »
Quote from: DRKWNG on September 13, 2008, 01:07:53 AM
You mean the person that single handily created the mountain bike? 
I assume that is in jest?
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« Reply #189 on: September 13, 2008, 10:15:59 AM »
Quote from: L. Tree Stowe on September 13, 2008, 08:36:09 AM
I assume that is in jest?

Not if you ask him.  According to his story, he was the inventor of the mountain bike and everyone else followed his lead.  Even though there are photos out there of him riding one of the original Joe Breeze bikes down repack WAY before he got into the fabrication business.  It was Breeze's bikes that got Fisher into it.
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« Reply #190 on: September 13, 2008, 10:32:19 AM »
Quote from: DRKWNG on September 13, 2008, 10:15:59 AM
Not if you ask him.  According to his story, he was the inventor of the mountain bike and everyone else followed his lead.  Even though there are photos out there of him riding one of the original Joe Breeze bikes down repack WAY before he got into the fabrication business.  It was Breeze's bikes that got Fisher into it.
Precisely.  I remember my days in LA and the bike industry;  I met many a person still angry with Gary Fisher over his, and I simplify slightly, general assholishness.

Still, he has promoted (mtn) biking quite a lot over the years.
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« Reply #191 on: September 13, 2008, 10:56:33 AM »
What about Otis Guy and Charlie Kelly?

I don't even think Breezer builds MTB anylonger.
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« Reply #192 on: September 13, 2008, 11:24:21 AM »
Quote from: kopfjager on September 13, 2008, 10:56:33 AM
What about Otis Guy and Charlie Kelly?

They were there in the early days as well, but pretty much all of the originators (with the exception of Fisher) credit Breeze's designs as the ones that started it all.

Quote from: kopfjager on September 13, 2008, 10:56:33 AM
I don't even think Breezer builds MTB anylonger.

You are correct.  He has focused his attention on furthering cycling as an alternative (trying to make it more mainstream) form or transportation than anything for the last several years.
 
Quote from: L. Tree Stowe on September 13, 2008, 10:32:19 AM
Precisely.  I remember my days in LA and the bike industry;  I met many a person still angry with Gary Fisher over his, and I simplify slightly, general assholishness.

Yep.  A friend of mine worked with/for Tom Ritchey, and let me tell you about a story filled with animosity.  Wink
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« Reply #193 on: September 13, 2008, 12:01:41 PM »
What about this Tom Ritchey guy?  Didn't he play around with a little frame building from time to time?  Grin 
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« Reply #194 on: September 13, 2008, 12:54:53 PM »
lol  Yep.  Used to have one of his fillet brazed road classic frames way back in the day.
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