The Official DMF Bicycle Thread

[Fresh Pants]

Downhill, insane?  Whatever are you saying?

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.

[Manny]

I'm not good at running, period.

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



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. 

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...

[Manny]

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


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... 

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

[Stella]

Bring the Randimus!   He (still) needs a roadie!!

[Stella]

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.   

[Bick]

Downhill, insane?  Whatever are you saying?

OK, not Downhill insane.  Fresh Pants insane.  

I can attest to to those noises.   He makes them at happy hour too.   

Validation to my point.

[Kopfjager]

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... 

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

A fad? Yeah tell Gary Fisher that.    Oh yeah, it has nothing to do with being tall.

[DRKWNG]

A fad? Yeah tell Gary Fisher that.  

You mean the person that single handily created the mountain bike? 

[eltristo]

You mean the person that single handily created the mountain bike? 

I assume that is in jest?

[DRKWNG]

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.

[eltristo]

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.

[Kopfjager]

What about Otis Guy and Charlie Kelly?

I don't even think Breezer builds MTB anylonger.

[DRKWNG]

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.

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.
 

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. 

[Bick]

What about this Tom Ritchey guy?  Didn't he play around with a little frame building from time to time?   

[DRKWNG]

lol  Yep.  Used to have one of his fillet brazed road classic frames way back in the day.