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« Reply #15 on: January 08, 2012, 05:49:13 AM »

Hint: park the bike during the winter.  Wink
it was in the high 50's out, how could I not go out. Being below freezing the night before and single digits just a few days ago is what hurt me. Stupid permafrost!
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« Reply #16 on: January 08, 2012, 05:51:41 AM »

it was in the high 50's out, how could I not go out. Being below freezing the night before and single digits just a few days ago is what hurt me. Stupid permafrost!

see, even if dp says it rains too much here, you can actually ride all year long ... no permafrost, just giant bugs or lots of water ...
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« Reply #17 on: January 08, 2012, 05:55:22 AM »

see, even if dp says it rains too much here, you can actually ride all year long ... no permafrost, just giant bugs or lots of water ...
my choice of tires doesn't like mud much either  laughingdp
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« Reply #18 on: January 08, 2012, 06:19:21 AM »

my choice of tires doesn't like mud much either  laughingdp


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« Reply #19 on: January 10, 2012, 12:04:28 PM »

Hint: park the bike during the winter.  Wink

Or install screws in the tires. Evil
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« Reply #20 on: January 10, 2012, 01:26:11 PM »

Or install screws in the tires. Evil

Or at least put one on that has some treads   Grin

come on show us a pic of that slick you were running on   laughingdp
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« Reply #21 on: January 10, 2012, 01:40:06 PM »

Or at least put one on that has some treads   Grin

come on show us a pic of that slick you were running on   laughingdp
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and here is the rest of the hill after I picked the bike up and caught my breath

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« Reply #22 on: January 10, 2012, 03:56:22 PM »

that tire is brand new ! ! !

according to some folks in 3rd world countries ... Grin
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« Reply #23 on: January 10, 2012, 04:01:33 PM »

that tire is brand new ! ! !

according to some folks in 3rd world countries ... Grin
no, it's pretty smooth
It's more of slightly different colored rubber in the shape of tread blocks than actual raised blocks of rubber
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« Reply #24 on: January 10, 2012, 04:02:39 PM »

no, it's pretty smooth
It's more of slightly different colored rubber in the shape of tread blocks than actual raised blocks of rubber

xactly .. in 3rd world countries you can sell it for $15~25
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« Reply #25 on: January 10, 2012, 04:05:36 PM »

xactly .. in 3rd world countries you can sell it for $15~25
ok, just c'mon on up and get it and I let you have it for a steal of a price of $10  Grin
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« Reply #26 on: January 10, 2012, 04:06:34 PM »

ok, just c'mon on up and get it and I let you have it for a steal of a price of $10  Grin

me no having enduro or SM bike ... Grin Grin
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« Reply #27 on: January 10, 2012, 04:11:04 PM »

me no having enduro or SM bike ... Grin Grin
but think about the fashionable tire swing you could make
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« Reply #28 on: January 10, 2012, 04:12:15 PM »

but think about the fashionable tire swing you could make

S&H would cost almost the new tire in the US ...
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« Reply #29 on: January 10, 2012, 04:14:54 PM »

S&H would cost almost the new tire in the US ...
but this is one that was used in an exotic far away land by a famous prince
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