post your bicycles!

[morea]

There are lots of bike enthusiasts on this forum... this is the thread to showcase what you're riding.

Let's see those bicycles!


Here's my bike. His name is Zem. He is a Trek 4500. In this shot he is wearing his big knobby tires for downhill mountain biking:

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/zem-bromont.jpg




Here's Zem with his semislicks on (for road and bike path riding, which I do more often):

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/Zem-semislicks.jpg

[MyST]

Here's my Trek 8000 set-up for mountain biking with the big knobbies.

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j44/SOLOGraphic/Bike%20Stuff/Bellevue2.jpg


Here he is with my semi-slicks ready for road/bike path rides. Trust me... thin, high-pressure tires make a world of difference when riding on the pavement/hard packed surfaces!

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j44/SOLOGraphic/Bike%20Stuff/Mbike-semislicks.jpg

[obesebee]

Well, here's my bicycle. A hybrid that satisfactorily gets me from work to home faster than any car on my commute. The plastic bag on the saddle didn't come with the bike, I had to modify it. My bike is called, erm, Mike the bike (I didn't realise we had to name them).

[morea]

LOL! I love Mike. :D

I'd love to try commuting by bicycle.

[obesebee]

Commuting on a bike is the best thing ever. Not because I save petrol, not because it keeps me in stunning physical shape, but because I LOVE cycling fast through queues of static vehicles - best feeling in the world! And I also like to race lorries at the lights.

[MyST]

I love speed on a bike!

Best top speed for me to date is 77kph (47.85mph)!
Morea was going to pass me, but we ran out of road. She hit 77.25kph (48mph)!

We're always really, really careful when hitting these speeds though. There's no traffic where we do this. It's a long, newly paved country road.

[Navian]

The last bike that I had was one of these:
http://www.jims59.com/vintageschwinns/images/1969%20Speedster(t).jpg

Except the color was the classic Schwinn blue. (I don't have a picture, because my dad still has the bike.)

I miss that bike. The best bike ever!

[captain spanky]

mine's a kickass bike in matt black with some meaty suspension... but got no pics i'm afraid... and i've been known to call it 'B!tch'... especially when it fell off the roof of my campervan doing 50mph down a busy road (luckily it didn't hit any of the cars behind me...) now the handle bars are slightly off kilter and the brakes rub on the rims sometimes... but it still works fine enough.

[obesebee]

I love speed on a bike!

Best top speed for me to date is 77kph (47.85mph)!
Morea was going to pass me, but we ran out of road. She hit 77.25kph (48mph)!

We're always really, really careful when hitting these speeds though. There's no traffic where we do this. It's a long, newly paved country road.

Wow. When I said fast, I should have said "fast in comparison to a non-moving car." 48mph! Can you get prosecuted for speeding on a bicycle?

[Navian]

Wow. When I said fast, I should have said "fast in comparison to a non-moving car." 48mph! Can you get prosecuted for speeding on a bicycle?

Prosecuted, probably not.. Given a speeding ticket, and end up paying a fine? yes.

[obesebee]

How fast were you going Navian?!

[Navian]

How fast were you going Navian?!

On my cruiser? :) I was going about 10mph in a 5mph zone.. I was given a warning. :p The cop must have had a case of the O.C.D.

[morea]

bummer, Captain... that must have made your heart skip a couple of beats!

Yup, Nav's right... you can definitely get traffic tickets on your bike. As a result, you can be penalized with points on your license, just like you can with mishaps in a car.

The top speed on that hill is 45mph, so I wasn't *really* speeding. ;)

[captain spanky]

yeah, i guess the driver of the car behind me had to 'check for mud' too :D lol
I was sooooooo annoyed with everything that day too... the wind was unbelievable and 3 miles further on, a 30 mile stretch of the road was closed due to high side winds... probably should have made the closed section 3 miles longer huh?
anyway, i recovered the bike amid lots of scowly expressions from other drivers and was going to chuck it, but i decided a bit of attention might just save it... £80 later on... it works enough to ride. :)

[morea]

and now it has "character"!

another shot of Zem:

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/zem.jpg

[Two-Toe Tom]

you should rent out a studio and do glamour shots of zem :D

[morea]

Zem is a zexy beast. :D

[Virgo Nightingale]

This was my last bike.

http://www.taildraggersinc.com/Images/tricycle.jpg

j/k :D

[Navian]

You need an upgrade Virgo:

http://www.bernsonev.com/images/IZTricruiserLR_use.jpg

[Virgo Nightingale]

I was saving my pennies for this:

http://www.automotto.org/images/clever.jpg

[Navian]

Very nice..

[mattbing]

This is me and my bike at a race this weekend. It's a Trek as well.

[obesebee]

cool - a hover bike, I've always wanted one of those!

[CamarotaDesign]

Here's my bike. Just started riding! lol.

Actually, I normally ride a Gary Fisher Marlin. no mods or anything. I just picked up a Motobecane grand touring road bike. Does anyone know if that is a good brand? I got it at the salvation army for $35. It needs a little work, but it seems like a great bike.

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/2488/unicycleym5.jpg

[tuliptree]

A unicycle! Not sure that I can balance on two wheels anymore, let alone one! :p My bike has sadly been locked away in the shed for many years. Its a 1995 Mongoose Switchback, and it hates me for neglecting it. :(

[CamarotaDesign]

cool - a hover bike, I've always wanted one of those!

being rode by a storm trooper. lol.

[mattbing]

being rode by a storm trooper. lol.


Yeah pretty much. Them trees hurt like hell. You should see the bruises I have from a good fall I had.

[morea]

nice one matt! You sure got some air, there. I took an inadvertent leap at Bromont when I was riding downhill on Sunday, but I wasn't more than a foot or so off the ground. Of course, I wasn't wearing pads, either - just my regular helmet.

Cam, I am 100% certain that a unicycle would be the death of me.

Here's a shot of my "hoverbike" though:

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/morea-stairs.jpg

[Exodus]

Hey Cam! What year GF Marlin do you ride? I have an '07 that's silver and black.

[CamarotaDesign]

Oh its an old one dude. like from 97 or something. Light as hell though. All Shimano Alivio components.

[CamarotaDesign]

Cam, I am 100% certain that a unicycle would be the death of me.



I always thought that too, then I saw my little cousin riding it and I got the courage to do it. Its been fun. I can only go about 30 feet so far without falling. But thats not too bad for about 2 hours total of practice.

[Exodus]

Oh its an old one dude. like from 97 or something. Light as hell though. All Shimano Alivio components.

Cool. Mine has the Deore components. I love it! I also love my fork, I can lock it out with a quick twist of my fingers in mid ride. Very handy. :)

[MyST]

Stairs are fun!!

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j44/SOLOGraphic/Bike%20Stuff/M-stairs.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j44/SOLOGraphic/Bike%20Stuff/Mario-by-stairs.jpg

[cornfed]

My son has a unicycle. It came with training wheels, too! He just took off the training wheels last week!

[AlexNJ210]

nice one matt! You sure got some air, there. I took an inadvertent leap at Bromont when I was riding downhill on Sunday, but I wasn't more than a foot or so off the ground. Of course, I wasn't wearing pads, either - just my regular helmet.

Cam, I am 100% certain that a unicycle would be the death of me.

Here's a shot of my "hoverbike" though:

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/morea-stairs.jpg
morea you look quite nice in tights my dear :). Sexy little package ya got there ;)

[morea]

eep! http://i17.tinypic.com/4kjy5g8.gif

I mean... thank you Alex. :D

[AlexNJ210]

:o

[morea]

I've managed 1300 miles so far this year on that bike!

[AlexNJ210]

it shows ;)



sorry couldn't resist.:D

[morea]

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/silly%20things/rofl.gif

[Neballer]

Kona cycocross, it has slick road tires on it now.
http://www.rgsdesign.com/carp/newbike.jpg

Raleigh Single Spped: Don't know what happened to this one after I got hit by a car. I was told the cops have it, but they have been no damn help
http://www.rgsdesign.com/carp/myrals.jpg

Single speed Fuji. Winter bike, my roommate is riding this since his bike got stolen.
http://www.angelsoftheweek.com/carp/winterbike.png

[vtwin_gary]

I've managed 1300 miles so far this year on that bike!
i don't have much more than that on mine... now that i work from home i don't even get to ride to work.
http://www.clubchopper.com/photopost/data/500/4076bike.jpg

[tuliptree]

Nice looking bikes ya'll...I actually tried to go out to the shed to take a photo of mine to share (to make it happy somehow) but some hornets moved in recently it appears, and I got chased away when I opened the door!

Morea, I love your bike's name!!

[morea]

thanks tuliptree!

For those who weren't aware, my bike is named "Zem (http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=819065)" after the mattresses of Squornshellous Zeta (in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series).

Actually, here (http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/3550/ad32.htm) is the passage. :D

[tuliptree]

A ha! I knew the name would have a good background :) I've only read the first book, and that was a long time ago...don't recall the name.

[slotmachine]

heeere is my darling
she looks a bit different now, but this is the only pic on the net I have. She sports new drop bars, blue tires and a blade front rim now

boy do I loooove bikes!
http://velospace.org/node/2099

[Neballer]

sweet fixie slotmachine.

[Exodus]

Here's my Gary Fisher after some riding on Saturday.

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/9250/mb3gb9.jpg

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/9808/mb2fg5.jpg

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/4621/mb1mt5.jpg

[captain spanky]

woooo here's a picture of mine finally....
http://www.higg.co.uk/otherfiles/beeyatch.jpg

[morea]

they look so sharp with those big knobby tires.

RAWR. :D

[captain spanky]

LOL
It's not really a bike for going on the road with... more offroad or going down a steep hill quite fast :D
i like my adjustable suspension... :)

[SpugNothuson]

I'm encouraged to get off my arse and buy a bike without a motor attached after reading this thread. Apparently they're cheaper in petrol than my Ducati.

Is there something in particulat that I should be looking for in a road bike, I'll also be doing some minimal cross country, the route through the fields in the summer is far shorter. :D

[morea]

you won't even want to attempt any x/c on a road bike... you might want to look at "mountain bikes".

I'm not sure what you've got access to as far as brands, but I absolutely love my Trek. It's really versatile - I use it for downhill and cross country with the knobby tires on, and then I switch the tires to semislicks for road riding. Mine's a hard tail and I added a suspension seatpost to help absord some of the rock impact along the way. Sounds like you won't be doing anything that will require full suspension.

If you aren't sure that a mountain bike can make for good road riding, let me just tell you that MyST and I rode 67.82 miles yesterday - that's 109km.

[slotmachine]

thanks nb
ahhh gotta love the feeling of flying through mud though!

[SpugNothuson]

67.82 miles
As in between you? :confused:

Surely not each! :eek:

I'm looking at a 7 mile round trip each day. With one big bloody hill in the middle, up on the way there, down going home again.

I shall have a scout about for a Mountain Bike with tyres fit for the road and dirt track. Back in a mo.

[captain spanky]

yeah don't get chunky bumpy tyres if you wanna go on a road... although they make a really cool noise on freshly laid tarmac, they really take your energy away.

in my experience disk brakes are a bit of a waste of money too, they're very expensive for what they are... but others may disagree with me. I have a mate with a £1500 Marin bike with hydraulic disc brakes and he swears by them.

quick release wheels are a godsend as well.

and always get some mud flaps. you don't want to be that guy with a brown line up his back after a small shower. flaps are goooood.

[morea]

As in between you? :confused:

Surely not each! :eek:

I'm looking at a 7 mile round trip each day. With one big bloody hill in the middle, up on the way there, down going home again.

I shall have a scout about for a Mountain Bike with tyres fit for the road and dirt track. Back in a mo.


We rode together... we each rode about 68 miles. Yes, really.

You will find that mountain bikes come with knobby tires... but you can buy semislicks at your local bike shop, and they are inexpensive.

[SpugNothuson]

OK, question number one. What's a Hard Tail Mountain Bike?

[Exodus]

OK, question number one. What's a Hard Tail Mountain Bike?
A bike with no rear suspension. They may or may not have a front suspension. My bike has a front fork suspension that can lock-out. Meaning, when I'm going uphill, I will turn a knob on my fork that prevents the suspension from moving. Thus, eliminating the bounce effect and wasted effort trying to climb an incline. Then, I twist is back to my desired suspension setting before I go flying back downhill. :D

[SpugNothuson]

Right then, sounds like the beast for me.

*Scuttles off to look at Hard Tail Mountain Bikes*

[morea]

bump! Did you ever end up getting a bike, Spug?

I went to the bike shop today for the first time this year. We ended up riding 2040 miles (3283 km) last year, so I totally burned out my drivetrain and have to replace it before I can do any riding this year. :rolleyes: I want to have the bike ready to go as soon as the roads are clear. (I'd consider riding outdoors in the winter, but I'm worried about the salt from the roads damaging my frame and components.)

Anybody else have any bike photos you want to share? I'm going stir crazy here! :D


edit: ok, here are some shots of last year's trip to Bromont - for motivational purposes!

Here's the mountain as viewed from the car on the way in. Look at the other cars in the picture for an idea of the scale:
http://i18.tinypic.com/4uuz3g9.jpg




Here are the bikes on the lift in front of us:
http://i10.tinypic.com/6aukfet.jpg



Here are a few quick shots from the lift:
http://i15.tinypic.com/6c2z4gi.jpg



http://i19.tinypic.com/4u2cf0k.jpg




A few parts of the trail (unfortunately, the photos look flat - you can't see the ups and downs in the trail by looking at these):

http://i16.tinypic.com/4lsxg9g.jpg



http://i18.tinypic.com/4uoqjuq.jpg

[Red Kittie Kat]

They are awesome Mo .. you get such great shots on your adventures :)

[morea]

Thanks Kittie.

I actually had to take the water bladder out of my hydration pack to carry the camera, so I only took it on one run. I was too worried about damaging it, and you don't want to do a lot of trails like that with no water.

I'm drooling in anticipation of hitting the trails again, if spring ever comes! At this rate I wouldn't be surprised to see snow in June.

[Red Kittie Kat]

I bet there will be some left up in those mountains ;)

[tuliptree]

Wow, Morea, really nice. Thank you for posting them, so neat to look at. Very inspiring!!

[morea]

I bet there will be some left up in those mountains ;)

http://i32.tinypic.com/24qoec2.gif



Wow, Morea, really nice. Thank you for posting them, so neat to look at. Very inspiring!!

glad you liked them. ;)

[Digitool]

Not your kind of bikes, but I'm getting this later this year. I used to ride a long time ago and gave it up... but have been inspired to get back into it this year... so i'm buying this. It's a Haro Backtrail x3.
http://victorvillecycles.com/images/library/large/haro_x3_white_08_m.jpg

[morea]

fixed gear? I've never tried one, but have friends who love them. Sweet. :)

[TheBluePanda]

I have 2 bikes.. in the garage.. with flat tires.. and plenty of rust... :D

[Neballer]

http://www.angelsoftheweek.com/carp/gdf/bikeMouse.jpg

This is my bike mouse. I built it as a controller for an interactive photo gallery that I coded in processing. Basically you pedal your way through the gallery, steering reveals more images.

[urstwile]

Now I want to lick Neballer's brain. ;)

[frankster]

I call dibbs on the frontal lobes.

[Red Kittie Kat]

lmao Frank :D

[MikeHun]

NEBALLER?
Cyclo cross frame, Hmmmmmm. Is that a permanent install may i buy
that frame? Is that guy sweating in the suit while playing pin pong?

[morea]

awesome, Nebs!

[Neballer]

I hear the brain tastes like jello.
And yes, that guy is sweating like a bastard in that suit while playing ping-pong.

[MikeHun]

I'm interested in the cyclo-cross frame you used as
an interface for the installation.

[Neballer]

Not really, and unless you're under 5'5" it's not going to fit you.
I have delusions of grandeur that I'm going to one day rework this into a bigger project.

[MikeHun]

My Wife is 5'4" and so is my daughter.

Good luck on your project I like your aesthetic
sense and post modern installation. Very "Green":)

[Neballer]

Thanks Mike.
here's the bike in action (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNqouYw7jbM)

[MikeHun]

Interesting...

Is there an interface quick time or swf?

To expand on the ecological / health aspect...

What If you had a second person cycling to generate power for the system?

This is an interactive training software used for spinning or virtual racing.

http://www.racermateinc.com/computrainer.asp?gclid=CMehtNOBjZICFQVexgodHxxraw

[longboy]

Crappy pic, but it's all I have online. It's one of my 2 lowriders. The other one I have is a metalflake green with a springer fork. Both of them need some cleanup, they've been neglected for too long:

http://www.long-boy.com/images/lowrider.jpg

For real rides (<.25miles) I ride a GT Zaskar hardtail. It's a bit old, but still very solid. I'll see if I can snag a pic later.

[Neballer]

It's built with http://www.processing.org/

[MikeHun]

Love the Ape hangers Long Boy

[Red Kittie Kat]

Very cool Nebs!! What a clever idea :)

I'll never be able to use it tho ... I'm 5 inches over the limit :D

[longboy]

<---14" over the limit. You must be under this tall to ride this ride :(

[Red Kittie Kat]

You are a long boy!! wow 14 inches over ..

quick calculation 6'7" ?? :eek:

[cnic]

Here's my bike. Its a Jamis Xenith Pro 2008. I'm gonna be blogging (http://corey.flywellcreative.com) about it if you want more info.

[morea]

ZEM - tuned up and ready to go, if spring ever comes.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/biking/Zem2008_1590.jpg

[cnic]

Spring is gonna be here! It has to. I can't stay in here all year!!! NEED SUNSHINE MUST GET OUTSIDE!!!!!

.

[morea]

this is what it looks like here right now:

http://i28.tinypic.com/s6luyq.jpg

[cnic]

Oh dear.

Well, it isn't sunny here... but at least it isn't.... THAT!

wow.

[morea]

I'm definitely looking forward to spring. A person can only stand so much snow before they run outside in their bathrobe and bedroom slippers, armed with a blowdryer on a really long extension cord. Of course, that can result in a one-way ticket to the looney bin, so I'm trying to restrain myself. ;)

[Virgo Nightingale]

I'm guessing those snowbanks will still be visible by the end of May? :p

[morea]

Seriously, it's bad. Last year I was out biking around mid-April. I don't think that's going to happen this time around. Seriously, I wouldn't be surprised if we still had some snow hanging around in June.

[Virgo Nightingale]

How do you Canadians deal with the whole perpetual winter thing? Granted I'm Puerto Rican, I was meant for tropical climates.

[morea]

I'm not a real Canadian, so maybe I should leave that question for someone who is....

Actually, last spring it wasn't like this at all - this has been a record year.

Quebec City (around 3 hours from here) has had something like 17 feet of snow so far this winter. I drove up for a funeral a few weeks ago, and the snowbanks were up the the 2nd-story windows. :eek:

edit: average for them is only around 12 feet.

[JgS]

morea you need one of these.
http://blog.makezine.com/img_m534.jpg

[MikeHun]

Yup been cross crountry skiing, you've got to to like the snow.
Winter bikes are more like monster tire types. Think of snowshoe
wide tires with Nokian small studded rubber

[Neballer]

Hell ya Pugsley.

[Gregory]

I just accidently discovered this old thread.
Here's my bike, if anyone's still looking. It's a Gary Fisher "Wingra". Sort of a hybrid commuter style. I bought it last spring after my Kona "Dew" was...(pounds fist on table, wipes away vagrant tear, knocks back another shot) stolen(!). My wife rigged up the basket.
http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd347/A4_brainwave/DCP_0002.jpg

[NTLemon]

Thanks to Gregory I just found this thread today. It makes me want to go out and pick up a bike. I haven't ridden since my first bike was stolen almost 6 years ago :p

I'm hoping to move closer to school next semester so that would be awesome having the option to ride to class.

[Randomhero]

That basket is made of awesome :D!

[Optimusdinkus]

would it be odd that I do not know how to ride such a machine?! I have waterskied wakeboarded, surfed, scuba dived but no biking for this one =(

[Gregory]

What the!? I mean, no, there's nothing to be ashamed of. But didn't you even have one as a kid?

[Optimusdinkus]

I did, but right after I started to learn blades n boards became a standard of perpetual motion, so I kinda fudged in not continuing to learn how to ride one =(

[Gregory]

Well, learning to ride is certainly a rite of passage. I remember my brother and a friend on either side holding me upright on a bike that was too big for me. Then they propelled me across the driveway. I managed a pristine straight line...until I crashed into the fence across the road. After that I learned to steer.
But it must be easier than your other activities. I can almost ride a skateboard, but I have to sit down.

[TheBluePanda]

I bought 2 cheap Beach Cruiser bikes for my wife and I, since we recently moved downtown. My new favorite hobby is downtown biking! :D

[Optimusdinkus]

If I wasn't living 30 mins from work then I would no doubt have one, take lessons, and ride that sucker. When i was in europe, I got some baffled faces when I dropped the info on them.

[Randomhero]

Wow, yeah its just one of those things you think of as a given so it seems odd when you meet someone who never learned. Kinda like meeting someone who hates pizza, or likes Wesley Snipes movies.