I thought it would be fun to start a discussion based on everyone's bike photos.
My bike story starts at six years old but turned more serious when got into road racing at the age of 12. I raced steady for about 10 years and after that got back into the mountain biking. 15 years later I'm still enjoying the mountain biking as much as ever and ride 4 or 5 times a week. I was fortunate enough to meet up with a group of Wednesday riders who enjoy riding remote trails at night time which goes along closely with the flashlight hobby.
The first two pictures are of my latest Voodoo build which I set up as a rigid 1x9. The front ring is a 32 and the cassette is a Dura-ace 12-27. It's a 29er or (29" wheeled bike) which I'm completely sold on now to the point that I don't even ride 26ers (the standard since the inception of mtn bikes) anymore. I've been riding 29ers for about a year now and love them. Some of the other parts are a Sram XO derailleur with XO grip shift, Truvativ bar, stem and crank. Bontrager X-lite wheel set with tubeless Jones ACX tires. The brakes are cable actuated Avid BB7's with Avid levers. The bike weighs in at just a hair over 21 lbs. The reason behind building this bike is because I had an extra set of good quality wheels and I wanted to see what kind of a bike I could build on a $1200 budget. All of my parts were purchased on ebay or other discount sources and I ended up with a nice machine for what was spent. This bike sees the brunt of my off roading now including my night rides.
The next is my pride and joy Gary Fisher Superfly which I've had about a year now. It's also a 29er of coarse and the only stock components on it are the headset, Avid Ultimate brake levers & calipers. There isn't any steel on the bike other that a few ball bearings and everthing else has been exchanged for ti or alluminum in the case of non-stressed parts. The bike currently weighs in at 19.81 lbs which is very light for a 29er with front suspension and the lightest Superfly in existence to my knowledge.
Finally is my Trek 7000 rigid. It still gets ridden occasionally but the small wheels and stretched out frame feels funny.
My bike story starts at six years old but turned more serious when got into road racing at the age of 12. I raced steady for about 10 years and after that got back into the mountain biking. 15 years later I'm still enjoying the mountain biking as much as ever and ride 4 or 5 times a week. I was fortunate enough to meet up with a group of Wednesday riders who enjoy riding remote trails at night time which goes along closely with the flashlight hobby.
The first two pictures are of my latest Voodoo build which I set up as a rigid 1x9. The front ring is a 32 and the cassette is a Dura-ace 12-27. It's a 29er or (29" wheeled bike) which I'm completely sold on now to the point that I don't even ride 26ers (the standard since the inception of mtn bikes) anymore. I've been riding 29ers for about a year now and love them. Some of the other parts are a Sram XO derailleur with XO grip shift, Truvativ bar, stem and crank. Bontrager X-lite wheel set with tubeless Jones ACX tires. The brakes are cable actuated Avid BB7's with Avid levers. The bike weighs in at just a hair over 21 lbs. The reason behind building this bike is because I had an extra set of good quality wheels and I wanted to see what kind of a bike I could build on a $1200 budget. All of my parts were purchased on ebay or other discount sources and I ended up with a nice machine for what was spent. This bike sees the brunt of my off roading now including my night rides.
The next is my pride and joy Gary Fisher Superfly which I've had about a year now. It's also a 29er of coarse and the only stock components on it are the headset, Avid Ultimate brake levers & calipers. There isn't any steel on the bike other that a few ball bearings and everthing else has been exchanged for ti or alluminum in the case of non-stressed parts. The bike currently weighs in at 19.81 lbs which is very light for a 29er with front suspension and the lightest Superfly in existence to my knowledge.
Finally is my Trek 7000 rigid. It still gets ridden occasionally but the small wheels and stretched out frame feels funny.
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