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  • Category: Mountain Biking
  • Founded: Nov 24, 1999
  • Language: English
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519 glennboulder Offline Send Email Jul 11, 2001
2:31 pm
Hello commuter friends....I played a gig last night (I'm a drummer) and carried my whole kit in my trailer (see club pic). This would have been impossible had...
520 NEWFSmith Offline Send Email Jul 12, 2001
11:39 pm
There are several, the first that comes to mind is www.bikesatwork.com. They also link to other work bike sites, I found them all by searching for work bikes....
521 lennythexdca Offline Send Email Jul 13, 2001
3:39 pm
Man!! What a beautiful morning to ride to work. 60 degrees and no wind, took the long way down the bike path and passed 3 deer on the way in, and saw a few...
522 glennboulder Offline Send Email Jul 13, 2001
7:57 pm
I envy you!! 85 and humid at 8 this morning, fought traffic in to my job as a waiter to deal with idiots all day!!...
523 lennythexdca Offline Send Email Jul 15, 2001
9:26 pm
Well, envy the weather for now, but in January....., but alas I too must spend my day with idiots!!!! The way I figure it, we kinda break even hahahaha!!! Too...
524 Mago_de_los_Hongos
Mago_de_los_... Offline Send Email
Aug 2, 2001
4:24 pm
Hi there everyone!<br><br>I'm moving into a new place in the Seattle area that is right on the Burke-Gilman trail. As I don't own a car now, I intend to ...
525 glennboulder Offline Send Email Aug 12, 2001
6:00 pm
Do any of you actually run a business off your bike? I would like to start something like a window cleaning business, or maybe small lawn care business....off...
526 blackbear31 Offline Send Email Aug 20, 2001
5:26 am
Hello all. I just signed up and hope to learn of your experiences as bicycle commuters. I have a mtn bike but prefer to use my road bike for commuting purposes...
527 blackbear31 Offline Send Email Aug 21, 2001
9:09 am
one more time...Hello!!!!!!...
528 Dolo724 Offline Send Email Aug 21, 2001
4:32 pm
no, we're not dead, just exhausted from the long ride. welcome aboard!...
529 blackbear31 Offline Send Email Aug 21, 2001
11:24 pm
My first contribution: I once applied for a job but was turned down because my employer thought biking to work was an unreliable form of transportation. Heh...
530 blackbear31 Offline Send Email Aug 21, 2001
11:30 pm
Since I don't own a vehicle, I get to my client's houses by bicycle. I run a PC troubleshooter/repair biz in my spare time. I do have experience with a trailer...
531 blackbear31 Offline Send Email Aug 21, 2001
11:36 pm
I have some shell pants from REI and have had them for two years now. They keep the freezing rain and snow out and are suprisingly warm.<br><br>Peace!...
532 astro2000_1999 Offline Send Email Aug 22, 2001
3:52 pm
Great story! How far do you ride to that job? <br>Nothing beats a mtn bike in the snow! That is one of my favorite times to ride!...
533 blackbear31 Offline Send Email Aug 22, 2001
9:05 pm
I don't work for that company anymore but at the time, it was a 40 mile round trip (I live in the sticks) I agree, some of my most treasured memories came from...
534 lennythexdca Offline Send Email Aug 23, 2001
6:49 pm
Why do most other people think it strange when they hear about or see someone riding in the winter, or the snow? Are we really that far from the mainstream? I...
535 tommerr69 Offline Send Email Aug 24, 2001
12:06 am
Sorry for the late reply. There is a company called Bikes at Work (bikesatwork.com)from Ames Iowa that make some super sturdy trailers- all different lengths-...
536 rick_p26 Offline Send Email Aug 24, 2001
9:20 pm
I started a mailbox painting business back in high school that I ran from my bike. If you can get one home in an allotment, the others tend to "keep up with...
537 blackbear31 Offline Send Email Aug 25, 2001
1:09 am
Lennytheexdca, I don't believe so. I just thank my lucky stars that I am able to ride year round. Being a distance athlete since my college days probably helps...
538 keith_stehling Offline Send Email Aug 28, 2001
4:46 pm
I have a quick question, does anyone have a problem with riding with no-hands? I'm not sure if it's me or the bike. Whenever I sit up straight and let go, the...
539 LadyArwyn Offline Send Email Aug 28, 2001
4:51 pm
I used to be able to ride with no hands when I rode a "street bike", but I haven't been able to do so with a mountain-style bike. I don't know if it's the ...
540 keith_stehling Offline Send Email Aug 28, 2001
5:04 pm
Interesting. I'm riding a mountain bike too. It's been about 15 plus years since I rode a touring/road bike. Thanks for the reply.<br><br>Keith...
541 glennboulder Offline Send Email Aug 28, 2001
8:43 pm
It all has to do with the geometry of the frame. Here's a quick test....stand next to the bike and lift up only by the center bar. If the front wheel naturally...
542 tommerr69 Offline Send Email Aug 28, 2001
9:03 pm
It could be that your frame or fork is bent or mis aligned. Or maybe one or both your wheels are not sitting in the dropouts properly. The head tube angle may ...
543 keith_stehling Offline Send Email Aug 29, 2001
8:55 pm
Thanks for the good advise guy's....
544 glennboulder Offline Send Email Sep 7, 2001
8:34 pm
Does anyone have any experience putting drop bars on a mountain bike?<br><br>Happy trails!<br>Marc...
545 tommerr69 Offline Send Email Sep 7, 2001
11:23 pm
The dificulty will be in matching up the handlebar clamp dia- most mtn bikes use a 25.4mm dia bar, and road bikes have 26.0, 26.4, 31.8 dia handlebars. you...
546 blackbear31 Offline Send Email Sep 12, 2001
8:25 am
Yet the bicycle, like the phone, or like the computer on which you're viewing this, is a technology, a machine that's made of flame and ores. But it is a ...
547 solesfirst Offline Send Email Sep 16, 2001
8:42 pm
This looks like a cool club, and founded on my borthday too! I'm about to go 'car free' so will take a close look here over the next few weeks. Keep up the ...
548 solesfirst Offline Send Email Sep 16, 2001
8:52 pm
Whoops! I meant to say 'founded on my birthday'!!<br><br>Nigel<br><a href=http://uk.clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/reclineandglide...
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