What Bikes Do You Own?

[Yota]

And how do you like it? Just curious what everyone is riding and for what purpose?

My list is short:

MTB: Specialized Rockhopper Comp Disc
Mods: Clipless pedals, Dirt Bag and a wireless computer. Yeehaw.

It's just for recreational riding. Love the bike, especially the discs (uber important not to get even a microscopic amount of oil on them I've learned!), although the saddle is a complete taintbuster (thank god for Pearl Izumi :D ). Clipless pedals were a welcome addition for sure.

Roadie: None so far. Riding on urban roads frankly scares the b'jesus outta me. :D

Kiddie: We bought a used Trek trailer from Craigslist. God it sucks adding ~35 lbs onto my bike when I'm already sucking wind as it is. :D

[JKTODD]

GT I-drive here. Mods-lets see.

Marzocchi Jr. T front fork.:drool:
Kooka cranks
XT everything else
Specialized tires-with way cool white letters!:thumbsup:
LP Composet Carbon Fiber bars
Clipless pedals
Rear Fox shock-gives extra rear wheel travel, one inch. Four inches of travel total.

It's a little heavy but durable. I'd say it's a great all around bike. I built it a few years ago but nothing has come out to make me say "WOW I gotta get that to replace mine!" I guess the term they used back then was Freeride. Is that saying still around?

I've ridden Snowmass to Aspen, Glenwood Springs, Rifle, Newcastle, Moab, Noble Canyon(San Diego), Big Bear CA, Hall Ranch, Walker Ranch, White Ranch, Fruita and the Denver bike paths.:thumbsup:

[DT]

MTB:
GT i-Drive 5 (was an '05, switched to an '07 frame with dropped toptube)
Avid Juicy 5 brakes with 203mm front and 185 rear rotors
XT everything else
Rockshox Pike (20mm thru axle) with heavy springs
Manitou Evolver ISX4 shock
DT Swiss XR 4.1D rims
Maxxis Bling Bling and Larsen TT tires
Crank Bros. Candy pedals

Road:
Gunnar Roadie
Full Ultegra drivetrain
105 brakes
FSA Gossamer crankset
Specialized lightweight saddle
Vittoria(sp?) tires
don't remember the wheelsets :o
Crank Bros. Quattro pedals

[Oscar]

Schwinn with a banana seat and tall sissy bar

[Tom N]

Here is the latest addition to my bike collection.:)



http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t75/bbigtn/GardinersBikeetc156600x450.jpg

[longboy]

19" GT Zaskar for my mtb. I also have a set of Conti slicks for the longer trips on road, but currently have mtb tires on it now.

I also have 2 of these in the garage for liquor store runs and the like:
http://www.long-boy.com/images/lowrider.jpg

I have a green one with a springer fork, but I don't have any pics of that one-

[Camp]

I ride a Yeti 575. I haven't had a need to upgrade much on it yet, other than the bars I broke this summer :D

[ScaldedDog]

I ride a Yeti 575.

x2. I swapped the tires, but the bike is way better than its rider!

Mark

[Jeffro600]

Ive been riding around a Trek 4500 Disc with upgraded RockShox forks and a set of Specialized Enduro Pro tires. Other than that, its all stock as i havent riden it enough to break/replace anything on it! :D

I picked up a like new 06 Specialized RockHopper Comp Disc a few weeks back through a trade. Going to make that one my "trail only" bike and use the Trek more for around town/pavement riding.

Cant wait to get back to CA where i can actually ride year round! :flipoff2:

[_CJ]

Road: Custom built by Jerry Duran in Del Norte, CO. True Temper steel, Henry James investment cast lugs, Dura-Ace components. Love it, and plan to ride it until either it or I aren't ridable anymore.

MTB: Santa Cruz Heckler. Custom built after receiving the frame under warranty because I broke my Superlight which was a warranty replacement after breaking my old style Heckler. Manitou Nixon fork adjustable from 115-145, Ritchey Girder wheels, Fox rear shock, Grip Shift, Hayes mechanical discs, eight speed, Carbon bars, yada, yada, yada. Kind of heavy but durable and adjustable enough to ride for six hour epics with serious climbing, goofing around at the local park, or bombing a serious downhill only run.

Have a few other bikes. KHS full suspension for backup and commuting, 1953 Hiawatha for running errands and riding to the bar in the summer, in the process of building up an old carbon fiber Myata frame that I raced in the early 90's as a single speed to ride to work and maybe try it on the trail.

[_CJ]

Cant wait to get back to CA where i can actually ride year round! :flipoff2:

You don't ride year-round here? Pussy.

[Jeffro600]

You don't ride year-round here? Pussy.

I like to be able to feel my extremities while riding... :flipoff2:

[_CJ]

I like to be able to feel my extremities while riding... :flipoff2:

Maybe if you spent less time feeling your extremities, you'd have the energy to get out and ride. :flipoff2:

[Jeffro600]

Touche... :flipoff2:

[bsaunder]

lets see -

Mtn -
Specialized stumpjumper fsr - this is the most changed bike I have, use it for most any type of terrain off the pavement.
Mods
- hand built wheels (mavic 819s, DT rev spokes, DT240 disc hubs)
- Avid mech. discs
- selle italia pro-link saddle
- Fox Vanilla fork custom tuned by push industries
- Fox RP2 shock custom tuned by Push
- Race Face Atlas crank
- SRAM x.9 trigger shifters and deraileurs
- king head set
- soon to upgrade; handle bars to a "moto" bar with ~12* back sweep which will necessitate a little longer stem.

Road -
Trek 1200 - was road training and commuting; fits for ~1hr rides, but is uncomfortable for anything longer
- reconfiguring for a criterium bike.

Specialized Ruobaix expert - Spent a lot of time on this this year (~4700 miles so far). Good for multi-hour , multi century, climbs, 30min hammer fests, etc all round great bike.
swapped to a Selle San Marco Rever Saddle, Conti GP4000S tires.

Strong Custom dirt/road - custom built steel frame used for cyclocross, winter training, commuting, lite mtn biking, errand running, trailer puller...... do everything bike. Absolutely great bike!


Want -
29'r hard tail single speed
ti cyclocross racer
TT/Tri bike
cross country racer

[bulldozer]

Mountain Bike (my race bike):

Giant NRS frame
Marzocchi Marathon front fork
Avid Juicy Carbon brakes
upgraded rear rocker to give more travel
Cane Creek Cloud 9 rear shock
Sram X.O drivetrain
Speed Dream tubeless wheels
Race Face cranks

Road bike:
Kuota Kredo
Shimano 105 drivetrain
Rol wheels
CF crank, handlebar and stem

[Yota]

How do you like the tubeless wheels?

[bsaunder]

How do you like the tubeless wheels?

You were probably asking bulldozer - but I'll chime in as I'm running them as well.

I really like them - you can run a lighter setup with a converted system, but I had a few issues with loosing a bead with my stans setup. The tubeless rims have a much better bead "lock" on them. I'll generally run 5-10 psi less in the tubeless tires and don't notice any increased rolling resistance, but I do notice a large increase in traction. I do run Stan's sealant in the tires and it works well - more than once I've run over something and heard a little hissing from my tire only to have it go away within a revolution as the stan's does its job. The only think I don't like is my setup does seem to loose more air in a general setup than my tubed system as the tires will be noticeably lower after sitting a week; not really a big deal though as I check tire pressure before every ride.