Recent content by redandblack

sweet bike. wish I had $$$. :)

The upper level specialized bikes are really good. I ride a hardrock FS, and that's perfect for the roads and the hard trails. I don't know about the rockhopper, but I would assume that its just as good, if not better than my bike. My bro has a hardrock sport and its a pos.

cool. thanks.

I don't think I would choose a bike based on the fact that they have disc brakes. V-Brakes are fine, and when your stocked with cash you can always swap your v-brakes with disc brakes. I'd say you could buy a decent bike for $400 that would have anything you need. my bro's bike costed $200...

Now whats the difference between Mountain Bike Pumps and Road Bike pumps? I went to my local bike shop, and the guy only had Road Bike pumps that were water bottle holder mounted.

I put my bike in the Cellar of our house, i just carry it down the steps and park it there for the night. It works wonders. plus, its an aluminum frame, so I don't think it can rust. What model is your specialized? I ride a HardRock FS and its a pretty neat bike.

Well, I think I might be moving on up to a Gyro Helmet. My current one is loosing all its padding, and the local bike shop has a red and black Gyro for $45 american, which I think I might as well get it.

My computers odometer is close to 80 total miles for this season (april-may). I would think its pretty good for a weekend warrior.

maybe the hill isn't steep enough? my problem is that basically every hill around my area either ends in a sharp left or sharp right corner, so I have to slow down halfway down the hill. I usually can pick up 20 MPH on the flats, 10 MPH uphill. I recently got a speed of 35 MPH downhill (very...

I matched my top speed of 33 MPH. I just cannot seem to beat it. I just run out of gears. (21 speed). Any suggestions on how to increase my speed without modding my bike? I think one of the reasons why I cannot get up speed and keep it is because at every downhill, theres a sharp corner...

I definatly perfer gripshift. I think (with gripshift) its easier to shift gears going uphills and certain times when I'm not sitting on my bike seat. I've found I can only switch gears with rapidfire if I'm sitting down, so that cuts it out for me.

Why Ithaca? that's nowhere near the best town. Why didn't they pick any other town on the appalacian trail?

Wow, I'm very slow.......

Well, I cut my 4 mile time down to 20 minutes this past weekend. I was pretty stoked. :)

So, I went biking last night in Kennedy park (local walking/biking trails), and had a great time....tons of bikers there, and loads of mosquitos. So, getting to the point, when I was riding back down the hill toward my ride home, I clicked into 21st gear, and floored it. I looked down @ my...