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Corvus Corvax wrote:
> The frame I am riding, a 1991 Giant Sedona, dates to this period....
I had a Giant 780X (is that right?) back in '88. That's when mtb seat
tubes were around the same size as a road bike's. High, ball-smashing
top tubes. That thing tried to kill me 100 times, but I was cutting my
teeth then.
<snippery of suffering>
> "Come take a look at this!" she announces proudly. She draws a small
> crowd, bent over her rear wheel. She has done a McGuyver on her
> tensioner:
>
> http://gallery.mtbr.com/data/mtbr/500/255709/McGuyver.jpg
Wow....
Freekin' brilliant! I've never seen that before. There's no reason to
go back to the cable. You should mass market that stick! Have Bontrager
design one in carbon fiber....
> I console
> myself as she disappears that, were I not on a rigid, I would be flying
> down the hill too. I am then immediately passed at high speed by two
> guys on rigids. My ego is thoroughly deflated.
HAH!
>
The Dirt Rag guys pass me again,
> making animal noises.
Double HAH!
> It has been about four and a half hours. We ride the last mile of the
> course together.
>
> After that, we go out and get stinking wasted.
>
> CC
BRAVO!
/s
> The frame I am riding, a 1991 Giant Sedona, dates to this period....
I had a Giant 780X (is that right?) back in '88. That's when mtb seat
tubes were around the same size as a road bike's. High, ball-smashing
top tubes. That thing tried to kill me 100 times, but I was cutting my
teeth then.
<snippery of suffering>
> "Come take a look at this!" she announces proudly. She draws a small
> crowd, bent over her rear wheel. She has done a McGuyver on her
> tensioner:
>
> http://gallery.mtbr.com/data/mtbr/500/255709/McGuyver.jpg
Wow....
Freekin' brilliant! I've never seen that before. There's no reason to
go back to the cable. You should mass market that stick! Have Bontrager
design one in carbon fiber....
> I console
> myself as she disappears that, were I not on a rigid, I would be flying
> down the hill too. I am then immediately passed at high speed by two
> guys on rigids. My ego is thoroughly deflated.
HAH!
>
The Dirt Rag guys pass me again,
> making animal noises.
Double HAH!
> It has been about four and a half hours. We ride the last mile of the
> course together.
>
> After that, we go out and get stinking wasted.
>
> CC
BRAVO!
/s
