The things you see

MTBlood said:

I saw the craziest thing this weekend. I decided to ride a newly built trail
system in my area. There were a lot of riders out that day and about halfway
through I noticed a guy riding a fully rigid street bike on the trails!
Super skinny tires and all. He wasn't doing half bad either. These trails
were by no means technical but I'm not sure I'd have the jewels to try them
on a street bike.....

Are you sure it wasn't a cyclocross bike? They look similar and it is
CX season.

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Are you sure it wasn't a cyclocross bike? They look similar and it is
CX season.

Yeah I'm sure...I rode behind him for a good 20 minutes.

I seen groups of them but everyone thinks I'm joking.

I think their to cheap to buy the right bike. Or outfit
it for dirt.

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Quoted message said:

I saw the craziest thing this weekend. I decided to ride a newly built
trail system in my area. There were a lot of riders out that day and about
halfway through I noticed a guy riding a fully rigid street bike on the
trails! Super skinny tires and all. He wasn't doing half bad either. These
trails were by no means technical but I'm not sure I'd have the jewels to
try them on a street bike.....

A buddy of mine, let's call him Chad, because that's what his mom calls him,
will join us on the trails from time to time in cutoffs and riding an old
Schwinn 10-speed. I'm amazed he never busted it in 2. He does OK, but
he's also a strong tri-athlete, and more than half crazy.

It can be done.

CDB

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Quoted message said:

I saw the craziest thing this weekend. I decided to ride a newly built
trail system in my area. There were a lot of riders out that day and about
halfway through I noticed a guy riding a fully rigid street bike on the
trails! Super skinny tires and all. He wasn't doing half bad either. These
trails were by no means technical but I'm not sure I'd have the jewels to
try them on a street bike.....

Come north sometime....

The kids around here ride the trails all the time on $ 100 street bikes to
their party spots

"> Come north sometime....

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The kids around here ride the trails all the time on $ 100 street bikes to
their party spots

Well before the days of Mountain Bikes I rode trails on a Schwinn Predator
and before that a Huffy with bright yellow mag wheels. We cut the trails and
formed a bowl of ravines with lifts of plywood that would impress any
current day freerider. We'd jump from sunrise to sunset, broke
bones...caused concussions and had a blast day after day. So I know it
doesn't require a fully suspended mtn bike to ride trails or even to have
fun on them.

MTBlood said:

"> Come north sometime....

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The kids around here ride the trails all the time on $ 100 street bikes to
their party spots

Well before the days of Mountain Bikes I rode trails on a Schwinn Predator
and before that a Huffy with bright yellow mag wheels. We cut the trails and
formed a bowl of ravines with lifts of plywood that would impress any
current day freerider. We'd jump from sunrise to sunset, broke
bones...caused concussions and had a blast day after day. So I know it
doesn't require a fully suspended mtn bike to ride trails or even to have
fun on them.

Yup. I used to ride stuff in Mi as a kid on my Motobecane 12-speed
before there were mountain bikes and I wasn't into BMX so I rode what I
had. Sand was probably the worst of the challenges I faced. Of course I
did sprain my wrist once doing that.

I have a friend who a pro MTB and XTerra racer who comes out and rides
technical stuff on an old steel road bike. He does just fine, but he's
by no means a normal human.

Matt

Paladin said:

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Quoted message said:

I saw the craziest thing this weekend. I decided to ride a newly built
trail system in my area. There were a lot of riders out that day and about
halfway through I noticed a guy riding a fully rigid street bike on the
trails! Super skinny tires and all. He wasn't doing half bad either. These
trails were by no means technical but I'm not sure I'd have the jewels to
try them on a street bike.....

A buddy of mine, let's call him Chad, because that's what his mom calls him,
will join us on the trails from time to time in cutoffs and riding an old
Schwinn 10-speed. I'm amazed he never busted it in 2. He does OK, but
he's also a strong tri-athlete, and more than half crazy.

It can be done.

CDB

Those old Schwinn electro-forged frames are as tough as nails. That's
why they are so much more prevalent nowdays than any other bicycle from
that era. My old Varsity was hopped off more than a few curbs in its
day. I'm looking forward to finishing the restoration on my "shopping"
bike, a 1978 Schwinn Speedster 3-speed. It'll be able to leap small
curbs in a single bound as well.

JD

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Ah, the Schwinn Predator. Sugino cranks, Araya rims, large flange hubs,
Hutch bars with Mushroom grips, fluted post supporting some sharp-edged
plastic seat, Dia Compe rear brake, obsessively polished chromed steel.
Got that baby for my Bar Mitzvah gift, and it extracted much flesh and
blood. My parents cringed at the $200 price tag, but from 1983 to 1988,
I don't think there wasn't a day I didn't ride it and few days I didn't
wreck it.

That's the one...my 10 year old son pulled it out of my parents garage this
last summer and asked if he could have it. So now he's sporting the baby
blue Predator around the streets I rode as a youth....