Getting in to Biking!?

[muck]

I see you ended up with a hardtail. Nice lookin' bike there Chris.

P.S. Can mom and dad cover my 1st 1k on a new bike too?
You got some good 'rents there Chris!!

[Funky_Fish14]

Yeah... I just had to get it done and ended up going new... you get better components that way anyways, and I like my 1 year warrenty Haha. The 'next' upgrade (that I hope to do ASAP, as soon as I can get some cash) is get a Devinci Moonracer full-suspension frame, since many of the components are similar or identical. Then I can use the hard-tail frame to build a second 'back-up'/hardtail bike from it.

Yes, my parents are pretty cool Part of the reason for getting a new bike is so that I ride it the 5-10 min ride to and from uni every day rather than driving my gas-guzzler SUV... which will hopefully save the cost of the bike in fuel.

Brett... yep, cant wait! Haha.

Thanks guys.

Chris

[Delphinus]

Nice snag. I <3 my Devinci (my DH bike is a Devinci).

So when you coming down so we can go riding Chris??

[Funky_Fish14]

Thanks Tony!

Will see what I can do! Definitely would be fun!
Would love to go for a rip with anyone who is interested btw!

Gah... Im giddy to get on this thing, haha.

[Funky_Fish14]

3 weeks 1 day later, and I finally have it!





The bike is terrific but it makes a squeaking sound on left-foot downstroke already. And had a big scrape on the front of the frame I noticed after I took it home (which i did not inflict). Arrg.

Riding it is great. I cant wait to hit some trails!

Cheers,

Chris

[lastlight]

That's one sexy hog. I'd love to hop on something like that but I'm not fit enough to get a leg up on it.

[Funky_Fish14]

Thanks Brett.

Haha oh god am I 'out of shape' when it comes to cycling! Not only have I lost any cycling stamina (since I havent owned a ridable bicycle for 6 years) but I've also lost all skill at jumps/drops etc... It sucks haha. I had trouble riding without holding the handlebars. I got tired SO fast! And yet.... I ride a unicycle like nobody's business... can ride for a couple hours, do plenty of drops/jumps etc... and there are no handlebars... haha. I feel embarrassed riding my bike.

[Delphinus]

Chris you look positively .. um ... I'm not sure how to put it. I think you may need to eat more. You look like a friggin 2x4 next to that bike.

On a more serious note, you'd think that unicyling would transfer back to bicycling more so than the other way around. Have you tried not juggling for a little bit while you find your bike feet? And don't wait too long to install that honka-honka horn.

[Funky_Fish14]

Haha Tony. Actually im not a big guy anyways (PS. thats a 1x4 :P)

Im a trials/mountain unicyclist rather than a circus guy. I can juggle about as well as the average person. I can get 3 objects in the air and miss catching all of them on the way back down

[Funky_Fish14]

And yeah im surprised my legs get so tired. You have to push a lot harder on hills and stuff and more leg strength when you jump (plus no suspension on a uni). Weird.