tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580218268291985619.post4212667718918079177..comments2024-03-12T22:45:16.628-04:00Comments on the beat bike blog: Crunchy Groundchillwillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10374108424504518282noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580218268291985619.post-88114133554753011582008-12-05T10:14:00.000-05:002008-12-05T10:14:00.000-05:00I read somewhere about a guy who's riding to the S...I read somewhere about a guy who's riding to the South Pole with one.Brendanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629741034989840981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580218268291985619.post-91051352920890185482008-12-04T22:27:00.000-05:002008-12-04T22:27:00.000-05:00Maybe the one with the supped up Headshok (that I ...Maybe the one with the supped up Headshok (that I also remember from MBA back in the day).Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17857644638641975340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580218268291985619.post-76617929079838236022008-12-04T11:28:00.000-05:002008-12-04T11:28:00.000-05:00Eh, The Hanebrink has been around forever. I remem...Eh, The Hanebrink has been around forever. I remember reading about it in Mountain Bike Action when I was in middle school.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if anyone has ever bought one.Brendanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629741034989840981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580218268291985619.post-79422592069195355352008-12-03T21:29:00.000-05:002008-12-03T21:29:00.000-05:00Brendan, that thing is redonculous and deserves it...Brendan, that thing is redonculous and deserves its own post. But for $5500, I'd just hire contractors to pave a path across the muddy area I intended to traverse.El Presidente de Chinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09451059216906022450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580218268291985619.post-13794755473053926362008-12-03T14:25:00.000-05:002008-12-03T14:25:00.000-05:00well, you could get a fold up version of this: htt...well, you could get a fold up version of this: <A HREF="http://www.hanebrink.net/" REL="nofollow">http://www.hanebrink.net/</A>Brendanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629741034989840981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580218268291985619.post-55094214366804860892008-12-03T13:35:00.000-05:002008-12-03T13:35:00.000-05:00Fat tires on the Xootr is a no-go, 'cause it makes...Fat tires on the Xootr is a no-go, 'cause it makes me have to put the rear wheel farther back in the drops, which makes the chain rub the frame when I go to my highest gear (and being a muscular beast, I am <I>always</I> in my highest gear). Anyway, this mud-rambling experience was on the Special Tour de France, with its old-school, 3-speed 26" tires, and they don't really make wider tires in that size.El Presidente de Chinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09451059216906022450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580218268291985619.post-51457882199383892192008-12-03T12:15:00.000-05:002008-12-03T12:15:00.000-05:00Thats two flats! Knowing my tires ill get the thi...Thats two flats! Knowing my tires ill get the third to complete the bunch, and watch it be from riding on frozen dew clinging to grass!Karmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293205680039476494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580218268291985619.post-71157150181423233562008-12-03T12:10:00.000-05:002008-12-03T12:10:00.000-05:00Came out of Kenny's last night to discover I had a...Came out of Kenny's last night to discover I had a flat as well. El Prez was nearly pleading with me to take his generous offer of his spare tube and fix it there, but I decided the comforts of my warm apartment 5 blocks away was a better environment to do the change than the sub-freezing sidewalk of Capitol Ave.<BR/><BR/>My point is that due to the flat, I walked across the Capitol lawn and also enjoyed the light crunchiness.OpusOnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04109939318645099395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580218268291985619.post-77295061617201697652008-12-03T11:21:00.000-05:002008-12-03T11:21:00.000-05:00I don't mind a little bit of that stuff either. Yo...I don't mind a little bit of that stuff either. You gotta get some 2.35s on the xootr. Or buy yourself a Pugsley. Such a cool bike.Brendanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629741034989840981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580218268291985619.post-23733734772216116662008-12-03T10:01:00.000-05:002008-12-03T10:01:00.000-05:00I do love the crunch. One night last week I took a...I do love the crunch. One night last week I took a shortcut through the athletic fields behind Sedgwick Middles School in West Hartford, and the initial, delightful crunch gave way to a slurping, sucking, mire of mud, in which I had to pedal madly just to stay upright and avoid sinking a shoe irremediably into the much. Properly, fully frozen mud would have been much nicer.El Presidente de Chinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09451059216906022450noreply@blogger.com