frank theriault wrote: >On 5/4/07, David Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>On May 4, 2007, at 3:09 AM, frank theriault wrote: >> >> >> >>>http://gmapuploader.com/iframe.php?mapId=PXPVwvf04K >>> >>>Now ~that's~ a freaking bike... >>> >>> >>Excuse me, I need to change my trousers. That bike is pornography. >>What ratio are you running on it? >> >> > >49 tooth chainring, 17 tooth cog. That puts it in the mid-70's >gear-inches, which is a medium gear for a road bike. If you get a >nice spin going, you can cruise at about 40km/h, if you go nuts you >can do 50 km/h (my few tries at a 200 metre flying sprint I was in the >high 13's, which worked out to about 50 km/h), yet it's a small enough >gear to climb pretty much hill that downtown Toronto can throw at me. > > You're obviously in better shape than I, I'm running 44x16 right now, but I also have delusions of one day climbing the Bathurst St hill at Davenport on the way home.
>>Now, enough of these pansy road bikes. >>http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/enduro.jpg >> >> > >Peh! Gears. Brakes. Knobbie tires... > > > >>I just got her back from a servicing and I plan to ride her >>extensively during the weekend (no Mark!ing this sentence out of >>context!). >> >> > >Well, I've never done any off-roading. When I see a bike like that, I >tell myself that I really should give it a try sometime. Looks like >fun!! > >Seriously, lovely (if industrial looking) bike! > >cheers, >frank > > > Offroading can be a lot of fun, although I suspect cross might be more your style than a freeride bike like that (designed more for the North Shore in BC than what we get here in TO) -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
