Interesting comment about your bar choice. When I first saw the pictures of the bull moose by itself I thought it looked unwieldy but on your bomba it looks like an organic extenstion of the frame- very nice.
On Jan 2, 4:56 am, Ray Shine <r.sh...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Curious what your buds thought of the Bombadil. > > ________________________________ > From: jinxed <hbcl...@yahoo.com> > To: RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Fri, January 1, 2010 6:51:13 PM > Subject: [RBW] NYD Ride report. Bombadil goes riding with the big boys! > > I have a couple buddies that are professional mountain bikers and ride > for a team out here. I used to do a bunch of riding with them till I > became a fat happy dad. Anyway, they do an annual NYD ride that heads > up the road portion of Lookout Mountain in Golden Colorado then down a > mountain bike trail on the backside. I got the invite and decided I > would (on purpose) subject myself to a world of hurt trying to follow > these guys. I got shelled pretty quick on the way up as expected, but > we had a blast on the way down snow covered singletrack trails. > Everyone there was on very high end full suspension bikes...except me > who was on the Bombadil. I hung though!! > > Here is a picture set: > > http://tinyurl.com/ylorm9z > > We did @ 13.5 miles, climbed about 1,716 ft in elevation with a max of > 7526 ft. reached at the top. > > Took about 2 hours. > > Observations on the bike....it handled pretty well considering the > conditions. The top part of the singletrack was pretty loose snow that > was knee deep in places and I got through just as well as the full sus > bikes. It was sort of funny, everyone kept stopping to fiddle with > their shock and tire pressures. I just lowered my seat a little at the > top. > > Once we got lower the trail was a little more packed and easier to > ride as long as you stayed on the 12" wide packed snow. Either side > your front wheel would sink like a stone. At first I was fighting the > front end of the bike a bunch as it kept trying to follow the ruts. > Remembering my time before suspension, I leaned back a little to un- > weight the front and gave it more gas. That kept the front end > floating and much easier to track very similar to riding in sand. The > bullmoose bars are great! I was very happy with the width and position > off road. Everyone was envious of my platform pedals as all their spd > cleats were jammed with ice right off the bat. All of these guys could > rocket away from me on a dry trail even at my best, but the conditions > of the day kept things pretty equal. We had a great time, and I hope > to make it an ongoing event. > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
