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    VIC Thomson Titanium flat bars, SOLD

    Still Available??
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    The Vintage Mountain Bike Thread.

    I could use it for something...
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    The Single Speed Thread

    Slightly random question but is anyone here going to SSWC 2013 in Italy??
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    Top 5 Aussie MTB bikers of all time

    I'd throw out Gudax as having a big positive influence as she was a bit of a cow towards a lot of female riders at the races I saw her at.
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    New technology - Is riding now too easy?

    Yes when I was a boy the lowest gear available for climbing hills as 24-28 and if you got the line really wrong on fast rocky stuff your rims got smashed to pieces... Its interesting though that while some parts back then were quite fragile other things like old 6, 7and 8 speed XT were...
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    How many pushy's ya got?

    I stopped counting when I got to 20 rideable bikes...
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    Rude Riders

    I’m not being encouraging or discouraging. I’m pretty hopeless on the downs too but to me the comment (as you've written it) from the other rider is just part of the banter at races. Ok you were on the ground at the time but other than your pride you can’t have been that hurt as you caught them...
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    Rude Riders

    Well he was factually correct...
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    The Vintage Mountain Bike Thread.

    Dual suspension frames cost normaly cost me $75US. You just have to convince someone to unbolt the rear end and pack into the dead space in the box.
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    bike storage in the cave

    A bit of dead road tube works well too.
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    Where to ride in Tassie?

    Drive to the west coast, park at Trial Harbour and ride from there to Granville Harbour and back. Park at Roseberry and ride to Montezuma Falls or do Stirling Valley. That should be enough to fill your days along with driving and exploring
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    Difference between Santa Cruz and Intense?

    I think you mean Outland ;)
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    Road bike or Cyclo cross

    My $0.02 worth… I use my cross bike for commuting to work most of the time and its great except the gearing for cross racing/riding with a 46/36 up front and 27-12 cassette is a rather limiting as far as maximum speed goes. If you aren’t really interested in a cross bike or riding one off...
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    26 officially done?

    I don't remember the Judy coming out in a 29er size...
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    Sponsorship and it's influence on you

    3/4 of this forum were probably in nappies when she raced...
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    Sponsorship and it's influence on you

    I think I’m old and wise enough to separate the athlete and admiring their performance from them being a good public role model. Warnie may be a complete tosser but he was a good spinner, similarly Chris Jongewaard is a great rider even though I watched him smoke like a chimney and I wouldn’t...
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    Sponsorship and it's influence on you

    I have a set of Tomac Maguras and a Tioga Disk Drive pretty much because the man used them and he was cool… These days I pay no attention to what the pros ride at all and I seriously doubt they have much choice what they ride/wear/drink anyway. When I do race at bigger events I also hate...
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    26 officially done?

    You missed out 1.25" 'Evolution' from the early 90s ;)
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    26 officially done?

    I think you’ll find that it’s us the mountain bike buying public as a whole that made the decision for larger wheels and not the manufacturers who forced them on us. It’s not like they suddenly dropped all 26” bikes overnight, there has been a slow shift to the bigger wheels over the last 10...
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    Short travel/long travel discussion

    Something like this? ;)
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