Corvus Corvax said:The frame I am riding, a 1991 Giant Sedona, dates to this period....
I had a Giant 780X (is that right?) back in '88. That's when mtb seat
tubes were around the same size as a road bike's. High, ball-smashing
top tubes. That thing tried to kill me 100 times, but I was cutting my
teeth then.
<snippery of suffering>
Quoted message said:"Come take a look at this!" she announces proudly. She draws a small
crowd, bent over her rear wheel. She has done a McGuyver on her
tensioner:
Wow....
Freekin' brilliant! I've never seen that before. There's no reason to
go back to the cable. You should mass market that stick! Have Bontrager
design one in carbon fiber....
Quoted message said:I console
myself as she disappears that, were I not on a rigid, I would be flying
down the hill too. I am then immediately passed at high speed by two
guys on rigids. My ego is thoroughly deflated.
HAH!
Quoted message said:
The Dirt Rag guys pass me again,
Quoted message said:making animal noises.
Double HAH!
Quoted message said:It has been about four and a half hours. We ride the last mile of the
course together.After that, we go out and get stinking wasted.
CC
BRAVO!
/s