Research on Mountain Bikes

dswilson said:

Hi - I'm doing some research on mountain bikes.

How much did you pay for your current mountain bike? Do you have the original bars or replacement?
What material are they.. alum, carbon, titanium, alloy Would they be interested in carbon bars with
"radical" color weaves if they were price competitive?

Only if they matched the wicker basket.

Mark "lookin' for "radical" ivory with buttercup highlights" Hickey Habanero Cycles
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dswilson said:

Hi - I'm doing some research on mountain bikes.

How much did you pay for your current mountain bike?

$100. The guy who bought it probably paid $1200 or $1400, rode it for 200 miles (Cateye evidence),
biffed badly (big deep scratch in one of the cranks), put it in his garage and sold it several years
later at his garage sale.

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Do you have the original bars or replacement?

They're probably original, but I wouldn't swear to it.

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What material are they.. alum, carbon, titanium, alloy

Aluminum.

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Would they be interested in carbon bars with "radical" color weaves if they were price
competitive?

Naw, my bars are pretty damn anti-social.

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425 dollars, original bars, aluminium, no, id never want carbon bars, apparently they fray at the
ends if you cut them. But say i had the option of buying radically coloured aluminium bars, answer
would be no. may be deep blue and black, but thats not really radical, im thinking hot pink and
purple when you say that :p

dswilson said:

Hi - I'm doing some research on mountain bikes.

How much did you pay for your current mountain bike? Do you have the original bars or replacement?
What material are they.. alum, carbon, titanium, alloy Would they be interested in carbon bars with
"radical" color weaves if they were price competitive?

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Hi - I'm doing some research on mountain bikes.

How much did you pay for your current mountain bike?

Nothing. It was abandoned behind our church, and I felt sorry for it after it had sat out there all
winter. A new crank and lots of lubricants and it's -- well, not as good as new, but good enough for
the off roading I do.

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Do you have the original bars or replacement? What material are they..

alum, carbon,

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titanium, alloy

Original. I'm guessing steel, since the frame is steel.

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Would they be interested in carbon bars with "radical" color weaves if they were price competitive?

Would they match my hair? Mostly gray, some brown, a lot of blank spots?

Mike Kruger said:

Would they match my hair? Mostly gray, some brown, a lot of blank spots?

That's not blank, that's mill finish.
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How much did you pay for your current mountain bike?

About $500 all together. Lots of NOS.

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Do you have the original bars or replacement?

Original bars, but loking for wider ones at a good price.

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What material are they.. alum, carbon, titanium, alloy

Aluminum.

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Would they be interested in carbon bars with "radical" color weaves if they were price competitive?

As long as they were black, sure (c: The acid hippie neon tie dyed trend seems to be thankfully
over, and I was never part of it in the first place. Silver and black are the only colors on my main
bike. Dark red, silver and black are the colors on my secondary bike.

C.Q.C.

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Would they be interested in carbon bars with "radical" color weaves if they were price
competitive?

Naw, my bars are pretty damn anti-social.

I used to think mine were too, but I've come to realize they're just physically challenged in a
society that disfavours hugely wide handlebars. I've come to not only accept them for what they are,
but to truly appreciate their own intrinsic, special beauty.

Nevertheless, they do seem to be highly interested in the basement door jamb every time I wrestle my
bike into/out of the basement. Oh, well. At least it's not somebody's kidney.

My pedals are pretty anti-social, though. At least, the left one is. It seems to have it in for my
shin whenever I wrestle my bike through the basement door, and I forget to crank the pedal around,
behind my calf.

cheers, & I am not an animal (usually), Tom

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Hi - I'm doing some research on mountain bikes.

How much did you pay for your current mountain bike?

Aroud $300, but that was 20 years ago.

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Do you have the original bars or replacement?

Original

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What material are they.. alum, carbon, titanium, alloy

Steel bullmoose bars

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Would they be interested in carbon bars with "radical" color weaves if they were price
competitive?

Now that would be polishing the turd, wouldn't it?

dswilson <[email hidden]> wrote:
: Hi - I'm doing some research on mountain bikes.

: How much did you pay for your current mountain bike? Do you have the original bars or replacement?
: What material are they.. alum, carbon, titanium, alloy Would they be interested in carbon bars
: with "radical" color weaves if they were price competitive?

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I paid too much for mine. I bought it used from a friend for $175. I rode the thing for 40 miles and
then I crashed and bent the aluminum handlebars. Lucky thing I had some painted steel bars from an
old huffy laying around. They work just fine.

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dswilson <[email hidden]> wrote:
: Hi - I'm doing some research on mountain bikes.

: How much did you pay for your current mountain bike? Do you have the original bars or
: replacement? What material are they.. alum, carbon, titanium, alloy Would they be interested in
: carbon bars with "radical" color weaves if they were price competitive?

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I paid too much for mine. I bought it used from a friend for $175. I rode the thing for 40 miles
and then I crashed and bent the aluminum handlebars. Lucky thing I had some painted steel bars from
an old huffy laying around. They work just fine.

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I paid $65 for my latish 80's vintage Norco Bush Pilot. A real beauty with hot pink paint and
covered with candy coloured flecks. Rode it for a zillion miles and finally got out a can of bright
yellow rust paint and some primer and a decent brush and painted it a colour that I like.

Weighs a ton and rides smooth and stable on city treads pumped to about 75 psi. The handlebars? The
originals still work fine thanks. 🙂 Bernie

cheg said:

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Would they be interested in carbon bars with "radical" color weaves if they were price
competitive?

Now that would be polishing the turd, wouldn't it?

"Polishing the turd"...Gotta file that one away for future use.
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cheg said:

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Would they be interested in carbon bars with "radical" color weaves if they were price
competitive?

Now that would be polishing the turd, wouldn't it?

"Polishing the turd"...Gotta file that one away for future use.
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That's a technical term used in engineering. Our motto is you can buy better but you can't pay more.