RR: SS Rigid (supershort)

"Phil, Squid-in-Training" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

Ow. OEM Giant XTC grips are too small and put a lot of pressure on the
palms. Oury, please.

Fast uphill, fast downhill; rigid not good for rocky, rooty, or otherwise
high-frequency-vibration riding.

32/15 is a leetle too tall.

Yes, hopping obstacles is harder, but at 15psi, the (tubed) tires give
some nice bounce.

Pic below... It's actually a friend's bike that I borrowed for a ride.
Ignore the weird posters on the wall... weird roommates.

http://plaza.ufl.edu/phillee/ss.jpg
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Phil, Squid-in-Training

A singlespeed with a granny gear?

On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 23:18:50 -0800, "Dean A. Stepper"
<[email hidden]> scribbled:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

http://plaza.ufl.edu/phillee/ss.jpg
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Phil, Squid-in-Training

A singlespeed with a granny gear?

Looks like a bail-out option, the bike has no shifters on it to make
it harder to cheat. 🙂

-Slash
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"Ebert Victorious"
-The Onion

Phil said:

Ow. OEM Giant XTC grips are too small and put a lot of pressure on the
palms. Oury, please.

Fast uphill, fast downhill; rigid not good for rocky, rooty, or otherwise
high-frequency-vibration riding.

32/15 is a leetle too tall.

Yes, hopping obstacles is harder, but at 15psi, the (tubed) tires give some
nice bounce.

Pic below... It's actually a friend's bike that I borrowed for a ride.
Ignore the weird posters on the wall... weird roommates.

http://plaza.ufl.edu/phillee/ss.jpg

Hmm... Are you falling victim to all of our hype?

34/16 here and doable for me.

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o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
www.schnauzers.ws

Ride-A-Lot said:

Phil said:

Ow. OEM Giant XTC grips are too small and put a lot of pressure on
the palms. Oury, please.

Fast uphill, fast downhill; rigid not good for rocky, rooty, or
otherwise high-frequency-vibration riding.

32/15 is a leetle too tall.

Yes, hopping obstacles is harder, but at 15psi, the (tubed) tires
give some nice bounce.

Pic below... It's actually a friend's bike that I borrowed for a
ride. Ignore the weird posters on the wall... weird roommates.

http://plaza.ufl.edu/phillee/ss.jpg

Hmm... Are you falling victim to all of our hype?

Well, you did just call it "hype." 😉 In all honesty, partially, but not
fully, the reason being a lack of money for a steed similar to the one
pictured.

Quoted message said:

34/16 here and doable for me.

Although I didn't get stuck at the tops of hills or roots or anything, I'm
less of a masher and more spinner. And the chances to go riding are about
once every 5 or 6 weeks... e.g. I'm weak. 😉

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Phil, Squid-in-Training

Phil said:

And the chances to go riding are about
once every 5 or 6 weeks... e.g. I'm weak. 😉

You sound like a "freerider". Got cigarettes?

JD

JD said:

Phil said:

And the chances to go riding are about
once every 5 or 6 weeks... e.g. I'm weak. 😉

You sound like a "freerider". Got cigarettes?

Hey now... I don't pretend to be a freerider (cuz I'm not)... I just like to
ride adulty-bmxy pavement stuff every once in a while. Not as much now
since I went to jail... I'm just more careful about it.

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Phil, Squid-in-Training

Hey is that the Bride of Frankenstien I see on the wall? Oh yeah, you said
to ignore those. It looks like that bike has at least 2 chainrings on the
crank. Does your friend use both rings and manually change gears or was the
smaller gear just left on?

Mike

"Phil, Squid-in-Training" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

Ow. OEM Giant XTC grips are too small and put a lot of pressure on the
palms. Oury, please.

Fast uphill, fast downhill; rigid not good for rocky, rooty, or otherwise
high-frequency-vibration riding.

32/15 is a leetle too tall.

Yes, hopping obstacles is harder, but at 15psi, the (tubed) tires give

some

Quoted message said:

nice bounce.

Pic below... It's actually a friend's bike that I borrowed for a ride.
Ignore the weird posters on the wall... weird roommates.

http://plaza.ufl.edu/phillee/ss.jpg
--
Phil, Squid-in-Training

Mike Kennedy said:

Hey is that the Bride of Frankenstien I see on the wall? Oh yeah, you
said to ignore those. It looks like that bike has at least 2
chainrings on the crank. Does your friend use both rings and manually
change gears or was the smaller gear just left on?

To address you and the other person, they were just left on. Changing them
manually in the small hills of FL would be a PITA. She basically left the
drivetrain as-is, taking the FD and shifters off, and using the RD as a
tensioner. I guess she didn't get around to taking the granny off.
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Phil, Squid-in-Training

"Oury, please."

You just lost all credibililitity.

Phil said:

Yes, hopping obstacles is harder, but at 15psi, the (tubed) tires give some
nice bounce.

15psi?! How much do you weigh? :P

hippy