Don Vito Corleone
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Take it from a guy who's been there (I spent a TON upgrading my first MTB, a 1991 Bridgestone MB-3) - these kinds of incremental upgrades will drain your pocket, add only minimal performance benefits, and add nothing much to the bike's value. Deore will shift nearly as well as anything out there, and you are better off saving your money for the next bike if you really get into mountain biking.
I hear ya, The wheelset I'm justifying by putting road tires on one of the sets so I can do some more paved riding, and the sram set....well I just gotta spend it on something
Formerly GripShift. It's a twist-grip shifter instead of a trigger-shifter for mountain bikes. I personally love them as your hands are always firmly on the grips, they're light, and have very few moving parts.
SRAM shifter
Basically, you twist and take up cable. Twist the other way and release cable. Very simple.
Homerboy
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This is my old bike from my biking days...
The guy I sold it to has done some "changes" like new cranks (replaced my white industries) and a new stem (replaced Core)
This was the Schwinn's fist foray back into "Real" bikes... the Schwinn Homegrown USA. Bike was 99% USA build (derails and chain only 2 things not USA)
Was freaking amazing piece of Yeti-Built machinary.
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Someday Ill buy it back from him... I miss the girl.
The guy I sold it to has done some "changes" like new cranks (replaced my white industries) and a new stem (replaced Core)
This was the Schwinn's fist foray back into "Real" bikes... the Schwinn Homegrown USA. Bike was 99% USA build (derails and chain only 2 things not USA)
Was freaking amazing piece of Yeti-Built machinary.
Pic1
Pic2
Someday Ill buy it back from him... I miss the girl.
mechBgon
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Here's my old mountain bike, a mongrel based off of a 1998 Gary Fisher Paragon frame:
dude... you left your headlights on? (that is my venerable Niterider Nighthawk, the first production microprocessor-controlled bicycle lighting system)
rear derailleur and cassette Maybe not high-end, but it's paid for
closeup of crankset This is my old "full-size-drive" XTR crankset. They'll pry it from my COLD DEAD FINGERS :evil: Laser-etched 6-4 titanium spindle bolt.
The drivetrain just got a scrub in the bathtub... most of it is so worn that it should be thrown away, along with the ol' 747 pedals, but I don't have the funds to replace 'em right now. Here's what it looked like before and after cleaning. :Q *flees from Brutuskend*
dude... you left your headlights on? (that is my venerable Niterider Nighthawk, the first production microprocessor-controlled bicycle lighting system)
rear derailleur and cassette Maybe not high-end, but it's paid for
closeup of crankset This is my old "full-size-drive" XTR crankset. They'll pry it from my COLD DEAD FINGERS :evil: Laser-etched 6-4 titanium spindle bolt.
The drivetrain just got a scrub in the bathtub... most of it is so worn that it should be thrown away, along with the ol' 747 pedals, but I don't have the funds to replace 'em right now. Here's what it looked like before and after cleaning. :Q *flees from Brutuskend*
Don Vito Corleone
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I'm not crazy about them. I use an XT Rapid Fire + pod for my rear shifting, and a Suntour XC-Pro thumbshifter (circa 1991) for the front.
I don't like the grip shift but they have trigger shifters let ya shift up and down with just your thumb, and also have a 1:1 ration instead of Shimano's 2:1 ratio I'm gonna test the feel out at a shop here this week see how much I like it. I rode my friends gripshift and I really didn't like it much
Okay, as promised, here are the toys. The pics came out kinda crappy, but you'll just have to deal with it.
American Comp-Lite, now serving commuter duty.
Eddy Merckx MX Leader Motorola
Bob Jackson 531 comverted to fixed-gear.
Steelman SR525
American Comp-Lite, now serving commuter duty.
Eddy Merckx MX Leader Motorola
Bob Jackson 531 comverted to fixed-gear.
Steelman SR525
Originally posted by: Fausto
Okay, as promised, here are the toys. The pics came out kinda crappy, but you'll just have to deal with it.
American Comp-Lite, now serving commuter duty.
Eddy Merckx MX Leader Motorola
Bob Jackson 531 comverted to fixed-gear.
Steelman SR525
Fausto needs more pedals!
Maybe we should take up a collection.
I have another set, I had just taken them off recently as a friend was borrowing the Merckx.Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Originally posted by: Fausto
Okay, as promised, here are the toys. The pics came out kinda crappy, but you'll just have to deal with it.
American Comp-Lite, now serving commuter duty.
Eddy Merckx MX Leader Motorola
Bob Jackson 531 comverted to fixed-gear.
Steelman SR525
Fausto needs more pedals!
Maybe we should take up a collection.
These just arrived today.
Sidi Genius 4's. Can't wait to try them on the bike. They feel like slippers compared to my Diadoras.
Sidi Genius 4's. Can't wait to try them on the bike. They feel like slippers compared to my Diadoras.
Originally posted by: Fausto
These just arrived today.
Sidi Genius 4's. Can't wait to try them on the bike. They feel like slippers compared to my Diadoras.
Spiffy!
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