I should get a picture of the gold plated one on my Black Lightning.
Where did you ride your Cannondale today?
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kjop
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absolutely! when the deraileur is correct adjusted, there is no need for the disc
nothing wrong with some 'blingbling' on a bike^^ goldchain, gold disc... in @IdahoBrett 's thread i've posted a whole groupset by MAFAC out of 'gold'
IdahoBrett
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@letsbike you sure are quite the Joker
Great weather this week. It only broke 90 degrees (32C) one day.
I’ll add the dork disc to maintenance items to do list. I tried to get one last trip out of the headshock. I hadn’t rode it since last summer. The Headshock was a slow leaker then, but a fast leaker now. I bought the seal kit and tool last year but added too many bike projects. So it didn’t get an overhaul. The Prophet found a new owner just before the camping trip. Which made the F3 my primary MTN bike. With a flat Headshock I only did the one trail ride. The rest of the week was riding around the campground with my kiddos.
I ”need” to find me a rigid MTN bike for the family camping trips. A BotE would be my choice….
kjop
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JohnnyD
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This would be a great addition for those cold days in Idaho so you could ride all year long, like I get to do here in Texas!
It's possible to start a ride with everything in proper adjustment but it only takes a fall, a stick, or other contact to mess it up. The number of rear wheels that have come my way with chain gouged spokes back me up on this. Most of my bikes don't have discs but I leave them on the ones that do.absolutely! when the deraileur is correct adjusted, there is no need for the disc
kjop
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i can speak only from a roadbike perspective/experience and that happend usually not. with mtb and heavy offroad i can imagine that. to remove the plastic disc is maybe just an unwritten rule from the velominati-codex... xD
I would guess that the majority of wheels that I have purchased that had spokes damaged by contact with the chain were road bike wheels. Damage was often hidden by the cassette or freewheel prior to purchase. Road bikes are not immune to improper adjustment, or things going awry during a ride.
letsbike
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I used my granny gear for the first time in two years to get to the top of the new parking garage to see the old parking lot being transformed into a city park.
(I've always loved the railroad track shots)
(I've always loved the railroad track shots)
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What railroad? Rails look kind of light compared to those on the local BNSF (originally CB&Q).
letsbike
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Passenger and light freight. I often race the train as it's tracks run in a parallel direction to the main branch bikeway. I can usually win over a four mile stretch.
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letsbike
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That looks like a fun train trip. Cool that they are running passenger trains. Do they allow bikes on board?
Too bad. It would be fun to get on the train at Monett and ride the bike back. Seems that the train only runs between Van Buren and Springdale though.
Same here. Supposed to be mid to upper 90s today and super humid. I spent the morning picking up debris from last night's storm. Power has been off for about 12 hours so far. 3' diameter hackberry tree had the road blocked south of my house but a crew had it pretty well cleaned up by 10 AM.
IdahoBrett
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I took Mrs.Idaho’s 93 M500 for a spin down by the Snake River.
A lightning strike started a big fire an hour after our arrival to the campground. Fortunately it didn’t cross the river.
A lightning strike started a big fire an hour after our arrival to the campground. Fortunately it didn’t cross the river.
letsbike
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A somewhat cooler day got me out to the Prairie Grove Civil War battlefield. I've been wanting to get a picture of the Cannondale leaning up against a Cannon for awhile. There are numerous battlefields in this area, so expect some similar pictures to be posted in the future.
