Comments on Rough Riders: Any Bike, Anywhere: Home of the Classic Cyclist: Mountain Bikes: Who Needs Them?

Real interesting perpective on off road riding you...

2012-01-11T12:12:48.244-08:00

Real interesting perpective on off road riding you have there. I have sold many an old steel bike and never thought about just throwing knobbies on one of them and taking it out to the trail. We have some flat singletrack out here in Texas hill country. I personally would stay away from the rocky terrain and steep dips and crossings on a road bike. These are things I would normally ride on my mountain bike without giving it a second thought. I'm not sure I could say the same on skinnys.There would be alot of dismounting involved. I plan to get a singlespeed cross bike this year or throw knobbies and fenders on my 10 speed. Let you know how it goes.

Jes be sure and use a cassette rear wheel, and not...

2011-05-07T12:21:20.947-07:00

Jes be sure and use a cassette rear wheel, and not a freewheel if ye can... Last month, I missed a ride down by LadyBird Lake (in Austin, Tx where I used to live, and be visitin again)... I was on an olde 80's Raliegh I had ridden up from Houston (on which I may have already bent thee rear axle)... I decided to go around thee hike and bike trail, when I ended up near thee trailhead for thee Barton Creek greenbelt... this is where my adult love of biking really all began back in thee early 90's... I had to take it... got quite a ways too before finally bustin thee rear axle in two... was seriously tranportation limited for thee next 3-4 days afore I got it fixed back up at Yellow Bikes...

It's all about riding. Not about conformity. R...

2011-01-25T07:57:49.927-08:00

It's all about riding. Not about conformity. Ride a unicycle if you want. Or a road bike. Or a tricycle. Or a downhill bike. But enjoy the ride and tolerate others' choices.

I just came back from a ride that wasn't the l...

2009-10-12T10:10:38.851-07:00

I just came back from a ride that wasn't the least bit epic, but it was a Bit-O-Fun. Up a bit of river valley gorge on a one lane dirt and rock road that's pretty washed out at the moment; then back down again. No logs across the way, but a Bit-O-Treeage from the very self-same storms that washed it out.

It's a shame I was the only one out, because it mighta been a bit of a hoot to see people's reactions as I blasted past them (both up and down) on today's mount.

A modern "Dutch" style, rigid fork city U frame, with Grip King pedals, high rise bars and good, old fashioned, white wall cruiser tires. One speed, one coaster brake, one mind. That's how the whole "mountain bike thang" started, remember?

Total investment so far, with everything purchased NEW; hunert'n fifty bucks (the post and saddle are, for the moment, borrowed from my Redline 925, which I also do the dirt on, often shod with 28mm slicks).

I'm having a real hard time trying to figure out why I couldn't ride the thing in the GDR, and to reasonably good effect even. It's not about the bike.

Today, I went for a ride in the Mt Laguna area. I ...

2009-10-10T22:50:01.642-07:00

Today, I went for a ride in the Mt Laguna area. I started in Pine Valley, rode up Pine Creek Road, then up the Noble Canyon Trail (not from the bottom, from lowest road crossing), then up to Sunrise Highway, then back down the Big Laguna Trail through to Sunrise Highway again, then back down to Pine Valley. I ride a cyclocross bike. Freedom isn't really known until you have realize that you DIDN'T have it before, and riding a cyclocross bike gives you freedom. I don't consider road conditions anymore. I just ride. I may even sell my mountain bike.

You are either seriously nuts, or wrote this whole...

2009-02-05T17:55:00.000-08:00

You are either seriously nuts, or wrote this whole thing tongue-in-cheek.

My bro rocks the cycling world again!

2007-09-18T18:09:00.000-07:00

My bro rocks the cycling world again!