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Anyone ride a bike?

Ive been an avid mtn biker for 18 years now. I ride a singlespeed Specialized I built. I havent got me a road bike yet, but I am going to as soon as I can find one I like used. I am also gonna build me a vintage fixie one of these days if I can ever find me a frame.

I am restoring a vintage Hiawatha for my wife right now......

Nice bike, hope you get alot of enjoyment out of it.
 
I bike commute 10 miles/16 K pretty much each work day, for about 6 months a year. I have a beater-looking (the better to deter theft with) Diamondback mountainbike I've 'customed' (and also maintain entirely myself) to be a road warrior. It's about 8 years old, still rides well.
 
Here's my main steed:

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Even with the tires pumped up hard, it's a comfortable ride. The tall stem (a point of ridicule with some of my friends) makes for a really neutral position that I can ride all day on roads or even reasonably smooth trails.

For the rough stuff I ride an old Cannondale Beast of the East with a Ritchey Logic fork. It's held up for more years than I'd care to mention.
 
AWESOME BIKE PB! I love the 'stache bars! I see that you're a disciple of Grant.

My first "adult" bike was a Giant Sequoia MTB - good for what it was, but too pokey on the roads, so I then made my next mistake and got a Specialized Allez Elite. The Allez was fast as the wind, but I hated not being able to bongo over curbs and watching for cracks and potholes that would ruin my tires.

Sold that and picked up a Binachi Volpe. Bianchi markets it as a cyclocross/touring bike. It's a great all-around bike. I've pimped it out with Salsa Bell Lap bars, bar end shifters, Cane Creek brake levers, Brooks Professional saddle, MKS touring pedals, and Continental TravelContact tires. Those tires are sweet - raised slick in the middle, recessed knobbies on the sides, a little on the thick side - they let me book down the road and hit the trails. Thinking about possibly getting mustache bars like PB, and I may deck it our with touring bags one day, just fer scuzz.

I have an '83 Panasonic Sport 1000 sitting in the garage waiting for funds to become a fixed gear/single speed project.
 
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