Mountain biking and jet ski’s
I’m with you. I gave up getting out of the way a long time ago. Sometimes they bitch about it, but they inevitably quit when I look them in the eye and tell them to go to hell. A couple have flown off the trail. Some stop, and it gives me a chance to give [...]
OT: Where to buy Mountain Bikes and research info
What store(s) in Vancouver have: i. good selection of mountain bikes ii. good service iii. and preferably good pricing (although I know points ii. and iii. are sometimes mutually exclusive. 2) Also, hust wondering if anyone knows any websites where I can find out what to look for when buying a mountain bike so I [...]
Kids mountain bikes/road bikes
on reading the threads on survival 2wd and 4wd vehicles,i’m reminded that the achilles heel would be availability of gasoline.was wondering if anyone has given thought to human-powered mountain bikes,and if one can haul more on one and go further than by just walking with a pack.How should one outfit one,and would one ride wearing [...]
Specialized bikes
They aren’t very common any more on new bikes, but I’m fairly sure 6-speed freehub bodies are still available for both SunTour and Shimano. You might have to buy a 7-speed rear hub and replace the freehub body, unless you buy a 7-speed MicroDrive hub, in which case you just replace the MicroDrive double lockring [...]
GT Mountain bikes
A friend of mine has some brand new GT Mountain bikes for Sale. He has access to mostly all models, so if you know a particular model you want let me know and i can get you a price. Here are a few examples: GT Backwoods: Description The Backwoods reaches for the outer limits with [...]
Occasie mountainbikes gezocht
That, unfortuneately, is not entirely CLEAR from Mike’s postings. I .would hope he would post something, definitive, staking his claim. But .at various points, even recently, Mike has claimed BOTH (i.e., a desire .to ban all humans AND a desire to ban just mountain bikes). Please .note, I said BAN mountain bikes. As Mike has [...]
Areas where mountain bikes are restricted
The biggest problem with this idea is that Indian Peaks wilderness area is restricted to mountain bikes. Of course, alot of people ignore this restriction, but there are big fines for those who do. My experience with the area indicates that the trails are too rough to bike on anyway The best idea for an [...]
Shooting via mountain bike
I bought a very decent mountain bike from Target for $119. Has worked flawless in the dozens of times I’ve taken it out on trails. If you really aren’t looking for anything special (ie:expensive), you won’t need to worry about switching to street tires. Just think of your dirt tires as “all-terrain”, which includes pavement. [...]
Mountain Biking Is Destroying Oakland’s Parks!
In park after park around the world, the pattern is the same: mountain bikes are allowed on a few trails, but the bikers are never satisfied. They ride off the trails, they build new trails illegally, they ignore “No Bikes” signs, or even rip them out of the ground, until the public gets fed up [...]
Wilderness Area restriction
Yes, being both an avid hiker and mountain biker, I gave this a try a while ago. I think the best way to put this is that it didn’t work out very well at all. We loaded up our packs and then tried to ride over some pretty gnarly single track. The weight in the [...]
Good working mountain bike
Bikes are definitely a vehicle of choice for a breakdown/disaster scenario, especially in the long-term. They’re also nice cheap ways to get around, if you live in a place where it’s practical (a friend in Las Vegas once told me that Las Vegas was Spanish for “no bike lanes”, but other cities are very bike-friendly) [...]
Mountain bikes on the West – East highland
It may have been the ACU (AutoCycle Union). There was some concern some years back with what was termed ‘green laneing’ where trail motorcycles were run along unsurfaced lanes and were basically churning them up. The problem was not caused by those who did genuinely care but rather the idiots who could rush out, buy [...]