Posted on 07/15/2016 4:45:47 PM PDT by West Texas Chuck
Man, the build on this monster was going to be capped at $1500 but the wheels went over a bit, and I ended up with some stuff I couldn’t use. Just small items like a seat bag that didn’t work out and a set of wheel skewers I ended up not needing, so all told it was right at $2K. Now, a lot of people will spit coffee on their monitors when they see that for a bicycle, but people who know understand that is a nice custom ride but nowhere near the upper limits. I have a buddy who spent $12K on a tandem for he and his wife. Titanium frame, disc brakes, all the goodies.
I think my Matt Chester is the upper limit so far for me: titanium singlespeed 29er, two sets of wheels, took 2 years to pull that one together but well worth it. What a bike, off-road or for just putting around the lake.
Yepper, the Strangler is a 29er, 700C x 40-42mm tires, a lot of rubber for the road but that should let me run low pressures and make for a comfy ride and total confidence and security for long roads around the area.
News “cycle.”
Good one!
You could put mountain bikish raised bars on this one, I’ve seen several on the Surly site set up that way, but to run the Ultegra STI shifter I needed to go drops, and I’m used to those from many miles of road riding, so it’s all good.
Pass :)
Knew a guy in the service that got a new Harley. He was feeling uber-cool, cruisin' around. So cool, in fact, that he pulled up beside a car full of girls, and came to a stop without putting a foot on the ground.
I had a buddy, the guy I moved from the Panhandle to Dallas with. He got tired of it and went back to Whichita Falls and got hooked up with a girl. She has some scratch and she got him a new Harley. Guy rode it once and crashed and was on rehab for 6 months. Second time he rode it he crashed into the back of a milk truck and was killed.
Dude rode that big scooter twice and the second time was worse than the first. Some people are not made for motorcycles.
The friends I have who knew this cat and I have a chuckle everytime his name comes up. Dude was always rushing to the graveyard. RIP Mark Hipp.
I put 35 miles on it today, in the conditions and situations it was built for. Excelled, everything I hoped it would be.
Man, it’s hot out there, I went through 4 bottles.
The guy I’m talking about was sitting on a rice-burner, feet planted, spinning the rear tire in loose coral. It got away from him and went into a Florida swamp. He was a Maine logger before the military...had a scar from tit to shoulder blade where a chainsaw kicked back on him...50 feet up a tree he was topping. Some people....
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.