[bensf]

I did the 3 bears today and I saw one guy in one going maybe 40-50 mph down one if the hills.

[bensf]

Does your Klein have a little black thing on the bottom. My old klein does and you can get that to work pretty well but I’ve also been having some problems with that.

[bensf]

Is that where the chain gets stuck between the crank and the chainring? I might be able to help except I’m not sure what your talking about.

[bensf]

You could get the kind that ataches (spelling sucks today) to your seat post.

[bensf]

Thanks again for all the tips! 😄 We are also looking at Kona and Cannondale as we can get 20-30% of on all of the Kona bikes and some of the Cannondale.

[bensf]

I usually go to Briones, it’s a nice little network with a lot of hills. It’s not very technical though. 😢

[bensf]

Thanks for all the help! He likes the superlight, but he backed down a little when he saw the price of the high end one. ($4667) 😆

[bensf]

He’s not the technical kind of person.

[bensf]

Thanks, I’ll show them to him when he gets home.

[bensf]

Sorry for that bad advice. 😳 I took into consideration on what you said, and now I’m wondering if after going down a big enough hill to heat up your rotors you go through a big puddle. Could that warp them?

[bensf]

Does anyone have a link to those, I’ve heard of them but can’t really find them.

[bensf]

I also though that the Salsa Caballero looked good. Has anyone heard anything bad about that bike. Link

[bensf]

I would think that the front would be the first to overheat, but with a larger rotor… You shoudl probably get a larger one in the back, as I think it will solve your problem. Scratch that. 😀 That happens to all rotors, we had that happen on our van.

[bensf]

Yea I have a light bike (only 23 pounds and I don’t usually bomb down hills, just because it’s a rigid bike and shakes the hell out of me. I have to run them a little bit tighter than otherwise but my wheels are true and its fine.

[bensf]

Except when they fail, I had 700 miles on the odemeter and it just reset everything 😢

[bensf]

It doesn’t normally happen, but it did happen 3 times on that ride. . .

[bensf]

I’m only 13 and I end up teaching my dad morestuff about MTB’ing than he does. 😆

[bensf]

Also will hitting rocks (the type you find on a gravel road, the slighy larger than golf ball ones) at about 20 mph do anything to my rims? I try to avoid them anyways just because its so bumpy.

[bensf]

Thanks, yellowdman my rear derrailer is pretty new (only about 100 mi) so I don’t think that the springs are bad. I also got the chain at that time and I don’t think that it stretched that much. I think I may try and take out a link or two of the chain. Thanks for the advice.

[bensf]

How much would it be? Is the frame ok? Is there any damage to the frame or componets? How old is it, appox?

[Author]

Posts