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the Wenger Swiss Gear notebook bags like the Synergy are real nice, they come with a bunch of space to carry books and what ever else you might need to go along with your laptop, you can pick one up at any best buy for about $90

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all that you should need for the 10 speed conversion is a 10 speed mtn cassette, 10 speed mtn rear derailer, 10 speed mtn rear shifter, and a 10 speed chain, you also might need to get a 10 speed chainring if your current 9 speed chainring is to thick for the 10 speed chain to mesh properly.

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i dont know what part of the country you live in, but if you were looking into doing a clinic i would suggest signing up for one of the http://www.betterrides.net clinics, ive never done one of those clinics, but i hear good things about that one from people i know that have gone and done one of thier clinics.

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i would think that any bike box would work, youll probably need to take off the tires or at least deflate them to make it fit, since a 29er rim has the same ISO as a 700c rim without the tire that would make me think that any bike box would work, also you could transport your bike in a hockey bag, i hear that works really well and is cheaper than buying a bike box unless you can get a free cardboard one from a LBS.

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you can easily pick up a 8 speed cassette for about $30 from your LBS or any online retailer and that should solve your problems, also you dont need a whole new wheel if your freehub is 8/9 speed compatible and in some cases depending on your hub you can get a 8/9 speed freehub to replace the 7 speed one if thats what you have.

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"USAFbiker" wrote

1:10-1:15…wow. Even if I had the skills I don’t think I could do that…

Now, is this considered a DH or Trials bike? I thought trials bikes didn’t have seats…?

trials bikes can have seats, if you look at the trials bike Danny MacAskill rides he has a seat, the bike he rides is from a company called Inspired Bicycles and all they make is trials and BigMX bikes.

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you should check out http://www.betterride.net they have some single day clinics coming up for the next few weeks in Golden, Colorado. or you could sign them up for the womens only clinic thats going to be in Salida, Colorado. July 23-25.

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if your talking about where the seatpost goes into the seat tube, youll just need to tighten the seat tube clamp down a little, it should work just like the quick release on your wheels, unless its a bolt on clamp, if you tighten it down and it still dosent work than your new seatpost is the wrong diameter in size and youll need to get a new seatpost or a shim.

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i would just go use this fit calculator here http://www.competitivecyclist.com/za/CC … ATOR_INTRO, then i would go to http://www.trekbikes.com to check out the geometry on the bike your looking at to see if it could work for you.

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if your talking about this frame http://cgi.ebay.com/Trek-7000-Aluminum- … 4aa2be5885 i think its a medium according to the sizes that are posted, it also looks just like the same frame you posted before.

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not only is that a crazy procedure with the whole cryogenics, genome stuff, but they also threaten to stop giving you care if you dont agree to pay in 3min. but what really gets me is that the procedure is being done at a Walmart with a doctor thats not even in the same country, also would you really want to go to Walmart to get surgery?

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"rogerk" wrote

Trailrider,
I assume you mean it was 70 degrees on the trails coming off the La Sals? If so, is there now a week’s worth of riding in the higher elevations? It’s been 10 or 12 years since I rode up there.

I spent 10 years in Utah, and 100s of days in Moab, and the only 70 degree days I ever found in August were way up in the mountains or before 9AM.

i dont think we were in the La Sals, we were on are way to ride porcupine rim and the temp guage in the car said it was 70 something degrees outside, granted that was one of the cooler days we were there, but out of the three days we were thier i think the temp peaked out at about 90 degrees, but it still wasnt so hot that you couldnt ride, but if your really worried about it being too hot, or if you dont believe me on what the temp was when i was thier, then scratch the Moab idea.

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"Goo" wrote

I’d think most of moab would be too hot in august

i went last year late Aug. and it was around 70 degrees, it was hot but it wasnt uncomfortable hot.

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"GoldenGoose" wrote

Is it an aftermarket part? I thought most newer forks that needed an internal bottom out bumper came preinstalled with them.

PUSH Industries, does a aftermarket bump stop kit on rear shocks (im not sure if they do one for forks), they call it thier Big Hit kit, they basicaly install a bump stop thats soft enough to create a ramp up at the end of the compression stroke to help eliminate bottoming out.

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i would go to Moab, since thats what i plan on doing this Aug. as a nice little mtb trip. Colorado would be a great place to come ride, but the altitude here is kinda high with most of the trails being in the 6500′ to 12000′ area.

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first off, welcome to the site 😃

the things you might want to consider before going clipless is the type off riding you do, if you do mainly XC type riding then clipless pedals are the way to go, but if you do more DH and FR type stuff then flats are the way to go IMO, i like to ride flats, but my riding style and the type of riding i do just doesnt work being clipped in.

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Pro-Tec makes a multi-impact helmet, according to thier site here http://pro-tec.net/bike/technology.html thier helmets with the SXP technology "has built-in rebound control, once the helmet liner has been compressed, multi-impact SXP memory kicks in and the liner rebounds to its original shape, maintaining its impact-absorbing qualities." i dont know if i would trust that the technology works, but they claim it does, as far as i know Pro-Tec is the only company producing a muti-impact helmet.

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im down for a group ride somewhere in the springs area, im not sure were to go ride but i know Palmer Park is gonna be closed Sat. @5pm till Mon. so a ride thier probably wont happen, im thinking maybe we could start in Straton Open Space and go up The Chutes to Gold Camp and High Drive then down Captain Jacks back to The Chutes or something else like that route, but i think a ride in that area will probably be the best bet for a ride, i dont know what day or time to do the ride so if anyone else could offer some better ideas feel free to put in some input.

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you cant forget the uber cool adjustable seatposts like the Gravity Dropper, Joplin, Black Mamba, RISE, Specialized Command, and the Kind Shock adjustble seatposts, those offer the ability to rise and lower your seat when you need to, IMO they are the perfect AM seatpost for the rider whos always stoping to adjust their seatpost, the only real downsides is that they are heavy and kinda pricey.

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i just found out about this stuff http://www.finishlineusa.com/products/s … n-lube.htm about a week ago, and it works awesome for getting rid of fork stiction.

if the silicon spray that you use has been working for you with no ill effects on your fork then i see no reason not to use it, but i think that has to do with the way you apply the silicone spray, if you were to just spray the silicone spray on fork stachcion and then work it in with out letting it dry then thats were i think youll run into problems with seal failure.

that silicon grease might work, one way to get it to coat evenly is to take off your wiper seals and pack the wiper seals with the silicon grease so it will coat the stanchions evenly, i dont know if it will hinder the performance of the fork or enhance it, but if it works like the silicone spray then it might be worth giving it a shot, but if you could you should take a o-ring measure the thickness of it then place it in the silicon grease for about a week and see if it swells up a bit, if it swells up then its probably not a good idea to put it in your fork.

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