View Full Version : I finally gave in...I bought another bike.
trials_uni
2006-08-19, 10:39 PM
Recently i had been toying with the idea of buying a new bike... It seemed reasonable seeing as how ive spent $2000 in unis in under a year. I knew i wanted i dirtjump bike so thats what i got. I bought it from the bike shop i work at. I bought a 2006 Kona Scrap. its pretty awsome i must say. Marzocchi fork, hydraulic disc brakes, splined crankset. I spent a little over $800 ount and i think i made the right choice(Pic Below).
So, i kno there are people out there who put more on their bikes that theyre unis...So what bike/bikes do you have?
-Phil
NordicUni420
2006-08-19, 10:41 PM
that is a pretty awesome machine, for having two wheels, anyway. i really like the color
trials_uni
2006-08-19, 10:45 PM
Yeah...Color was one of the deciding features in this case...Price wasnt to much of a factor but if i didnt have my discount this would have cost around $1200.
Radical Reed
2006-08-20, 12:46 AM
those are nice bikes I had a friend with that bike and he would rip it off some massive* jumps . I thought you were/thinking of getting a trials bike?
* in my oppinion
onelesscar
2006-08-20, 03:48 AM
Cool!
I have a Cannondale CAAD4 R600 2002 aluminum road bike that I got used for $375. It's pretty awesome too.
kapoute
2006-08-20, 04:06 AM
bike always broke... it's gay
Since you live in Ontario... it's ok that it's gay
burjzyntski
2006-08-20, 04:37 AM
LOL^
I have an old Schwinn Sport that was my fathers, and an old(er?) Peugot Nautilus that is my mom's. We also have some beach-cruiser type bike, and my sister's 10 speed mountain bike (a Huffy I believe). I only have unicycles, as I outgrew my last serious bike.
zachjowi
2006-08-20, 06:31 AM
I have this
http://www.rei.com/online/store/ProductDisplay?storeId=8000&catalogId=40000008000&productId=47996473&parent_category_rn=4500839&vcat=REI_SSHP_CYCLING_TOC
StaggerLee
2006-08-20, 12:34 PM
bike always broke... it's gay
Since you live in Ontario... it's ok that it's gay
LOL!!!!!!!!
Instead of starting a new thread................ I'll ask here.
Where can I find trial bikes online?? (US store) And don't say Egay, that would be rude
Radical Reed
2006-08-20, 12:55 PM
bike always broke... it's gay
Since you live in Ontario... it's ok that it's gay
Hahhahaaa
into the sig it goes:D
trials_uni
2006-08-20, 01:02 PM
bike always broke... it's gay
Since you live in Ontario... it's ok that it's gay
Go eat some more frogs frenchie. At least Ontario is acctually part of Canada...Quebec is like a tumour,,,Dragging Canada down...
And Reed i was gonna buy a Trials bike but i figured hey..Ive already got a Trials uni and a DH Muni...But i dont have a Dirtjump Muni. So the DJ bike was the obvious choice
mr. uni kid
2006-08-20, 01:05 PM
i have a raleigh mountain bike.
Brian MacKenzie
2006-08-20, 01:14 PM
i have a 1998 FSR decked out in full raceface marzocchi Z1 (5" locks down at 2") 5.5" stratos rear shock w/lockout, XT disc hubs on mavic 519 wheels
sitting in a heap on my balcony for the last 2-3 years
i am going to make the frame into a cool computer desk (frame parrallel to floor encased in plexi and lights) and the fork into a bar stool :)
don't mind kapoute, e doesn't mean hany arm, e just as ha tough time speaking Canadian
DarkTom
2006-08-20, 01:17 PM
Go you, man!
I gave up bikes when I started unicycling, then realised I was being a dick and started them again.
This is a pic of 2 of my bikes. The grey one is a Rocky Mountain Flow 1.0 (totally standard) and the yellow one is a singlespeed rigid I built for going to work and stuff. They are both awesome, the yellow one for speed and never having to fix/adjust it, and the grey one for being able to chuck it about and not breaking.
I also have a Kona Humu Humu Nuku Nuku Apua A Deluxe singlespeed cruiser which is just cool as fuck but is up for sale as I don't have the space.
Bikes rock just as much as unis!
T.
Brian MacKenzie
2006-08-20, 01:21 PM
Go you, man!
I gave up bikes when I started unicycling, then realised I was being a dick and started them again.
T.
i tried to keep biking as long as possible once starting to uni, because they truly are fun, and a way different kind of fun.
that lasted till the next suspension fluid change, to which i then said, 'Funk this!'
sugarloafur
2006-08-20, 01:42 PM
I bought a 2005 Trek 6700 with disc brakes. I love riding it, but haven't really made enough time for it... (because of my KH24).
It's also a $1,200 bike that I, too, got for $800. I love great deals!
It looks like this:
http://www.bicycledoctor.co.uk/graphics/trek6700disc.jpg
trials_uni
2006-08-20, 02:37 PM
I just got back from a sweet ride on the new DJ. I hucked it off some awsome kickers and it took all the beatings. I still love my unis but theres definately a place in my heart for this bike.
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f182/poopslush/bike/P1010043_edited.jpg
http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=8870&stc=1&d=1121499152
http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=13138&stc=1&d=1145966182
Ive got more, but no pics... maybe later
trials_uni
2006-08-20, 04:05 PM
What kind of DH is that?
What kind of DH is that?
Iron Horse sgs pro
zachjowi
2006-08-20, 07:54 PM
LOL!!!!!!!!
Instead of starting a new thread................ I'll ask here.
Where can I find trial bikes online?? (US store) And don't say Egay, that would be rude
see the post above your and that is where I got my bike in the US
kapoute
2006-08-20, 08:14 PM
Go eat some more frogs frenchie. At least Ontario is acctually part of Canada...Quebec is like a tumour,,,Dragging Canada down...
Seriously, how can you be proud of being part of the Canada? That loser country who doesnt need to be in the war to lose soldiers and when they go help another country in the desert, the soldier wear GREEN THINGS. Also, I wouldn't be surprise if one day, Harper decide to tell the world that he is gay.
trials_uni
2006-08-20, 08:16 PM
You make a good point but at the end of the day i rest easy by knowing that im not French
unisteve
2006-08-21, 12:20 AM
People from Quebec aren't French: they're Québecois.
P.S. I haven't ridden my bike in at least six months.
kapoute
2006-08-21, 02:06 AM
People from Quebec aren't French: they're Québecois.
That the best sentence I have ever seen :rolleyes:
unicyclepa
2006-08-21, 03:25 AM
i has a crap to i love it mines single speed though anlong with some other stuf o and this
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/unicyclepa/a7633c5f.jpg
ntappin
2006-08-21, 04:39 AM
That the best sentence I have ever seen :rolleyes:
Hah one of my french teachers always made us say that. We weren't aloud to call les Qebecois (wtf alt 130 sends me to the main page) french.
I have actualy just bought a fixer upper. I don't really know what I want to do with it. I want to do some flatland, but dirt jumping looks like some fun. I think it will all depend on whether or not I get the damn thing working.
stuckinwheeliemode
2006-08-21, 01:27 PM
i've got a Norco Sasquatch, singlespeed road bike with a flat bar, a little kids bike to mess around on and my latest creation, a tall bike
i will try to post pics
i has a crap to i love it mines single speed though anlong with some other stuf o and this
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/unicyclepa/a7633c5f.jpg
That stem looks awfully long (130mm?)... You should consider getting something shorter and gettind rid of the spacers.
How do you like the pista? How are the wheels holding up?
onetrack
2006-08-22, 12:46 AM
Where can I find trial bikes online??
here (http://trialsin.com), and here (http://webcyclery.com), for used trials bikes look in here (http://www.observedtrials.net/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=7) (don't tell people you uni).
I have an 05 Zoo! pitbull stock trials bike.
unicyclepa
2006-08-22, 02:41 AM
That stem looks awfully long (130mm?)... You should consider getting something shorter and gettind rid of the spacers.
How do you like the pista? How are the wheels holding up?
why it fits perfict and its amazeing there realy not shit like everyone seas and it only cost me like 80$
mboulanger
2006-08-22, 03:51 AM
My two:
Trek 930 (1997, I think):
http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/264/8294/1024/DSCN0262.jpg
And my fixie (dumpster bike three speed dissected and brought back to life):
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3371/1648/320/fixie1.jpg
mboulanger
2006-08-22, 03:53 AM
durnit, pics didn't seem to work for me.
www.re-turn.blogspot.com for all sorts of bike and uni pics.
Woah, the head angle on that old school Trek looks slacker than my DH bike.
vuniw
2006-08-25, 03:52 PM
i put more money into unis then bikes.. i have a $80 bike from walmart next to my coker and my torker dx:p
fluxusmaximus
2006-08-25, 04:54 PM
It's kinda funny because my mom didn't allow me to get bicycles after my learner bike from when I was 6. She thinks they're dangerous and I might cycle on the road and stuff. But she's fine with my getting unicycles though...
sugarloafur
2006-08-25, 11:44 PM
I had a great MTB ride today... I wished I had brought my muni too, but biking really is fun, too. The whole speed aspect is where it's at.
toddw9
2006-08-26, 01:02 AM
I have a '97 Kona Lava Dome w/ Rockshox Indy C front suspension. I haven't ridden it in about 3 or 4 years now.
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