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  1. zakthor

    I Got A New Bike

    Was unable to stop on a rainy fall day down the hill to my house. Riding road bikes 30+ years and sick of bad brakes. On mtb i stop fast with fingertips. Sold the old bike and scored this disc braked thing locally. Luckily pink and rust under the paint so price was right. Took 3 months to...
  2. zakthor

    Single speed

    Wait… there are new singlespeeds? Are you sure? How is that possible? I thought they were like beryllium - only made during that big bang five thousand or so years ago, We all just buy them used. Right?
  3. zakthor

    Any bikepackers on here?

    Welll..... its not exactly a solid plan yet but I'm moving in a direction... Going to visit some friends in catalonia... they live in the pyrenees right near border of france and spain. And the wheels have started to turn. I just bought a geared bike and some bags... thinking to follow my nose...
  4. zakthor

    Any bikepackers on here?

    In 2019 I bought a bicycle and gear and did this one trip in india before some roads went in and made the place less remote. Caught it right at the transition. Two years earlier it was totally different and next year there will be bus service. When I got home I've got no wish to bikepack any...
  5. zakthor

    Single speed

    The thing is, I really only like this one bike. Slowly its evolving to be terrific. Latest I swapped to dhf/dhr tire combo for the winter. So great. If I had other bikes I wouldnt ride them. I sold them because I literally hadn't ridden them in more than a year. Just gathering dust and losing...
  6. zakthor

    Single speed

    My kona raijin. At one point I owned 4 mtb but was only riding this one so sold the rest. I'm old and slow so ride 34x23. Fork is now a float 34 140 which is much better for pnw than the old float 32 120.
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