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Beau
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 Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 11:37 am |
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dasunt wrote: Can I raise you one? One plowed city streets, a mountain bike is overkill. Get a good older road bike with enough clearance for fenders, put some 35mm studded tires on it, and you're good to go. Mountain bike owners, please explain.  Exactly! You get it!
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ciechano
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| Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 11:41 am |
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| Taking my bike off some sweet jumpsJoined: Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:48 amPosts: 234Location: Dinkytown
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dasunt wrote: [On] plowed city streets, Dude, what fantasy island zip code do you live in that's decently plowed?
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steef
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| Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 12:28 pm |
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ciechano wrote: dasunt wrote: [On] plowed city streets, Dude, what fantasy island zip code do you live in that's decently plowed? Welcome to My Island.
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tim
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| Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 1:34 pm |
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Beau wrote: We're getting a complete at work. I'll ride that one when it comes in.
I just need some sort of explanation on why they are so good (I used to commute on a 53 pound DH bike and also thought I was fast, then I got a road bike).
A few of you did it, the rest was fluff as I expected. http://surlybikes.com/bikes/pugsley_complete/ if you're looking for a less emotional/anecdotal/subjective/mildly defensive response. you probably would have gotten less fluff if you'd phrased your question a bit more open-endedly.
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kuando
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| Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 1:51 pm |
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| Better to have Bikeloved and lost than never to have Bikeloved at allJoined: Tue May 29, 2007 9:22 pmPosts: 2744Location: Golden Valley
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Beau your T-shirt is here.  
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Takumar
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| Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 2:20 pm |
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dasunt wrote: Can I raise you one? One plowed city streets, a mountain bike is overkill. Get a good older road bike with enough clearance for fenders, put some 35mm studded tires on it, and you're good to go. Mountain bike owners, please explain. Lulz, overkill. I ride my breakless lo-pro around with cotton/latex 18c track tubulars at 15 bar all winter long. Seriously, they are bikes. Might as well ask why anyone rides: A: Fixed gear on the street B: No breaks C: Mountain bikes on the street D: Time trial bikes on the street E: Road bikes for anything >50 miles D: Carbon anything if they aren't a pro F: etc. People can ride whatever they want, and why should we care as long as they don't make us ride it.
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jitterjepp
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| Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 4:07 pm |
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If I had one I'd probably sell it and get a disco ball. I've always wanted a cool disco ball.
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DangHeim
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| Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 4:15 pm |
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I used to have a disco ball. It wasn't as great as you may think. Honestly, if I was forced to choose, I'd rather have a Pugsley.
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kuando
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| Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 6:12 pm |
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| Better to have Bikeloved and lost than never to have Bikeloved at allJoined: Tue May 29, 2007 9:22 pmPosts: 2744Location: Golden Valley
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DangHeim wrote: I used to have a disco ball. It wasn't as great as you may think. Honestly, if I was forced to choose, I'd rather have a Pugsley. You should have gotten the studded kind.
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Ted-D
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| Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 8:38 pm |
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jitterjepp wrote: If I had one I'd probably sell it and get a disco ball. I've always wanted a cool disco ball. I will happily trade anyone a disco ball for a pugsley.
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All-Steel
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| Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 10:32 pm |
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Beau wrote: (I used to commute on a 53 pound DH bike and also thought I was fast, then I got a road bike). The bike is really no matter. It's the motor. I'd like to think I am fast, yet 2F4L has no problem keeping up with me on his 29er with half inflated tires. Omgmrj and Zebrakeys fly on their mountain bikes and Pugsely. Takumar bombed Ramsey Hill on the heaviest most makeshift BMX I've ever seen. I ride an all-steel bike and so did a lot of people before there were chromoly and carbon fiber bikes. I only give more credit to the people who own the fuck out of their unnecessary rides. Because at the end of the day, it's not your gear or your three thousand dollar bicycle--it's your motherfucking quadriceps, suckas.
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Innokenty
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| Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 3:05 am |
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Quote: I ride an all-steel bike and so did a lot of people before there were chromoly wut? every winter im jealous of people riding pugsleys, it just looks so damn fun.
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Shizzy
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| Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 8:46 am |
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DangHeim wrote: I used to have a disco ball. It wasn't as great as you may think. Honestly, if I was forced to choose, I'd rather have a Pugsley. Both? I'm envisioning a Pugsly with a disco ball hanging above it with a party box strapped to the handlebars...... 
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All-Steel
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| Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 12:32 pm |
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| ClincherJoined: Sat Jun 12, 2010 10:29 pmPosts: 121
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Innokenty wrote: Quote: I ride an all-steel bike and so did a lot of people before there were chromoly wut? I mean people got along just fine before steel was alloyed with significant amounts of super light metals. People made do with steel bicycles that were alloyed with mostly carbon.
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repeet
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| Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 2:04 pm |
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