The New “What did you do with your Z today” (with off topic replies) XXXVII

Hotrodz · 06-10-2020, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by redondoaveb

Unless you want to do offroad, get a hybrid. Most are 27 speed, 3 chainrings up front, 9 speed cassette in the rear. Like I mentioned, you'll be removing the 3 chainrings in the front to install a single chainring that comes with the bafang kit.

The 9 speed in the rear is still good to have over a 7 speed. Hybrids generally come with 700c wheels, that's the same size as a road bike but wider. They are basically 29". Also, get stainless steel spokes on the wheels or the spokes will rust out in no time. Get trigger shifters, not twist shifters that come on the cheap bikes. And do not get a steel frame bike, aluminum for sure. Giants are fine as are all the name brands. Again, it all has to do with the components. I ride a Fuji hybrid as my everyday bike. It has high end components. The owner of the shop I did repairs for is a Fuji dealer and gets their bikes for less than half off. I paid him $300 for an $800 hybrid. He is also an electric bike dealer. If you were out here I could get you an amazing price on an electric bike.

Hey we may need to talk!!!

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Rusty · 06-10-2020, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by redondoaveb

Unless you want to do offroad, get a hybrid. Most are 27 speed, 3 chainrings up front, 9 speed cassette in the rear. Like I mentioned, you'll be removing the 3 chainrings in the front to install a single chainring that comes with the bafang kit.
The 9 speed in the rear is still good to have over a 7 speed. Hybrids generally come with 700c wheels, that's the same size as a road bike but wider. They are basically 29". Also, get stainless steel spokes on the wheels or the spokes will rust out in no time. Get trigger shifters, not twist shifters that come on the cheap bikes. And do not get a steel frame bike, aluminum for sure. Giants are fine as are all the name brands. Again, it all has to do with the components. I ride a Fuji hybrid as my everyday bike. It has high end components. The owner of the shop I did repairs for is a Fuji dealer and gets their bikes for less than half off. I paid him $300 for an $800 hybrid. He is also an electric bike dealer. If you were out here I could get you an amazing price on an electric bike.

I've been out of bicycles for a while. Haven't kept up with some of the changes. The last 3 bikes I had were the Litespeed Ti road bike, A aluminum framed GT MT, and the cro-moly Trek 990 I have now. Almost bought a LOOK carbon frame back in 2001 or there abouts. $5,000 just for the frame.

My hip started to go bad and I just quit riding for the most part. Still put a few miles on each summer.

redondoaveb · 06-10-2020, 05:52 PM

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I've been out of bicycles for a while. Haven't kept up with some of the changes. The last 3 bikes I had were the Litespeed Ti road bike, A aluminum framed GT MT, and the cro-moly Trek 990 I have now. Almost bought a LOOK carbon frame back in 2001 or there abouts. $5,000 just for the frame.

My hip started to go bad and I just quit riding for the most part. Still put a few miles on each summer.

Nothing wrong with the Litespeed titanium, there are some high end Ti road frames out there. More for the gotta have Ti guys though, not good for racing. For road it's pretty much all carbon frames but there are a few decent aluminum frames. Mountain are either aluminum or carbon now. I have about 8k into my road bike. Would have been a lot more but I bought the frame off ebay and built it up myself. Built the wheels myself too (bought the carbon rims and spoked, tensioned and trued them). Maybe you should look into an electric mountain bike. All my buddies have them now. I'm the only one that hasn't gone electric yet.

FPenvy · 06-10-2020, 03:49 PM

91 feels like 98.........and i gotta go build a pool

Hotrodz · 06-10-2020, 05:17 PM

So did you hear about the agnostic dyslexic? She stayed up all night pondering if there is a dog!

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madwi · 06-10-2020, 05:43 PM

Dang, gotta have an office setup by 8 am and dayshift couldnt get to it all. Looks like I gotta go do some manual labor.

Hotrodz · 06-10-2020, 05:47 PM

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Dang, gotta have an office setup by 8 am and dayshift couldnt get to it all. Looks like I gotta go do some manual labor.

Well it beats no having a job!

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madwi · 06-10-2020, 05:50 PM

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Well it beats no having a job!

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You got that right my friend! Bossman and I were joking about actually having to work after 3 months of pawning everything onto dayshift. Gonna do something nice for the guys that been bustin *** all day, once covid relaxes a bit.

eastwest2300 · 06-10-2020, 05:54 PM

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You got that right my friend! Bossman and I were joking about actually having to work after 3 months of pawning everything onto dayshift. Gonna do something nice for the guys that been bustin *** all day, once covid relaxes a bit.

that'd be a good move dude.

Hotrodz · 06-10-2020, 06:02 PM

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You got that right my friend! Bossman and I were joking about actually having to work after 3 months of pawning everything onto dayshift. Gonna do something nice for the guys that been bustin *** all day, once covid relaxes a bit.

I'm sure they would love that!

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madwi · 06-10-2020, 06:10 PM

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I'm sure they would love that!

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A couple racks of ribs and some sides and they'll forget about slashing our tires.

eastwest2300 · 06-10-2020, 05:56 PM

making a nice big rack of ribs in the instapot right now..

its smelling soooo good.

jchammond · 06-10-2020, 06:42 PM

And tonight’s featured special “Devil’s Canyon”

Spoiler · 06-10-2020, 08:01 PM

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And tonight’s featured special “Devil’s Canyon”

1953.... My Dad was 24 then...

Zingston · 06-10-2020, 08:10 PM

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1953.... My Dad was 24 then...

Mine was 22 and in Korea.

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