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tripmind
Sport climber
San Diego
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May 23, 2015 - 02:52am PT
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bought this a few years ago before I started climbing, and jetted around to Woodson and other places before I had any gear, climbing with friends over the summers. Pic is at JTree.
I definitely like having a bike but you really can't haul gear without luggage racks, and even on short trips to Jtree and back it becomes painful on the ass and the knees. Also getting to some places may require driving on trails with ruts so deep that you could conceal a cow in them, a heavy bike like this would be suicidal.
If anyone knows of a guy that has a decent "climber's motorcycle" build that is good on the highway and offroad let me know.
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rockermike
Trad climber
Berkeley
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May 23, 2015 - 04:55am PT
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not mine yet.... but my road bike is about 13 years old and is asking for retirement. This Titanium Motobecane cycle-cross bike looks like a sweet replacement and not bad for just under $2000.
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crankster
Trad climber
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May 23, 2015 - 08:03am PT
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Sweet, rockermike...disc brakes, buy it.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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May 23, 2015 - 08:04am PT
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa y Perrito Ruby
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May 24, 2015 - 08:40am PT
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Here's my Klein
Can't remember how old it is. Sometimes I can't remember how old I am. Maybe 1992.
Take the bench and leave the riding to us.
Found a stock one, apparently it was 1991. Mine has the notorious Manitou shocks.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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May 24, 2015 - 09:10am PT
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Have more than 2,000 miles on this one now
Fits 42mm tires most of the time, but I put the 24mm slicks on last week for a Century in a couple of weeks. Then it's back to the fat, go anywhere tires.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa y Perrito Ruby
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May 24, 2015 - 11:13am PT
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Not me, but this guy takes bikes seriously
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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May 24, 2015 - 01:47pm PT
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Used this MB2 about thirty years ago during the early North Shore days in Vancouver. Most recently it's seen some trips into a crag we were working on a couple of years ago.
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Tobia
Social climber
Denial
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May 24, 2015 - 04:31pm PT
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I haven't seen a Brooks leather saddle since... I bought my first bike, a Mercier, in 1974 new for $120. I liked the leather Brooks more than the French saddle that was on mine, so I had the bike-smith swap it.
I rode that bike all over New Orleans, it was easier to get around and parking wasn't a problem; the constant sweating was. There is only one hill in N.O. and it is man made in City Park for kids to play on.
I Rode all over the valley and Tuolumne Meadows, that is to say from the TMCC to the pass or Tenaya Lake.
I did my first triathlons on that bike, starting in 1986. I started looking at racing bicycles then; sold the Mercier to a friend who promptly had a bad accident on it, giving him a concussion and the bending the forks on the bike. He forgot to lock the front wheel in. He gave the bike away, and hasn't been on one since.
I never bought the upgrade. The 2008 Specialized pictured a few pages back belonged to a good friend who passed away and his brother lets me ride Gary's bike. It will always be "Gary's bike". I'm just taking care of it until he needs it again.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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May 24, 2015 - 07:28pm PT
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I have neebee to thank for arranging this to be mine.
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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May 24, 2015 - 08:57pm PT
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Rockermike, I'll also vouch for that Motobecane Ti Cross bike. I've got the same one as TGT, and it was well worth it.
Though the stock wheels are boat anchors.
Speaking of riding a bike...try this:
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
extraordinaire
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May 24, 2015 - 10:14pm PT
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Dingus McGee
Social climber
Where Safety trumps Leaving No Trace
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May 25, 2015 - 04:10am PT
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab or In What Time Zone Am I?
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May 29, 2015 - 09:12pm PT
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I mummified my new MTB for a long road trip.
It's a MTB, for gawds sake. It's supposed to get dinged. But not 'cuz it's hanging off the back of my car!
Susan
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c_vultaggio
Trad climber
new york
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May 30, 2015 - 07:53am PT
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rockermike
Trad climber
Berkeley
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May 30, 2015 - 11:54am PT
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C vautaggio... you look like you might be one of those guys that do back flips on your bike? Looks so cool. How hard is it to learn? Is that perchance how you broke yourself up?
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rmuir
Social climber
From the Time Before the Rocks Cooled.
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May 30, 2015 - 12:01pm PT
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Or do you mean my modern bike?
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c_vultaggio
Trad climber
new york
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May 31, 2015 - 08:37am PT
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@rockermike - I haven't had the sack to throw a backflip, but from what I hear they feel pretty natural… overshot a landing last week, wrecked with my thumb hooked behind the bar, and ended up with a pretty bad dislocation that required surgery to fix. Sucks but could have been way worse.
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