Cyclists - what do you guys ride? And, perhaps the better question - where?

[Nokie]

I am in Marin County, birthplace of the mountain bike.

So many trails here I have lost count on which ones I have ridden and which ones still need to be explored........

[Rdenney]

When did you write for Triathlete?

1999, when Dan Empfield (of Quintana Roo and later Slowtwitch) was influential in its management. At the time, I was active on the Hard-Core Bicycle Science list and Rec.bicycles.tech and well known to guys like Dan, Mark Hickey, Damon Rinards, Gerard Vroomen (of Cervelo), Jobst Brandt (recently RIP) and Sheldon Brown (also RIP). I've stored the four longer articles I wrote here: http://www.rickdenney.com/triathlete...e_articles.htm

Rick "now a fat, lazy watch geek" Denney

[thewalrus]

certainly gone a long way - was reminded of the earlier days of le Tour when the riders rode with the inner tubes worn like bullet belts - love the Tour , probably my most favourite sporting event of all time and without doubt the hardest endurance comp ever - quite disgusted to watch a supreme athlete wearing the yellow jersey being spat in the face on a climb Attachment 28416Attachment 28417 love this character in the hooped shirt from the tour in 1905 - check out the handlebars

Those are awesome bikes. Look a lot like Henry Krinkel's actually… I've always watched the Tour from afar - but have a ton of respect for what those guys do. Anyone's who's cycled knows how hard hill climbs are - and seeing those guys tear up and down the hills of France is pretty crazy. Trek tours offers a chance to cycle the Pyrenees along the same classics route that they take. The two week trips is broken down into one day trips, any of which I'd be pretty proud of being able to complete on its own.

[thewalrus]

1999, when Dan Empfield (of Quintana Roo and later Slowtwitch) was influential in its management. At the time, I was active on the Hard-Core Bicycle Science list and Rec.bicycles.tech and well known to guys like Dan, Mark Hickey, Damon Rinards, Gerard Vroomen (of Cervelo), Jobst Brandt (recently RIP) and Sheldon Brown (also RIP). I've stored the four longer articles I wrote here: http://www.rickdenney.com/triathlete...e_articles.htm

Rick "now a fat, lazy watch geek" Denney

Whoa that's really cool - thanks a bunch for the link, too.

[CamB]

My Wilier Road Bike.

[Henry Krinkle]

Neither of these are my pics but these are my bikes.

[wschofield3]

I have a Peugot from 1985, one of their first chromoly frames and it weighs less than most top tier bikes today. I've done lots of upgrades as well. For the trail, one of the original Treks before they became mainstream.

I've been looking at the BMC SLR03...anyone have any experience with it?

I'm a casual weekend rider, not too far or too fast...just a jaunt around the hood for a couple of hours a few times a month.

[cheapie]

Back in the younger years, I got one of the first mountain bikes, a Schwinn High Sierra. Then upgraded to a Ritchey Ascent Comp. After that, moved into a Celo Europa road bike. Raced USCF as a junior for several years. Had a Faggin, a Ciocc, then a Colnago after the Celo. I had an issue with breaking frames and that got tiresome and expensive, so I bought a Bridgestone MB3 and got back into mountain bikes. I built up an Access HT with Marzocchi z2 Bam shocks, then got out of cycling and got fat. I recently decided to do something about it and bought a used hybrid to get back into it and drop some weight. Here's my GT Transeo...



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[Jeannie]

Back in the younger years, I got one of the first mountain bikes, a Schwinn High Sierra. Then upgraded to a Ritchey Ascent Comp. After that, moved into a Celo Europa road bike. Raced USCF as a junior for several years. Had a Faggin, a Ciocc, then a Colnago after the Celo. I had an issue with breaking frames and that got tiresome and expensive, so I bought a Bridgestone MB3 and got back into mountain bikes. I built up an Access HT with Marzocchi z2 Bam shocks, then got out of cycling and got fat. I recently decided to do something about it and bought a used hybrid to get back into it and drop some weight. Here's my GT Transeo...



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Welcome to IWL.

Jeannie

[skywatch]

Back in the younger years, I got one of the first mountain bikes, a Schwinn High Sierra. Then upgraded to a Ritchey Ascent Comp. After that, moved into a Celo Europa road bike. Raced USCF as a junior for several years. Had a Faggin, a Ciocc, then a Colnago after the Celo. I had an issue with breaking frames and that got tiresome and expensive, so I bought a Bridgestone MB3 and got back into mountain bikes. I built up an Access HT with Marzocchi z2 Bam shocks, then got out of cycling and got fat. I recently decided to do something about it and bought a used hybrid to get back into it and drop some weight. Here's my GT Transeo...



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Hi Cheapie! Glad to see you over on this side of the fence. Another friendly familiar face from the old place.