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Really it sounds like you are using crappy equipment and perhaps have a heavy clydesdale pedal stroke. Get a good mountain bike with good components, personally I think this starts at SLX/XT for a mountain bike or for a road bike 105 then put a few thousand kms on it - things will work themselves out. Think circles and a cadence of 90 - 100 rpm.
 
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Then there's this gem from last year........

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Oh, and if FriendlyFoe ever resurfaces, tell him he left a glove and his seat bag with his tube and pump in it in my garage last year. Storage fees shouldn't be too outrageous.
 
Sorry, my crank is broke and cables are dust, I'm talking very fine dust.
 
Dave L said:
Really it sounds like you are using crappy equipment and perhaps have a heavy clydesdale pedal stroke. Get a good mountain bike with good components, personally I think this starts at SLX/XT for a mountain bike or for a road bike 105 then put a few thousand kms on it - things will work themselves out. Think circles and a cadence of 90 - 100 rpm.
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Dave L must ride. This is good advice. Spend too little and you won't be inspired to ride. If you really want to go Canadian and can afford a bit more, check out http://www.dekerf.com. Don't quote me, but I don't think any Rocky Mountains are actually made in Canada anymore, for sure not the entry level stuff. If you are ever out towards KW, I'd be happy to show you a couple of great places to ride.
 
FullMotoJacket said:
Oh, and if FriendlyFoe ever resurfaces, tell him he left a glove and his seat bag with his tube and pump in it in my garage last year. Storage fees shouldn't be too outrageous.
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What kind of interest rates?

BNKN said:
Sorry, my crank is broke and cables are dust, I'm talking very fine dust.
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Cables lol

SkinnyPedal said:
Dave L must ride. This is good advice. Spend too little and you won't be inspired to ride. If you really want to go Canadian and can afford a bit more, check out http://www.dekerf.com. Don't quote me, but I don't think any Rocky Mountains are actually made in Canada anymore, for sure not the entry level stuff. If you are ever out towards KW, I'd be happy to show you a couple of great places to ride.
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Very few major brands are made in NA anymore, just like pretty much everything else in this world. I'd still rather buy a Canadian brand regardless of where it's made.
 
Ravenshoe has some pretty decent trails. I went over the bars a lot there.
 
SkinnyPedal said:
Dave L must ride. This is good advice. Spend too little and you won't be inspired to ride. If you really want to go Canadian and can afford a bit more, check out http://www.dekerf.com. Don't quote me, but I don't think any Rocky Mountains are actually made in Canada anymore, for sure not the entry level stuff. If you are ever out towards KW, I'd be happy to show you a couple of great places to ride.
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For a Dekerf you need to up the budget big time - then add all the components, very very nice bike though. Ill stick with my plain jane Klein Attitude and my good Canadian (made in China??) Cervelo.

I belive most Rockies are made in Taiwan or China now - just like almost all bikes except for the super highend/specialty bikes. Honestly buy quality, at a good bike shop - regardless of where its made. I always recommend Trek as they seem to be a decent value and tend to be pretty good. We have had 6 treks in the family over the years.
 
SkinnyPedal said:
If you really want to go Canadian and can afford a bit more, check out http://www.dekerf.com.
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With his budget, I don't think the OP is going to be giving Chris a call. His cheapest frame, the Team SST (with single colour paint) starts at $2100. Add another $450 for fillet brazing, $150 for candy paint......well you see where this is going.

Nice to see he's started to make his Titanium bar/stem combos again. I know he doesn't like making them, and has priced them accordingly. Only $1200.


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FullMotoJacket said:
With his budget, I don't think the OP is going to be giving Chris a call. His cheapest frame, the Team SST (with single colour paint) starts at $2100. Add another $450 for fillet brazing, $150 for candy paint......well you see where this is going.
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I haven't really set a budget yet! I'd prefer to buy used or a little cheaper and find out if I'm going to stick with it or not without putting out too much cash.

On that note however maybe someone can set me in the right direction here: For a new rider what are priorities in a bike? Do I want/need suspension? Front and rear? Will I want 92 gears or am I ok with 10? If you were just starting out again, what is a list of items you need on the bike?
 
172Driver said:
I haven't really set a budget yet! I'd prefer to buy used or a little cheaper and find out if I'm going to stick with it or not without putting out too much cash.

On that note however maybe someone can set me in the right direction here: For a new rider what are priorities in a bike? Do I want/need suspension? Front and rear? Will I want 92 gears or am I ok with 10? If you were just starting out again, what is a list of items you need on the bike?
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Personally given a limited budget, I go for front suspension only. Most cheap rear suspension is just horrendous to ride (lots of bouncing up and down, not much moving forward). I used to recommend no suspension at all (again with budget in mind), but entirely rigid bikes are rare these days.

As for gears, almost everything recent will give you 24 or 27 (if you go really new, you may get 20, but I don't think these have dropped to affordable prices yet). Don't worry too much about how many gears it has, they all work fine.

Personally I like XT components (or better), they work noticeably better than LX (although they should because initial cost is something like double).

Most importantly, make sure the bike fits you, a good deal on a bike that doesn't fit you isn't a good deal.

Just to give you an idea of what's available, a buddy picked up an acceptable full suspension bike with full XT (about 4 years old, but not ridden a lot) for $400 last year. It was probably $1600 when it was new. I picked up a beautiful 3 year old Titus FCR for about 20% of the cost new (not stolen, the guy had too much money and too many bikes). Check out kijiji and pinkbike and you can get an idea of what things are going for.
 
N3WMAN said:
Forgot about them.

There is also Opus bikes from Quebec.
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Threre's a new price-point player in the market called Genesis, and if you want custom, Hugh at True North Cycles up in Belwood (Guelph) is handy with a torch. One of the few builders I know that can work with Aermet 100 tubing.
 
BNKN said:
I know what you mean, I'm an animal too. I haven't found a crank that'll hold up. I wear soft soled shoes and run slippery tires. That helps dissipate energy.

edit: forgot to mention, I can turn brake cables to dust. I'm talking a very fine dust.
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If you can break a set of these I'd be impressed.

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caboose483 said:
How do you guys destroy cranks???

I don't have anything special on my Jekyll and it's been on there for two years now without issue. Tri bike splits speak for themselves, I genuinely doubt either of you have more leg strength than I.
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caboose483 said:
Calm down, Brock.

Maybe your pedal stroke sucks, maybe you're a smasher? Ever talked to a cycling coach? Maybe there's another reason why you're going through cranks so quickly? I have ridden with a lot of folk over the years and I never met any that went through a crank (regardless of crank quality) per year.

Then again there are some people that think they need carbon wheels and an aero helmet to get 31km/hr average speeds.

Forget I said anything, I apologize, buy cranks in bulk and maybe you'll get a discount.
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BNKN said:
Sorry, my crank is broke and cables are dust, I'm talking very fine dust.
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Why are you guys making fun of RM?
Are you jealous that you are not as strong and tough as him.
So the guy is a power cyclists as well as lots of other things.
 
Wife and I both ride treks.

We go to coulson hills if we're just going for a quick rip, or hardwood if we're going to spend the day riding.
 
Are "Specialize" bikes any good? or just Kona and Devinci?

I may be looking for something in the $1000 - 1500 range. Havent decided if I want to ditch my 20 year old Miele yet.
 
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