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作者: 田鱼 时间: 2007-2-4 04:42
标题: My MTB Journal
OK, instead of opening a new thread every time, I'm gonna only update this one when I want to post some riding stuff. To kick off, I present to you my cold winter day ride at

Frederick Watershed, Feb. 3, 2007
(4.53 of 5 on mtbr, http://trails.mtbr.com/cat/unite ... 168293_4553crx.aspx)

It was a cold winter morning. The ground was frozen and covered with some snow. Temperature at the trailhead was 18F (about -8 degree C).

Trails were silent under virgin snow, and quitely a mountain stream was flowing.

Total ride time: 2.5 hours, distance: ~10 miles. And the bike was clean

作者: calvinsonic 时间: 2007-2-4 11:48
Wow what a nice place to ride, riding in the snow must be hell lot of fun

作者: fastjudy 时间: 2007-2-4 20:36
Cool! Thanks for sharing...btw, nice bike...all decked out with red bits like mine!

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作者: 山野 时间: 2007-2-4 21:38
an agreeable outing ~

Trails were silent under virgin snow, and quitely a mountain stream was flowing.

i like this sentence
keep on riding man~

作者: fastjudy 时间: 2007-2-4 22:12
Btw...how did you managed to ride under such thick blancket of snow? Did the tire hold out or slip?

作者: 田鱼 时间: 2007-2-4 22:42

引用第4楼fastjudy于2007-02-04 22:12发表的:
Btw...how did you managed to ride under such thick blancket of snow? Did the tire hold out or slip?

In fact, the traction was very good (if not better) for downhill. Technical uphill however was another story. It was hard to pick a good line because all rocks were covered, and rear wheel just kept slipping.

It was a good workout, though.

作者: 田鱼 时间: 2007-2-4 22:47

引用第1楼calvinsonic于2007-02-04 11:48发表的:
Wow what a nice place to ride, riding in the snow must be hell lot of fun

It is indeed

作者: 田鱼 时间: 2007-2-9 09:07
Frederick Watershed, night ride (sort of), Feb. 8, 2007

It snowed another four inch-ish Tuesday night, so the white blanket on the ground just got thicker. Four of us did an eight-mile loop in about one and half hour before it got completely dark. Then we all decided to head home since it was getting too cold to keep riding.

I had winter boots on, but still it took me about 10 minutes to warm up my numb toes in the car.

Tomorrow morning I'll be riding with another group in Watershed. It'll be probably around -10 degree Celsius.

One of the guy I rode with

作者: 田鱼 时间: 2007-2-10 11:00
Frederick Watershed + Gambrill, Feb. 9, 2007

Temperature was at low teens. Equipped with all my winter gears, I managed to stay out for about 3 hours roaming around the Shed and Gambrill. By now, I'm not any more surprised that the snow drags the rear wheel hard while knocking the front off straight line.

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作者: 田鱼 时间: 2007-2-14 05:24
Frederick Watershed, Feb. 11, 2007
Started out from Sandflat to the Salamander Rock, passed the Thurmon Overlook, took the blue trail and went down Death March, finally rode gravel road back to parking lot . Twelve riders, two hours, and around eleven miles. Snow really slows you down.

作者: 田鱼 时间: 2007-2-14 05:38
Schaeffer Farm, Feb. 12, 2007

Two S's hadn't had much love from me recently - Schaeffer and my Surly. So I took half day off and rode pretty much everything in Schaeffer. The trail was frozen and super fast, and I had it all to myself

. I found my legs were so weak though after being off single speed for about a month.

作者: 田鱼 时间: 2007-2-17 06:30
Schaeffer Farm 2/16/2007

I thought it would be cool to ride after 6 in snow plus some freezing rain, but had to turn around due to trail closure. Oh well.

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作者: 田鱼 时间: 2007-2-19 02:11
Blackhill and Hoyles Mill Connector, 2/17/2007

I was itching to ride since the planned Schaeffer ride did not happen due to trail closure. Blackhill is about 10 minutes drive away. The terrain is mostly hilly but not many technical sections. However it was a totally different story when the whole thing was covered with 5-in smooth snow/ice. Uphill required a little more attention to body position adjustment so the rear wheel wouldn't spin. Downhill, some of them slightly slanted sideway, suddently became seriously challenging if I wanted to stay on the bike, and more so if I wanted to hike-a-bike. Anyway, it was a slow ride , took me twice as much time to covered the distance, but whole lot of fun, slip and slide all over the place, like riding in a ice rink.

作者: 田鱼 时间: 2007-2-19 02:31
Mishap, 2/18/2007

OK, I tensioned the chain on the Surly, fixed some small stuff here and there, put the bike behind my car on the driveway, and went into the garage to gather my riding gears. Then somehow I decided to move the car off the driveway first -with the Surly leaning behind it! So here is what happened the next - the car backed into the downed bike. I got off the driver seat thinking my Surly is now history. To my surprise the only damage I found was the deformed Spot Rocket. The car rolled on top of Surly's rear wheel, bent the Rocket, but could do any further damage. The rear wheel - Mavic 717+DT spokes+Surly hub+WI freewheel - is still round and true, spins smoothly like butter. Now that's what we call "Bomb proof", but hopefully I never do that test again

.

I'm thinking about getting a Surly tuggnut as replacement.

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Bent Spot Rocket

作者: calvinsonic 时间: 2007-2-24 21:52

引用第13楼田鱼于2007-02-19 02:31发表的:
Mishap, 2/18/2007

OK, I tensioned the chain on the Surly, fixed some small stuff here and there, put the bike behind my car on the driveway, and went into the garage to gather my riding gears. Then somehow I decided to move the car off the driveway first -with the Surly leaning behind it! So here is what happened the next - the car backed into the downed bike. I got off the driver seat thinking my Surly is now history. To my surprise the only damage I found was the deformed Spot Rocket. The car rolled on top of Surly's rear wheel, bent the Rocket, but could do any further damage. The rear wheel - Mavic 717+DT spokes+Surly hub+WI freewheel - is still round and true, spins smoothly like butter. Now that's what we call "Bomb proof", but hopefully I never do that test again.

I'm thinking about getting a Surly tuggnut as replacement.

All i can say is....you got lucky

作者: fastjudy 时间: 2007-2-27 09:39
NIce single speed you got there...always wondered how one rides, any feed back on that?

作者: 田鱼 时间: 2007-2-27 10:41

引用第15楼fastjudy于2007-02-27 09:39发表的:
NIce single speed you got there...always wondered how one rides, any feed back on that?

You probably already know more about the pros and cons in singlespeeding so I won't bore you with those. With only one gear, I concentrate on pedaling and push it harder. Riding full rigid gives me direct trail feedback but at the same time demands a lot more body adjustment. All I want to say is it's addictive and intoxicating (Drink the Kool Aid

). You have to ride one to appreciate it. Many of my riding buddies here have gone to the dark side and never turned back.  

作者: fastjudy 时间: 2007-2-27 11:44
Thanks...sounds like fun! The only Single speed I’ve ridden is my BMX. Surly builds some serious single speed in very affordable price range...and I’m thinking of building a single speed roadster (not road bike, a hybrid) for high speed city cruising in Shanghai as well...

作者: 田鱼 时间: 2007-2-27 12:13

引用第17楼fastjudy于2007-02-27 11:44发表的:
Thanks...sounds like fun! The only Single speed I’ve ridden is my BMX. Surly builds some serious single speed in very affordable price range...and I’m thinking of building a single speed roadster (not road bike, a hybrid) for high speed city cruising in Shanghai as well...

Surly bikes are made in Taiwan, that's why they are so much cheaper than other steel frames like Kelly or Wily.

For city type riding (especially in Shanghai) I was gonna suggest a fixie...

作者: fastjudy 时间: 2007-2-27 16:41
No way bro...fixie are way too dangerious especially with Shanghai's traffic condition and reckless drivers....

作者: 阿越 时间: 2007-3-4 23:17
太棒了．一切都太棒了

作者: fastjudy 时间: 2007-3-5 09:18

引用第20楼lchtt于2007-03-04 23:17发表的:
太棒了．一切都太棒了

lchtt brother...please use English in this section of the forum, thank you!

作者: 田鱼 时间: 2007-4-5 10:25
April 4th, 2007

Took some time to build another Surly for my sigoth. A mix with new and old parts. Rides smooth.

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作者: fastjudy 时间: 2007-4-5 11:15
Sweet!...but the pedals are...Foohh! ...Flashy!!!

作者: 田鱼 时间: 2007-4-5 11:44

引用第23楼fastjudy于2007-04-05 11:15发表的:
Sweet!...but the pedals are...Foohh! ...Flashy!!!

Glad you noticed the pedals

.

It's kinda experimental right now. Maybe change to a pair a blue or gold 5050xx. She doesn't want clipless and all good platforms are huge.

作者: lynn 时间: 2007-4-6 23:48

wow, Stayed in Africa for nearly two years, I've almost forgotten what Snow is like~

作者: 田鱼 时间: 2007-4-25 11:59

引用第23楼fastjudy于2007-04-05 11:15发表的:
Sweet!...but the pedals are...Foohh! ...Flashy!!!

OK now how about this one?

作者: fastjudy 时间: 2007-4-25 13:38
Nice...much better, matches with the current bash guard.

作者: cc3th 时间: 2007-4-25 15:19
SO COOL~~~~~~~~

作者: 田鱼 时间: 2007-4-25 19:56

引用第27楼fastjudy于2007-04-25 13:38发表的:
Nice...much better, matches with the current bash guard.

Well, all she needs now is a pink saddle.

作者: fastjudy 时间: 2007-4-25 21:12
A Pink fork would be sweet....

作者: 大眼睛米米~~ 时间: 2007-5-11 17:08
beautiful place and landscape. where is it?

作者: 田鱼 时间: 2007-5-14 11:51

引用第31楼大眼睛米米~~于2007-05-11 17:08发表的:
beautiful place and landscape. where is it?

Maryland

作者: 大眼睛米米~~ 时间: 2007-5-14 15:56
o!America~~

作者: 田鱼 时间: 2007-5-27 04:04
Not much heavier than a carbon cage.

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作者: 好丽友好朋友 时间: 2007-5-27 09:46
although   i   work   in   bike   stroe   ,     i   am not   intrening   in   bike.hehe .   i like   folding bike ,but   if   i   go   to shopping ,i   would   by   bus.

作者: fastjudy 时间: 2007-5-27 10:50

引用第35楼好丽友好朋友于2007-05-27 09:46发表的:
although   i   work   in   bike   stroe   ,     i   am not   intrening   in   bike.hehe .   i like   folding bike ,but   if   i   go   to shopping ,i   would   by   bus.

Hi Su Yun,

I will attempt to correct your post so that you know where your mistakes are.

Although i work in a bike store, i'm not interested in bikes. Hehe...i like folding bikes but if i'm shopping for one, i would buy a bus(?).

作者: fastjudy 时间: 2007-5-27 10:51

引用第34楼田鱼于2007-05-27 04:04发表的:
Not much heavier than a carbon cage.

Is that Ti?

作者: 田鱼 时间: 2007-5-27 11:17

引用第35楼好丽友好朋友于2007-05-27 09:46发表的:
but   if   i   go   to shopping ,i   would   by   bus.

but if I go shopping, I'll take bus.

作者: 田鱼 时间: 2007-5-27 11:19

引用第37楼fastjudy于2007-05-27 10:51发表的:

Is that Ti?

The one and only King Ti cage.

作者: fastjudy 时间: 2007-5-27 11:25

引用第38楼田鱼于2007-05-27 11:17发表的:

but if I go shopping, I'll take bus.

But if i go shopping, I'll take the bus. (you can only board a single bus at any one time)

作者: fastjudy 时间: 2007-5-27 11:26

引用第39楼田鱼于2007-05-27 11:19发表的:

The one and only King Ti cage.

Sweet....Chris King, I presume?

作者: 田鱼 时间: 2007-5-27 12:10

引用第41楼fastjudy于2007-05-27 11:26发表的:

Sweet....Chris King, I presume?

No, probably just some guy bending ti tubes in his own garage.

http://www.kingcage.com/Home.html

作者: fastjudy 时间: 2007-5-27 12:24
Thanks for the link... a guy specializes in making water bottle cages...interesting...

作者: 好丽友好朋友 时间: 2007-5-27 13:51
sorry ,i   mean   :if   i   go   to shopping ,i   donnot   ride   bike,   i   will   by   bus   ,hehe

作者: 好丽友好朋友 时间: 2007-5-27 15:36
go shopping not   go to shoping

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