I am in the Bay Area and for fire road/single track I have 3: Bombadil currently with Quasi-Moto tires, Black Mountain Cycle Monster Cross with Bruce Gordan Rock&Road tires and a '94 Bridgestone XO-4 with Clement MSO tires. The Black Mountain is a pretty great bike for the $ if you have extra parts lying around for a build. Running On-One Midge flare bars on that bike.
Never got into suspension bikes. There are lots of great older mountain bikes that get turned in at used bike co-ops and such. A tune up, a chain and some new tires and you are good to go for a very small investment. Dan - Marin On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 10:42 AM, Deacon Patrick <lamontg...@mac.com> wrote: > Och! Aye. The wait is brutal! Get a poser bike to fill the void in the > meantime. I rode what later became my wife's bike while I waited (I hadn't > ridden a bike since my bludgeoned brain, so over ten years), and we'd > gotten an old Trek MTB as a test bike. Way too small for me, but Rived out > it worked and I could do wee rides with my daughters. But the anticipation > and trying to imagine riding perfection and the drool, and the hope, and > the fear that what if it doesn't work for some reason, and the... and > the... will make you a blathering idiot that can only be cured by the > arrival of a UPS box with goodie drawings on it. Just remember, it's > coldest just before sunrise. Here's how I know: (Grin.) > http://www.flickr.com/photos/32311885@N07/12513399475/ > > With abandon, > Patrick > > > On Tuesday, February 18, 2014 11:24:23 AM UTC-7, David Stein wrote: > >> Bill - is this also known as the N+8? >> >> Patrick - agreed. My goal is to wait and ride and see what I want from >> there. But damn, 4 months is a long time to wait on a bike, too much time >> to think. Need to ride. >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 10:13 AM, Bill Lindsay <tape...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Welcome to the group, and best of luck with your Hunqapillar >>> >>> I have one bike that was sold as a mountain bike. It's a 1986 Schwinn >>> Paramountain. I have a Bombadil, which I guess is kind of a mountain bike. >>> I have a two road bikes with plenty of clearance for cyclocross tires. I >>> have four 650B bikes that will take medium width knobbies and that I have >>> no qualms about riding through Wildcat Canyon trails >>> >>> So to answer your question about how many....somewhere between zero and >>> eight mountain bikes, depending on how one classifies them. >>> >>> On Tuesday, February 18, 2014 9:48:15 AM UTC-8, David Stein wrote: >>>> >>>> New to the group. Have a Hunq on order. I've seen a number of threads >>>> dancing around this topic (including the recent 'Hunqapillar as a true >>>> mountain bike' thread). Wanted to ask the question a different way, how >>>> many mountain bikes do you own, what are they, and when do you decide to >>>> take which bike out? >>>> >>>> I just got into mountain biking/trail riding after years of road riding >>>> (Bay Area, mostly fire roads for now, some single track). I suck at it. >>>> Trying to get better. Salsa El Mariachi with front suspension. >>>> My interest is in exploring mostly, not necessarily going fast or >>>> racing, but that being said I haven't met a downhill that hasn't resulted >>>> in a crash or three (including the demo ride in Shell Ridge I took the Hunq >>>> on). When I ordered the Hunq the idea was to use it as an all-rounder (mix >>>> of fire roads, light trails, city riding, commuting) and my Salsa El >>>> Mariachi 29er to take on more technical terrain and single track. But after >>>> another couple more harrowing rides, I decided the Salsa wasn't for me and >>>> sold it (I think it was the 29er wheel size that I didn't like, I am short >>>> and it wasn't nimble enough, though maybe it was the general geometry of >>>> the frame). So now, I'm left with the choice of running the Hunq as my only >>>> mountain bike with two sets of wheels (2.1 smart sams on one and 1.75 green >>>> guards on another), or using the Salsa money to buy an additional >>>> singletrack specific bike with front suspension (and using in conjunction >>>> with the Hunq, the ole N+1). 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