Recent content by rockmonster

I'm not sure how much she'll like road biking, so I'm gonna try to find a $50 yard sale special for now... maybe if she takes to it, I'll be more inclined to bring her to a bike shop. I cant see paying hundreds for something that will likely be hanging upside down in a garage for the rest of its...

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I want to give my GF the chance to get into road biking, so I want to find a cheap second hand road bike for her... maybe an old steel bike... Trouble is, I hardly ride the road much myself, and I have no idea what size to look for. She is about 5'3" or 5'4". What size should I look for? Thanks...

Update: Spoke with Mfg today. They want pictures of the damage, copies of the receipts, and repair estimates from two shops. They said it is quite likely they will pay for repair or replacement of my bike. I get the impression that they deal with this often. I have all my fingers, toes, and...

It is a hitch rack, and it has rubber straps that hold the frame on. One of the two rubber straps physically broke, leaving the other strap to hold the entire bike by itself. That strap somehow came disconnected under the force of a twisting bike.

Thanks for the tip. I found A TON of people there who had similar problems, all with tragic consequences. Seems like this is a common problem. One of the posts mentioned receiving $1400 for damage to their bike. Hope is not lost...

Did you ask the rack manufacturer to cover anything? What did they do?

Oh my god. My newish (6 months old) bike rack just broke and dumped my BRAND NEW $2500 bike on the interstate, on the way home from picking it up from the bike shop. Its banged up pretty good. I don't want to post too many details here on the net just yet, because I want to give the...

http://www.leenks.com/link209911.html Had to share it.

Did you ever make that trip, and how was your rental/demo experience??

I didn't know this place existed before right now, and I really really really want to go.

If there's one thing this board can be counted on for, its abuse. I got out for an hour today.

I've done absolutely nothing in 6 days, and I need someone to yell at me.

I rode 30 miles today in 2:00:00. New personal best top speed of 43.9 MPH on Zion Rd, which was friggin awesome.... My eyes were watering so bad I could hardly see. Bodacious. Route...