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skint
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 Posted: Tue 22/Feb/05 6:52pm Post subject: Which Bike To Take To Vegas? |
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Right. Spending a week in Rotorua/Taupo in a couple of weeks, and facing major dilemma in which bike to take, as can only take one. Options are: 4" front sus specialized singlespeed hardtail (32:16 ratio), vs. 3" full sus giant NRS with 27 gears. Will be riding pretty much everything, including from town out to Whakarewa trails.
Please help me vorb. 
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RossW
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depends on fitness,it wouldnt take much to use the singlespeed and probably much more fun.
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ryguy
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| Posted: Tue 22/Feb/05 7:16pm Post subject: |
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When/if you get tired cruising will be much more pleasant on the NRS.
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michael
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| Posted: Tue 22/Feb/05 9:17pm Post subject: |
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Last time I wasnt there for racing I was on a 32 16 ss, it was just right.
Then all the other times ive had heaps of fun riding my Epic too.
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james
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| Posted: Wed 23/Feb/05 9:06am Post subject: |
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you will need gears if you want to get to the top of direct rd... 
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pushbikerider
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| Posted: Wed 23/Feb/05 9:17am Post subject: |
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I would go the geared bike, esp with lookin to be away for a week, on the third and following days an SS can be hard work, also vegas is rolling were as Taupo is a little more undulating
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Mr_Sizzle
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i wuld ride th bike with the more gears so you can go uphill. then you can go fast down as well. you could take the one with the singlespeed only if you lik pushing
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Friendly Llama
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| Posted: Sun 27/Feb/05 11:16am Post subject: |
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I'd go the singlespeed, but it all depends on what style riding you like. If your more into purely the XC side of things, take the NRS, but there are plenty of drops and jumps round the redwoods that would be more suited to something a little sturdier. I would prefer to battle on the climbs, and have fun on the jumps etc. that stand by and think everything looks cool, but be too scared to ride it. 
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skint
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| Posted: Sun 27/Feb/05 11:33am Post subject: |
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Despite the poll results the SS is ahead at the moment (but mostly also because I can't be esrad cleaning the giant after doing katapoti the other day. Might throw some clipless pedals on it htough...
Cheers vorbii
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Friendly Llama
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| Posted: Sun 27/Feb/05 11:40am Post subject: |
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An interesting thought, could you rip the gears off the NRS, and slap them on the speshy??
Depends on your set up and stuff though. and if you can be bothered
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skint
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| Posted: Sun 27/Feb/05 11:55am Post subject: |
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| Friendly Llama wrote: | An interesting thought, could you rip the gears off the NRS, and slap them on the speshy??
Depends on your set up and stuff though. and if you can be bothered |
Was toying with cannibalising the giant - getting the USt wheelset off of it, and maybe the hydro brakes, but might just take it as is, and keep it simple.
The rides will be more quick loops than epics, as it's technically a honeymoon, and will be the wife's first major off road excursion, so thing the ss should be sweet
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ape
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oooohhh soimeone's brave taking a bike one the honeymoon........, be careful., could be the start of an awesome life together, or it coulld be seen as the begining of a competition for your affections
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skint
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| Posted: Mon 28/Feb/05 9:01am Post subject: |
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| ape wrote: | | oooohhh soimeone's brave taking a bike one the honeymoon........, be careful., could be the start of an awesome life together, or it coulld be seen as the begining of a competition for your affections |
Nah - it should be sweet 
managed to tear me away from biking long enough to get married, so it's always been on the cards...(he hopes)
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fraserb
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| Posted: Mon 28/Feb/05 9:54am Post subject: Re: Which Bike To Take To Vegas? |
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| skint wrote: | Right. Spending a week in Rotorua/Taupo in a couple of weeks, and facing major dilemma in which bike to take, as can only take one. Options are: 4" front sus specialized singlespeed hardtail (32:16 ratio), vs. 3" full sus giant NRS with 27 gears. Will be riding pretty much everything, including from town out to Whakarewa trails.
Please help me vorb. |
i would take the SS.
i could pedal my SS pretty much all the way to the top of the good tracks out the back end of Rotovegas last time i took it when i was a bit fitter. and coming down the is a blast on a hardtail Single speed.
but then if you are doing a few days of riding back to back then the single could be hard work and the hardtail could give your body a bit of a hard time. dont forget the night riding activites you will be indulging in you dont want to be to knackered from a day in the saddle.
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ssipface
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| Posted: Mon 28/Feb/05 10:36am Post subject: |
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we've already seem one vorb marriage go down the tubes cos of the biking fixation ! watch it.....
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