Gotta switch gears here (no pun intended, you'll understand as you read) from kids to bikes. It was so nice out tonight I just had to get a good ride in. I finally have my latest project dialed in, geometrically anyway. I took a bike I've ridden the crap out of and restored it. It's year 2000 Specialized Stumpjumper. Nice bike back in the day. Had front suspension, XTR drivetrain, aluminum frame. This winter I stripped her down, painted her, put some dirt drop bars on her, and replaced the 3x9 drivetrain to a singlespeed. For my family and friends who dont' ride, a 3x9 drivetrain is what you would call a 27 speed. Only that's a misnomer. There's not actually 27 different gear ratios, some of them overlap, so it's really a 3x9. Now, it's a 1x1. No shifting. Also, I took the suspension fork off and replaced it with steel rigid fork. Just pure simple, ridgid, singlespeed. Anway, now that it's dialed in where the seat height, and the handlebar height are perfect, I really enjoyed riding it tonight. I got into some sloppy shit that would have clogged up my 3x9 drivetrain. All the justification I needed. All in all I rode about 20 miles. Went by 3 or 4 bars and managed to keep riding by. It was tough, but I did it. I can't wait to get out again, maybe tomorrow to ride my new/old rig.
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You are a bike NERD!
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