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    Quote Originally Posted by Chef Zambini View Post
    carbon frames are the lightest.
    steel is a rare commodity in a high end bike. most are aluminum. down tubes and seat posts steel and most handlebars
    I cant distinguish a ride difference between the various frame materials. flex in the frame allows for better handling, stif frames allow for greater speed.
    I am not doinf time trials or taking downhill runs at 60 MPH, so these are not critical concerns for me.
    Tires, tubes and rims are the critical components of my bike (like most) and smooth shifting.


    yeah, me too. the Trek I ride now has the levers on the... downtube?????. Eventually I want a bike that shifts from the brakes. but looking at a new set of skis right now too.

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    this is awesome.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Day1BroncoFan View Post
    You'd have to show me those bikes that are part steel and part something else, I've never heard of one or seen one anywhere ever. I won't say they don't exist but they are rare. The down tube is the tube that connects to the head tube and goes to the bottom bracket. The seat post goes into the seat post. None of the parts you mention go into the down tube.

    Do you have a link to any bikes that are aluminum or carbon that have a steel down tube? I would like to see one.


    99% or more of bikes the frame is all the same material be it carbon, Ti, steel, aluminum or whatever.
    I do believe that ZAM is correct. In fact I'd almost say yes, that he is.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chef Zambini View Post
    is your first name Anna?
    if so, I would guess your last name to be Mosity.
    did I not just say the same thing regarding clips/
    and since you are being so "technical'
    clipless can be just a regular old pedal without a cleat, technically
    I thing your first name is O and your last name is Zone. I don't have any animosity toward you. I'm just trying to find out if you really don't know what you're talking about or if you're just acting like it. I'm not being technical, just using the terms commonly used in the bicycling jargon. By the way, a regular old pedal without a cleat as you refer to it is known as a flat pedal. If you say clipless pedal to anyone in bicycling they won't be thinking about a flat pedal so no, you'd be wrong.

    Why is it you try to demean me? Are you that insecure?The TDF start on the 30 of June and this ain't June
    Merry.

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    I loved my old grip shifters on my old trek mountain bike.
    my new giant has traditional click or trigger shifters mounted on the handelbars, they are shimano, good quality but still not as efficient or as exact as my old grip shifters !
    CAN WE PLEASE JUST SKIP ALL THE NONESENSE AND JUST TALK FOOTBALL?

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    Quote Originally Posted by bronconut View Post
    I do believe that ZAM is correct. In fact I'd almost say yes, that he is.
    Not.

    Hit the wrong thing there.

    Meant to say;

    Not saying he ism, just asking him to privide me with some samples because I've never seen a bike not made out of steel that has a steel down tube.
    Last edited by Day1BroncoFan; 05-31-2012 at 02:40 PM.
    Merry.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Day1BroncoFan View Post
    Not.
    maybe you're the one that should be held as suspect?

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    So is Contrador back in the Tour this year? It will be interesting to see if he is any good if he isn't doping. Andy Schleck should win if he can ride a time trial. Cadel Evans will be in the mix.

    I need to go look at the tour site and see which mountain stages they are doing. It's always fun to watch them suffer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chef Zambini View Post
    I loved my old grip shifters on my old trek mountain bike.
    my new giant has traditional click or trigger shifters mounted on the handelbars, they are shimano, good quality but still not as efficient or as exact as my old grip shifters !
    Shimano sucks. Real men ride Campy

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    Quote Originally Posted by BigDaddyBronco View Post
    So is Contrador back in the Tour this year? It will be interesting to see if he is any good if he isn't doping. Andy Schleck should win if he can ride a time trial. Cadel Evans will be in the mix.

    I need to go look at the tour site and see which mountain stages they are doing. It's always fun to watch them suffer.
    Contrador. That's badass. Like the Commodores

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    Quote Originally Posted by bronconut View Post
    maybe you're the one that should be held as suspect?
    See my edit. Hold me any way you like nut.
    Merry.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BigDaddyBronco View Post
    So is Contrador back in the Tour this year? It will be interesting to see if he is any good if he isn't doping. Andy Schleck should win if he can ride a time trial. Cadel Evans will be in the mix.

    I need to go look at the tour site and see which mountain stages they are doing. It's always fun to watch them suffer.
    you seem to be too much of a fatboy/slob type to be into the bike scene BDB. What's that all about?

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    Quote Originally Posted by bronconut View Post
    Contrador. That's badass. Like the Commodores
    You could be Bronconutador.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Day1BroncoFan View Post
    See my edit. Hold me any way you like nut.
    Oh well thank you, how kind

    show me your edit. I'm not going to go looking for it. There are others that need trolled

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    Did I not already apologise for my old world jargon?
    dude I am 57, in my day when a bike pedal was clipless, it meant you didnt have a toe clip( because there was no such thing as a cleated shoe and matching pedal).
    clipless is the new modern term, but for me its just like the music industry, old farts like me still use the term "album"
    "dude has a new album," even though we all know its a CD !"
    and if you want to be hip, these days that 'flat pedal "is called a PLATFORM pedal, its what the kids use for' performing flatland tricks on their custom bikes.
    CAN WE PLEASE JUST SKIP ALL THE NONESENSE AND JUST TALK FOOTBALL?

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