October 01, 2004

Bike Project, part 1

As I mentioned in an entry before, I've started building up a new mountain bike. People have asked me before what is the big deal between buying a bicycle from Costco, or even heaven forbid Toys'R'Us, and a more expensive one from a major Bike shop. I'd answer that it depends on situation, if for riding on a street to get from your home to the grocery store, any bike will do. But one of the more liberating feelings on a more expensive mountain bike is the "go anywhere" feeling. In general, more expensive bikes tend to be much lighter, stronger, and smoother bicycles, or more conventionally, "you get what you pay for."

Parts so far:
1997 Specialized Stumpjumper M2 frame
2003 Shimano XT Hubs/DTSwiss 15G spokes/Bontrager Voliant rims
2004 Raceface Evolve crankset w/SRX bottom bracket
2004 Shimano XT Cassette and XTR Chain

Lots of other goodies on the way....

Posted by Jimmy at October 1, 2004 12:47 AM
Comments

nice bike... can't really tell from your pics, but is that the bomber?

Posted by: mike at October 4, 2004 06:58 AM

No, it's just a fill-in fork, until I decide what I want... It's a Manitou SX coil fork.

Posted by: Jimmy at October 4, 2004 11:17 PM