Studio Lounge | Adam Patterson » Biking http://www.studiolounge.net Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:09:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc SRAM XX http://www.studiolounge.net/2010/01/26/sram-xx/ http://www.studiolounge.net/2010/01/26/sram-xx/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:00:34 +0000 Adam Patterson http://www.studiolounge.net/?p=2187

Well after riding SRAM XO for the better part of 3 years, through mud and grime. I have been very pleased with its performance. The only issues I experienced were during the subarctic temperatures of -40c when my shifting would not work. That being said my hydraulic brakes did not work so good either for that matter I didn’t work that well.

SRAM has a new line up coming out called XX, not only does it look HOT, it is also 10sp. one more gear for smooth riding action! They managed to beat Shimano to the punch as…

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I can’t even begin to describe the crazy things we did as kids to our bikes. Skate boards for front wheels, Skate board wheels for front wheels. Even tried lighting out tires on fire. The Contrail (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrail) seams like one of the coolest gizmos made for a bike i a long time.

The Contrail is a simple idea, something to apply a think later of Chalk to your tire (road tires would work best). As you ride you leave a coloured path behind you, a group of people would look something like an rainbow.

I…

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Made to fit standark Shimano External Cub Bottom Brackets they will make a sweet upgrade to the lower end and a perfect complement to the high end. One really nice thing about them is they are serviceable, something the Shimano BB’s are not.

Check them out.

Chris King has also released a new colour to there anodizing line up, Brown. A deep…

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Chris King Gold with Heavy Duty Axe on Mavic 721 with DT Swiss Alpine 3 spokes, SRAM DH 11-26 Cassette and SRAM X.O 20th anniversary Carbon Fiber Black Box Medium Derailleur with X.0 Shifters.

I hope to get a Rockshox Pike from a friend by trading some bike parts. Nothing beats the barter system.

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Pink parts! Any why not make them some of the best parts money can buy? a Chris King wheel set can set you back over a grand, and the pink Hope brake set could set you back $500 or $600.

Speedgoat, an online bike shop last year held an raffle for a pink bike and the proceeds went to help breast cancer. Not to mention they build a sweet pink bike.

Other companies…

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I shipped my rear wheel by UPS thought United Cycle to Chris King in Portland Oregon for Warranty work. I knew that by that at the time of year when i send in the wheel (June 2007) that they would be behind, so I waited about 2 months and then called them to ask if i could get a tracking number to follow it back to Canada.

I was surprised to hear that they had not received it.

My first instinct was there must be a mistake, so the tech i was talking with did some looking around…

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Check out a teaser on there site.

Links:
http://www.thecollectivefilm.com/
http://www.pinkbike.com/

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