Thursday, February 07, 2008

Hillary

Hillary is my Swiss-Army bike - the bike that can do it all reasonably well, but not exceptionally well. I can, and have, ridden Hillary on mountain bike rides on the Ridge and on long dirt/pavement rides along the canal and through town. She's also seen more than one 'cross race. She's built with almost a mountain frame with clearance for up to 2.1's with disc brakes and drop bars. She can also be readily converted to a mountain bike as she's designed to ride properly with a Reba 29er fork. In fact, her next mission is to be ridden as a dedicated mountain bike this coming season as Jonboy trains for and rides the LT 100 on her. A big wheel geary bike should be just the ticket for Jon to get that big'un belt buckle and I'm more than happy to oblige. So the drop bars are being replaced with a flat bar and the road shifters are going to give way to bar-end shifters mounted to thumbies. Later, Hillary will make her return as a cross bike.

5 comments:

Sabrosa Cycles said...

i am stoked.

Mr. Flynn said...

Dude, I am down with all of your names of bikes so far except Hillary. I knew a Hillary once, she was not something I would want to ride. But, she is your bike, so you would know I suppose.

Morkthefied said...

Did you just out your secret obsession with Hillary Clinton?

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Fish said...

'Fish's subconscious' doesn't appear to be one of the regular commenters. The regular commenters all seem to have blogger ids, so I've changed the settings to require a user ID. So, 'Fish's subconscious' come out, come out whereever you are.