Please abuse me (I like a klein)

Westie wrote:
Westie wrote:

Monique Y. Mudama wrote:

Which brings me to the one I *did* like ... the Klein Palomino 5.

http://www.chainreactionbicycles.com/topten.htm



Oops. Klein, not Trek. Too fast on the SEND button - duh! :-)
Still vaguely amusing though.

and its owned by the same parent company.

Shawn

On 2004-06-05, Shawn Curry penned:
Westie wrote:
Westie wrote:

Monique Y. Mudama wrote:

Which brings me to the one I *did* like ... the Klein Palomino 5.

http://www.chainreactionbicycles.com/topten.htm



Oops. Klein, not Trek. Too fast on the SEND button - duh! :-)
Still vaguely amusing though.

and its owned by the same parent company.


Ayup.

Also made in the USA, I believe.

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monique

"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message
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| On 2004-06-05, Shawn Curry penned:
| Westie wrote:
| Westie wrote:
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| Monique Y. Mudama wrote:
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| Which brings me to the one I *did* like ... the Klein Palomino 5.
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| http://www.chainreactionbicycles.com/topten.htm
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| Oops. Klein, not Trek. Too fast on the SEND button - duh! :-)
| Still vaguely amusing though.
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| and its owned by the same parent company.
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| Ayup.
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| Also made in the USA, I believe.
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| monique

Just make sure they cleaned all the cheese off the frame before they applied
the paint


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On 2004-06-06, The Nelson Paradigm penned:

Just make sure they cleaned all the cheese off the frame before they
applied the paint

Hrm? I don't get it.

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monique

On 2004-06-05, MattB penned:

That's a reason I like the Epic. It locks out for you and it actually
works really well. You can stand and mash on climbs if you like and
it knows what to do. Weird but cool.

Yeah, definitely cool.

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On 2004-06-05, Shawn Curry penned:

I use my front lockout a lot. The rear doesn't need to (for me).
Nice thing about the Maverick design, and why it climbs well. I'll
post more in a bit.

That seems weird -- I mean, you never hear of a bike that's a
"hardnose," right? They either put the suspension in the back or on
both. Sounds like what you're talking about creats a "hardnose."

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monique

On 2004-06-05, S o r n i penned:
Monique Y. Mudama wrote:

... Eric warned me that what I thought was "light" could
actually be "too much weight in the back" -- I want him to ride
a model in his size today to see what he thinks about that
point.

Well that's true, I think. If you lift the *entire* bike and it feels
rather light to you, then that's a good sign.

Yeah ... after seeing the bike yesterday, Eric decided it wasn't a
concern. (It would be surprising to me if a bike that gets such praise
for its climbing were top-light.)

If, however, you life a bike by its "midpoint" and find the front way
lighter than the back, then that's a bit of a red flag.

I'm a bit of a weight weenie, but don't mind heavier parts/components
at the front. Hate trying to climb and having the front wheel flying
all over the place on me.

Indeed. I still haven't mastered the body position for really steep (to
me) climbs, so I still do that a lot. Getting better, though.


Bill "another reason to like Marzzochi" S.




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Monique Y. Mudama wrote:
On 2004-06-05, Shawn Curry penned:

I use my front lockout a lot. The rear doesn't need to (for me).
Nice thing about the Maverick design, and why it climbs well. I'll
post more in a bit.


That seems weird -- I mean, you never hear of a bike that's a
"hardnose," right? They either put the suspension in the back or on
both. Sounds like what you're talking about creats a "hardnose."


Maybe that's what we should call all those guys on rigid SSs.
The rear end doesn't bob perceptably to me while climbing, but the front
end does, especially when out of the saddle. Locking out the front end
on my 2003 version fork (don't know if the 15 has one of those
auto-locking sorts of forks like the Cake [?]) really makes climbing
efficient, and I usually don't forget to unlock it anymore when the
trail levels out :-)

Shawn

On 2004-06-06, Shawn Curry penned:

Maybe that's what we should call all those guys on rigid SSs. The
rear end doesn't bob perceptably to me while climbing, but the front
end does, especially when out of the saddle. Locking out the front
end on my 2003 version fork (don't know if the 15 has one of those
auto-locking sorts of forks like the Cake [?]) really makes climbing
efficient, and I usually don't forget to unlock it anymore when the
trail levels out :-)


Eric recently got the fox 100x, and it has the auto-lockout. He loves
it. The fork on the 15 does have a manual lockout, so I guess I can
play with it.

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monique

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"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message
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On 2004-06-06, The Nelson Paradigm penned:

Just make sure they cleaned all the cheese off the frame before they
applied the paint

Hrm? I don't get it.

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monique

cheeseheads

http://www.kleinbikes.com/us/about_klein/index.html
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