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07-27-2010, 11:27 PM
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07-28-2010, 11:02 PM
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yeah, that trail looks like too much fun. i'm excited
 Jamie would go, but she's gonna have a full weekend as it is. that, and we may have a new addition to the family that she will be taking care of
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07-29-2010, 01:00 PM
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I used to get out to Camp Horizon about once a year. That trail is a blast... right up until that killer climb at the end. Sheezus.
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07-29-2010, 01:15 PM
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i have a feeling i know what killer climb you are talking about. i had a friend that worked out there as a counselor and i went out to visit him one time. he convinced me to take my 2wd isuzu rodeo offroading out there... it almost got stuck at the bottom.
i saw your helmet in your garage, i was going to ask if you bike. are you still into it?
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07-29-2010, 01:17 PM
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I haven't ridden in about 5 years. I still have my mountain bike, it's a full suspension GT, great downhill bike but pretty heavy by today's standards. I think it's a 1999 model. Haven't had time to touch it in years. Sad, really, I used to bike a lot. :-/
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07-29-2010, 03:42 PM
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mmmmmmm DH bikes.
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07-30-2010, 11:15 AM
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I have been runnin 2 miles a day now for my workouts, wanted to grab a bike so i could change it up and save my feet some aches. There was some nice ones at walmart, but im not ready to dump 200 into a mountain bike 0.o
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07-30-2010, 11:58 AM
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07-30-2010, 11:59 AM
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keep an eye on craigslist though, there are some decent bikes out there for relatively good prices. i got a great deal on my current bike from there.
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07-30-2010, 01:35 PM
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WTF I would never buy a paintball gun from walmart LOL. These bikes were mongoose, is that not a good brand anymore? I think they said 21 speed aswell.. not sure tho.
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07-30-2010, 02:05 PM
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Mongoose was fine when we were kids...but as far as something I would feel "safe" riding on on a trail, I wouldn't consider one.
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07-30-2010, 02:47 PM
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i know you wouldnt buy a paintball gun from walmart, that was my point. i would never buy a walmart bike. not just for trail riding. the bikes at walmart use inferior components that will wear fast and the frames weigh a ton. not that a walmart bike wouldnt work for what you want, but you could get a much better bike used on craigslist for less than what you could get there.
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07-30-2010, 02:50 PM
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Wal-Mart uses inferior components across the board. I had a friend who worked real high up at Coleman and was in a high level corporate meeting between Coleman and Wal-Mart. Coleman was trying to get Wal-Mart to carry a line of their products. The only way Wal-Mart would do it was if Coleman manufactured a separate set of that line, using cheaper materials and manufacturing processes, so the goods would cost Wal-Mart less. So if you buy a Coleman tent at Wal-Mart, it is a lower quality product than if you buy the exact same tent at the outlet store or somewhere else.
I'm pretty sure Wal-Mart does that with everything.
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08-01-2010, 07:09 PM
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So I spoke to my family that I was looking at bikes to buy and one of them told me that he got a bike for himself a few years back and never even rode it once, I asked what it was and what he wanted for it.. he said just take it out of his garage and give it some use.
So here is my new bike, I know you all hated on mongoose but it was free and I have rode it around for several miles already and it is doing just fine. 
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08-01-2010, 08:16 PM
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^^indeed. it'll handle riding around public roads and stuff, it's just the singletrack trails and such that we were referring to.
speaking of, horizon is pwn.
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