Recent content by Chornbeak

I have been hit twice riding my bike to school in the past month. The first destroyed the back wheel on my bike and the driver sped off. The second one happened today while I was crossing a street IN a crosswalk. I am very lucky in the fact that I have been uninjured in both accidents. Has the...

I have a really good local bike shop, they go on mtb rides every week and I ride with them. My question is, should I support my lbs, or find out what i can about the bike i want and buy it used or somewhere else?

Well first off, this starts with a mistake I made on ebay. I bought a used RockShox SID rear shock for a mountain bike off ebay, but it was not very clear that the shock was meant specifically for the Schwinn 4 banger bike. Now I am stuck with this shock with funny mounts that is useless to me...

I would buy the Cannondale due to the fact that it is not a part of the marketing giant Pacific Cycles. I believe that Cannondale was bought out by Dorel for 200 million dollars in 2007, so that means the 2004 model is unaffected and was made by a company known for making high quality bikes...

I would buy the Cannondale due to the fact that it is not a part of the marketing giant Pacific Cycles. I believe that Cannondale was bought out by Dorel for 200 million dollars in 2007, so that means the 2004 model is unaffected and was made by a company known for making high quality bikes...

I would buy the Cannondale due to the fact that it is not a part of the marketing giant Pacific Cycles. I believe that Cannondale was bought out by Dorel for 200 million dollars in 2007, so that means the 2004 model is unaffected and was made by a company known for making high quality bikes...

I would buy the Cannondale due to the fact that it is not a part of the marketing giant Pacific Cycles. I believe that Cannondale was bought out by Dorel for 200 million dollars in 2007, so that means the 2004 model is unaffected and was made by a company known for making high quality bikes...

I have a diamondback coil, either 2002 or 2003, and the rear suspension gave out on me while I was riding on a fairly technical downhill trail. I also noticed small black plastic pieces coming out of the front suspension fork (sr suntour) while I was walking back to the trail-head. Does this...