Epic SS riding...

[flipnidaho]

SJ and I decided to ride up to the local ski hill and downhill back to town. Instead of taking gears, we decided to take our longer travel (5") SS steelies with big fat 2.35 tires... She's on an On One Inbred I got her for X-Mas last year and I'm on my homebuilt frame. We went from the valley floor to the treeline and back down. We're both geared 34X21.
5 hours, 35 miles and 7,000 feet of climbing and descending later, we got back home and she made me some tortang talong and squash/kangkong with bagoong for lunch (with a ton of rice). Life is good...







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[32by18]

life is dang good!

can't wait for you guys to visit! maybe an all-day frolic in La Mesa is in the offing (SJ can provide lunch hehehe)

[bakalboy]

7k feet! whoa! i can only dream of climbing that high! and on an ss at that! nice epic sir. hat's off to your better half also. you yourself custombuilt that ss frame? astig! ;D

[flipnidaho]

yeah... we can't wait.... we're trying to figure out whether it would make sense to bring a roadie or our SS's home. i wonder if EMR would rent out roadies? hmmmmm....
Yes, that is my custom made SS (although it has a derailleur hanger) that I built in framebuilding class at UBI (www.bikeschool.com). It's my favorite bike.. Check it out!

[bakalboy]

wow! man! now that is a mountainbike you can call your very own. how i wish i could build my own frame. very nice sir!

[wcoastbo]

you've taken the UBI framebuilding class! sweet! that's on my to do list... someday.

[flipnidaho]

wcoastbo said:

you've taken the UBI framebuilding class! sweet! that's on my to do list... someday.

well worth the money dude... it's cheaper than getting a custom IF frame. you get to design your frame the way you want it, pick the tubes, miter them and braze them together (they also have a TIG class for Ti or steel). the only thing that you'll have to finish yourself is the paint.
a bonus is that ashland, oregon has some first class riding (about 1/4 mile away from the school).