divingindaytona

I also am a MTB. I have a 95 GT rebound that I bought new, back in the day. It has suspension in the front Rock Shox Quadra 5 or 10 I don't recall. I do know that it is a elastomer shock. Still works well for the trail here and there. I have over 1000 trail miles on her.

skokievtr

I'm a roadie and being somewhat aged only manage at most 125 a week lately, weather permitting. I hate using my trainer and sold my rollers. However, another very stupid bicyclist caught my front wheel as he past me with his rear derailer. It was like in Ben Hur during the chariot race. His derailer started busted out my fronts spokes until the wheel collapsed. I did a big face plant but due to my thick head & moose neck ended up the worst of it with nerve damage in my shoulder and torn tendons in my elbow. Since it was NYD 07 I was wearing my vented Joe Rocket mc jacket (bought for bicycling as it was cheaper than bicycle duds and had armour), and the heavy sleeves got torn up as I skidded at 18 mph! So I'm holding off surgery until October as PT has not helped but still keep pedaling in pain.

Anyway, road riding really helps my conditioning, balance and curve carving skills. As a "clydsdale" I'm not fast but can lean it over better than most pure "recreational" bicyclists, and blow by them on the downhills (gotta luv gravity).

RCVTR

I have a Giant TCR Advanced with full Dura-Ace. I bought the frame used on Ebay and built it with a bunch of my parts. ~$3200 Ive been riding/ un poco racing since '87. I guess my claim to fame is 6 Markleeville Death Rides. We ride the Sierra passes before the roads open to cars. Then switch to mt. bikes.

I also have an '05 Specialized Enduro. I put Fox coils front and rear, so it got pretty heavy, but the suspension is awesome. Now I need a XC bike too. I gave my Stumpjumper to a friend who lost everything in the fire last summer.

Man, I hope I never hit my face on the ground like that!

Mr Toad

I ride an Iron Horse hard tail for urban/commuting, and an old-school Bianchi road bike that I rebuilt after some fool was just going to throw away. I have one set of SPD's and just swap between them! I find I ride a lot less now that I have the VTR. /

skokievtr

Yeh, I just lay there face down while the CPU checked systems. Then I got up and dug out my phone and took pics of myself and bike. The guy who almost killed me did not even go down. Others riders stopped and picked up my bike. My Bell Alchera was cracked in half and my presciption bike glasses road rashed and cracked, my neoprene over-booties and gloves were torn but amazingly my Triflex tights were not even though I had strawberries on my legs. The Joe Rocket did not hold up that well, which surprised me. My new wheels only had about 500 miles on them and the front was banana'd and scrap. Even the bearings were shot. When I walked into the emergency room they hustled me into an exam room so as not to upset other waiting patients.

I have a 05 Jamis Satelite triple but have upgraded over time the wheels (X3 lace HD 32 double-butted spoke Mavics, another new front after the crash), cassette, derailers, cables, brakes and pads, headset, bar, stem, seat tube, saddle, chain rings, bottom bracket and cranks, chain, basically everything but the chromoly steel frame and carbon fork. I like steel for its ride and durability on the crappy roads around here. Its heavy at 21+ #s with pedals and 2 bottle cages but the geometry is quick without being twitchy if not snappy on acceleration. I wear both road and dirt shoes but run Crank Bros Candy C eggbeater pedals rather than roadies. Again due to the bad roads I'm running Continental 25mm Ultra GatorSkin rubber, which are bullet-proof, provide a good ride and grip but are a bit heavy. Gel underpads and bar tape help too with my bad wrists (which also took abeating in the crash).

bowhawk

I ride a TREK 5200 carbon fibre that cost me as much as my hawk. It's 15lbs with two wheels that you have to manually move with your legs. Who woulda thunk that somebody would pay 5 grand for that? I still get a giggle every time I ride it. I guess it is like spending a grand for a shock on the hawk. Some people think that is nuts because they have never seen the difference it makes. I get about 300km in every week from spring to fall up here in Canada. I'm riding around Lake Ontario this summer, 220km a day for 5 days. If anyone is near the shores of the lake, let me know and maybe give me some tips on places to stay along the way.