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I received an email after registering asking that I introduce myself. Here goes.
I am looking to get back into biking after a ten year break. I had a serious foot problem and peddling with one foot just was not working. Figuring I would not ride any more I sold the bike. It was a road bike that took me many miles down dirt, gravel and sand paths it really was not designed for with it's 3/4" wide tires pressured to 90 pounds.
My foot did heal after years of work and therapy and now I am looking to get back on the saddle. Speaking of which has changed a lot. Now they look like they are supposed to fit in you rather than under. Sorry, I digress; now I am out looking again, taking the lessons of the past I have narrowed my search to what is becoming called the 29's. I have test road the a trek and specialized basically the same bike and I am told made in the same factory. Both handled well but felt like there was a lot of frame flex. They did help me decide to narrow my search even further to only the full suspension types. No one seems to have the canondale available for riding but I was told that has the most flex of all the 29's. Last week I road a Santa Cruz Tallboy carbon fiber. Now that is a bike; no flex in the body at all, a ride that is smooth yet not bouncy. Not by any means an expert in bikes, but this one liked me and I liked it.
More about me, well I am an engineer for mostly but not limited to nuclear, cryogenics, compression and control systems. As you already know I live in California. My other bike is a 2011 BMW K1600GTL and my car an 07 Honda Civic Ex Nav. I have an 04 Waverunner for the water. It seems, with the exception of the Honda I like to straddle things that go fast.
I hope to find in this forum information, friends, riding and buddies to help me get back to peddling my way around once again.
I am looking to get back into biking after a ten year break. I had a serious foot problem and peddling with one foot just was not working. Figuring I would not ride any more I sold the bike. It was a road bike that took me many miles down dirt, gravel and sand paths it really was not designed for with it's 3/4" wide tires pressured to 90 pounds.
My foot did heal after years of work and therapy and now I am looking to get back on the saddle. Speaking of which has changed a lot. Now they look like they are supposed to fit in you rather than under. Sorry, I digress; now I am out looking again, taking the lessons of the past I have narrowed my search to what is becoming called the 29's. I have test road the a trek and specialized basically the same bike and I am told made in the same factory. Both handled well but felt like there was a lot of frame flex. They did help me decide to narrow my search even further to only the full suspension types. No one seems to have the canondale available for riding but I was told that has the most flex of all the 29's. Last week I road a Santa Cruz Tallboy carbon fiber. Now that is a bike; no flex in the body at all, a ride that is smooth yet not bouncy. Not by any means an expert in bikes, but this one liked me and I liked it.
More about me, well I am an engineer for mostly but not limited to nuclear, cryogenics, compression and control systems. As you already know I live in California. My other bike is a 2011 BMW K1600GTL and my car an 07 Honda Civic Ex Nav. I have an 04 Waverunner for the water. It seems, with the exception of the Honda I like to straddle things that go fast.
I hope to find in this forum information, friends, riding and buddies to help me get back to peddling my way around once again.
