My new FAT BIKE....

[CJB]

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Thought I'd share a pic of a very fun ride, even if it doesn't have a 45 degree V twin engine!

[ltxi]

Me like this! Dump the wheel reflectors..:)

[CJB]

nobody sees the elephant in the living room

[Alfonse]

I see the shotgun. That's great. Goes nicely with the frame. Your old fat bike was stolen if I remember. As long as you are present with the shotgun I expect thieves will stay their distance.

[Bawanna]

I see it now but I admit I didn't before and I had to look for it some.

It hides very well.

[yqtszhj]

Wow i had to look for a minute or 2 to see it. I like it but it causes a problem, its now one more thing i want.

[Alfonse]

With a few shells in the side saddle, the shotgun would be much more prominent. What shotgun is it? I don't see a pump and it has a nice, short barrel. A semi would be easier to shoot one handed and that may be what it is!

[CJB]

Serbu Super Shorty.

Hey let me say too, that Mark Serbu is a class act. Turns out my barrel was defective. The ring on the end was tilted a few degrees and made the inside of the receiver bind, and was hard to get off/on, and... shells caught on the barrel's edge. Some not overly carful measuring showed the barrel was canted a good 5 degres to the left.

I emailed Mark, as there was no fix short of cut and weld... He answered promptly, I sent the barrel to him, and it was replaced in two days. New barrel fits as it should, and everything is nice and simple to take apart, and it feeds like an 870 ought to. Great service.

[kwh]

My attention was devoted to type of pedals,clipless or not. Did think the fork had a different type of suspension,took a good long while to decipher it.

[Armybrat]

Took me a third look to see it. Very cool & handy.

[CJB]

No clipz. Rigid framr. 26x4.25 tires. I slimed the tubes....as they osmosed air. No mo' osmosis. Used a rollin pin to push it around inside, then squeezed the excess out. No mess, no heavy spot. Udder than that, wysiwyg.

Bike is heavy by roadbike standards. Bout 36lbs, and thats all aluminum parts xcept fork. Slowiah, but ball bustin fun.

[Armybrat]

Recently, a local bike rider here was killed while riding the trails in the south part of Austin. His pedal caught on a stump and he flipped over forward hitting his head. The impact cracked his helmet, breaking his neck.

Austin is a big bike riding town. Probably because Lance Armstrong has been based here for years.

[CJB]

Austin is a big tree huggin liberal town. The San Fran of Tejas.

[340pd]

Twenty fine years ago,I rode a full campy, 531 tubed custom framed lightweight (think Ferrari) 3000mi every summer. I like the looks of your purchase. It looks like the Hummer of bikes. I want one.

[jocko]

Twenty fine years ago,I rode a full campy, 531 tubed custom framed lightweight (think Ferrari) 3000mi every summer. I like the looks of your purchase. It looks like the Hummer of bikes. I want one.

WELLi WANT THIS BIKE, IF IT is a HUMMER. It outta sell like hotcake. I would want the front fender autographed by Monica to. Just sayin


GET WELL MUGGSY

[CJB]

I see the shotgun. That's great. Goes nicely with the frame. Your old fat bike was stolen if I remember. As long as you are present with the shotgun I expect thieves will stay their distance.

No, this is the only bike I've owned without a motor in 30+ years.

Tonite - a nice 10.5 miles in 56 minutes rolling time. Great weather - about 79 and very light winds.

[Bawanna]

Did you have any call to utilize the Serbu? Just askin.

[vol84eng]

What model is the bike?

[CJB]

Colonel - The Serbu is a fantastically devistating device for its size. I've only put about a box through it.... reason being the barrel not being quite right. The ring on the barrel was not quite square, which set the barrel to a canted position, and interfered with chambering because the receiver and barrel extension were also not square on account of the angle. So, I hope there is more call to utilize the Serbu. I've had exactly one adventure with it, on the way back from getting it - which I did via trip on the Harley to Tampa. Bob's Bar in Bartow Fl will never quite be the same.... ;-)

And Vol84eng - the bike is a Motobecane Boris X7 These are available only from Bike's Direct in the USA, and are made in Taiwan by Kinesis, which also make Trek, Kona, Jamis, Schwinn, Raleigh. Fit with mostly SRAM parts, so not bad, not top tier either. I had problems with the bottom bracket made by Chinese company LASCO... its a SRAM knock off, and wasn't assembled correctly and also is devoid of the little locking ring that holds the non drive side bearing in the cup like SRAM uses. However, for thirty bucks you can get the SRAM bottom bracket and bearings and they fit the LASCO crank, which is quite nicely made. Mine came with alum bars, seatpost, steering stem, etc... the fork is steel. Was quick assemble to be ridable, and then... some tweakage in the brakes and shifter as initial cable stretch settled in. Head bearings got tweaked twice as they settled in, but since then... no issues in anything. Brakes are BB5 and they'll throw me over th bars if I want them to. I refrain from that desire.

[Bawanna]

With all due respect I have no idea whatsoever what you just said.

I got the part about Bob's Bar, bet that was fun times.

[downtownv]

Good on Gas, right?

[Alfonse]

Good on Gas, right?

Probably depends on the chili and beer.

[CJB]

Wings and bourbon actually....

[jocko]

CJB. U outta buy one of those vibrator seats for your gal friends bike when u two ride. Justs sayin. Most that I have seen with that seat don't even ride the bike, they just sit there and smile. Just sayin

I think VIBRA RIDER installs them on motorcycle passenger seats. Bet u will see them at Bike week for sure..

[CJB]

Well the bicycle is a one person contraption.

I do have a two person contraption with a vibrator seat. Its called a Harley-Davidson.

[Bawanna]

I remember well my old Harley days. Ride a 100 miles and you get off and feel paralyzed from the waist down from the vibration, oh wait........................................

[Armybrat]

Well, if you ever win the Lotto.....

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