The bike

there she is...'the bike'...an entity unto its own. why?
if you read of my midadventures in the 2007 Adventure Challenge you might have an idea.

The IS because:
1. it replaced my brother's $2000 Brodie Enduro for a mere $10 without notice
2. it has 'old school' calliper brakes which, if i understand correctly, could have saved my hands from an excruciatingly painful numbness and arthritic pain if its brakes were disc brakes
3. went from a calm and relatively sedentary lifestyle on the downtown east side being traded for $10 to $20 here and there to the pounding of Mt Seymour trails
4. of the people i met trying to find the aforementioned Brodie (Rachel, Guy, Horn Dog, Frenchie, et al)
5. the bike kicked rearend on the trails and let me finish the race with dignity



I love the handle bars. Some fellows in the know commented on them being 'bull horns' or something. Little do they know what those horns have seen.
The shocks are refered to as 'duo track' what does that mean? Is it safe?









Look at those gears. Just look at them.
ok...done.














The BRC Banzai. A classic if ever there was one. I would like to auction the bike off. It might have to wait until after the 2008 race...but who knows. All proceeds go to the house!!
Malcolm