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Sustaining Your Religiosity of "Off-Road Locomotion" In Pennsylvania!
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Boom Boom
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 Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 6:32 am Post subject: |
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Sounds like a BMW GS without the engine 
Glad to hear you are making progress and looking forward to two wheels, even if it does not have an engine..............
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bwc352
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Location: NE Pennsylvania
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| Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 7:46 am Post subject: |
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| dirtrider wrote: | | I went to cut the grass Saturday, and I forgot to get gas, I didn't feel like running for it, so I looked on the shelf, and there was a gallon of Trials bike gas sitting there, I dumped that in the tank and off I went, everytime the motor got bogged down in the high grass, it smelled just like the Sherco. |
I resorted to that last winter with my snowblower! Glad to hear that you're on the mend, and progressing so well. |
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dirtrider
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Location: NEPA
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| Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 7:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Boom Boom wrote: | Sounds like a BMW GS without the engine
Glad to hear you are making progress and looking forward to two wheels, even if it does not have an engine.............. |
I went with the first bike I had originally wanted, a Specialized Hardrock Sport Disc 29er. A mountain bike with disc brakes, and 29" wheels!
I picked it up today $610.00, thats a lot of bike for that price! 
Took if for a spin on our dike system, the bike peddled effertlessly, I was zooming right along, went 2 1/2 miles one way, turned around and found that now I had a strong head wind, no wonder it was so easy to peddle!
I ended up doing 5 miles of good pace riding and felt great, my knee felt really loose after I got off the bike, absolutely no stiffness.
FRAME Specialized A1 Premium Aluminum, Trail 29" geometry, fully butted, formed TT, Double ORE DT, externally relieved HT, reinforced disc mount, forged dropouts w/ replaceable hanger, disc only
FORK SR Suntour SF10-NVX-MLO-700C-80, 80mm, 1pc. alloy lower, 28mm Hi-Ten stanchions, coil/mcu spring w/ preload adj., size-specific spring rates, spring assisted seals, disc only
HEADSET 1-1/8" threadless, loose ball
STEM3D forged alloy, 10 degree rise, 25.4mm clamp
HANDLEBARS Alloy riserbar, 25mm rise, 640mm wide, 8 degree back sweep, 7 degree up
GRIPS Specialized Enduro, dual compound Kraton, no flange, 131mm
FRONT BRAKE Avid BB5, mechanical disc, 160mm G2 Clean Sweep rotor
REAR BRAKE Avid BB5, mechanical disc, 160mm G2 Clean Sweep roto
BRAKE LEVERS Alloy, linear pull
FRONT DERAILLEUR Shimano Altus, 34.9mm clamp
REAR DERAILLEUR SRAM X-4, mid cage
SHIFT LEVERS SRAM X4-R trigger
CASSETTE SRAM PG-820, 8-speed, 11-32t
CHAINKMC X8 w/ reuseable Missing Link
CRANKSETSR SunTour, Octalink spline
CHAINRINGS 42S x 32S x 22S replaceable
BOTTOM BRACKETShimano BB-ES25, Octalink spline, cartridge bearing, 68mm x 118mm
PEDALS Steel cage, composite body, 9/16"RIMSAlex RHD, 29", pinned, alloy double wall, 32h front and rear
FRONT HUB Forged alloy, hi/low flange, double sealed, ground race, machined disc mount, 32h
REAR HUB Forged alloy, double sealed, ground race, machined disc mount, cassette, 32hSPOKES2mm (14g) stainless
FRONT TIRE Specialized Fast Trak LK Sport, 29x2.0", 60TPI, wire bead
REAR TIRE Specialized Fast Trak LK Sport, 29x2.0", 60TPI, wire bead
INNER TUBES Schraeder valve
SADDLE Specialized XC, Body Geometry, 143mm width, front and rear bumpers
SEATPOST Alloy two bolt, 12.5mm offset, micro adjust, 30.9mmSEAT BINDERAlloy QR, nylon washer
NOTES Chain stay protector, reflectors, clear coat, owners manual
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dirtrider
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| Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 3:10 pm Post subject: |
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I tried my first rails to trils today aka back mountain rail trail, nice packed surface, even though it was uphill grade, a little over a mile in I ran into this, the bridge was out!
Rode back to the truck and did plan B, rode the dike system again, this time I went to and through Kirby park and back.
Total for the day 10 miles 
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Iron Aaron
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| Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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That's awesome Chuck!
Maybe in the spring you'll be up for some light trail riding on one of the motorized steeds.
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dirtrider
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| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 9:45 am Post subject: |
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| Iron Aaron wrote: | That's awesome Chuck!
Maybe in the spring you'll be up for some light trail riding on one of the motorized steeds. |
It felt great getting out of the house and riding a bike, I'm glad I made the decision to buy a new one.
It felt better peddling the bike than walking.
Not sure if it will be this Summer, or the year after that! It's going to take 12-16 Months for everything to heal.
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dirtrider
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| Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:36 am Post subject: |
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Today I reached my goal of 25 minutes on the stationary bike.
I remember around 4 weeks ago I couldn't get my knee to bend far enough to do one revolution. I started off slow 5 minutes, then added 1 minute per workout day.
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dirtrider
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| Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 7:07 am Post subject: |
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I finnaly got around to getting a DVD burned at the Hospital of my X-Rays.
Here's before the Surgery, you can see the whole outside of the knee joint is snapped off, and the tibea is not where it should be!
After the Surgery, knee joint reatatched and Tibea put back in place via a metal plate, and screws.
Front View
Side View
Good thing I'm not a Horse, they would have shot me!
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jaysktms
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Location: Scranton, Pa
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| Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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Nice pictures, so when are you coming back?
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dirtrider
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| Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 12:09 am Post subject: |
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No idea Jay, it's been 8 months now, and my knee is maybe 60% and thats pushing it. 
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Iron Aaron
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| Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 10:20 am Post subject: |
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It's weird that it broke like that on the back side of the knee and not in front. When someone says they injured their knee, I think of the kneecap and surrounding frontal area. Happy to hear it's improving. 
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dirtrider
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| Iron Aaron wrote: | | It's weird that it broke like that on the back side of the knee and not in front. When someone says they injured their knee, I think of the kneecap and surrounding frontal area. Happy to hear it's improving. |
It's actually on the left side of the knee cap, that's the side of the joint thats busted right off!
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dirtrider
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| Iron Aaron wrote: | OH! OK, now I see it.
That's a lot of screws! Got me beat! Showoff! LOL! |
You know me.........I have to one up you!
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