Dave, Good to hear the thumb is healing. Is that a shock absorber incorporated into the bike frame? Regards, Bob S.
On 12/1/06, David Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 1, 2006, at 1:21 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > > > Dave, > > You need something faster than film! > > Then you could send us a picture of the bike. :-) > > Regards, Bob S. > > To all those who wanted photos, I do have a digicam but it's a crappy > 640x480 one... speed or quality, pick one ;) > > http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/enduro1.jpg > http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/enduro2.jpg > > It's an '06 Specialized Enduro, if you hadn't guessed from the > filenames (I think all the pedallers here are roadies). > > My brother-in-law is a cycle mechanic and knew that I'd been thinking > about buying a new bike, but I was undecided as to what kind of bike > I was after (I had my eye on an Epic, which is something I'm still > interested in). One of his colleagues was wanting to sell one of his > bikes so he offered it to me. > > Being a bike mechanic, the previous owner is able to get parts at > cost price so he'd made a few decent upgrades, and I know the bike > has been well looked after (it's only a few months old anyway). > Considering the spec I got a pretty good deal, and now I get some > good karma at the bike shop. > > I took it for a test ride last week before buying it... it's a lot > easier to get up the hill than I expected, and coming back down is > quite an experience compared to my other bike (an oldish hardtail > which weighs about the same as this thing). > > The good news is that the weather has cleared so I should be hitting > the hills tomorrow morning! My thumb is still sore from my crash a > few weeks back, but I won't let that get in the way. > > (:D > > - Dave > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
