Originally Posted by GamblerGORD53

Last week I went to the top LBS here, they have all kinds of bikes. So I walked up to a nice MTB and looked at the tag ....$10,499...
Another customer was there and said go look over there...Full sus 29er with hidden suspension >> Only $20,499 + 5% tax. It had knobby tires near 3" I guess. The chain was thinly coated with nickel or something.
Any takers here?? LOL.

Then I managed to get my SA XL-RD5w working perfect again, yay. Went for a 100 mile ride at 50+ lbs of new steel roadster. Only 9Hr42 minutes with my usual slow sight seeing after lunch and 2 icecream breaks on the way home. 2 years ago this hub was on my 73 lb tour bike, had a similar 100 mile time and then had 33.6 more miles to finish in 12Hr20 min. LOL. WTF needs a light bike??