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Resources ]
After years of whining
about needing a new bike, I finally choked up the cash for a new
ride. I now have a '98 Trek 6500SHX, a huge improvement over my
bargain basement Giant Acapulco.
1998 TREK 6500 SHX
| .FRAMESET | .DRIVETRAIN | ||
| Sizes | 18" | Crankset | Sugino Impel 250 42/34/24 |
| Colors | Ice Blue w/ Silver decals | Front Derailleur | Shimano Alivio top swing |
| Maintube | Alpha ZX 6013 T6 aluminum Alpha ZX | Rear Derailleur | Shimano Deore LX |
| Stays | 6061 T6 aluminum | Shifters | Shimano STX-RC Rapidfire Plus |
| Fork | Rock Shox Indy C | Cassette | SR PF35C 11-28, 8 spd |
| Headset | Dia-Compe ST Aheadset | Chain | Sachs PC-21 |
| .WHEELS | .OTHER | ||
| Hubset | Shimano STX-RC | Brakes | Dia-Compe 737 direct pull w/ DPN7 levers |
| Spokes | DT 14G stainless | Pedals | Resin/alloy cage w/ clips and straps |
| Rims | Matrix Swami w/RDR rear, 32 hole | Saddle | Bontrager Comp +10 |
| Tires | IRC Mythos, 26 x 2.1" |
Life is good. I've really been giving it a good thrashing lately, and it refuses to give up. A huge improvement over the Giant. It's much more maneuverable and climbs wickedly. Of course I'll need to make a few changes, such as a new front derailleur, clipless pedals and eventually a better fork; This is still a choice bike for around $600-675.
But
enough about me and my self-involved life, here's what you really
came for. Check some of these sites out to hone your chain
grinding...
If you know of any sites that be must be seen, please let me know!
MANUFACTURER
LINKS
Bike Manufacuturers
Bike Components
Other Bike Schwag
| MAIL ORDER/INTERNET DEALERS | LOCAL BIKE SHOPS |
| Best Bike Buys - find the best deals from the online stores. | Bath Cycle |
| Over the Edge Cycles | |
| Bike Nashbar | Poison Spider Bicycles |
| Bikes Direct | Top of the World Cyclery |
| Cycle Direct - sells primarily Gary Fisher and GT. | Tri-Sport Unlimted |
| Dirt King | Universal Cycles |
| Jenson Bikes | |
| Mail Order Sports | |
| Performance Bikes | |
| Price Point | |
| Rack Attack - bike racks only | |
| REI | |
| Supergo | |
| BikeWorld |
Wondering about what size chainring a Specialized Stumpjumper comes with? Or are you torn between 2 bikes and want to spec 'em out? Then check out Bike-A-Log. This place lists specs on practically every type of bike out there.
BIKE RESOURCES
Trail Users Rights
Foundation (TURFnet) - An extremely useful
place for trail, weather, and events information in the Northern
Illinois area.
Illinois Mountain
Bike Connection - Another site dedicated to
mountain bike trails and other resources located in Illinois and
Southern Wisconsin.
The Bicycle Trader - An
online version of bike classifieds, articles, etc.
Bicycling.com -
Bicycling Magazine's site.
Bicycling Magazine
Bicyclist
Bike Racing Calendar
Bikescape
Bike Site
The Cyber Cyclery - One of
the best internet bike resource.
Cycling News
ChainSmoke
Dirt Rag Magazine
Dirtworld.com
GearHead Cyberzine - Great
articles with tech hints and riding tips.
Great Outdoors
iBike.com -
changing to an outdoors site, look for the java-based mountain
bike game.
IMBA
MB.Electro -
Besides a ton of riding information, this site also has a
national trail finder map.
Mountian Bike
Daily - Daily MB action.
Mountain Bike
Magazine Online
MTB Review -
Reviews of everything from fully built bikes, components,
clothing, etc.
MTB Info
NORBA
Trail Monkey - Index of trails
nationwide.
The Web Cyclery
The World Bike
Web - Has just about everything you
wanted to know about mountain biking.
Barnett Bicycle
Institute - be a certified bike mechanic.
Mountain Bike
Carnage - It always lifts my spirits when
I see other people wipe out worse than I did.
Off Road Pub - bike trails and
microbrews.
MOUNTAIN BIKE LINK PAGES
Yahoo's Mountain
Biking Indices - Three large indices of links to bike realted
pages.
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