Bike Pic's
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cool.
if you want to post pics of bike & see other's post it here
http://www.mtbnj.com/forum/showthread.php?t=538
if you want to post pics of bike & see other's post it here
http://www.mtbnj.com/forum/showthread.php?t=538
i thought it was a crime to have a clean mountain bike . . .:hmmm:
fiftyfixe
Active Member
Thank you noticed that the rear wheel was crooked but I didn't check to see why. The reason it's clean is that I just had it in the shop to have the shocks rebuilt. So I cleaned it before I took it in. Now I can't wait till the snow melts so I can ride it
I don't clean it. It hasn't been this clean sense I bought it. That's why I had to take the pictures because it will probably never be this clean again.
montclairbobbyb
Member
Paka Wallup!!! (I broke mine... miss it dearly).... NICE!!!
fiftyfixe
Active Member
I've had it back sense mid. September. Jamis replaced the frame and fork under warranty.😀 I've been riding it all winter.
Yes it is. It's my race bike. The fixie's fixed
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fiftyfixe
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How!!!
How did you break it? Where did it break? I don't ride it very often any more but when I do it always brings a smile to my face. It's a great bike. I love it. Now a days I mostly ride my fixie.
How did you break it? Where did it break? I don't ride it very often any more but when I do it always brings a smile to my face. It's a great bike. I love it. Now a days I mostly ride my fixie.
fiftyfixe
Active Member
Yes it is set up as a fixie, no I don't race it. The soft tail at the top of the thread is the bike I race on but I haven't raced in several years. When I was racing I was mostly endurance racing.
montclairbobbyb
Member
My Paka Wallup - The Saga
To quickly answer your question, I broke it at the rear left chainstay (just in front of the dropout, while braking slowly down a steep trail, hard to believe)...
Actually the story of my Paka Wallup is a little hard to believe... About 3 years ago I had contacted Flyte Bicycles, who at the time were introducing a line of titanium bikes similar to Airborne (who had gone out of business a year or two earlier)... I asked if Flyte intended to reintroduce the Paka Wallup under the Flyte name, when I got an email from Jamie Raddin, founder of Airborne and Flyte... He said "What are you looking for?"... I answered "A large size Paka Walllup"... He responded "I have 2 still in boxes; one a complete bike and one just the frame". I flipped out, and we made a deal on the frame over the phone that same day. He gave me a great deal, AND a lifetime warranty (more on that later...)
So I built it up really nicely, and it WAS the sweetest ride I ever owned. Then one day after owning it for only a few months, I was braking VERY slowly down a steep lower section of Rolly-Polly at Allamuchy when the rear left chainstay weld (near the disc brake mount) gave way, and the tube pulled out of the weld. (It was at this very moment when I came to the realization that I'm too big and clydesdale-ish for a bike like the Paka Wallup... Since then I have ridden ONLY steel frames)
Since the bike was under lifetime warranty, I contacted Jamie Raddin... But I soon learned that Flyte had recently closed its doors, and Jamie was nowhere to be found. He never answered the several emails I sent him, and to this day never found out what happened to him.
So I sent my frame off to a frame builder, Gene Spicer in Indiana (great guy) who works with all kinds of metals, including Ti. He fixed it for a very reasonable price, but I knew I could no longer ride it... for someone 150-175 pounds it would be perfect... but I was just too big. So I listed it on eBay, fully disclosing the nature of the break and the repair, and strongly recommending that the buyer weigh less than 175 pounds. I sold it to a dude from Mt Hood, Oregon, who built it up for XC very nicely.
I only have memories and pictures of the Paka Wallup on my Flickr page...including a photo of the re-welded chainstay http://www.flickr.com/photos/16461051@N04/sets/72157623069037630/
I'm still a little bit peeved at Jamie Raddin for skipping town and not honoring his warranty, but I've moved on... In fact, just looking at the pictures and remembering how freakin cool this bike was... well that's enough for me, I suppose. I was honored to own and ride the Paka Wallup for the short time I did... It is truly one of the most extraordinary bikes ever made, without a doubt. You're a lucky guy!!! I'd love to see yours some time, if you don't mind (choking back tears...)
Peace,
BB
To quickly answer your question, I broke it at the rear left chainstay (just in front of the dropout, while braking slowly down a steep trail, hard to believe)...
Actually the story of my Paka Wallup is a little hard to believe... About 3 years ago I had contacted Flyte Bicycles, who at the time were introducing a line of titanium bikes similar to Airborne (who had gone out of business a year or two earlier)... I asked if Flyte intended to reintroduce the Paka Wallup under the Flyte name, when I got an email from Jamie Raddin, founder of Airborne and Flyte... He said "What are you looking for?"... I answered "A large size Paka Walllup"... He responded "I have 2 still in boxes; one a complete bike and one just the frame". I flipped out, and we made a deal on the frame over the phone that same day. He gave me a great deal, AND a lifetime warranty (more on that later...)
So I built it up really nicely, and it WAS the sweetest ride I ever owned. Then one day after owning it for only a few months, I was braking VERY slowly down a steep lower section of Rolly-Polly at Allamuchy when the rear left chainstay weld (near the disc brake mount) gave way, and the tube pulled out of the weld. (It was at this very moment when I came to the realization that I'm too big and clydesdale-ish for a bike like the Paka Wallup... Since then I have ridden ONLY steel frames)
Since the bike was under lifetime warranty, I contacted Jamie Raddin... But I soon learned that Flyte had recently closed its doors, and Jamie was nowhere to be found. He never answered the several emails I sent him, and to this day never found out what happened to him.
So I sent my frame off to a frame builder, Gene Spicer in Indiana (great guy) who works with all kinds of metals, including Ti. He fixed it for a very reasonable price, but I knew I could no longer ride it... for someone 150-175 pounds it would be perfect... but I was just too big. So I listed it on eBay, fully disclosing the nature of the break and the repair, and strongly recommending that the buyer weigh less than 175 pounds. I sold it to a dude from Mt Hood, Oregon, who built it up for XC very nicely.
I only have memories and pictures of the Paka Wallup on my Flickr page...including a photo of the re-welded chainstay http://www.flickr.com/photos/16461051@N04/sets/72157623069037630/
I'm still a little bit peeved at Jamie Raddin for skipping town and not honoring his warranty, but I've moved on... In fact, just looking at the pictures and remembering how freakin cool this bike was... well that's enough for me, I suppose. I was honored to own and ride the Paka Wallup for the short time I did... It is truly one of the most extraordinary bikes ever made, without a doubt. You're a lucky guy!!! I'd love to see yours some time, if you don't mind (choking back tears...)
Peace,
BB
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fiftyfixe
Active Member
I like them. I know that some people had issues with them but I've never had any problems with them.
mrwjobs1972
New Member
sick bikes !!!!!!!!
Matt_
I Get Jokes
I feel your pain about not riding. My Christmas gift was Elixir CRs for my bike... i put them on and haven't been able to test them out yet :cry:
My wife had a nice Christmas... we bought rosyramblers FSR, converted it to disc brakes via the Juicy 3's that were on my bike, some new grips (my wife likes blue) and converted it to 1x9 with another nice clear/blue bashguard.
So, to keep with the theme of the thread, some pics!
New CR's to start:
And the wifes new ride:
And i apologize to everyone.... i clean my bike after each ride 😀 I can't help it, im a gear head. Im OCD and take care of all of my "toys" like that, lol even my lawn mower. it may sound strange but one of the best parts of the ride is when i get home and give the bike a quick cleaning and tune up; i live in my garage. the last time i went riding someone made the comment "ooooo niiiiice, check out the new bike", lol i love it, especially since I put over 250 trail miles on it this summer/fall
My wife had a nice Christmas... we bought rosyramblers FSR, converted it to disc brakes via the Juicy 3's that were on my bike, some new grips (my wife likes blue) and converted it to 1x9 with another nice clear/blue bashguard.
So, to keep with the theme of the thread, some pics!
New CR's to start:
And the wifes new ride:
And i apologize to everyone.... i clean my bike after each ride 😀 I can't help it, im a gear head. Im OCD and take care of all of my "toys" like that, lol even my lawn mower. it may sound strange but one of the best parts of the ride is when i get home and give the bike a quick cleaning and tune up; i live in my garage. the last time i went riding someone made the comment "ooooo niiiiice, check out the new bike", lol i love it, especially since I put over 250 trail miles on it this summer/fall