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OK MANY OUT THERE DONT BELIEVE IN LIGHT BIKES AND THINKS A 37 OR 38 POUND BIKE IS OK AND WELL A LIGHT BIKE WILL MAKE IT EASIER TO WHIP IT AROUND OR THROW YOUR BIKE AROUND AND IM NOT TALKING ABOUT THROWING YOUR BIKE AND YELLING F%$# OR GETTING MENTAL. HERE ARE A FEW IDEAS IN GETTING YOUR BIKE LIGHTER.....THIS IS THE FIRST OF MANY TIPS THAT CAN LIGHTEN UP YOUR BIKE SO IT MAKES IT EASIER TO RIDE AND IMAGINE RIDING AGAINST WIND. WE ALL KNOW IT SUCKS DICK AND THATS WHAT IT IS LIKE HAVING A HEAVY BIKE AS YOUR RIDING AGAINST GRAVITY AND YOUR MOTION OF YOUR BODY WHENEVER YOU ROLL,SPIN OR SCUFF AS YOUR TRYING TO GET TO A SPOT YOU CAN PULL THE TRICK OR GET TO THE NEXT SPOT TO SETUP FOR THE NEXT LINK. WE ALL KNOW KEEPING THE WHEEL UP OR KEEPING THE BACK END IS HARD IF YOUR STRAINING WITH A HEAVY BIKE BUT IMAGINE IF YOUR SPINNING WITH A HEAVY BIKE AND YOUR LOOKING AT 3 TIMES THE STRAIN BECAUSE OF MOTION AND GRAVITY.
OK WELL I HOPE THIS WILL HELP YA ALL OUT AND NEXT TIME WE WILL LOOK AT FORKS THAT CAN LIGHTEN UP YOUR BIKE UP-TIL THEN GO OUT AND RIDE YOUR BIKE AND PULL SOMETHING------EHHHHHHHHHHH
FRAMES-THE TWO LIGHTEST FRAMES OUT THERE ARE THE ARES AND THE QUAMEN CLAD AND NOW THAT THE QUAMEN MAKES A 4.5 POUND OR A LITTLE LIGHTER THAN THAT FRAME IT IS WAY LIGHTER AND UNLESS YOU CAN FIND A GT SHOW YOU CANT GO LIGHTER AND TRUSTING AN ALUMINUM FRAME CAN BE SKETCHY SINCE OF THE STRESS PUT ON THE BIKE RIDING FLATLAND AND ONE WOULD BE SURPRISED HOW MUCH STRESS CAN BE PUT ON A BIKE RIDING FLATLAND. THE ARES FRAME IS A VERY SHORT FRAME SO IF YOUR A SMALL GUY AND LIKE A LIGHT FRAME THEN THE ARES IS THE PUPPY FOR YOU. THE QUAMEN A BIT LONGER BUT HAS A SHORT BACKEND AND IS ACTUALLY LIGHTER WITH THAT NEW SUPER LIGHT FRAME AND IT IS FOR THE BIGGER RIDERS. YET ANOTHER FRAME WORTH MENTIONING IS THE WE THE PEOPLE PONY AND IT IS AT 6.25 POUNDS WHICH IS NOT THE LIGHTEST BUT WITH THE LIGHT PARTS YOU CAN HAVE A 32-33 POUND BIKE WHICH IS A DECENT WEIGHT. THE WE THE PEOPLE PONY HAS A 19 TOPTUBE AND 13 1/2 REAR TRIANGLE SO IT IS A BIT LONGER THAN THE QUAMEN IN THE BACK AND ALSO A BIT LONGER THAN THE ARES SO IT AGAIN FOR THE BIGGER RIDERS. MENTIONING THE ALUMINUM FRAMES IS LIKE I SAID IS NOT WHAT WE THINK SHOULD BE DONE AS ALUMINUM IN OUR EYES IS SKETCHY AS THEY TEND TO CRACK,BEND AND TWEAK UNDER STRESS AND YOU REALLY CAN FIND GOOD LIGHT CHROME MOLY FRAMES OUT THERE AND NOT WORRY ABOUT BUYING A NEW FRAME EVERY THREE MONTHS.
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