Check out the stir.....

...I caused by posting the message below on the Mountain Bike review forum.

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I even got an ex-Pro freestyler.

Biking Roots (BMX)

This is random, but I was looking through some old pictures yesterday, and came across a pic of my 1986 Diamond Back Super Viper. This is what I consider my first "real" bike. I had others, mostly Huffy or Columbia, but this was the first with a free wheel, dia compe brakes, tioga tires, etc. It was chrome and black, I thought it was a bad a$$ bike. I wanted to be just like Pistol Pete Luncarevich, or Harry Leary, more of the racing types, than the freestylers, although I thought they were cool, I just didn't have the skills. (Think Eddy Fiola and Mike Dominez). Flashing through my head were images of riding to the rope swing during the summer, lake jumping off my neighbors dock (before I knew what rust was), building jumps and a small figure 8 track in my friends yard, racing at the local BMX races, riding 10 miles on the road to get there because my mom wouldn't take me. Last night I was thinking how much fun I had on that bike and that I haven't been into anything else besides bicycles and riding them ever since.
Then today, I walk into my LBS, and there is a 2006 Diamond Back Super Viper.
Now I am wondering if this is destiny, although I am not sure that a 6'3" 215lb 31 year old would really be able to ride one, but maybe my 6yo daughter would like it?
I am pretty happy with my Surly Karate Monkey (SS Rigid).
I think I have gone full circle, as I went from the Super Viper to a mtn bike(&road bike), then added suspension to the front of my mtn bikes, to a full suspension, back to a HT with suspension fork, to full rigid one speed bike.
Just wanted to share this, and see if anyone else has similiar roots out there.
Thanks for reading.
Dan

My other favorite way to "waste" time

Doing this.

Harpoon IPA and oatmeal raisin cookies

That's what I had a craving for after today's ride.
Must be something about "Spring" time and road bike rides.
So I went out for a road ride today and it was colder than I thought, I usually overdress, but I was cold, had too big of a lunch, headwind, sun never seemed to warm me up.
Ooh, is my rear brake rubbing on the rim, robbing me of power?
Look down, dang, it's not.
How about air in my tires, are they low?
Front-nope.
Rear, crap! Why does it feel like I am towing a boat anchor?!!!

Then I turned on Drinkwater road, and I felt refreshed.
I don't know if it was the wind changing directions, I finally warmed up enough, or what, but I was starting to feel good about this ride.
Felt the need to put the hands on the drops and just crank out some circles. Lifting up on the upstroke and simultaneously pushing down on the other foot.
I felt like a weapon, a weapon that needed Harpoon IPA and oatmeal raisin cookies for fuel!
What a great reward.