Jimmer
Contributor
Mods, I'm not sure where to put this, so I put it here. Please move it if there is somewhere better for it.
I see all the time that people mention their other hobbies in passing in a thread. Things like flying, equestrian, restoring cars, and I thought since it's the low season for most of us diving, that it would be a good chance to see what everyone else on the board spends their time and money on, when they aren't diving.
I'll start. I've been an actice cyclist for quite a long time. Riding for fun for as long as I can remember, and started racing when I was 14 or so. Never anything too serious, just fun mountain bike and road bike events, some 24 hour relay events, and things like that. I've worked in a bike shop both full time and part time for the last 8 years, and now that I'm a design engineer, I keep applying to bike manufacturers, and hopefully I can make this passion a career eventually.
My toys:
My mountain bike. 2008 Specialized Epic Expert Carbon. I bought this last year, pretty much just for the frame and fork, ebay'd all the parts, and transfered all the top of the line parts off my old aluminum frame Epic mountain bike from 2003. Probably leave it as is for this season.
My road bike. Built by a small frame manufacturer in Quebec, this bike has a front half made of TIG welded chromoly, with carbon fibre seat stays, fork, seatpost to soften the ride. Built custom to my measurements, it fits like a glove, and rides very smooth, but being steel is not the most rigid and high performance bike out there. I am building new race wheels for it, as well as adding a lighter saddle, pedals, aluminum/titanium stem, and a carbon fibre handlebar this summer. Any old parts that come off, go right into the collection in the closet, and when I do eventually replace this frame with a new carbon fibre ultralight/ultrastiff race frame, I'll put all the old parts back on this and keep it as my smooth riding bike for long distances where speed isn't an issue.
Who's next?
I see all the time that people mention their other hobbies in passing in a thread. Things like flying, equestrian, restoring cars, and I thought since it's the low season for most of us diving, that it would be a good chance to see what everyone else on the board spends their time and money on, when they aren't diving.
I'll start. I've been an actice cyclist for quite a long time. Riding for fun for as long as I can remember, and started racing when I was 14 or so. Never anything too serious, just fun mountain bike and road bike events, some 24 hour relay events, and things like that. I've worked in a bike shop both full time and part time for the last 8 years, and now that I'm a design engineer, I keep applying to bike manufacturers, and hopefully I can make this passion a career eventually.
My toys:
My mountain bike. 2008 Specialized Epic Expert Carbon. I bought this last year, pretty much just for the frame and fork, ebay'd all the parts, and transfered all the top of the line parts off my old aluminum frame Epic mountain bike from 2003. Probably leave it as is for this season.
My road bike. Built by a small frame manufacturer in Quebec, this bike has a front half made of TIG welded chromoly, with carbon fibre seat stays, fork, seatpost to soften the ride. Built custom to my measurements, it fits like a glove, and rides very smooth, but being steel is not the most rigid and high performance bike out there. I am building new race wheels for it, as well as adding a lighter saddle, pedals, aluminum/titanium stem, and a carbon fibre handlebar this summer. Any old parts that come off, go right into the collection in the closet, and when I do eventually replace this frame with a new carbon fibre ultralight/ultrastiff race frame, I'll put all the old parts back on this and keep it as my smooth riding bike for long distances where speed isn't an issue.
Who's next?
