:: MTB3tobe ::

 

Climb a mountain; it is real.

See the peaks? They exist.

Imagine ranges; some are free.

And beyond?

Oh!, mai-eye !?

Ggiee!!?...

 

After:

 

Dangerous Knowledge :: safe ignorance.

 

David Malone, BBCtv 4, Monday 3rd September, 2007

 

 

DKsi comprises,

 

Ché Geuvara red, Scandium™ frame. Magnesium alloy suspension forks 100mm/4-inch travel (as is rear suspension).

Ignition temperature ~ 666.7 Celsius degrees-ish (weather and surface dependent)

 

Mavic™ rims: front dynamo-hub; rear 9-speed cartridge, Shimano Deore™, XT hub; brake disc; spokes: each wheel, 36-off stainless steel, double-butted; front v-brake; rear disc brake (cable operated); rear mech: Shimano Tiagra™; brake & gear levers & cables; tyres & Presta™ valve inner tubes; bottle cage; seat; lighting; pump; handlebars & grips; odometers, skewers; chainset; pedals; wheel-tape; chain; traditional, top-pull front mech.

 

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To complete: spare rear hanger; ashtray; bottle battery x3; little-ned; clown suit.

 

C’est si n’est pas une pipe.

 

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Wheels built and near-total installation by Sean Jackson, Teesdale CRC and Arthur Caygill’s Cycles, Richmond, UK.

 

 

 

Teesdale Mountain Time Trial, 2006 (click image to see original webshot)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

_+_

 

 

 

to convey Ian E. Consterdine, B.Sc. (Hons., Physics, Liverpool, 1980, fiat lux*), Ph.D. (UMIST, APRG, 1984), F.R.Met.S. to Gorno-Altaysk, Russian Federation, 2008; Shanghai-Iwo Kaitima, 2009, stops between and at least…

 

 

* fiat lux  :: ‘Make light’, not ‘Car Wash’

 

 

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newolder@home

 

 

 

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Hmmm,…

Thanks for all the ghoti. J