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Mountain bikes
« on: July 11, 2008, 04:59:10 PM »
Anybody got any input on a hunting type inexpensive mountain bike to ride these locked gate roads? I'm getting older and can't run the ground I use to. And the law won't like me take my Harley up there scouting.
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Re: Mountain bikes
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2008, 07:37:43 AM »
If you are just gonna stick to the gravel road, then any mountain bike would do.  Wal-mart carries them.  But, take your bike to a professional bike shop to have it tuned properly.  The employees at Wal-mart may not know how to do that, they just assemble them.
A bike shop may have a better selection, with better quality bikes: lighter, better/more durable gears, etc. 

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Re: Mountain bikes
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2008, 09:09:40 AM »
Look on Craig's list for them.  I picked up a Specialized A few years back for $50 and it is about a $300 or more bike.  I have also put about $150 - $200 in to it.  I put a head light, a pump, big gel seat, under the seat  bag with tire patch accessories, A front fender to keep some of the mud off, a cargo rack over the back tire and a trip speed and odometer on it. I also have an handlebar gunrack attached to it but I am going to modify that and weld some pipes on the front to get them off the handlebars.  My buddy is going to weld up a goose neck attachment so we can pull our gamecarts behind our bikes.
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Re: Mountain bikes
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2008, 09:20:23 AM »
Thanks for the info and  I'll take a look. Turkey hunt this spring I was hunting weyerhaeuser land and all it is is roads. And a bike will help me scout and hunt the late archery season in them areas and get me in a little farther.
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