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Always a good idea man. J Interesting. It is truly about the last place in the US I'd like a week in. Outside of Vegas is one thing, but the city is one of the most disgusting things in the world.

I'd prefer steel to Al It's CroMo, Tange steel tubes apparently. Definitely not Reynolds, I would have noticed it. The model is Pine Mountain. There is one in UK for $50 and it has Shimano cranks. Considering I saw a bad condition Scott (Al frame probably), complete bike this weekend and the guy was asking $200 for it, $50 looks like an "ok" price. I really need to change my bike and want something durable. This one lasted me quite a while but I outgrew it years ago I'd start with a bike with comps first. That is a rather low end frame meaning it truly is disposable or has absolutely no value when selling a bike. It's been parted out for a reason. Yes, an AL is a material that never should have been used in bike frames ever. Cost to product won that argument though.

Is it an aluminum frame? If so, built by Giant corp in Asia like 95% of all Al bikes. Most likely not a good deal though as the frame is usually "free" once you find the rest of the bike. Where it may make sense is if you can find a steal on a complete bike that is of the wrong size. If you do that though, find one that is too big so that all the cabling and such can be shortened. Otherwise all new cables can easily set you back $40-50 on the beast. Replacing the bad ones is one thing, but all new for no reason sucks. I've never been a Marin fan, but I've never been an Al fan either. just realized you typed steel. No idea who made that frame. Any idea the type of steel? If it is standard CrMo then it isn't really worth much on the used market which is probably why the components were stripped. If it is something more exotic then sweet. Most likely a Reynolds mix which should have a 3 number name afterwards, if it is Columbus tubing it will have a different label but both would translate the real value to me. Oh, and web calculators fail miserably. A true fitting is really a good idea. On a Mt. Bike though the top tube is the biggest concern because if it is too short or too long it'll make the bike either twitchy or slow off road when you compensate it too fit. Any idea on the Marin model it is? circa 1990 in general is a pretty good time for it to possibly be decent.

I'd insist on a phone conversation, a full address and drivers license number. Of course that is needed for title transfer anyways. Then you can find out if its real rather easy.

And for me, I'd figure 2-4 gal a day if I was hiking hard. Carrying that would SUCK. Fuck that, water is like 8.3 pounds per gallon. On the way up I'll be drinking, and I'll have more water at the car when we get back. I'm going to try and get by with 2-3l per day, I won't be hiking hard, and will only be hiking for 4-5hours per day. Exactly why I hike near water, but in MN that isn't hard to do. In fact it is hard to get away from it. I have already had 3l today...

And for me, I'd figure 2-4 gal a day if I was hiking hard. Carrying that would SUCK.

For that I blame exhaustion...so I don't have to own up

Rofl, spelling and grammar are both being destroyed by my phone and laziness in typing. Of course not for that error.

And you guys thought I was kidding on the 'there all b stock' quote. That guy is a disease.

Since I got home nearly 8 hours early I am hoping my friends who are snowmobiling all day will still go tonight!

Last time I relied on a GPS in the woods it failed. Bring a compass.

Light only matters if the weight slows you down. Food is something that you should try to not skimp on...unless you are walking a long ways in which case the weight makes it tough. What is your plan?

THANK GOD. I jumped a direct from montreal to minny instead of the 3 way I had

It isn't so hard to pack light.

Not that expensive

When I took the SAT's 1600 was a perfect score. Same here...34 on the ACT.

Hey capt, I'm sitting in a hotel overlooking downtown Montreal atm. Gonna pop out and have some fun in a couple hours

Even more confusing since my pc works golden even on here at home, just not on the road I guess

Interesting, I can quote in a new window/tab, delete the text and replace it with a post and it works.

Speaking of Physics, you didn't question my equations. Did my answer satisfy the question?

Physics 110 was a bitch where I went to school. Started out with 160 Physics majors. After 110 we had 30, after 128 (next class) we had 13. Graduated 1 of 11.Of course, over 95% of campus were National Merit Scholars so it wasn't a "normal" school

12dB is not shallowIMO L4's shouldn't play up to 7500 *hope you are underlapping* in your installAlso curious what you mean by "airy". I've read that a lot in tweeter reviews, but really don't get it. Definitely perception, but I've tried to understand what that means multiple times and just flat out don't correlate anything with the way tweeters play to airy. That is not how I formatted that. I seriously cannot post unless I quote in a new page and no formatting follows

12dB is not shallowIMO L4's shouldn't play up to 7500 *hope you are underlapping* in your installAlso curious what you mean by "airy". I've read that a lot in tweeter reviews, but really don't get it. Definitely perception, but I've tried to understand what that means multiple times and just flat out don't correlate anything with the way tweeters play to airy.

Don't assume you should use the same slope on the HP and LP between the anarchies and L4's. Regularly mixed slopes can win. Yep, just haven't tried raising the xo point yet. When I bumped the L4 up from 400hz to 550hz, it seemed to improve the midbass, throwing more of midbass frequencies in the direction of ex-anarchies and not L4s. I still want to try a shallower slope and see how that sounds, but I'm definitely using a steep fucker between the sub and ex-anarchy. Gotta keep it from jumping outta the door. Without a doubt the most obvious and logical place to use a steep slope is to protect from overexcurion. No matter the style of driver. Why the fuck can't I post unless I quote and do it in a new window?This also means that if it is your tweeter you need to protect you "get" to do it as well. To me though that usually means you made the wrong compromise on driver choice.

Don't assume you should use the same slope on the HP and LP between the anarchies and L4's. Regularly mixed slopes can win. Yep, just haven't tried raising the xo point yet. When I bumped the L4 up from 400hz to 550hz, it seemed to improve the midbass, throwing more of midbass frequencies in the direction of ex-anarchies and not L4s. I still want to try a shallower slope and see how that sounds, but I'm definitely using a steep fucker between the sub and ex-anarchy. Gotta keep it from jumping outta the door. Without a doubt the most obvious and logical place to use a steep slope is to protect from overexcurion. No matter the style of driver.