x2 My glutes are sore from all the pedaling this weekend, driving the short bus should be doable
). Osprey was my favourite trail. Our last venture down it was at mach chicken on that Transition, the dork logger says we were maintaining 50kph on it.
hope you checked yourself for ticks. i picked up 2 over the weekend out here.Back in Canada after 4 days of balls to the wall fast riding at Raystown Lake in PA. My legs are absolutely cooked.
Thoughts from the weekend... First, Sram Guide brakes suck. Granted the demo bikes were probably a little tired, but every bike I tried out had them and none were confidence inspiring. Same goes for the Reverb post. Tons and tons of people at the festival, but the trails were actually not that crowded. We only got passed or had to pass people on a handful of occasions. It seemed that most people were just hanging out at the intersections or down in the demo area.
I demo'd the Yeti SB5.5, Transition Scout, Transition Smuggler and Santa Cruz 5010. The Yeti felt way too squishy and generally wasn't as playful on those trails but I can see how it would probably gobble up rocks and chunk. The Smuggler was good, but wasn't as fun at the next two. The Scout and 5010 were pretty much equal; both were very fun and took them out for a second go yesterday. I do think I liked the Scout just a tad more though and might even consider it as the next frame, whenever that time comes. The 5010 had an Ardent Race tire on the back, and while it didn't kill me, that tire made some hilariously scary sounds trying to hang on around some of the fast scooping turns.
As far as the trails out in Raystown, hell yeah they were awesome. Nothing in terms of roots or tech, maybe a few rocks here and there, but generally just fast fast and MOAR fast. I would definitely go again. The climb up the road from our camping spot was a righteous kick in the balls though. @slyfink, the trails are easy enough for kids too. We saw some little guys ripping out there (and got passed by some
Also the spiders down there are way too big for this guy. Fuck that shit. Found some on my tent while packing up that were the size of my palm.
Going out for an easy ride on wet dirt now.
No ticks. Lake water was chilly, but not too bad. We spent a good amount of time in it on Friday when it was a bajillion degrees.
Related: low grade prostate cancer (Gleason 3+3) is nothing to worry about, either.
Good to know! Considering my paternal grandfather had prostate cancer and my dad is at risk I'm mentally preparing myself to have my pooper poked and prodded regularly in the coming years.
I had Haley out at the pump track this weekend and hand brakes were basically a necessity when she'd try to stop on a mound or when she'd run out of speed. She'd go to put her feet down and just start rolling down backwards. I'd suggest you'd get a bike with a hand brake.
My god - is that head angle about 84* on that bike?
Which is why the Early Rider will be here for her birthday in June.My god - is that head angle about 84* on that bike?
I mean it's likely just high tensile steel... what could possibly go wrong?Just put that fork in a tight space and bend that shit.
Maybe head up to Anvil Bikeworks and have Don put that fork on his patented fork bender?
Goddammit - apparently I need to spread rep around. Somebody cover me? This is the funniest thing I've seen all day.
I definitely started laughing. It's only going to get better... I have a giant cabbage based salad for lunch.Goddammit - apparently I need to spread rep around. Somebody cover me? This is the funniest thing I've seen all day.
If Don isn't up at his new Monacle Hacienda...Maybe head up to Anvil Bikeworks and have Don put that fork on his patented fork bender?
That's where the shop is now.
Impressive. My tolerance for that place was about 90 seconds.
Eh? This makes no sense.
He has exceeded his tolerance by 100%. Pretty impressive that he hasn't snapped yet.
