[slyfink]

My buddies are planning the next bike trip. Looks like they're settling on Park City in September. I haven't been on a bike trip in a while due to my back issue and having a hard time getting back into shape. If I decide to join them, I'll have to train my ass off, and I want the destination to be worth it...

We've done AZ, CO, OR, WA and BC, so we're looking at other destinations, which is how they landed there. There's some decent videos from Nate Hills and Remy Metailler, but that much overall. Fast and flowy is fine, but maybe not for a whole week... is there more variety there?

 

[canadmos]

Should talk your buddies into Pisgah..

 

[Nick]

I had a blast in park city years ago, but yea, mellower than I’m used to. That said Marshal has told me there are super gnar trails just on the west side of the mtns. I intend on scoping those out this year.

 

[6thElement]

I've not ridden any of the lift assisted stuff or hidden gnar. Trail riding is just "nice" XC stuff from my recollection. Haven't ridden there since 2015, but I've got a 75 mile race out there August 31st

 

[WestCoastHucker]

I've not ridden any of the lift assisted stuff or hidden gnar. Trail riding is just "nice" XC stuff from my recollection...

you definitely won't need any more than 120mm of travel anywhere there...

 

[jstuhlman]

Should talk your buddies into Pisgah..

yeah...y u no come to the southeast-everthing from mellow flow stuff to backcountry epics to windrock and snowshoe...

 

[SkaredShtles]

Where you been in CO? Us ColoRADbros can perhaps recommend stuff that you have not done before...

 

[slyfink]

yeah...y u no come to the southeast-everthing from mellow flow stuff to backcountry epics to windrock and snowshoe...

I'd love to... but I think the destination is already set for this one. I'm just trying to figure out if it's worth burning my vacation time and training for... the training is always worth doing, the vacation, I'm not sure... maybe I'll keep one in the bank to go to Mexico later in the fall...

 

[dump]

I'd love to... but I think the destination is already set for this one. I'm just trying to figure out if it's worth burning my vacation time and training for... the training is always worth doing, the vacation, I'm not sure... maybe I'll keep one in the bank to go to Mexico later in the fall...

there’s always ebike these days.

 

[slyfink]

there’s always ebike these days.

I'm not dead yet!

 

[dump]

there’s always ebike these days.

haha, too soon? Saving that for retirement?

 

[daisycutter]

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[JohnE]

My cousins live there. So I am going to say no.

 

[slyfink]

haha, too soon? Saving that for retirement?

oh man, I've got to give getting back in shape a fair shake first... I'm not even 50 yet! It seems that all my buddies had a mid-life crisis when they turned 50 and started getting in shape... running, workouts, curly-bar bikes, basement sessions on Zwift... It's like I don't recognize them anymore! But my friends group is my riding group. And my riding buddies are getting faster with age... so if I want to hang out with them, I'm gonna have to get faster too. I'll try the meat-powered approach before I give up and turn to electrons.

 

[rideit]

Interestingly, most of Park City single track and bike paths are verboten to e-bikes…unless you are 65.
So I was thinking that bike shops could offer ‘old people’ disguises.

 

[slyfink]

Interestingly, most of Park City single track and bike paths are verboten to e-bikes…unless you are 65.
So I was thinking that bike shops could offer ‘old people’ disguises.

Nothing a little grecian formula and the old fake ID we used to need to get into bars can't fix...!

 

[SkaredShtles]

Nothing a little grecian formula and the old fake ID we used to need to get into bars can't fix...!

Seems like an awful lot of work to avoid riding an actual bicycle.

 

[slyfink]

Seems like an awful lot of work to avoid riding an actual bicycle.

ha! yeah. I was commenting more on the fact that we're actually getting closer to that age than back when we needed fake ID... like I said before...

 

[SkaredShtles]

ha! yeah. I was commenting more on the fact that we're actually getting closer to that age than back when we needed fake ID... like I said before...
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It was aimed at @rideit - I should have quoted him instead of you.

 

[boostindoubles]

If I was planning a Mountain West bike trip for September I'd be shooting for a hit-n-run road trip through Crested Butte/Buena Vista/Salida.