The last person to post a picture from their last bike ride wins access to the white courtesy phone.
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It's has to be the "dirt Roadies" we get the same thing here they just want to put their head down and spin in a straight line well that's what the roads are forQuickly blocked a few strava lines today. Was looking forward to blocking some others I spotted a few days ago, but someone beat me to it. Woot.
that turn seems on flat ground, but a nice gap jump would be a acceptable "Strava Line"Quickly blocked a few strava lines today. Was looking forward to blocking some others I spotted a few days ago, but someone beat me to it. Woot.
Even the senior MTBers for life can't corner for shit here. And they need high BB bikes because pedal strikes, yo!
30 miles on the road bike, 1088 feet of gain with an average moving speed of 10 mph. Made some bad choices after getting bogged down on a road that was too wet to ride. Had to get back to town the hard way.
Highwood Mountains about 50 miles east.
Highwood Mountains about 50 miles east.
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Can you please tell me again how great super slack 29ers with a long wheelbase are?
Super slack 29ers with a long wheel base are.....lolCan you please tell me again how great super slack 29ers with a long wheelbase are?
I have ridden a bit the last weeks, but most w/o phone, so no pics. Did ride from home to the local trails today and explored a little in a small forest on the way there. Usually I ride through on the fire road but was always wondering where these smaller fire roads to both sides veer off to. Turns out they are hardly used old logging roads that are nearly overgrown besides a narrow band that feels single track-ish and is loamy. Some are dead ends, but a surprising number goes through. Nice, more fun on the way to the official trails. 
From the official trails: pump track is open and I did repaired some damage last week, needs final shaping. Just swung by today.
New drop on the XC trail that a friend build last week.
From the official trails: pump track is open and I did repaired some damage last week, needs final shaping. Just swung by today.
New drop on the XC trail that a friend build last week.
IMO mtb is not about all out speed I like popping off of roots pumping rollers coming into the same corners high and late one time low and early another time down the trail it's about fun not about watts and speed
BTW I'm extremely drunk already so sorry if this makes no sense
I likes to be able to pedal all the climbs and one day I will, I dont care how slow. Our local river trails have convenient strava favored routes that were built to be fast, the trails along the edge are twisty because there are no other options.
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Samesies. I take more pride in being able to ride up tough things than down them. Boo to Strava heroes, yay to those out there feeding their souls.
Why is it so cold 
The snow and rain today left some of these sandy trails with ear grinning hero dirt.
I also keep bumping into riders without helmets. Sketchy... Especially the father riding a rather long and rooty trail today; his kids had helmets but where was his?
The snow and rain today left some of these sandy trails with ear grinning hero dirt.
I also keep bumping into riders without helmets. Sketchy... Especially the father riding a rather long and rooty trail today; his kids had helmets but where was his?
Not as cold as yesterday but still pretty windy, therefore not many people on the trails. Got yelled at by someone for "bikes destroying the trails" once.
Experimented with a mullet setup with a 27.5x2.8 tire on the back. Didn't notice any difference in handling bit did have less sting and more traction. Liked it, have concerns about tire durability but so far so good.
Would you try a 2.6 out back for more a mullety mullet? BB might get low...
Experimented with a mullet setup with a 27.5x2.8 tire on the back. Didn't notice any difference in handling bit did have less sting and more traction. Liked it, have concerns about tire durability but so far so good.
No, the whole point was for more tire, I can fit a 29x2.5 Maxxis WT tire which is bigger than most 2.6s.
@kidwoo has some words for you.
I wish you good luck, but perhaps you are smoother than I am, besides being of less mass.
you have good graffiti in your 'hood.Great urban ride with the kiddo earlier
Then ran into this abolaster young lass
I have to use a tunnel to get to a local trail from home. it was once tagged with "I love my gram". Mean streets around here, I tell you.
Remember it is a hardtail. The tires could be a limiting factor but my ankles and spine certainly are. I can assure you I pushed the latter as far as I was willing and the former held up just fine. Also I am running Cushcore and the rocks on the trails I ride tend to be nice and round. Thank you glaciers!
Either way it is really an experiment I will continue with until I destroy something, then it will be back to normal Maxxis WT tires in the casing of my preference.
Yeah, the rox here are all pointy. They like to rip through the casing on le big tires.
Yeah, seems like the graffiti has amped up a fair bit around here since the VID, but what they did in the tunnel that I thought was kinda cool (unlike all the other shit they do) was paint the light covers different colors, which gave it a psychedelic feel. My daughter was so impressed, we dropped acid and hung out there for awhile. Now that's how you deal with a case of the Mondays.
I have never cut a tire here, two pinch flats running what was arguably too low a pressure.
There are trails at higher elevation that do have younger sharper rocks, but that is when I would slap my other wheel on.
Backstory on the angry cactus?Great urban ride with the kiddo earlier
Then ran into this alabaster young lass
Is that an interstate underpass?Great urban ride with the kiddo earlier
Then ran into this alabaster young lass
from Sunday:
snowed on me a few times during the ride.
parking lots are closed off, so I had to do a bit of an urban/bike path ride to get to the trails, but it's less than 20 minutes each way, so I can't really complain.
get to ride trails behind a prison too:
roughly the halfway point:
homeward bound:
my house is almost directly across that bridge. I didn't cross this way - I went the long way 'round, but wanted to see what condition the fence was in:
snowed on me a few times during the ride.
parking lots are closed off, so I had to do a bit of an urban/bike path ride to get to the trails, but it's less than 20 minutes each way, so I can't really complain.
get to ride trails behind a prison too:
roughly the halfway point:
homeward bound:
my house is almost directly across that bridge. I didn't cross this way - I went the long way 'round, but wanted to see what condition the fence was in:
On second thought...what the hell. Not my fastest lap, but I remembered my GoPro this am...
voice activated. FANCY! 
two questions, which trail is that? (if you can say)
what's all that shiny stuff pooled up on the trail in places. I don't see that on my trails.
two questions, which trail is that? (if you can say)
what's all that shiny stuff pooled up on the trail in places. I don't see that on my trails.