The last person to post a picture from their last bike ride wins access to the white courtesy phone.
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Maybe peak fall colors today. Trails were packed with people. Led legs today so I focused on the down hills and jumps. Getting some good movement back in the bike in the air. You have Sweden out in the distance and 1999 Fox jersey still ruling the trails!
I have only seen one in the wild, at 3:00 AM during a 24 solo race. I was pretty delirious and was afraid to go around it as I thought it was a skunk and didn't want to get sprayed.
Did someone shave a Sasquatch and teach it to ride ?
Did you poke the balls???
Pête de loup!
Yesterday. We've had the biggest October snowfall in recorded history, exceeding the previous record by 300% or something like that.
Coldest day so far, several places were saying low single digits, a few at zero, my temp gauge recorded a min of 6 on the ride. I use Dogwood Design's pogies for most everything, there are a few places you can order from and they are carried in all the local shops, but the actual maker, who I met in Fairbanks, doesn't really sell online or anything, she's an "off the grid" type, had to "come into town" in Fairbanks to sell me the boot-version of the handlebar pogies. I can help if you are interested though. The main attractions is how versatile they are. Pogies tend to get real warm for a lot of people and conditions change radically on a ride, climbing up vs. descending, so these can be rolled up fairly easily and you can ride with "no pogies" while they are rolled up. At the top, pull on them and they go back to their primary shape. The cinch strings help eliminate cold air going in, while other designs use less efficient means for the same thing. The way they "stay up" is a little hokey, there's an elastic strap inside and as long as you pull this over your handlebar, they stay up, it doesn't have a more secure way like some that screw into plugs in your handlebar, but it also doesn't make your bars wider, which is important in our tight trees. These come in a heavier version, but I've only seen that one in the Fairbanks shops.
The other ones I have are Revelate Expedition pogies. I only take these out when it's in the -Fs and they have an inner fleece sock that can be removed, but they are much less versatile, more bulky and rigid, harder to ride aggressive, make your bars a lot wider, etc.
Alu or plastic frame? I like the look of the Sights, reach measurement is a bit scary on the XL compared to my current bike though.
He is relying on photons to shift, do you really think he went metal?
The chain stays are alu, the rest is plastic. I’d initially planned to get the top spec Alu Sight, but then this happened.
Precisely.
I’m almost embarrassed by how nice this bike is. Almost. The stem is pretty embarrassing, though.
I'd be embarrassed too. For how much that seatpost costs I hope it stimulates your prostate.
I adjusted it special for the picture.That can't be the saddle angle you actually ride with?
I’ve not gotten everything quite figured out, but it is actually not far off what I usually find comfy.
The seat clamp on this dropper is actually pretty awesome. I hope it remains reliable.
I got a screaming deal. Pretty much cost me what a C2 would have cost me MSRP.
I planned to sell all the AXS stuff, but I figured I need to live a little.
The whole bike is bananas. Except the stem...
What stem is that?
I have been using the 45NRTH pogies. They're s PITA in that the foam inserts are always managing to get out of place and the bar end plug mount is a PITA. At this point eyelet has detached itself on one side also. That said, they have been in service for seven years, perhaps I should quit whining and just buy a new pair.
OEM Norco. It holds the bars just fine. But it is way less sexy than the rest of the bike.
Those sound a lot like my Revelate ones, stupid foam plug, bar-plug things. I was even going to use the Revelate ones this morning on my other bike because it's down around zero, but realized I don't have the stupid bar plug things installed in that one. They are warm, too warm for most stuff, but too specialized for most riding.
the day turned out nice but shit was still slick as hell from rain on thursday and last night.
big leaf magnolias were down!
did't push up ye olde powerline cut today but did go over and ride the lower part of the off-property dh run.
big leaf magnolias were down!
did't push up ye olde powerline cut today but did go over and ride the lower part of the off-property dh run.
I've seen a lot of photoshops in my day, and thats definitely photoshopped.
Everyone knows rocks of that size and qty are only present on the East Coast.
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Totally, and we know @Westy is just and old bitter man low on prostate massages. Not that there's anything wrong with that.