The last person to post a picture from their last bike ride wins access to the white courtesy phone.
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Bought a fat bike off a skinny kid awhile back, finally got out for a pedal NY Day. Froze my huevos off after the sun went down...but a fun ride nonetheless.
Which led me to this on the sixty-milers:
That's pretty cool, I hadn't really read anything about them.
One of the places I ride from time to time has a pretty weird history.
TLDR- A garbage human that was Mayor of Newcastle for a little while ended up owning a big chunk of ex mining land that wasn't really being sold by the owners. There were supposedly fake letters and wax seals used to get it all done, the poor family going against him put in over a million dollars and many years of work to try to get some of the money from the sale.*
*From what I remember, probably not factual coz I don't wanna get sued, haha!
Cardiff Coal Company Land was sold by Company interlopers
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Damn.That's pretty cool, I hadn't really read anything about them.
One of the places I ride from time to time has a pretty weird history.
TLDR- A garbage human that was Mayor of Newcastle for a little while ended up owning a big chunk of ex mining land that wasn't really being sold by the owners. There were supposedly fake letters and wax seals used to get it all done, the poor family going against him put in over a million dollars and many years of work to try to get some of the money from the sale.*
*From what I remember, probably not factual coz I don't wanna get sued, haha!
Now old Jeff is up to some more odd shit- https://reneweconomy.com.au/labor-probes-snowy-hydro-gas-plant-land-deal-with-liberal-party-donor/Cardiff Coal Company Land was sold by Company interlopers
Dear Minister, I would be pleased if you would read this document because it is important that your Government shake itself free from the ta...
@johnbryanpeters this is what they were mining on my hill:
used in batteries; probably not unrelated to all of the lithium they are now going after in this area...
used in batteries; probably not unrelated to all of the lithium they are now going after in this area...
Never disappoints on the Rocks. Thanks.
Must have been a small quarry, couldn't find it on topo or photos.
there are two main pits blasted out at the top. neither is all that big/deep. and one more site, i think, blasted out from one of the slopes. i've circled the two top ones. don't think mining went on for that long. you can barely see the depressions here, as the current google earth photo is from summer.
Got a little snow last night. Pic below is from the same spot as the one above.
Someone out there needs a lesson on how to brake. Every little descent and turn on this trail had this clear locked brake action going on
Friggin people in this forest. I need to get horse blinders or something when I ride here...this stuff is never ending.
Here we see people going way around a tree, as the trail proper has a little root on it, which I've highlighted with my finger, otherwise you wouldn't even be able to see the damn thing. This trail has been there for 20 years and has never gone left of that tree.
Someone out there needs a lesson on how to brake. Every little descent and turn on this trail had this clear locked brake action going on
Friggin people in this forest. I need to get horse blinders or something when I ride here...this stuff is never ending.
Here we see people going way around a tree, as the trail proper has a little root on it, which I've highlighted with my finger, otherwise you wouldn't even be able to see the damn thing. This trail has been there for 20 years and has never gone left of that tree.
this is looking back up the trail. I’m down in SD this week and they took away my parking for “scary house” so I went and rode “ten dollar fatty” and “air time”. Though there is more air time on TDF and air time was more smoke my brakes time.
Where I am it seems so much quieter in the bush than in 2020-21, at the start of covid anything that looked like a bike trail became a bike trail.
Hardly see anyone out now, which I'm fine with but I just have to move more sticks coz nobody else is doing it.
Hardly see anyone out now, which I'm fine with but I just have to move more sticks coz nobody else is doing it.
@konifere have you ridden your kirkland signature brand bike yet?
I've got two very short, slow as balls, rides on mine. Seems great so far. Today I felt what might have been the bars flexing...but it might have also been the thiccccc foam grips squishing?
The Microshift stuff shifts well too. I do miss being able to push the upshift lever with my thumb though, like with Shimano. And for this stupid slow trudge crap, I wish there was one more lower gear (but that's on me, I'm a weak ass pedaler).
I've got two very short, slow as balls, rides on mine. Seems great so far. Today I felt what might have been the bars flexing...but it might have also been the thiccccc foam grips squishing?
The Microshift stuff shifts well too. I do miss being able to push the upshift lever with my thumb though, like with Shimano. And for this stupid slow trudge crap, I wish there was one more lower gear (but that's on me, I'm a weak ass pedaler).
What's your front gearing?@konifere have you ridden your kirkland signature brand bike yet?
I've got two very short, slow as balls, rides on mine. Seems great so far. Today I felt what might have been the bars flexing...but it might have also been the thiccccc foam grips squishing?
The Microshift stuff shifts well too. I do miss being able to push the upshift lever with my thumb though, like with Shimano. And for this stupid slow trudge crap, I wish there was one more lower gear (but that's on me, I'm a weak ass pedaler).
I counted 30 teeth on the trail today, but their website says it comes with a 28t ring.
Apparently 10-46 in the rear. Looks smaller though than my 11-46 Shimano cassette.
I just need to man up. And more people need to ride so we're not breaking trail every time.
@canadmos Hey! I did not try it yet, just finished rebuilding it last night and we received like another foot of snow today. I did a few upgrades : Saint BB (just to get more threads into the frame), E13 base pedals, 150mm TranzX dropper (bought on sale for 70$) and Wolf Tooth LA remote, Chromag grips, a WTB Deva saddle from my parts bin, shitty Shimano BR-M375 mechanical brakes that took me a lot of fiddling to get right (didn't want the Sram Level so I sold my previous fat bike with them), and a blue Deity seat post collar just for kicks.
I also bought a Race Face Ride 190mm axle crankset on sale for when the Charm breaks
I'm thinking of swapping the bar/stem for a higher rise that I have here, but my old Lezyne light mounts don't fit on 35mm bars, so I might just leave those on. I did not count the tooth on my crankset though, I thought it was 28t. Will check.
What are your impressions so far? How do those tires work in loose snow like you were riding on that picture?
Here's mine, which came with a 11-46t cassette and just counted 28t on my chainring. I had a 12-46 cassette and 30t ring on my previous fat bike, but with those bigger 27.5 wheels, I guess it will be pretty much even. It's crazy how big the 27.5x4.5 are compared to the 26x4.0 (3.8 really) I had.
I also bought a Race Face Ride 190mm axle crankset on sale for when the Charm breaks
I'm thinking of swapping the bar/stem for a higher rise that I have here, but my old Lezyne light mounts don't fit on 35mm bars, so I might just leave those on. I did not count the tooth on my crankset though, I thought it was 28t. Will check.
What are your impressions so far? How do those tires work in loose snow like you were riding on that picture?
Here's mine, which came with a 11-46t cassette and just counted 28t on my chainring. I had a 12-46 cassette and 30t ring on my previous fat bike, but with those bigger 27.5 wheels, I guess it will be pretty much even. It's crazy how big the 27.5x4.5 are compared to the 26x4.0 (3.8 really) I had.
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The CE4.5 are insane. I'm running them on 95mm rims. Like that, they are wider than the Johnny5 tires and of course way taller. IMO, it's the "biggest" tire you can get, since I've got gobs of air volume. I can ride some pretty silly stuff, like the trail we just snowshoed yesterday, usually takes a lot more compacting and waiting.@canadmos Hey! I did not try it yet, just finished rebuilding it last night and we received like another foot of snow today. I did a few upgrades : Saint BB (just to get more threads into the frame), E13 base pedals, 150mm TranzX dropper (bought on sale for 70$) and Wolf Tooth LA remote, Chromag grips, a WTB Deva saddle from my parts bin, shitty Shimano BR-M375 mechanical brakes that took me a lot of fiddling to get right (didn't want the Sram Level so I sold my previous fat bike with them), and a blue Deity seat post collar just for kicks.
I also bought a Race Face Ride 190mm axle crankset on sale for when the Charm breaks
I'm thinking of swapping the bar/stem for a higher rise that I have here, but my old Lezyne light mounts don't fit on 35mm bars, so I might just leave those on. I did not count the tooth on my crankset though, I thought it was 28t. Will check.
What are your impressions so far? How do those tires work in loose snow like you were riding on that picture?
Here's mine, which came with a 11-46t cassette and just counted 28t on my chainring. I had a 12-46 cassette and 30t ring on my previous fat bike, but with those bigger 27.5 wheels, I guess it will be pretty much even. It's crazy how big the 27.5x4.5 are compared to the 26x4.0 (3.8 really) I had.
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I wonder if in 10 years people will think we were stupid for riding rigid fatbikes vs. suspension. I know Kidwoo will, but I mean other people.
I've had a Bluto on my Wozo since I got it in 2018, probably wouldn't bother me to be on a rigid in the winter. I ride one of my bikes rigid SS in the summer 
Damn you went deep@canadmos Hey! I did not try it yet, just finished rebuilding it last night and we received like another foot of snow today. I did a few upgrades : Saint BB (just to get more threads into the frame), E13 base pedals, 150mm TranzX dropper (bought on sale for 70$) and Wolf Tooth LA remote, Chromag grips, a WTB Deva saddle from my parts bin, shitty Shimano BR-M375 mechanical brakes that took me a lot of fiddling to get right (didn't want the Sram Level so I sold my previous fat bike with them), and a blue Deity seat post collar just for kicks.
I also bought a Race Face Ride 190mm axle crankset on sale for when the Charm breaks
I'm thinking of swapping the bar/stem for a higher rise that I have here, but my old Lezyne light mounts don't fit on 35mm bars, so I might just leave those on. I did not count the tooth on my crankset though, I thought it was 28t. Will check.
What are your impressions so far? How do those tires work in loose snow like you were riding on that picture?
Here's mine, which came with a 11-46t cassette and just counted 28t on my chainring. I had a 12-46 cassette and 30t ring on my previous fat bike, but with those bigger 27.5 wheels, I guess it will be pretty much even. It's crazy how big the 27.5x4.5 are compared to the 26x4.0 (3.8 really) I had.
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It was super tough snow today, but the tires seem to do alright. I was definitely the weak link...and the deep snow on the climbs. I put studs in them, so that'll be interesting to try out.
The Level brakes are a little agricultural but actually worked better than the Shimanos I have on the old fatbike. We'll see how they are on bigger hills..
If they're the low end level T's, mine lasted about two rides.
What happened to them?
They faded and felt poop so swapped in a set of Guide RSC's