[Serial Midget]

Glad you missed the fence posts... that would have been bad.

Gravel biking FTMFL


As @rockofullr Said, E.13 coil post... completely serviceable at home with standard tools. No bleed required.
XC is still in there too. I did see some people use gravel bikes for parts of the AZT...

I've never seen a gravel bike up close but I know quite a few guys who are thinking about them for "training" purposes. Back in my day we slapped on a set of 1.85 Panaracer Fire XC on a hardtail or burley Continentals on a touring bike.

 

[stoney]

So my meeting got pushed to next week. Any CO folks want to go ride bikes this afternoon?

 

[Nick]

So my meeting got pushed to next week. Any CO folks want to go ride bikes this afternoon?

perhaps. place and time? after 5 I assume?

 

[eric strt6]

I have had this post for at least 4 years. it has been flawless

 

[stoney]

perhaps. place and time? after 5 I assume?

I'm out of here in 30min. Somewhere that I won't have a heart attack.

 

[6thElement]

Bear Creek Park?

I'll be up for riding shortly.

 

[roflbox]

wheels have arrived, going to get burrito, new tag and food for doggo, and then the assembly begins, Hope I am not lacking rotor bolts

 

[KenW449]

I've never seen a gravel bike up close but I know quite a few guys who are thinking about them for "training" purposes. Back in my day we slapped on a set of 1.85 Panaracer Fire XC on a hardtail or burley Continentals on a touring bike.

Sounds cheaper and makes moar sense than buying an entire bike that rides road and dirt poorly... Training for what? They are for when you wanna ride a road bike but don't wanna seem lame to the MTBers but in reality you are lame to both.

 

[SkaredShtles]

<snip>
shouldn't you be WAY rider's-left??

Perhaps that was the issue.

 

[SkaredShtles]

I'm out of here in 30min. Somewhere that I won't have a heart attack.

So South Valley? Or perhaps the Backcountry right in your own 'hood?

 

[Nick]

@stoney .. go check out the new feeder into deer creek for us and report back

 

[Pesqueeb]

So South Valley? Or perhaps the Backcountry right in your own 'hood?

Cherry Creek?

 

[Serial Midget]

Sounds cheaper and makes moar sense than buying an entire bike that rides road and dirt poorly... Training for what? They are for when you wanna ride a road bike but don't wanna seem lame to the MTBers but in reality you are lame to both.

I am not sure they care about being lame, they seem to focus on reducing their off season to make the most of the high country trail season.

 

[stevew]

There used to be a Clinton in the hangar. You can imagine what a group of blue collar guys called him instead.

blue collar union democrats.....i imagine your worship...

 

[stoney]

Tomorrow...

I'm sorry to report that Stoney fell off a cliff yesterday afternoon.

 

[eric strt6]

Damn , it won't even get really stupid hot for another few hours

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Did a few hours of trail work after loggers went through, dragged chain saw all the way up the ridge and never used it; made some progress.

 

[Toshi]

do I spy
with my little eyes
a e-bike?

Pivot Shuttle.

How the fuck did you end up over there?

Bike ended up over there. I bailed maybe 10 feet down from the entrance.

a. I wouldn't NOT have a dropper on my trail bike. Nope.
b. @Toshi ... that's a burly steep line if it's what I'm thinking. But shouldn't you be WAY rider's-left??

Perhaps that was the issue.

Way rider's left there is a rock ledge drop on top of the steep as fuck-ness. Maybe I was in the wrong place.

 

[Toshi]

@stoney .. go check out the new feeder into deer creek for us and report back

If I can find my GoPro wherever I left it after ski season I'll ride that next week.

 

[Toshi]

My Uber driver this afternoon claimed to be a neurosurgery resident with 3 years left. Good story, that. But I can look up who the residents are, and he ain't in there. I still left him a $2 tip in the app regardless.

 

[Pesqueeb]

union

Shit......I wish.

 

[Nick]

Way rider's left there is a rock ledge drop on top of the steep as fuck-ness.

correct. you have to creep and roll that.
(says me, the guy who wouldn't in 100 years)

edit:
behold my photoshop skillz

 

[rideit]

Had to pay for a teeth cleaning out of pocket for the first time since losing my plan that had dental.
$289.
Ouch.

 

[jonKranked]

E13 coil dropper. It's not monocle approved and it's got minor issues but there's very little that can make it actually fail.

Second. Me trs dropper has been good.

 

[KenW449]

I will be interested to see what sort of downhill speed he gets but, since we are also riding with The Weather Girl ,who just got a mountain bike 2 weeks ago, bro speed may not be on tonight's agenda.

I imagine on straight, groomed stuff, pretty decent. But if thing get rocky/ loose, i would imagine it would slow to a crawl.
Not bad looking. Gonna introduce her to Teh Monkey?

 

[Serial Midget]

Not bad looking. Gonna introduce her to Teh Monkey?

Probably not, I was introduced to her for only a minute 2 weeks ago, she seems classy with a y instead of an i.

 

[rideit]

I think her Christian Master's program would preclude her from most meaningful conversation on this board.

 

[StiHacka]

Probably not

Dude, that's a betrayal!

 

[StiHacka]

Rode this evening a little. Unlike yesterday, I had no energy and the solid 100% humidity in the woods just killed my enthusiasm. Hoping for cooler days soon.

 

[Pesqueeb]

I think her Christian Master's program would preclude her from most meaningful conversation on this board.

I miss @andyman

Dude, that's a betrayal!

Whoa...she has a striking resemblance to one of my wife's old college rommates. She had this walk....

 

[jstuhlman]

wheels are out on fedex truck for delivery, going to be performing SCIENCE this evening trying to seat them with the compressor

please try not to bork things up, eh?

You've never sounded so. Fucking. White.

now THAT’s an impressive feat for the suburban dwelling, m-driving, yeti-owning accountant!

Cold beers and good drugs.

still 2/10. fuck jam bands. all of them.

All it took me was one ride with a regular seatpost to realize that, at least in CO, a dropper post is damn near a requirement. Too much up and steep down to make me wanna fiddle with it all the time.

interesting...i rode the nomad without one for a few months on normal rides...didn’t really miss it. just left it a touch lower than usual.

I attempted the optional line at Dakota Ridge. It did not go so well.

so pleased it was the pivot and not the 5010. couldn’t have happened to a better bike!

last day in maine. back to CT tomorrow, then long drive to NC saturday. taking next friday off to go to the mountains by myself to recover from my “vacation.”

 

[jonKranked]

still 2/10. fuck jam bands. all of them.

Later this fall I'll be seeing high on fire, municipal waste, and toxic holocaust.

 

[rideit]

Straight up horse shit.

So, I got corroboration on the special tool. It is $250 for some kind of blind drift punch.
Ridiculous.
The good news, however, is that a competent and careful mechanic can get the job done with a vice, channel locks, and a strip of leather.

 

[Serial Midget]

OK monkey's - Incorrect meteorologist in previous posts. We rode with Elizabeth who did amazing on her first group ride.

 

[StiHacka]

The good news, however, is that a competent and careful mechanic can get the job done with a vice, channel locks, and a strip of leather.

 

[Nick]

I attempted the optional line at Dakota Ridge. It did not go so well.

correct. you have to creep and roll that.
(says me, the guy who wouldn't in 100 years)

edit:
behold my photoshop skillz
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I found this while in a youtube hole last night ... good view of the optional exit at 2:06 / end.

 

[Toshi]

I found this while in a youtube hole last night ... good view of the optional exit at 2:06 / end.

I think I entered it from the wrong location. I entered right at the switchback, rider's left at the start. He went down at an angle. I went down (+/- actually being on the bike) straight.

Perhaps I need to try this again.

 

[Nick]

Perhaps I need to try this again.

let me know when, maybe I'll join you.

 

[6thElement]

let me know when, maybe I'll join you.

Make sure you're both wearing goggles otherwise they won't let you ride there.

(Joking due to guy in video getting rad! while needing his goggles)

 

[Toshi]

let me know when, maybe I'll join you.

If we do it let's skip Red Rocks. Stupid climby trail filled with a million hikers wearing headphones...