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It's close to settled science. A fb friend (actual scientist) posted a link to this info. She studies viruses and bacteria, but still, scientist. Researchers study more than 15,000 penises to determine average lengths around the world

Kid songs killed me. I can't tell you how many times perfectly good rides were ruined by some cartoon's theme song on repeat in my head. I don't wear headphones on every ride, but I do carry them just in case now. I had a single speed that I used to tow the kids around in a trailer. The eccentric bottom bracket creaked to the exact rhythm of "Down By the Bay."

I like how it allows me to just block users signatures too. Finally I can turn off all of the offensive signatures with language such as "2017/8 this" and "29r/27.5 that". 26" WILL NEVER DIE!!! (at least a long as I'm too cheap to upgrade)

Peddlers Pass has a new ending. Today we finished an additional 0.75 miles and added it to the trail. The new part is close to the finish just after you cross the creek/rock garden. It's still going to be rough in parts until it gets burned in.

I took great pleasure in seeing Kawhi getting booed and Rockets beating the Warriors last night.

Thats pretty much it. Tejas is a privatized state with little to no rideable public land. What is available is overcrowded, and will only get worse, plus most of it isnt that great to ride anyway. There are some standouts like brushy, but how many people can share that area at one time? IMHO, our planning needs to reflect this. Places like RPR, RHR, Spider,FCR,FCC are really the only sustainable future here for mountain biking. The more wealthy landowners we can work with to build trails on, the better. Until then im down with paying memberships so i dont have to say sorry every 5 minutes to some doofus walking their dog wearing earbuds.

This brought back memories of people I blocked on Mojo. Good times!

Wait... he is a she? Not sure why I defaulted to he....does this make me sexist? Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

I had to clean out my old emails and ran across this one from May 2016. I thought people should see an example of what the City of Austin and particularly Parks hears about MTB'rs. This email was about Walnut Creek Park. (Note - I have intentionally removed identifying information. This post is not to shame anyone. It is intended to educate MTB'rs.) To Whom it May Concern, I've been using the park 3-4 days a week to run on the trails, hike and take my dogs for walks for almost 5 years. The mountain bikers have become increasingly dangerous and rude and there are far too many riders using the park now, which I assume has a lot to do with the increasing population in the city. Riders are on every trail in every section of the park now at all hours. They fly around blind corners at full speed and do not slow down or yield to people on foot, nearly running hikers off the trail and I've witnessed dogs be almost run over, including my own. When you have an off-leash dog park you simply cannot have this many mountain bikers using the park. I've personally done a lot of mountain biking over the past 20 years all across the country from California to New Jersey and have never experienced such carelessness from riders before. The bikers in this city do not seem to understand basic trail etiquette on multi-use trails. The majority of the time they do not call out when approaching people, they don't announce how many riders there are in their group behind them and do not slow down to pass. They do not yield and actually get angry and confrontational when walkers don't dive out of the way. I've heard several individuals get into arguments with irresponsible riders. All of this overuse is also devastating all the trails in the park. There is far too much catering to mountain bikers in the park, allowing them to leave broken down bike frames and tires on the newly installed tire stations along with other trash and taking over the entire park for races all the time, which is really destroying the trails and speeding up erosion. In order to co-exist with hikers/runners/dogs, I strongly believe that bikers should be limited to certain trails within the park and should face fines for not abiding by these regulations. There also needs to be trail etiquette signs posted visibly at the trailheads and throughout the park to remind riders that they do not have the right of way and that they need to yield to people on foot. The riders are ruining the park experience for everyone in this city. Thank you for your time. Mike Here was my response to PARD - Thanks you for standing up for us. Charlie is out of town right now so I am handling this as the Trails Program Director for the Austin Ridge Riders. First, much could be said about over generalizations in the email from Mike. But those don't help move toward improving the situation. Here is what the Austin Ridge Riders can and will do to try to minimize conflict between the users at Walnut Creek Park - 1) We have always included training on Trail Etiquette per the IMBA Rules of the Trailhttps://www.imba.com/sites/default/files/Team_IMBA/RulesOfTheTrail.pdf We will emphasis those rules on all rides. Somehow, I doubt it is the kids doing our Kid's Rides or the women doing our Ride Like A Girl rides that are the problem. But the Sunday rides should reach many more people and maybe some of the impolite riders. We can start this immediately. 2) We ask your permission to post some signs with the Rules of the Trail. Can we use some space in the new kiosk at the trail head? That will help for anyone who looks, but I bet most riders never look at the kiosk. I also request permission to add some stickers to the Carsonite sign posts on the trails. We want to add a yellow triangle that shows who yields to who. We have similar stickers at Slaughter Creek Trail with horses (has right of way), hikers (yields to horse) and bikers (yields to everybody). (We may have to get some stickers made to not show horses.) We need your permission and time to make or buy signs. 3) We need to clearly define what parts of the park are off-leash and what parts are leash required. The email from Mike makes me think he considers all of Walnut Creek Park to be an off-leash dog park. I think signs would be required here too. Is that something you / PARD can do or can ARR help with that? 4) We will request *ALL* Austin Ridge Rider members recognize the issue and follow the Rules of the Trail. We hope to set a good example that others will follow. This will be posted on our web site and Facebook page this week. Even if we do all of that and all Austin Ridge Rider members yield and are polite to everyone they meet, I expect there will still be issues. Not all mountain bikers are members of the Austin Ridge Riders. My suspicion is that the riders causing the issues are relatively new riders who are riding aggressively at a busy park because they don't know any better. We (ARR) have little influence with them unless we can attract them to other trails. That may not be easy if it happens at all. But we will try our best. I look forward to hearing your answers to my request to post signs. If I should take this up with D'Anne or someone else, please connect me with them. Trails Program Director Austin Ridge Riders

You have to get rear sag right to get the fork to “sag” on some bikes if there is high stiction. Use manufactures ratings as a starting point based upon your loaded up weight. Evaluate travel used throughout the ride. I shouldn’t be going through full travel at walnut or GB main trail until drops get to 3 feet For me. Adjust rebound to fit your general riding style and change per trail if you really go somewhere different. For the most part, Austin is set and forget at middle- slower for “most” people. A Houston rider might come up running a very fast rebound and get ping ponged everywhere. I really speed things up for Bentonville and places with smooth kickers. This is just my preference and not gospel. Most of my equipments runs lower than manufacture settings for air pressure, except for my new bike which runs a ton of air in the rear relative to manufacture settings. Also, know how much your shock travels because full travel may not be the entire shaft of the shock. Correct sag on my shock is only 11mm. Visually I set it at 17ish at first and that was almost 50% sag and the bike was sagged out and rode and climbed wonky as hell. Some Specialized stuff with auto sag shouldn’t be too hard for the rear. On my wife’s bike I have to release the red valve then have her bounce to equalize and then hit the auto sag release again.

Like I said 😉

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Just miscellaneous place to post random stuff that COULD be useful, because I read this in the paper, it was pouring rain, I didn't get around to posting then, so here ya go: People steal tailgates from trucks. The actual tailgates. A replacement tailgate runs around $1300, so there's a thriving black market in tailgates, creating incentive to steal them. Plus, apparently it's not that hard to remove them. The couple that was arrested for a rash of tailgate thefts in the New Braunfels area (not so much Austin) did not look that smart in their mug shots, although smarter than some truck owners. You can get aftermarket tailgate locks to prevent this. Nine people were injured in a 32-car pileup on Texas 130, near Harold Green Road on New Year's Eve around 1:09 AM. Happy New Years! That's a LOT of cars! This happened when people drove into a very dense patch of fog and everybody ran into the car in front. Harold Green Road crosses Texas 130 halfway between Webberville Road and Hwy 71 and somewhat north of the Colorado River. I use Texas 130 a few times a month, so this is scary, but useful information. Feel free to post random stuff that COULD be useful in a practical or entertaining way. Or not.

I swear that when work gets bad and frustrating, I literally hear circus music. A buddy of mine used to keep a shorcut on his laptop and when the shit hit the fan or someone did something real stupid he would click on that and play it. Now it is a mental thing for me and so stupid actions trigger circus music in my head.

I slept until 10:30am, but in my defence, today was a work day.

Honestly? Not much, usually... but today, I bought overhaul parts to fix our master toilet that started leaking last night, went to the post office to see if any of my slacker clients decided to pay me yet, I chased a dog out of our yard that broke our fence (again) and attacked/injured our chicken, set up a home veterinary clinic in our kitchen... and now I still need to repair the fence, fix the toilet and somehow fit in a site plan that I told one client I'd have done today. Meanwhile, my shoulders were starting to feel pretty good after doing nothing over the holidays... that was until I started swinging a 2x4 at my neighbor's husky...

Also found this video on the Pivot site:

any decent bike shop should be able to do that in-house. I am at the point where i can completely reassemble my Reba blindfolded, so it's not that hard to do.

What an enjoyable read (as I walk out of the room with a more manly swagger than I walked in with).

Hitler was on a shitload of drugs.

I cleanse my palate with circus music; it'll overwrite anything. Honestly, it's probably the most suitable soundtrack for my ride/life anyway.

Dude! 4 consecutive posts? You are killing your reputation quotient.

Shockwiz doesn't work on all suspensions. I know that for a DVO Diamond it's useless due to the fork having a negative preload spring.

Couldn't agree more. One of my favorite trails out there. Super chunky but unbelievable amounts of traction. Sooo fun.

Happy new year!

Id like to see a downvote or neg reputation feature like mtbr has. If all else, i can do the math EX: Writing Again currently has 282 posts with 52 positive reputation. 52 ÷ 282 = 18 she has earned an 18% reputation

*sigh* I keep hoping it's just really bad performance art.

I had a similar experience in Moab, with an earlier Trail Guide. After getting hopelessly lost on the Porcupine Rim trail following tire tracks after the guide book's descriptions became useless, we ended up on Matt Martin Point as darkness approached. After several attempts to just follow the nearest drainage down to the River and ending up at a 30 foot pour-off, I convinced my buddy that we weren't going to get back to our camp at the Slickrock Trail safely (fully dark by now and we have one little mini mag light between us). It was Fall and temperatures were expected to be in the low 40s. We found a place out of the wind and settled in for the night with a fire to ease the discomfort. Then it started raining. We managed to move the fire across the arroyo under a rock ledge for shelter and after eating Advil for supper and drinking the last of our water we attempted to sleep. At the first hint of light I was up, having barely slept and started exploring hoping to figure out how to get down to the River. I found a USGS marker pounded into the rock and was able to find that marker on our tiny topo map in the guidebook and soon we were on the trail and limping into Moab for a huge breakfast. At breakfast we happened to notice a disclaimer in the book that stated that the information in the guide was just enough to get you lost.

You mean not everyone does? idiots.

One thing I forgot to add about Franklin Mountains...my favorite trail there was the short Mule Shoe Loop. this is a short and very technical and fun trail that reminded me of RPR. Much of the trail is on conglomerate rock. It's a really good time.

Okay, I've been twice now, and I can say for certain that Franklin Mountains has some really great trails. The singletrack is a good mix of both fast and technical trails. I'd put it about on par with some of what you'll find on Big Bend's Dome and Fresno Divide trails. And the more technical bits kind of reminded my of Reveille. I've put it together in 2 different ways, once including Mundy's Gap, and once without Mundy's Gap. Both area really great options, and if you're going to be there for multiple days, I'd suggest doing Mundy's Gap at least once. Pretty much the entirely of both of those rides is singletrack with the exception of a few short connections, and Mundy's Gap. Mundy's is basically a VERY old road that is effectively loose cobble grinding up for almost exactly 1000ft, after climbing up singletrack for 600ft, And that overall 1600 ft is gained in just 7 miles. There are quite a few other trail systems out there, but the only other ride I've yet done is the Sierra Vista Trail. This is some really great desert singletrack, so long as you skip the southern 15 miles of "trail." The first 7 miles is an okay but beautiful gravel grind...but that is followed by followed by 6 miles of horrific sand and unmarked trail. Much of the "trail" and the wilderness looked the same. Massive sections are simply washed away. Much of the time I was just frustratingly navigating. It took about two hours to go those 6 miles. But then it opens up into really great trail. So, I suggest bypassing all of that nonsense. Drive up highway 10 into NM, and then travel east on 227 until you intersect the trail. Park there, and ride north. That will give you about 15 miles north of very gentle climbing, with the option of hooking up many more miles of trail once you get to the other end. And then you get a very fun fast slight downhill back to the parking spot. I had been told that El Paso was a shit-hole, but I didn't see any evidence of that that. Maybe by Texas standards, but perhaps the person who told me that hasn't been to many places in the northeast. We didn't try a lot of restaurants, but I can say that Leo's Mexican has crazy good shredded beef crunchy tacos. And as you leave town, do yourself the favor and go eat at Cattleman's Steakhouse. I don't want to say much about this one...you should experience it for yourself. But it isn't overly expensive for the quality. The steak is every bit as good as Perry's or Ruth's Chris, but way less expensive.

https://goo.gl/maps/XdfRmSCULs12 https://www.mtbproject.com/directory/8007061/northwest-ar The Syllamo Trail system is located north of Mountain View, AR and is the home of the annual Syllamo's Revenge spring endurance event. The scenery in this area is simply fabulous. Riding outside of the actual event weekend requires a bit of planning though. The system is made up of several smaller loops that can be rode independently or connected together. Once in town, you can get a complete, printed mountain biking guide that includes details of each trail, directions to the trailheads, etc. I've heard stories that the trails aren't nearly as well maintained outside of the event period; so you might want to consider either participating in the annual event or going in the Spring before or after the event weekend. Others may know better about the trail conditions, but this area has so much to offer for the entire family that you really can't go wrong. We stayed at the Sylamore Lodges north of Mountain View and closer to the trails. The cabins there are perched high above the White River with easy access to kayaking, fishing, etc. They have most everything you need right there, including firewood and ice (honor system for 24-hr access), kayak rentals, pool table in the main lodge, horseshoes, etc. Be sure to check out the Blanchard Spring Caverns too - very cool! This is a DRY COUNTY! Pack in any alcoholic beverages you wish to consume. There is a brewery not too far away though where you can pay a nominal membership fee (as I recall) and fill up your growlers (see link below). https://www.syllamosrevenge.com/the-trails https://www.sylamorelodges.com/ Blanchard Springs Caverns http://www.gravitybrewworks.com/