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Peddlers is good to go. I rode it at lunchtime and it's fine. I guess the drainage improvements have worked.

Rocky Hill Super D finish. Whoever came in 2nd behind us is nowhere in sight.

Stopped 9 people riding Peddlers in the last 1.5 hours. Most were beginners and didnt know any better. Three other people turned around when they saw me working....i saw you too. I know who you are.

There's lots of genetics and hormone signaling involved. You're probably just a fanny pack non-responder.

Should be good to go based on my experience.

I rode this AM. Picnic, Bailout to 1/4 notch.. picnic again to Bailout then DD to up and over to Rim to Snail to Rim to Picnic X to picnic. Trails themselves zero mud. 1 little puddle on DD and the 2 or 3 usual ones on 1/4. Bottom of the rollers on PIcnic X had it's big ol puddle Did not ride Honeybadgers domain at all as that seems to not dry quick and I don't need a shovel upside my head. Enjoy. Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk

What CJB said about trust and practice is so true. This video was shot at Flat Creek, the week after the first MJC race out there. It was the very first time we tried the tandem together. That day, we knew we had good enough chemistry and coordination on the bike to race. The PB race was a couple of weeks out and we practiced at WC maybe twice before the race. Jay had never ridden PB and I know it pretty well, so I was calling out gear shifts. Don't discount the stoker! At PB, we raced our own category, but we we could match our time to the others that did one lap. We would have finished mid-pack Cat3 Men 30-39. Since we were the only tandem in the race, we were alone on the podium, but damn it felt like quite an accomplishment. Y'all got me all misty missing my Bro.

I switched from a minimal backpack with 3L water and room for tools/tube to a minimal hip(ster) pack with room for tools and 1 water bottle. I purposely wanted a hip pack without a bladder. I figure if I am out and I need more than 3 water bottles (2 on bike and 1 on me) then I'll bring the backpack. For me it was a quick transition and I like it a lot. I could imagine if I weighed it down alot then I might agree with you.

I recently picked up a Seral as well. Still getting used to it, but have had no lower back pain. From what I understand Osprey's waist packs are designed to ride in the lumbar region, above the hips. Higher than normal belt height. One of the adjustments for me to learn is getting the belt tight enough, then loosening it when I want to spin it around to get some goody out. The two pulls for tightening make it easy to snug up when done. It should become second nature eventually and I'm really liking the ease of access to stuff. Another adjustment I made was to put a small pack on the top tube / steer tube area and it now contains a spare tube, levers, patch kit and I may put a folding tool set in there though it is getting crowded. This reduces the number of things I need to move back and forth from fanny pack to backpack, as well as takes some of the heavier things out of the fanny pack. So far I'm pleased with the experiment and the more I ride with it the better I like it. I keep the Raptor handy for longer rides, and may need it more for Summer as the 1.5L in the Seral won't last long once the temps get up to broiling. Also, I hung a carabiner on it that the handle of my Fiskar's 15" Loppers fits just about perfectly, but have yet to try this in the field.

Suburban Ninja is dry. its good to go.

And it is extremely nice outside. If you can ride, go hit it!!!

That's your problem, you're supposed to put your right foot on your right pedal. But seriously, sucks about the wreck and injury.

Happy Pie Day The missus picked up an HEB Curbside order, and sent a pic of the slice of fresh baked cherry pie they gave her, with "Happy (insert Pi symbol here) Day" written on the package.

Right.. Making me want to cancel my Spain trip. Damn Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk

Sounds like you have a pretty good idea of what you want to hit, but if you are looking for alternatives, Mt. Lakeway might be fun if you have a couple of hours. Park up by the water tower behind the swim center. Coming from CO, he may not think too much of the climb, but there's enough Central TX rocky goodness to make it interesting...

Ill match donations up to $100.

My guess: he was using the egg beaters to make cookie batter in Ed's Bowl. Ed got mad and ripped his legs apart.

Not surprised that Peddlers was wet, but 1/4 Notch, Picnic, and Rim were in great shape. The waterfall was raging on Rim but since the rocks on either side were dry I just bombed through it. Wet tire on dusty limestone incline was recipe for disaster though ….. well near disaster anyway.

I have been using Times for years and love them. Solid. They don't break like Eggbeaters (although I have crunched quite a few over the years.) The best bet are to stay away from the cheap ones. I run XC8's one my primary bikes, just picked up some cheap XC2's for my urban bar bike but I would never put those on my mountain bikes. The XC8's are carbon whereas the XC6 and below are composite, which I believe is French for plastic. I have not used the M's at all, never needed the platform but those look interesting. I put Time pedals in the same category as Thomson products - yeah, they are expensive, but over time you realize why. Plus, as a bonus for old men, they are great on the knees.

Holey shit. Won the internet. Backwards pedal, backwards steering, foldable. I want it just 'cause.

Those things are nuts. I tried to ride one once. Too much muscle memory caused much pain. Wait, "reverse pedal"?????? I just caught that part. This looks like R&I gold!

flats suck and have zero advantage over clipless pedals UNLESS - 1.) you do a bunch of tricks that involve your feet off the pedals 2.) its EXTREMELY muddy to the point of clipless barely/not functioning 3.) you're a trials rider 4.) you're just dabbing/putting your foot down constantly because you don't know how to ride yet (beginners) the end. flats - climbing efficiency sucks, they destroy your legs, your feet can slip/bounce off the pedals, more unnecessary effort/technique to bunny hop or control the rear end of the bike riding clipless also helps you ride with more commitment in my opinion.. people often say "its so much easier to bail off your bike with flats" when in reality - not really. ejecting from clipless pedals is pretty effortless and instantaneous once you have the muscle memory and the brainless technique down. additionally, I think its a mental riding error to ride stuff with the focus on bailing, instead of the expectation of cleaning the feature. lack of confidence and lack of commitment causes a lot of crashes in my experiences. hesitation is devastation! another thing - almost every time ive ever seen anyone get stuck and fall over in clipless pedals - they are riding Shimano SPD.. if you want super easy in & out, lots of float, and pretty bulletproof pedals - get TIMES. the MX4s are a great choice

I alway feel like I'd like to ride flats, but all of the "the only places" people seem to miss being clipped in comprise like 90% of my riding. Seriously, in this thread alone, we have listed rocky uphills, rocky downhills, jumps, drops, quick bursts of power, and the road.

Trail builders should wear this as a badge of pride. If you provide 3 alternate lines, and some shitbag still decides the primary line needs to be destroyed, you did it right in the first place. Long live our awesome trail builders, please don't let this shit deter you!