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Ok, so it's settled. We ban both Single Speeders and any person under the age of 60 from everything? I'll get the attorneys on this ASAP. We will need signage, and probably maps.

I guess this is like my grandfather (born in Georgetown in 1899) telling me to never ask a fellow where they're from. You don't want to embarrass them if they're not from Texas, and if they are from Texas, they'll tell you soon enough anyway.

"Even more terrifying wass: My name is Larry Nassar, I'll be your doctor today" - US Gymnasts

It is actually part of a vast silver-wing conspiracy to keep kids off the trails so the Baby Boomers can have them to themselves in retirement.

As I mentioned earlier, I enjoy a barrel aged stouts. So this is the scene nearly every Thursday before and after the Oskar Blues Walnut ride: Jessica likes some fruity IPA, typically Can-O-Bliss. And I almost always get the Barrel Aged Ten Fidy.

I got love for E-bikes! Just added an E-Bike class to the 11/16 Banduro in Bandera event! Registration is open, check it out! https://www.facebook.com/events/352355088762058/ https://www.bikereg.com/banduro

I just flew to Portland with Alaska airlines. $30 first bag for my bike in a standard Evoc bag. Great service and direct flight from Austin. Easy to bike anywhere in the Portland area. Hood river and Bend are not too far. Lots of short flights from PDX to NW cities including Vancouver. I looked at bike flights but that was 4 days pack before flight for $100 each way. Bag has to be under 50lbs and 115” lineal inches to count as regular luggage.

Have their black butte porter while you are there.

Just picked up a sixer of Slightly Mighty. Pretty tasty for 95 cals.

Yes Sir, that's the plan. Haven't been off road on my bike since middle of March. Only plus side is that I have totally rebuilt my bike, fork, shock, wheels went back to specialized for rebuilding. and I replaced every other bearing in my bike, headset, bottom bracket, rear triangle, new brake rotors, new bar grips. Should ride like new now!! Presently I can do a 3 mile ride around the neighborhood. And then take about a 2 hour nap to recover. The hard part right now is not being able to swallow, I lost one saliva gland and duct during my first surgery, gives me killer cotton mouth. Soon I hope to be back out there riding and getting dirty!!!

I would never say that about my singlespeedS 😉

That's because it's just a Pale Ale not an India Pale Ale (IPA). Still a great beer though and I believe you can get it at Randalls most of the time. Their Inversion IPA is pretty smooth too though.

Perhaps but let's count how many times we see "my singlespeed" when "my bike" would fit perfectly fine in the context of the discussion 😂.

Ah, my bad. It's not a wrench, it's three dots, and only in the web version, not mobile:

I actually had that a few years ago at the Draught House. Very good but I’ll go hunt some down.

There's an option to crop your ride. Click on the wrench, then crop.

In Hillsboro OR visiting my brother after a road ride adventure. Smoothest IPA I’ve ever had.

I have a full squish, a hardtail, a SS hardtail and a fully rigid urban SS. The urban SS gets the most mileage but mostly because it is my knock around bike and it does the longer exercise rides. The full squish gets most of its action on the EB and road trips like Bentonville. The hardtail is just for fun. The hardtail SS is the favorite bike of the bunch. More fun than a big travel bike (for me). Most SS riders have multiple bikes, I'd be willing to bet that most singlespeeds are bought as second bikes, so there is a fallacy that someone will tell you in 30 seconds that they ride one because they don't always ride one. Also, I am skeptical of people with only one bike 😉 What we all need to do is come together as a community and embrace everyone's bikes and stop beating each other up. Except fixies. Screw them.

Sort of like vegetarians

Drainage was brought up with Wilco when the development started and it was quite obvious the developer was causing erosion on the park property. Wilco said they complained and warned the developer. I honestly don't think much more will be done about it. I'm sure, since it's COA the requisite grey area/run off containment areas are in place, but the yards are still creating more water than nature was. I personally, don't find riding the ditch all that exciting with the exception of the very top canyon area which I love, but I am not losing much of my 'riding experience' by not being able to ride the ditch more frequently. I personally miss the ability to ride the good ol' campfire loop more than being able to ride the ditch more frequently. Feel free to contact the HOA or post fliers in the neighborhood, but the people watering lawns care about their lawns and not the trails, my grumpy old man mind says no one will listen/care.

It was a joke hidden in hyperbole You never have to ask if someone rides a single speed, they'll tell you within the first 30 seconds of meeting them....... 😁

Maybe I am biased but everyone should ride every trail. Not doing so is like those bonewipes go to dinner with and look at a menu and say "oh, I can't eat this and I only eat that." Or the people that go to Spain and seek out a McDonald's. Ride every trail just like you should try every cuisine. I'm headed to have Nepalese food in an hour. Expand your tastes, try new things. Pedernales is a great trail and people should ride there. The worst possible outcome of riding there is "eh, it's not for me..." But you got out. You rode a trail. You experienced something beyond the keyboard. And maybe you learned something. Some rides are better than others, but I have never had a bad ride in my life, just a few trails that I will never ride again.

Great story! For me it’s always come down to trail access. I have my other complaints against them, but those are just my personal biases. In the past week I’ve seen two videos and now your story that show the benefit of e-mtbs. All three cases involved people getting to ride with their friends which would have been impossible without the pedal assist. My favorite use case is actually the video of Danny Macaskill riding stoker on an e-mtb tandem with Martin Ashton riding captain. Two great guys getting to ride together and having a blast. Because the land manager allows those types of bikes, it works out great. What turns me off are the videos produced by the manufacturers depicting 20 something able bodied, fit enduro bros roosting around corners. They might as well finish the vid with them chugging MTN Dew and high fiving. That sort of image doesn’t gain much favor with the anti-MTN biking land manager. If they don’t hurt my access to trails, I’ve got no real issue with them. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Following up on this one: I went out on a ride with my friend and his new E-bike. I have changed my opinion of them drastically after doing so. I still have no desire to ride one, but it was great being able to get on a bike with my friend who has not ridden in 5-10 years and he was easily able to pace with me for 15ish miles. I rode my single speed at Brushy and never felt like he could easily just speed off without me. I also noticed that I spun out more on hills than he ever did (not sure what mode he was riding in). The e-bike delivered very steady/even reliable power that never broke loose once on the dry dusty scree out there while I spun out at least once every steep climb. I can easily say he did less damage to the trail than I did yesterday. I can also say skill and fitness is worth far more than that electric motor, but it did make things interesting and really leveled the playing field. I can not speak to the legality of it, but I no longer think they do any more damage to a trail than we do. I can also happily say that I would love to go on a ride with him again. Is it a bit of a cop out for someone who just does not want to work to get in great shape? Yeah, but my friend has no where near the time I do to ride and it was freaking fun to both get out and push our pace for a really solid 15 miles and both be whooped by the end of it. That was much more enjoyable for both of us than what could have been 3 grueling miles of suffering for him and the equivalent amount of time waiting around for me. I think just like One Wheels this needs to be addressed at an official capacity by the state/city, but I for one am on board. It gets more people into a sport I love and ultimately grows it and hopefully the volume of available trails with it. I will also add that while we were riding he was discussing getting a second non motorized bike as well which tells me that the e-bike is really just a gateway drug.

every day

Starting a dry build 0n the Klunker before paint.

I went out this morning and added a sign plus a rope to provide assistance up. I’m hoping this mitigates any further damage to the area or placement of holds. If a trail steward feels this is a major hazard then feel free to remove or discuss with me and we can come up with an alternative. Also, if you read the sign, there really isn’t a game camera put up, but they don’t know that!

She's a badass for sure.

Yes I have ridden Juniper Ridge. I ride it at least once per year. I think I have ridden every obstacle on the trail without dabbing at least once. Note I did not say I have no-dabbed the entire trail on the same ride. I still miss and miss a lot. You might want to know that not only have I ridden it, I also helped build it (second only to Charlie on the number of hours spent). When we are cutting trees for a new trail, we will always leave it on the 'tighter' side. Why? We can (and do) go back and take out more trees. But we cannot go put them back. So we leave the trail tighter at the beginning and open it up where we think it needs to be wider. There were also other considerations for that trail. One was keeping horses off the single track. Leaving tight tree gates and low hanging branches discourages horses. The other was ATVs. Same thing there. A group not associated with MTB followed the single track we had just cut and was widening it and smoothing it for ATVs. We chose not to build and maintain an ATV trail so it needs to be narrower. We intentionally left the next couple of tree gates passed where the ATV folks has cleared. So how do you ride a tree gate that is narrower than your handlebars? (I could not find the Dirt Bike magazine so I will describe it.) As you approach the tree gate, stand up and level your pedals once you have enough speed to coast thru. Keep your knees and elbows in line but you don't need to try to 'tuck them in'. Pick the side you will favor - usually the side that is farthest along the trail (as opposed to closest to you). Move your bike to that side of the trail so that hand will hit the tree if you tried to just ride thru. Just before that hand hits the tree, pull that hand back like you were steering a slow speed turn in that direction while keeping the bike vertical (no lean). That will effectively "stop" that hand while moving the other hand forward. Once the 'other hand' passes the tree on that side, lean the bike aggressively like you were turning in the opposite direction of the steered turn. The lean should clear the hand that was about the hit the tree. Shove that hand forward and straighten the bike up right again. Your bars are now past both trees. Hopefully, you can clear the rest of your bike between the trees. The pedal on the 'favored side' will be the next thing to work on clearing. Hopefully this word description makes sense. If I screw up this move, I end up stopped, standing on the pedals with my shoulder against one of the trees. From there I can untangle myself and ride away without dabbing. The more I practice this move the higher speed I can carry thru the trees. I suggest you start learning it my planning to ride into the tree gate and stop with your shoulder on a tree, then learn the move. Then learn to carry some speed (not stop). I hope that helps.

This type a talk is frowned upon in these here parts boy. Best you get used to them tree gates or else we will have sic Bartman on you.