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Locking this thread. If there's another thread where religion came up, please let me know. ..Al

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You're more than welcome to start your own forum if you want to integrate religion into mountain biking. And, yes, please do get back to Brushy Creek instead of complaining about suppression of religious/political talk here. Thank you, ..Al

Despite the title, it certainly sounds like you are alluding to religion here (or the existence of a "God" that created these "laws of physics"). Not to mention your "bite of an apple" reference. This after you created at least two other threads that I've had to either delete or lock related to religion or politics, both of which are forbidden topics here. Stop it before I have to put you on moderator preview. ..Al

Really nice piece on Jordie: https://features.bikemag.com/Jordie-Lunn-In-Memoriam/

Nobody throws a party like Beth did with hundreds of dollars of catered bbq and a full keg of Stash IPA. I remember the good ol days of getting forks and spoons drilled painted and hung along the route, the make your own race plates for your handlebars, and getting to Walnut after dark. Truth be told, is was a lot of work and time keeps getting shorter. Congrats on the riders and volunteers for keeping the torch alive even if it doesn't shine as brightly.

I'd gladly accept the blame if I came home with a new bike, but alas, I did not.

Call first. Reimer's is one of the places that closes the trails when it is too wet.

If you want it to send data to your phone it has to have its own cell phone/number. I was not willing to pay that much for something that other people could play with or steal. Here is one - https://www.amazon.com/Cellular-Trail-Cameras-Waterproof-Activated/dp/B07Y2HQ8Y4/ref=sr_1_32?crid=3MVSG8EYB1KXW&dchild=1&keywords=game+cameras+with+night+vision+motion+activated+waterproof&psc=1&qid=1571940655&sprefix=game+camera%2Caps%2C1627&sr=8-32 I was using ones similar to this - https://www.amazon.com/Moultrie-A-25i-Camera-Kit-MCG-13299/dp/B07G2K1QXJ/ref=sr_1_28?crid=71YQDLR5ZKI7&dchild=1&keywords=game+cameras+moultrie&psc=1&qid=1571940774&sprefix=game+cameras+mou%2Caps%2C155&sr=8-28 Make sure you buy a lock and use it everytime. I also started putting up cameras in pairs. Each camera took pictures of the other camera. Then I had pictures of who was messing with the cameras. They are not hard to setup and use. It does take some time to program it, install it, lock it and download it. Will you get frustrated - yes. But that comes with trying to deal with the public on trails with or without game cameras. I found the game cameras were the ONLY way to solve some of the problems. Tip - you know about some of the problems. Nothing short of pictures to prove who was doing what solves some problems.

Well, at least you know it wasn't me. I don't use paper, just my glove.

Good for you, but please keep it off the forum here. Thanks, ..Al

Tracking shows them arriving tomorrow. Have to plan a weekend ride somewhere.

Finally got the last of the parts for the Kona, and will be riding this weekend.

I'm not going to add a "downvote" option, as that never goes well on forums I've participated in. ..Al

Maybe close, but not delete. If you really need a thread deleted for some reason, you can either report it or write me directly. ..Al

Sorry for the lack of moderation the past few weeks, I was extraordinarily busy preparing for and attending a large video game show in Portland. Just got back last night and saw all the religious / political crap @RidingAgain posted, most of which I think I've cleaned up now. @RidingAgain This will be your only warning to refrain from posting those topics again on this forum or I will permanently ban you. ..Al

Ok, after this, it's settled. I'm taking Friday off and riding Reimers. Haven't been out there for years.

Ok, that might have been a little strong- but it did sound like permanently removing bike access was being considered as a result. I’m not one of the people who have made the effort to build those trails, I guess they would have been thoroughly unimpressed if access was lost though.

I'm always amazed at how quickly the SATN recovers. I'm thinking that even an inch and a half won't put everything out of business. I've frequently said, in that sort of a rain event, that a day afterwards, "It's 95% good to go." Which means don't put off a ride waiting for that 5% to dry up. But it is actually going to be good if we get 1" or less. It will soak up and knock down the dust. Perfect trail conditions and it looks like the weather is going to be perfect too. Maybe bring a jacket for the post ride activities. We'll assess it late Friday, while the route is getting reflagged (again, grrrr) and cancel it on the SATN Facebook page if it's not gtg. But if there is no cancel announcement it's on.

I think you can thank whichever stupid little c*nt it was that sneaked in to Flat Creek without paying or signing in, then crashed badly enough to need medical attention, for the closure. I thought it was supposed to be reopening soon though, Fri-Sun only? There’s a post about it on the Austin Mountain Biking group on FB.

https://www.strava.com/activities/2111688296/overview From the man himself. It skeeves me out a little to post someone else's link, but as I recall his profile is public. I would have posted mine, but I didn't bother to do the little road out-and-back at the start. This is CCW. And apparently the little road out-and-back at the start is part of the new loop.

The build has not started yet. We are fighting like crazy to get the paperwork in place to build these trails. The lawyers got involved so what should have been easy has become a nightmare. The new trail will not "join" to the existing trail. But you will be able to join them by riding across the road near the maintenance building. If you look at the north end of the map of the new trail, you can see the maintenance building marked. If you look closely at the very north edge of the map- you can see the exiting mountain bike trail.

Now he's posting religious crap too.

Jar of Flies is still in my rotation.

Missing for years, gaunt, completely strung out and still sounded better than 99.9% of the singers today. Damn, glad I got to see them in their hungry years.

Yeah, mine supposedly does that. I doubt I will need the high beam often. Medium is supposedly 900 lumens so I'll use that most of the time.

Speaking of which.. whoever left the human deuce with toilet paper on Rim ... thanks for keeping off to the side at least. Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk