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1/4 and DD are GTG, aside from a few deceptively slick spots... started my ride by throwing it hard into Rainy Day Berm expecting hero traction, but RDB instead threw me down HARD... so fast that all I heard was "VVVVVVVVVVT!" from my back tire, and my bad shoulder was instantly augered into the ground, the same shoulder that kept me off the bike for the past year. Oddly enough, it's my right shoulder, but I also somehow gouged up my left knee and bruised my left heal, left palm and my right thigh... lol. Like I said, it happened fast, and I'm still trying to figure out the geometry of my impact... something like Seinfeld's "magic loogie"...

I for one appreciate all the volunteer trail work I can get. But please check with the Trail Steward for the trail. All trails experience this 'wearing down'. Virgin dirt compresses a good bit as it is first ridden / hiked. The compressed dirt is what prevents grass and such from growing back so fast. Then there is the soil loss. Dry dirt on the trail turns to dust and blows away. Both dust and mud get picked up on tires or shoes and carried away. Both of these events happen on every trail. The softer the soil is the faster the 'wearing down' happens. Both of these assume the trail is well designed and built. (Deception is well designed and built.) Then you get into issues about Austin/central Texas soils. Our clay soils are especially prone to being carried away as mud or dust. The trail tread will need to be built back up on a regular basis. Except for those places where the trail is solid rock. If you cut stumps "at ground level", they will continue to "grow" as the ground around then recedes. A better solution is to remove the stump and root ball. Some stumps have such a long and hardy root that removing the root ball is not possible with hand tools. Those I dig as deep as I can and cut the stump *WELL* below ground level (at least 6 inches). My second best alternative is to build up the tread near the stump. Adding soil also gives me the chance to contour the tread to route water off the trail. My last resort is to cut the stump "at ground level".

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I've really enjoyed reading the various opinions, speculation, wagers, etc on this thread. I really loved the Use Cases laid out by @notyal and the personal perspective shared by @El Gringo. A couple of years ago I was adamantly opposed to eMTB altogether, but I've grown to accept that there will ultimately be a place for them. The question now is where they will settle in and when. If we apply Gartner's hype cycle, we are likely near the Peak of Inflated Expectations. So it will be interesting to see how many players climb out of the Trough of Disillusionment. I saw that Haibike is focusing solely on eBikes now and leaving the non-eBikes to its sister company Ghost. Given some of the intricacies mentioned on this thread, maybe that is the best approach, i.e. carve out a niche and truly cater to it vs. dabbling in something that is significantly different from your core competency.

Someone made off with it utilizing the dump and dash strategy.

Was at wheatsville on S Lamar this week and they had stillage and a few others on the shelf. TXkeeper hooked up with a distributor a year or so ago and now can be found in HEB, Specs ETC. If you try the stillage, lemme know what you think. Also, if you want some off the shelf boozy goodness, specs has this in stock and it is DAMN good. https://www.holidaywinecellar.com/p-28032-moonlight-meadery-them-little-apples-cider-can.aspx

I have been a fan since seeing them live 4 years ago.

The number of gears has little correlation to number of teeth knocked out.