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  1. I finished all trail East of the first creek crossing including the ‘exit trail’ consisting of Debs drop. Also finished the trail along the other side of the creek and about half up the other side. Hope that helps.
    5 points
  2. This was eye-opening for me. it makes a lot more sense than the typical marketing copy I see. most say things like "get a bike with the handlebar stretched out ten feet in front of you and the BB dragging on the ground and you can shred everything!" they often leave a caveat that you have to "adjust your riding position" or something similar, but I have never had anyone really break down what that means. NOW it makes some sense to me. I'ld like to see more of this. I am definitely stuck in the "old school" attitude. I rode a long, low bike for over a year and it made me start to hate mountain biking. I could not adjust and everything was terrifying and out of control, no matter what I did. I just felt like I was lost, swimming inside the bike with zero control over it. all of my riding technique came from riding BMX, though. I see a lot of people around Austin riding "old" style bikes and killing it, but this video makes a compelling case for making the transition.
    4 points
  3. I've seen lots of funny event related things. Reaffirms my faith in humanity with how clever people are. But this one made me laugh until I cried.
    4 points
  4. he should have just hucked off that ledge and moved on.
    3 points
  5. The new vs. old riding style is only made possible by the advancement of the dropper post. I'd argue this was more influential than geo, although you can't really separate them as it has been a total evolution. The old school get behind the saddle and buzz your butt was the only style because there was a seat right in the way. I bet you could put a dropper on an old school bike and ride it with more modern techniques to a pretty good benefit. We used to have session-y rides out at City Park pretty often back in the days when ride calls actually happened on Mojo. Those were fun.
    3 points
  6. Tuck and roll and you'll protect your head. It's like being able to put your seatbt on fast enough if it looks like you'll crash your car.
    3 points
  7. I think we are starting to flatten out. My fear is that we make the "all clear" call too early and just jump back to climbing again. Looking at Travis county numbers, more than half are in the 20-39 age group: https://austin.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/39e4f8d4acb0433baae6d15a931fa984 Not sure is this is because we skew younger than the rest of TX or because younger people are more likely to be outside and interacting instead of staying home.
    3 points
  8. Karate Monkey loitering in my apartment complex. -cls
    3 points
  9. It should be part of your regular routine to keep your brakes working well and make them last longer.
    3 points
  10. Your welcome. My handchainsaw just didn't have the umph to finish it off, and since nobody was on trail, didn't have any help.
    2 points
  11. Maybe it's for demonstrative purposes, but it looks to me like dude is exaggerating each style. Especially the new style. Even with a very modern geo bike, I try to stay back from the BB a little, but not so much that my arms lock. And I'll roll basically anything. One example was the 2018 Big Bend fest, the "remember where you are" stair steps on the Rincon and Epic Loops where I was the only one on the advanced rides that did it, while some dude was standing at the bottom yelling at me to be carefull.
    2 points
  12. Your form looks fine. You're not too far forward or backwards, and are fluid enough to react if something goes wrong. The drop techniques demonstrated in the 1st video seem a bit extreme on both sides. He's super stiff in both examples, and to me somewhere there's a middle ground between butt dragging and doing pushups. To each his own. The biggest mistake is getting too stiff on the bike, and that applies to drops, corners, climbs, slow and high speeds. I was, and can still be guilty of it when I get in a little too deep with too much speed. Started on "old school" 2012 tallboy and developed some bad habits, particularly cornering. Had a pretty severe washout at high speed in NM that had me concussed and seeing spots because of it. Had to relearn my technique once I started riding the LLS kona stuff.
    2 points
  13. Some people are just like to argue. Let them argue with another person who like to argue. While they are busy I can do useful things. Like get leaves off the trail.
    2 points
  14. Pretty much how youtube musicians collaborate these days.
    2 points
  15. Midnight Special on Point Six. -cls
    2 points
  16. I'm actually a lot better than I used to be...I was notorious for letting bikes fall apart. There's a photo somewhere on the forum where @Seths Pool gave me shit about a rotor I let get paper thin...after I gave him the rotors (for non bike purposes, one assumes)! But that was a really old rotor, and that disregard has changed significantly over the last 12 or so years. I take care of my bikes and my wife's bikes so she only has to worry about riding. Each MTB ride at a minimum sees a drivetrain wipe down and re-lube, and a quick frame inspection, (since I've broken so many) and a spoke check. For less regular things, I try to keep on top of chain changes, but I'm changing them out about as regular as as I change tires, which keeps my rear cassette from wearing prematurely. I go through tires at a rate of about 6-8 weeks/1000-1200 miles per pair, so I'm changing those out about every other month. Usually the tires go faster if I'm riding GB or GW more often. They last longer if I happen to be riding WC too much. I also use a tire change as a trigger to push grease into my lower linkage Zerk fitting. Like I said above, I clean up pistons when I change brake pads--so 2-3 times a year. And I seem to be either breaking or just plain wearing out rear derailers at a rate of about 3-4 a year. The wife and I both currently use 11 speed E13 cassettes on XD hubs, and those are noisy bastards if you don't keep on top of them. So about every 4-6 weeks I have to pull the cassettes off and thoroughly grease them. And I change housing and cables maybe twice a year. For even less regular things I work on them when a need presents. I'm not going to do even a regular PM on most things unless they present as an issue of some sort. My bearing change over the weekend was because I had play in the suspension. And the bearing change didn't fully fix it, but I did find a worn axle. SC put in an order to send me a new one (free of charge and shipping!) when their warehouse guys go back to work. Where the old me creeps back up is forks and shocks. I don't enjoy that work and I don't look forward to it, so sometimes these things really get away from me. Like currently my right fork stanchion is leaking a bit, and has been for a few weeks. I know eventually it'll stop leaking, so maybe I'm just waiting for that! No, I have the rebuild kit, I just have to do it. But for the shock, I'll probably send that off for rebuild. But first I'll try to score a low cost backup shock to use during the rebuild.
    2 points
  17. Great! One more thing for me to neglect...
    2 points
  18. Double Chucked it.
    1 point
  19. I'm drinking Knob Creek Rye on the rocks on our virtual work happy hour on Webex.
    1 point
  20. Not even Covid 19 can sustain prolonged exposure to Slayer.
    1 point
  21. He's a good dude. Up against right now as the shutdown is making life pretty tough for musicians (among others). solo stuff https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe45X3F6eTjF_4McFaqkuPA
    1 point
  22. Nice vibe! I'm seeing more of their stuff on Napster and will definitely check them out.
    1 point
  23. A friend of ours old band.
    1 point
  24. related — https://www.pinkbike.com/news/not-so-fast-how-dropper-posts-created-steep-seat-tube-angles.html
    1 point
  25. And here it was thinking it was just me. Shoot...
    1 point
  26. yes and yes. heels down and weight the BB, giving the lowest COG you can achieve. the picture on the right is almost comical.
    1 point
  27. And my suggestion for the official 2020 theme song. I think the 2 Bash & Pop albums are my favorite CDs from the past few years. One of the guys is Tommy Stinson from The Replacements and the stuff sounds like what the 'mats would sound like if they were still playing now and Paul was vaguely sober from time to time.
    1 point
  28. I'm not saying that I have a massive home network or that Stereophonics are a favorite of mine. So there is no way that if you were to DM me an email address there wouldn't be a link to a ton of great Stereophonics demos, acoustics, lives and whatnot. Totally wouldn't happen. Yeah.
    1 point
  29. that's with the saddle dropped a full 150mm. I could be momentarily airborne for a second there as I bounced off the last rock at the bottom. I've ridden that drop with a rigid seatpost and a rigid fork, so it's not the most challenging thing out there. this is the only example I had of myself taking a drop, so it might be a bad one. If you watch more of those Hardtail Party videos, he intentionally takes groups to technical trails and sessions features until everyone either cleans them or gives up after several attempts. This is how I usually ride solo, but with groups, stopping to session anything is rare—it's all just "go, go, go, walk that segment, go around that, oh look I got a PR!" that's why I sometimes bring a small tripod for my phone to film myself. I have deleted many 20 minute+ long videos of myself trying the same up-ledge over and over. I rarely learn anything from these because I don't know what I am looking for. I would be all for some more "session" rides like this so riders could critique one another. we certainly have an abundance of technical features all over for this.
    1 point
  30. So, I'm no guru and I have crappy style, so don't take my word for it, but take a look at this frame: Looks like you are right over your stem and bottom bracket. Can't be 100% of the back wheel but it looks like it *could* be off the ground. This tells me you are too far forward. Do you have a dropper? Even though that drop does not really need one, it could help you get further back so that your butt is more over your axle than bottom bracket.
    1 point
  31. I THINK my technique is holding me back, but I don't know that for certain. I'll need to make a video or pay/ take a favor of someone to actually analyze my riding style to see what I am doing right and wrong. It's not a big enough deal that I am going to buy a dozen different bikes (no one brings hardtails to demos), and I am not even racing. I just want to have fun conquering difficult terrain instead of stalling on climbs and white-knuckling descents.
    1 point
  32. Took me a second to realize you meant an actual train and not a train of bikers.
    1 point
  33. Clueless people were out in full force last week. Along with a dozen or so helmetless/shirtless mountain bikers, I saw two hikers almost get hit by a train because they decided to walk across the bridge by Mulligan. I’m all for people enjoying the outdoors, but I’d rather not spend my ride watching people narrowly avoid serious injuries. This week, I switched to riding first thing in the morning and it’s wonderful!
    1 point
  34. Knee pads have saved my knees countless times, but in years of MTB I've only cracked 2 helmets.
    1 point
  35. I've been riding the hike and bike on my gravel bike and I'm dumbfounded by the number of people without helmets. Saw a mother with three young children and a tag along not one of them had a helmet.
    1 point
  36. I have seen people with camelbacks and no helmet and think WTF. But the ones that really pique my interest are the people with elbow and knee pads with no helmet. Can't figure out that risk model.
    1 point
  37. By the way... I am blown away at how many Barneys are riding their bikes with reflectors and no helmets on DD or 1/4 Notch. I saw a girl , less then 5' tall riding down the Bailout from 1/4. No helmet. Flip flops on a 29er. Point being please be aware there is gonna be alot of people out on the trails that are above their pay grade. I'm all about them enjoying the trails. I get parents being at with end with kids and looking to get the kids out. So no judgement really under the circumstances but please be aware these folks are out there so we as riders should be extra careful. Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk
    1 point
  38. So glad I took two hours of my time today only to piss people off. Lesson learned.
    1 point
  39. we shall see. fingers crossed we get a little good luck here in CTX https://www.kxan.com/weather/weather-blog/why-friday-could-be-coronavirus-spread-turning-point-in-austin/
    1 point
  40. Some would argue that blowing leaves off the trail encourages erosion. Blowing out drains is on the ok list for them. Just food for thought. You do you Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
    1 point
  41. Ok Im done with you! Go Fuck Yourself!
    1 point
  42. Fyi, I’m not a trail steward. Just a volunteer and poster of trail conditions.
    1 point
  43. 1 point
  44. After looking at the video above and seeing the internal operation of the caliper (which I was never completely clear on), it seems I should be using mineral oil instead of Phil's on the pistons. Next time!
    1 point
  45. I do every time I change pads. I push one piston out, clean it up, and lube it with Phil's. Then I do that 3 more times. I'm sure my neighbors wonder wtf I can be doing to spend all that time in the garage at a bike stand. But then, so does my wife.
    1 point
  46. There's at least 1 cop on a bicycle in ATX that I'd hate to have chase me!
    1 point
  47. That scares me that I don't know which tree this is. I've probably barely missed it a lot of times. This is on the west end of Picnic where the two drops and one roller are, right after the root drop?
    1 point
  48. This is what barrel proof bourbon, rye and Islay malts are for.
    1 point
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