Leaderboard

GreenMTBrider and myself walked and trimmed back west half of quarter and then west side of DD. He had to go and I continued on. A girl and her dad told me there was 4 trees down on picnic and they moved one. It was about dark so I headed over Guess what tree they moved? Thats right. The one thats always moved. It was dark by then and I moved it back to the side but it is not in place. Of course the other three down trees were the ones that have been "downed" for years. Their hearts were in the right place though so wasn't mad. I would say yes to riding tomorrow. 1/4 ,DD and Picnic and for sure Rim. Ditch was wet of course. No idea about Snail or PP Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk

We have an official name for the new trail at Brushy Creek, "Bob Ross". It still needs some final tweaks before it opens. I think sometime within the next two weeks it should be ready. This trail will connect the end of Double Down to the Start of the Rim Trail. You can walk it and get a sneak peak.

Holy smokes

I agree that it's possible for outdoor spread to occur when you have inconsiderate folks obstinately ignoring guidelines (like the Rose Garden event). Outdoors with 6' separation for sustained exposure, or even brief outdoors close exposure (like passing on a trail) seem to be pretty safe activities even when unmasked. Unfortunately there hasn't been a lot of real research on the idea, outside of that one discounted theoretical model. So my own continued trail and post ride activities are all I have to go on. The other thing--I've never really been worried about myself or household. We're generally healthy folks who take reasonable precautions and follow the current guidelines to the best of our understanding. I've been far more concerned with becoming an unbeknownst spreader, and then infecting the more venerable, including some with whom I work closely. But I think the good news here is that by April, even though we will not have achieved heard immunity (though survived infection + vaccination) I do think it is likely that the most venerable among us will be vaccinated by then, alleviating my primary concern. I will, however, continue to take reasonable precautions until I'm vaccinated as well.

Ask them to send you a new rim. Then you have it re-laced into the wheel here locally. Even if its crash replacement, it would save some on shipping and such. So much about tire install is technique. Back when I was a regular shop worker in college, we'd have contests in the back to see who could get a tire on or off without tire levers. The old grizzly mechanics would beat us all every time. Now that i've become fairly grizzly myself I can do it 90% of the time. And to take this further....trying removing and mounting a big stiff MX tire! Holy crap is was a beast the first time (or 2) I did it. Initial time took me 6hrs of working through it. This included food breaks, phone calls, videos and resting in exacerbation. Flash forward a few years and I was changing a tire by the side of my truck before an MX race while it was 45* outside. I got it done in about 20 minutes. All that said, sometimes its also about the specific combo of parts your assembling too. The early Stans Crest where actually made with an inner rim diameter that was a tad oversized. THOSE RIMS ARE A BITCH TO SEAT A TIRE ON! I'm still running them on my gravel bike and I dread tire changes. Later, CJB

B/c of happy little trees?

Yeah James (Balentine) is the guy. He built several wheelsets for me and they all stayed true for their full life. I'm not the craziest rider so I may not be the best judge on this, but I think he does awesome work. https://www.velofix.com If you are on Facebook you can find him directly, otherwise go through the Velofix site and make sure you are dealing with him.

James Valentine? He is still here - lives in Allandale. Still with Velofix.

Y’all are badasses. Thanks so much for the maintenance work and trail reports. Such a sick resource. also, to whomever trimmed that piece of shit trail Snow White over by gnargasm thank you. You got all the ones I missed, haha. ugh, with suburban ninja it’s just awesome

Sign decomposed faster than the bags of dog shit sitting and waiting for the trail fairy to pick them up

Yep, still very surprised that amount of damage was done.

Did the trail build go ok on Saturday? My shoulder is still jacked from my wreck on Snail Trail, and I couldn't make it out.