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Rock garden on Bob Ross...done!

Yes! Start them early and you'll see them progress in no time. (see my post above). This is my then 10 yr old ripping at Angel Fire summer of 19' l

Went out last week to have a look around. I had ridden here a few years back and walked away saying "not worth the trip." It was pretty deep in the south side and only had about 5-6 miles of trail, much of it seemed to be double track or non-inspiring singletrack. But a lot has changed since then. Not as much because of the trail itself, but the connection to SATN. Now we are at the point where a ride that starts here has connection to another huge network of SATN trails. I started out by doing the mileage in the park and then decided to venture out. After putting 15 miles on the clock I decided to call it a day and yet there were so many places that I could have been exploring but had to pass on. There are a million different trail options down there and they are all easily accessible. I ended up under I 35 and over by Southpark Meadows before I finally turned around. It is easily singlespeedable, never had an issue on any features. I would not take this as a trail that I want to ride for the challenge and instead think of it as a place to start your destinations and then branch out from there to go all over the south. I plan to hit it up again some time when I have a lot of time to kill and am not worried about the traffic back to home. You can see all of the info here: http://www.austinbike.com/index.php/austin/381-mms

Ok, to keep up the personal experience stories.... I've been riding a bit less lately through this winter. I consider technical stuff my strength, but I've been a bit rusty lately and I'm finding my need to stay sharp less important. (all that is a disclaimer for what's next) Back before Xmas I took my older and younger boys to ride Revelie Peak for the first time. We had a good time and everyone enjoyed it. We all sessions the jump & flow lines over on the west side of the property. We then chose to ride to the top of decision point. It was suggested to us to come back down Super D. I was just in chill-mode coming down Super D and pulled up short towards the lower section on a techie narrow step down (followed shortly by a big roll-in). We all stopped and looked at it and I said, "yeah, I could do it but I'm cool with walking it today"......my 11 yr old says, "I can do this, I'm gonna go back up and give it a go". My initial thought was that he was going to eat $hit. But I let him go (and learn) on his own. As he comes into it he's all out of position and can't get to the line. He bails. (I thought that might be it) Nope, he goes back up and tries again. This time rocking the whole thing (albeit not too smoothly). As we all promptly ride away together, he comments to me, "heck, I'm even on little wheels dad...". I contemplate to myself going back and riding it so that I can save some face. But I decided that he can have that little victory over his old-man. And it truly was. I'll forever, remember this day because I'm certain there will be many more to come.

Here's my ride attempting to ride it all without repeating trail. https://www.strava.com/activities/4173265826

Brian - the best way to get him over fears like that is to let him ride with other kids his age (or slightly older). He will follow them over stuff that he would never follow an adult over. This can, of course, be used for good or evil. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

First time I ever hit Jock Strap was in a line of other riders AT NIGHT on the BCGB back country trails. I was prolly 2 bike lengths off the guy in front of me as we kept an aggressive pace. I had no idea where we were and once we completed the feature I was SHOCKED. Days later, my next 2-3 times to come up on that feature (and in the daylight) I could not bring myself to do it. But following a wheel closely, at night even, and not having any time to process it....I was all-in! 😉 (the above story took place 12-13 yrs ago) Later, CJB

Saturday my ride plans were hijacked by my Son demanding to join me. So much for hitting big trails and miles. Instead we loaded up and went to Walnut. He did his own personal longest ride at 6.15 miles. Lots of sitting around to rest. But he had a great time. He's done Peddlers, but I think he liked .6 and some of the WC trails more. Will go back on a week day afternoon with less dog and foot traffic. He is super timid on going down stuff, but he has no problem climbing and picking solid lines going uphill. It was also a great opportunity for him to work on gear changes, so a win all around. After a good ride I went ahead and pulled the trigger on the start of a legit wheelset for him - 24" Velocity Dyad rims on Sun Ringle disc hubs. Should shave a couple lbs and let us throw the 1x9 set up on the bike. Pic from peddlers last month.

Sold the Sony NEX5R a few years ago. Needed a small backup cam for hiking/biking, etc. UPS just delivered the Sony a6400. Man, what a HUGE step up. The auto-focus is unreal. 0.02 second focus acquisition.

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He’s got a custom built 24” with a lowered Fox fork, discs and carbon bits. But I do like your suggestion. He was pedaling a bike around 3-4, but for some reason his personality is extremely risk adverse. He’ll do a 10mile ride with me as long as it doesn’t involve “tricky, scary stuff” Basically I’ve figured out he has to be in the right mood and he has to watch other people do something a bunch of times until he’s analyzed exactly how to do it. Then, when nobody is watching he’ll nail it like an expert the first try...and act like it was no big deal. :P Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

No. Sealed cartridge bearings are not something you typically do preventive maintenance on. Run them till they die. I’ve never had a fork or dropper serviced because I do it myself but I use Cycle Progression for my Fox rear shocks. They have a great reputation when it comes to suspension service. Not N. Austin but they are who I always recommend.

Start them early😁this is my 3 year old. IMG_4852.MOV IMG_4849.MOV

My 8 year old has pretty much hijacked all my riding time. He can kind of do the full walnut route, but prefers to just cycle log loops, powerline, and close with bmx. Then my oldest (13) started to join us. She cant quite hang with the 8 yo. And the 5 yo is now going as well which means I get stuck doing .6 and log loops only.

Well played @TheX...but @Barry lives closer! 😉 I've been slammed today working on trying to find a job. But I might be able to swing by and walk a few trails. Or just road ride instead.... Later. CJB

Hoping someone that lives very close can update us.

This is true for adults as well.

Relevant eh?

We have a couples days to: 1) Time to clean/maintain your bike(s). 2) Hike (if can be done without damaging trail) and trail maintenance

If I were ever gonna “come at you”.... now would be the time, gimp ass.

It was me. Come at me. F that sign. Sent from my SM-N986U using Tapatalk

Just rode Peddlers E and W as well with my daughter. With the wet week and changing conditions I had warned her that we'd have to check conditions before riding. East was amazing, no clumping and tacky. We did the rollers a few times and the lead in was so good! West was at the limit, not that it matters with the rain coming.

I’ll be showing this to my boys. They’re still balking at the prospect of riding all of the outer log loop. [emoji1] …and even I get a little apprehensive when I point my bars toward Endo Valley. Mostly be cause I’ve endo’ed there. Set a new distance record this evening. 9.5mi ride with the boys! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk