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This thread is like borrowing your mom's Netflix password. All the drama without actually costing you any money. Well most of us I guess. 😕

Was out there late last night after William posted that trails were mostly good to go. Most trails were good to go then, all should be good to go at this point.

I have to laugh at myself, as I'm starting to warm to e-bikes and really the change has been happening the last month of so. Going from, "Hey, they are for slackers!!!! to Hmmmm, there's going to be one in my future. It's all OK" I can see they are keeping older riders on the trail, pavement and gravel longer. The rate of adoption of e-bikes and the evolution of e-bikes is astounding; there are some road bikes around now that aren't readily identifiable as e-bikes. I'll also venture a guess the number of riders in the 70+ age bracket with a comfortable retirement income + discretionary cash may be part of what is driving the e-bike adoption curve. The downside: I'm a regular at a Tuesday morning ride on the Southern Walnut Creek Multi-Use Path. Meet between 8 and 10 am (depending on time of year) at Govalle Park on Bolm Rd. Ride at your own pace, regroup at the turn-off to the tennis courts, stop and chat at the very end, turn around, ride back and have coffee. Mostly older folks, retired. Recently some riders are showing up with e-bikes. A few people got them for medical reasons (capping heart rate to avoid triggering afib, bad knees). Now a few more perfectly fit strong riders have showed up who don't really "need" an e-bike, but got one anyway, because...So now the overall speed of the group has increased, and I can't keep up. The leisurely chats while riding along that kept me sane during Covid aren't happening.

I was riding with a friend one day and passed a mom hiking with a young boy. I heard the boy say, "look mom. Those guys are bumpy ridin'!" as we bounded through a rock garden. So from now on, "mountain biking" in Texas shall be known as "bumpy riding."

The true irony is there are some decent mountains in Texas but the trails are terrible there. I'm for creating a class of bicycles exclusive to the rockbike riding found in CTX. Something with high BB for the gardens and ledges, and good at flat turns. Throw in a half dozen bottle mounts for summer riding and it should be perfect.😁

But "punchy, short, uphill bikes" is really a terrible name.

I get that from people in mountainous regions. "you mountain bike? Where are the mountains?"

By that logic we probably shouldn’t call our bikes mountain bikes🥳

Yeah, will have to see what actually happens. Does look like it could be a slop fest if we actually get that much rain each day.

It may be rideable by the weekend, but there will be a few boggy spots along the way. Then there is rain in the forecast for several days, though very light (maybe none) for some of those days. Trails are like a box of chocolates... I did some work out there today and it was still squishy in a lot of places I walked on Black Trac.

Anyone been out today? How're the trails after the rain earlier this week? Got about a half inch the other day in west Round Rock. Looking to get out there this afternoon.

He's on the rivet!!!

There was over 1.5" of rain on Tuesday. More coming. Might be a couple of weeks before things are really nice again. Naturally, I'll be taking advantage of the soft ground to fine-tune a few spots on the new sections.

If you haven't watched yet, the new HBO Max series The Last of Us REALLY lives up to the quality of the game. Only two episodes so far, but really good.

Trailforks and MTB Project have been updated with the new additions. Update the Texas area to see changes on the phone.

Oof! Did 653ft in 1.1miles, followed by another 400ft in 1.4 to get to the trailhead. Virginia has definitely humbled me when it comes to short punchy climbs.