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Well it seems my beloved Shenkey light is no longer avaialble at Amazon. I bought a few of these over the yrs and really grown to love them. Recently dropped one on the tile and it no longer works. The other has been lost somewhere (prolly on a camping trip). Thus I'm out light shopping currently... If anyone out there has a recommendation for a low cost, light weight, rechargeable, compact LED light that I could run on top of my helmet....and use as an around-the-house flashlight, then I'm all ears. Likewise, if any of you own this model Shenkey and do not use it much, I'd pay full retail price for yours. 🙂 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01IHIMJRS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Cheers, CJB

Just saw a video that REI is closing their only location in Portland. -CJB

Lots of good info here. The conventional wisdom up there is to plan for the sharp shale bits & scree you'll encounter. In general the trails seem to be a bit smoother and faster than our stuff here. The machine cut nature of how they are formed makes the terrain less like the "worn in chunky goat trails" we ride in Austin. But sidewall slashes and embedded shards are a real thing up there. I've been there about 10x and I'm averaing a flat 1x per 3 trips. I rarely ever get flats here in ATX....and I don't change my tire choice when I go to B'ville. Cheers, CJB

Thats a good deal for a full carbon frame & DA components. -CJB

That Surly Corner Bar is genius. -CJB

Needs more work. Here is a recent map I've been updating as the cleanup progresses. It may look like more work is done that what really is. Even the areas marked "known clear" still have some stuff hear & there that needs attention. "Known Clear" actually means that you can now easily traverse this area on foot; its still not rideable. Cheers, CJB

Just bumping this again as a reminder that some of us will be out at Thumper tomorrow doing some trail work. Hope to see you there. Thanks CJB

Workday posted in the Trail Work section of the forum and also on my Strava Post. https://www.strava.com/athletes/6529929/posts/23459540

Hello my cycling friends, I wanted to get this post out in hopes of getting a medium sized crew out to Thumper this Saturday for a morning of trail work. Ideally, it would be great to have 5-6 groups of 2-3ppl to be able to send off to locations of the trail that need work. And there are plenty of locations. In each of these 5 or 6 groups I'd like to have 1 person who is familiar with the trail and thats why you all are on this email. If you have any tools please bring them: chainsaw, bandsaw, loppers have proven very useful. Likewise, bring appropriate PPE along with water and a snack. Thumper Work Day- Saturday Feb 25th 9AM - Park on Fittonia Dr (or along Yaupon). Meet under the tree in the park that is used for EB rest stop. 9:15 AM - Saws down 3hr duration? Bring- chainsaw, bandsaw, loppers, PPE Water-Snack If you have any questions or comments post them up. Thumper needs your help. Thanks, Cody 512-6nine4- 1three1nine

Looks like we are going to plan a Thumper workday this coming Saturday. I'll post up details later this week. Thanks CJB

Thumper needs some love after the ice storm. I've been out there 2x's this week clearing trail and it looks like we will be needing to schedule a work-day. Wanted to bump this thread up as a foreshadowing to the word day call-out. Details to come... Later, CJB

Separated shoulder AC joint grade 3. In a sling for 4-5 weeks. -CJB

Or at least the R&I is broken for me...until my arm is no longer in a sling. -CJB

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Thats a very compact frame! I'm assuming only room for 1 bottle? The bend in that seat tube is nice. It will allow for a dropper post to fit in there by maximizing 'straight tube length' -CJB

If that's the case, I think I might join in today. -CJB

I did 4 laps (Dragon Slayer make-up ride) at LGT yesterday, and when I just saw all the rocks in this picture, it gave me legit PTSD! I glance at it and my body physically tightened up and I winced with an added seasoning of gentle disgust. Nice photo though, thanks for sharing. -CJB

Never had one of my frames break. To add onto that, I've only had 1 (rear) wheel failure also. But that was very early in my riding and I was being stupid on a DH in CO (circa 1998). Maybe I don't ride enough? 🙂 -CJB

I wanna play too.... My setup is pretty spartan, but its very mobile and stealthy. Photos below: -With blue awning: Near Bolam Pass riding CO Trail behind Purgatory Ski MTN -Crested Butte 401 Trail Head -Close up of my opulent setup.

I've also done a few days in Palo Duro Canyon. But thats an easy one that you have already prolly considered. I stayed in a house during my time in Moab, but there seems to be options there too. Andrew Harbert has spent 2 total months or more traveling around CO in their RV trailer and riding. He's bound to be a good resource for ideas. -CJB

Junction Creek Campground in DGO. Same with Molas Lake Campground (little Molas lake?) I think the Molas Lake Campground is free. At least it was for me with my truck for 2 days last year. -CJB

Funny you say all that...my uncle had a Chevy LUV truck that his girlfriend rolled in a "park area" after they had had too much to drink. This was prolly very late 79's or early 80's. -CJB

In my opinion, the 55-65mm drop range can be pretty acceptable for most riding. At TF, we primarily built with 60mm of drop. I really didn't want to be in the pedal strike range so we'd rarely go under 65. This was a good few years ago when basic tires were 2.3 max and cranks were almost always 175mm. Cheers, CJB

Any chance the jersey is mesh vented? I can only run truly vented jerseys in this TX heat (even winters) because of all the gear I wear under it all. I may be interested in the boots. My oldest son has been using my hand me downs and they are 10's but his foot is bigger than that. I also dog the Fox jacket, but I'm not sure I have a great use for it in the Hare Scramble world. Thanks CJB

The BB is a tad on the high side IMHO. Not overly so, but the BB drop could be lower without much risk of crank strikes. Just my thoughts after a quick glance. -CJB