AustinBike

Ultimately I believe that the human body will adapt to any bike over time. This is both a good and bad thing. However, I do believe that if you can get the crank length/gear ratio optimized before your body figures it out you'll be in great shape. Pedal strikes tend to happen on new bikes and new cranks, generally they work themselves out in my opinion.

Since some of you never check in the components board I figure I'd post a link here. https://austinmountainbiking.com/index.php?/forum/6-bike-components/ I have a Reba 29" tapered fork (140mm with 20mm thru axle) and a Fox DHX 5.0 shock for sale. Getting ready to skip town for a few weeks, ping me if you are interested.

2011 Rockshox Reba Ti 29" fork 20mm thru axle 140mm total travel ~8.5" steerer tube Compression and gate dials This fork has served me well, been serviced regularly, the last time was ~8 months ago, but I do not ride that bike as much. It currently has a Cane Creek crown race on it which I can remove if you do not need it. I do have a spare Chris King axle (20mm) if you have a Large Diameter wheel set and a 15mm hub (extra $30) - this would allow you to move to a 20mm fork without having to buy a new wheel. It was pushed ~2012, right before I bought it. $150 deal for locals here, otherwise it goes on eBay.

Looks like the rain is missing us, gonna be some primo conditions.

Plus it if you run out at Walnut Creek.......

Been using R&R Gold for years. Just ordered some of the pro link to give that a try.

Yeah, I agree with this. My SS has made me a faster rider because I needed to learn how to carry speed into climbs. With gears I would see the climbs and my brain says "oh god, not this..." and I was actually slowing down a bit. On a SS I have to charge the hills. And the HT is less forgiving so my handling skills are infinitely better. So much, as a matter fo fact, that I built a geared HT; I don't ride the squishy that much anymore, maybe once a week out of the 6-7 rides I get in per week.

Scotch and I have a very difficult relationship that goes back years. The last attempt was in Seoul, and you would not want to be that taxi driver.

Just cleaned my singlespeed chain today. Old water bottle, some simple green, then cap it. Shake it like hell for a few minutes then clean it off with a rag. I’m too hairy to wax.

Stress is a killer. Too many people don't recognize the impact that it will have on your body, at any age. That sucks, 51 is really young for something like that.

Spirits are good, vodka and soda is a really good low carb drink (but not as good as a vodka tonic.) Cider is typically made with apples and they have more sugar than wine (not necessarily better than beer.) As a rule for me beer, sparingly, typically at an R&I. Red wine over white (tannins and other things in it and I like the taste better). Spirits are probably best for you, but it depends on your mixer, that is where things go south for me. I do like vodka mixed with Bai Bubbles (https://www.drinkbai.com/bai-bubbles) and topped off with some HEB lime seltzer water. I don't buy the antioxidants stuff, but Bai Bubbles have a good strong taste that stands up to vodka. Sometimes too strong so that is where the HEB sparkling water comes in. Instead of beer 2-3 times a week, it is beer once or twice a week.

Get a CT scan, it will tell you about artery blockage. That is a precursor to cardiac trouble. Cut down on sugar. And don't worry, fat is not clogging your arteries, sugar is. Any sugar not burned for energy is turned into serum cholesterol, dietary cholesterol (ie. in the food you eat, like bacon, glorious bacon 🥓) does not end up blocking your arteries. It's all about sugar and carbs, which unfortunately means beer, which is why sometimes I am at the R&I with wine.

In with a grill and some sausage. Gonna do a really early lap and then circle back for the 4:30-5:00 social group, so post up if you are riding around that time.

The last time we were there the service was TERRIBLE. So bad I bitched about it on yelp. Manager pinged me and asked me to come back (on his dime) to give him another change. Was planning to do that (but not take him up on his offer of the free meal because they go out of their way to give you good service when you do that, would rather pay and see if it was a fluke.) Anyway, guess I'll never know, but based on them closing, pretty sure that it was not an isolated incident.

I can probably get $150-200 on eBay but I'd rather sell it local. $100 takes it. 7-7/8" with a 2" stroke.

A day at Lakeway probably gives you more technical climbing, this is sustained climbing, which is impressive. We did 1400' yesterday on the GB. Constant short ups are a lot harder than a long sustained climb.

The last time I was in a photo shoot I embarrassed everyone. Luckily I am out of town. But I put it on my site for you. Good luck.

Actually, not to get all legal on you (I am not a lawyer), but that page spells it out pretty clearly. No motorized vehicles. And then it spells out, specifically, the exceptions. None of which represents one wheels. You are not a Segway and you are definitely not an ADA appliance. This is why I go back to my original statement: You need to get a city of Austin or PARD statement that one wheels are allowed. Otherwise you are interpreting a rule to your benefit. Trust me, there are plenty of places that bikes are not allowed (must we rehash the name Forest Ridge) and we are not allowed to simply say "well, by our interpretation..." Instead of running on your interpretation, please take the time to get the opinion of the city, the folks that make the rules. At that point, you'll be on much firmer ground and be able to show that, yes, you are allowed. Otherwise, it comes off as "yeah, I read the rules, but the way that I interpret them...." All of this can be resolved by the people that make the rules, none of this can be resolved here because we don't make the rules. If you are angling to get the biking community on your side to help change the rules, again, I say engage with the Austin Ridgeriders as they have already established channels with the city. Also, I neglected to say earlier that the mountain unicycle guys are very familiar to the mountain biking community, we see them as "brothers on wheels" and are pretty amazed at the things that they can do. Quite frankly, watching them do things that I cannot is humbling, but they also do it without an engine, it is all individual skills. That, sadly, is where our groups part ways; you won't find us very excited about e-bikes either, for that reason. But we should all be enjoying our parks. Get in touch with the city and PARD and get this all sorted out. It's better to be legally recognized and ride without worry than be defensive every time you encounter someone that questions whether you should be there.

I agree with Antonio that we should be looking at the city code as this is a city park. Signage says “no motorized vehicles” so it if somehow a one wheel is not considered a motorized vehicle then it is incumbent on the OW community to get this clarified by the city. Until then, the motor rule seems to be pretty straightforward. This is similar to what happened with skiing and snowboarding. When snowboarding first started there were arguments about rules. Then they were comprehended in rules, specifically, and everyone got along.

You suffer from the same thing that we bikers suffer from - there are some in our midst that create problems for everyone and give all of us a bad name. When i have encountered one wheels they have almost universally had difficulty navigating in the same space as a bike. So both of us ended up dismounted-not optimal. Also, if there is a lack of clarity about what is or is not allowed in parks, I would focus on getting clarity from the city, not us (we don’t own the park, even though sometimes we act like it.) We have an advocacy group, the Austin Ridgeriders and I would recommend you guys getting one as well. And maybe engage with ours to help smooth things out. And yeah, I’ve come across ahole one wheelers just like I’ve come across ahole bikers.

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Yeah, the designers used to always say “well it looked right on our monitors” 😉

Actually, there is a very explicit rule: no motorized vehicles. If the parks are going to open up to them, there needs to be a “rules of engagement” for them. Right now bikes have to yield to pedestrians (and dogs). If one wheels are allowed then I would say they need to yield to bikes. Every engagement I have had has been awkward, they had little ability to react to riders and end up causing both to stop. This makes no sense, almost impossible for a bike and a one wheel to pass each other on UCD of the trail because it is too narrow for them to maintain control (but 2 bikes pass each other all day long.) There was a definite lack of maneuverability on every encounter. We just need some common sense way to all take advantage of the same trails.

No, he copied HTML text and when it pasted in the font was set to #FFFFFF which is white. If you highlight his text you can actually read it. Not surprising that a non-designer like Sloan would make this newbie error 😝

All of this happens because we have people digging and people advocating. It builds a community and then these things spring up because there is evidence that if they build it people will come. Public facing things like ARR, Freeride 512, RPR, RHR, Brushy Creek, etc all signal to potential developers that money can be made here. To quote a great song, “nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd”