RedRider3141

Dividends are only from full price purchases, typically 10%. Using the 20% coupon is a better deal.

Recommended Duthie lines for almost any skill level. (Even the B lines have B lines) Boot Camp (Full) Ryan's Eternal Flow Movin' On Voodoo Child Deuces Wild

Awesome! Make sure you spend some time on the skills area (drops, jumps, skinnies etc) in the center pavilion area. Then you can come back after drinking the kool-aid and push for one at brushy! 😉

Lived there for 30+ years. Confirmed, Duthie and Tiger are some of your best bets but very different places. Evergreen is an excellent resource. Tiger is spider mountain but with 200' to 1200' of elevation and no lift. You could easily spend all day here riding up the forest road and bombing down. MTB Project/trail forks has good maps. Duthie has a little of everything. XC, Groomed Flow, Short Downhill, jumplines, etc. Spend 30mins or 6+ hours. MTB Project/trail forks has good maps but honestly, it's almost impossible to get lost, everything starts and ends at the central hub. Watch out for 5-13yo groms who make you look bad because they've been riding daily this summer on their $6K bikes while their soccer mom's idle in the parking lot reading the latest Oprah book club book. I'm not bitter. Depending on where you are based out of also check out: Paradise valley conservation (Mostly XC) St Edwards Park (XC/ All Mountain) Galbraith (Near Bellingham, closer to Canada) Bike rentals aren't as common. The only place I remember was this place, they needed a hefty CC hold to send the bike out though. https://www.kirklandbikes.com/articles/demo-bikes-pg67.htm

I've been mostly lurking on this thread but I saw this and thought those with the same issue I have (engineer brain) might enjoy it.

My favorite quote!

Man, these injury threads really make me second guess my willingness to leave the house! For those of you are recently injured or still recovering: Keep up the PT, listen to you Dr's and PT's. If they aren't pushing you, find a different one. I had a pretty nasty Bucket Handle Tear on my meniscus on top of a partial MCL tear on the same knee back in 2011 and recovery sucked. I skipped leg day for too long and didn't keep my PT up. It took years instead of months before I would say I was 100% again. It's actually one of the big reasons I got into MTB because the pedaling motion helps my joint and was a good way to build strength. If I had stuck with my PT I think I would have recovered and been more active much sooner than I was.

Agreed, I just like am used to the ergo or lack or ergo of Shimano. Whenever I ride a friend's SRAM I spend the whole ride poking the air with my thumb or using the backside of my hand to up shift.

Nope: +1 for forks and brakes, get what you want I am not interested in carbon Sure, why not if the price is right: I have a preference on drive trains, but I can adapt Droppers can be added easily and inexpensively Tires wear out and need to be replaced I couldn't tell you the difference in rims/hubs/spokes I like the idea of building from scratch, that's basically what my FS is. Except I bought it as a complete but parts bin basket case and over 8 years have replaced everything on it except for the shock and handlebars. I'd do it from scratch but worried about acquiring everything in a reasonably short period

They are creepy that way...

As of 20 hours ago I had no idea this thing even existed.

Apparently, we have lots of rarely seen large to largish cats: https://tpwd.texas.gov/education/resources/texas-junior-naturalists/watching-wildlife/texas-cats

https://www.kvue.com/amp/article/news/local/it-makes-you-look-over-your-shoulder-more-mountain-lion-spotted-in-hutto-community/269-333012e5-bcde-41a8-a289-201d616efea0 I couldn't find the old thread on the mtb rider in the Seattle area who was killed by one, it might be on mojo.

What technique do you call this? 🤣

I'd also add: My HT beats me up more than my FS but my FS wears me out more than my HT.

I have a HT, just a tame one: non-boost, 27.5, 100mm of budget fork travel. Really aside from the fork I've really enjoyed the bike and even then I've been impressed with the fork for what it is. But this thread got me curious and with the help of ShineRider's spare front wheel I put my 26'r 150mm Talas from my FS on it and rode it for the PP race and a single lap on 1/4 notch to see whether I'd like to replace 1 or both of my bikes with one of the numerous bikes listed above. I rarely missed my FS on either of those trails. Mostly because I'm not what you'd call an aggressive rider, I'm happy just to clear features and stay on the pedals. I could definitely see where a 27.5+ HT could be a fun, "do-it-most" bike.

AJ has done maintenance on that bridge before, I'd check with him.

Dang! That's Mid-Picnic near the entrance to 1/4 Notch right? I take a breather there 99% of the time I ride those trails.

As a former West Coaster (not CA), you guys have never experienced evening on shore flow and it shows...

A few were posted on the PP FB page. I don't know where else.

Where's the video? Asking for a friend.

My Lap times PR before race: 20:51 (pre-build) 21:52 (95% new build complete) Race Times: 19.38 20.14 19.58 I actually really like the Start/Stop that was used for the race. Somehow I think it helped me use my energy a little differently and I found it easier to "sprint" on sections I was usually tired out on. Kudos again to @HoneyBadger, @DesertNomad, AJ/ Peddler Bike Shop, KOM, Al the announcer dude and all of the trail marshals. The trail, event and the whole day went really well. My only hiccup was not reading the class times... I definitely showed up at 6:45am ready to race. 🤣

I'm not even sure if that's him, looks almost like a molt.

Better view.