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Sounds like you should move west and buy an adventurebike. Open travel is really that good. I'm totally down with ebikes in cities because it gets people out of cars and relieves congestion and pollution. However, i do wish they'd do a better job discarding those scooters somewhere other than middle of sidewalks. I digress. E-bikes will just bring more people to a finite amount of mtb trails and nothing good will come of that in places like texas.

Autism

Looked and couldn't see if the garage thread from mojo made it over here. With all the downtime from the rain, i got a little bit done on my project. What about you guys?

When i run out of booze and beer, i drink chardonnay

thanks. just checked looks to be still be closed

Yep, he and neethling are painful to listen to during crankworx. Ill take warners drunken shouting any day over that study in autism

Thinking about hitting slaughter tomorrow. Any status updates? Thanks!

Insane riding Thought faircloth got robbed. Commentators sound like they're watching figure skating Think ive had enough of the rampage slopestyle events

Anything for a dollar

Thats been my experience as well.

So is anyone drinking austin water?

Exactly. This is what i dont understand about people who insist on riding in the wet. No matter how many PB vids you watch, this isnt the PNW or UK and the traction and mud here is awful to deal with. The risk of injury is also much higher than in the dry. For what? To ride the same crappy trail you've ridden 100x before? Go to the gym, buy a stationary trainer, do anything to stay fit other than damaging the trails or getting hurt for something dumb.

sun comes out for one day and everyone loses their sh*t😁

After all this rain, was thinking "man i should've have held onto that cross bike". 🤣 Glad to hear you're still digging it!

Virtual STA is probably closer to 72-73* on that bike. As it looks like hes only going by actual STA. Would like to add the shift towards steeper STAs that has become popular was also necessitated by shorter CS and the need to do something with the tire under full compression. Modern honzo with anything longer than a 40mm stem is blasphemy. Mine has a 35mm with an angleset shortening the reach a bit.

Pretty much why i bought a process 111 when they came out, and I've stuck with that geometry since. It just feels (right) to me compared to what i'd owned prior. The sentinel i built had a 64* HTA, 35mm stem, 800mm bars, 42mm offset fork and had almost no noticeable flop. That pretty impressive considering its sporting what would have been DH HTA a couple years ago. The long reach/front centre of these bikes combined with short stems and low standover gives me the confidence to push harder. FWIW, even my current "XC" bike has 66HTA with 40mm offset fork and 40mm stem 780 bars. Concerning lower bars, my rigs usually have one 2.5mm or 5mm spacer under the stem because i prefer low stack on all my bikes. If i want more, i usually just buy a bar with more instead of adding more spacers. Low stack and standover helps my feel like im slung into the bike and not over it. Totally agree on HT HTA needing to be slacker for compression and sag. You generally lose a degree just from sag. Interesting to read those notes and definitely illustrates why the new geo bikes are popular.

Yeah, the footage from the highland lake dams was pretty intense but like you say, thats where we needed the water most. I read 710' was 1991 record, so no too far off at LT

Fox factory with the matt black looks bad ass.

Those dude are scary fast for their size. Science has pushed all sports to next level performance

Now we're speaking my kind of language

Think 91 or 92' was the worst where it was just a couple of feet from cresting the dam. Checking levels now......

edited my response above with a little more detail. Yep, the commercialism, flyovers, graphics on the screen, just get on with the f@cking game would you. I stopped watching sports (besides UCI DH) on TV in the 90s after the packers, cowboys and spurs had some great seasons and the old guard commentators retired. The only thing i really enjoy now is going to see MiLB teams play. God d@mn, theres nothing better than sitting in your local ballpark after a long winter with a beer, dog and watching these guys play for nothing but glory. Rant/Off

Whats wrong with football? Big money, just like everything else we at one time enjoyed. If there's a dollar to be made, there's for sure gonna be some f@ckery involved. I've worked with several retired NFL players, including one that played in a superbowl. When i asked what it was like playing pro ball there was a big difference between what the guys who played in the 70-80s vs 90-2000s had to say. The older guys had a much fonder view of playing and talked about their buddies and the fun they had on and off the field. The newer guys mainly talked about the business side of the sport first and then gameplay. It may have been time coloring their glasses but it was pretty consistent. BTW, all of these guys ended up working at car dealers, even the baller.

Exactly. Guy was mad because you caught him doing something wrong and then makes excuses online afterwards *rolls eyes*

There's a special place in hell for earbuds and ill never use a set again. With that in mind, i bought the bone conducting style for use at work for the same reason you'd use them for riding (listening to audio while still being able to hear your surroundings). One issue i had was how well the reproduced music. They were fine for podcasts etc but music was like an AM radio. The manufacturer provided earplugs so you could improve the sound quality, which defeats the purpose of me buying them. If you own a pair of these style of headphones, try plugging your ears, its a night and day difference. The overarching issue for me was dependability and comfort. To get the best sound quality and volume there needed to be sufficient pressure on your head for the drivers to work best. That results in fatigue and broken parts as the bands were never strong enough to last more than 3-4 months before breaking. https://www.amazon.com/Horizon-Conduction-Wireless-Bluetooth-Headphones/dp/B017VXP5EO