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9 minutes ago, notyal said:

Being able to go faster and farther with the same effort and very similar riding experience sounds awful. Wait, no, that actually sounds like a lot of fun. 

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.

1 hour ago, throet said:

I just don't get why they didn't leave the single log to be hopped over vs. piling a bunch of kindling around it. 

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  

2 hours ago, mack_turtle said:

SCNP has a Facebook page with status updates. It was closed as of 7 Friday night.

thanks. just checked looks to be still be closed

3 hours ago, Chief said:

Cam McCaul's commentary is hard to listen to. He's even hard to watch with his focus and eyes darting all over the place. There's no need to sensationalize this event it's pretty self explanatory. The problem with the judging is that it's very subjective unless someone pulls off some crazy move. I think Lacondeguy might have won with that last run he had going, was definitely pulling out all the stops.

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

1 hour ago, AntonioGG said:

Several people at my work drink the faucet water and they're OK.

Thats been my experience as well. 

So is anyone drinking austin water?

55 minutes ago, cxagent said:

IMy biggest reason I don't ride it wet is I slip and fall too much on the wet rocks.

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.

2 hours ago, Ridenfool said:

My 90 y.o. neighbor texted to let me know she was just informed they are looking for someone with a gun at Rocky Hill and to lock the doors.

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

22 hours ago, TheX said:

I'm so glad I bought the Kona when I did. Not my favorite type of ride, but it's riding.

After all this rain, was thinking "man i should've have held onto that cross bike".  🤣

Glad to hear you're still digging it!

2 hours ago, mack_turtle said:

It's highly likely that the slack STA on Verdone's latest bike was chosen to negate the offset placement of the seat tube in front of the BB.

 

 

 

If he put a conventional 74 degree angle or a steep 77, the saddle would end up waaaay forward. I'll bet that if you measured the angle from the BB to the top of that post, it would seem closer to normal. With a custom frame, you know where you want the saddle to end up and can plan accordingly.

2 hours ago, mack_turtle said:

It's highly likely that the slack STA on Verdone's latest bike was chosen to negate the offset placement of the seat tube in front of the BB.

 

 

If he put a conventional 74 degree angle or a steep 77, the saddle would end up waaaay forward. I'll bet that if you measured the angle from the BB to the top of that post, it would seem closer to normal. With a custom frame, you know where you want the saddle to end up and can plan accordingly.

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.

34 minutes ago, crazyt said:

pretty amazing we got 10-11 inches west of austin which was perfect for the watershed. Travis is now at 696 (681 is full, 714 is dam topped)

they did predict an el nino year which are wetter than average.

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.

41 minutes ago, Chongo Loco said:

 

 Those big ass freak of nature lineman can do a 40 yd dash near world class sprinter pace. The best athlete to ever come out of your area may make a top 25 university roster. Of the thousand plus of those guys a couple dozen can make it to the pro’s.


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

55 minutes ago, TheX said:

Punch them in the throat.

Now we're speaking my kind of language

17 minutes ago, throet said:

Nothing rideable of course, but anybody paying attention to what's going on with area lakes? Looks like Lake Travis has come up 20ft in the last week, primarily due to the raging Llano River. Won't be surprising if it exceeds 100% full with the continued rains. Saw something in regards to the San Gabriel flooding as well. Anybody know what's happening at Lake Georgetown? Are we at risk of having parts of the Goodwater Loop underwater?

EDIT - Just saw that Travis is now at 102% full. I remember it getting to 95% or so a few years back after heavy rains, but can't remember the last time it was over 100%.  

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

1 minute ago, throet said:

Haha can't argue with that! The latest pro sports ploy is the split screen commercial playing on one side with a live lens still on the action. Initially you think, oh how nice that they're letting you stay tuned into the game. Then you realize it's only being done to allow for more commercial time. I'm getting to the point where I just want to record everything and start watching at least an hour into the live cast. That way you can fast forward through all of the commercials and still finish near the end of the live feed.  

 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.

1 hour ago, HoneyBadger said:

I call BS on them "checking" the trail. I've had a few people say the same thing to me when I ask them not to ride muddy trails. It always seems like they are quickly coming up with an excuse for something they know they shouldn't have done. Anyone that is going to take the time to check on the trail is most likely more than a beginner and would know it's not ridable with the amount of rain we have had. Also, if you think the trail is muddy why would you ride your bike on it, just walk in and check it out. 

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

1 hour ago, mack_turtle said:

yeah, i want to try some of those boney headsets. any particular recommendation? I did have more fun with some music pumping in my head some days, but I can't find an earbud that stays in my ear but does not block out sound from outside.

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