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I have taken my old gravel bike off some drops. It was fucking terrifying🤣

I'll never understand the draw of shingle speed misery. Particularly rigid. But hey, you guys have a higher fitness level and pain tolerance than me. Carry on😎

Hell yeah son!!

not a dig in the least, but i can't even imagine demoing a hardtail.

This for sure. The one thing you can get pretty close on a demo is sag and shock settings. I think most of us look at rear suspension layouts first when choosing a fame, and that is the one thing that's going to define the characteristic of a bike the most. I've only demo'd two bikes of the nearly 30 i've owned and that was when i was a total noob and had no clue of what to look for to begin with🤣

My druid currently has a nearly 78* STA with a 64* HTA. The seat tube angle felt odd at first, coming off a 75* bike but was used to it after a couple rides. I like that the newer bikes place you in the center of the bike rather than hanging over the back, or in a OTB ready position up front. Blarf. I have had to play with stem length a bit more than in the past and have gone from 35mm to 43mm on both my current bikes.

Was doing a job Thursday in Lakeway passed by infamous and figured i'd stop in. Had a couple taproom only beers that were worth checking out. They had one beer that was their spin on an Irish car bomb that was pretty damn tasty. Place was cool and staff were friendly. Definitely worth stopping by after hitting the Lakeway trails (when it's not 100*). Took a 4pack of imperial double IPAs home. https://www.infamousbrewing.com/index.html

The biggest change with modern bikes is the speed you can ride these trails.

IMHO, you'll get used to steep STA after a couple rides. Same with slack HTA. My bikes always feel super slack when I first build them, then after a few rides I can't even tell I'm riding around on a 63-64* HTA bike. Last thing you want is a slack STA with short chainstays. Especially if you're tall/have long legs.

Sram wide ratio 8spd for the win. Love mine for CTX!

Cool Their complete bikes can be a little pricey. Might be more advantageous to buy a frame and build it up. I really like that Canfield suspension platform. Something about it just works for all the crappy ledges and chunk here. @Chief has been so happy with his, he bought a revel gravel bike lol.

For sho. Got to ride @Chief rascal and it pedaled as good as my old 27lb 100mm XC whip. I think Velorangutan has a few and maybe a demo. Totally worth checking out.

Found some leftover goodness at Spec's Bastrop. Had the 2019 edition and never drank it. Looking forward to digging into this one.

There's so many good bikes out now, it's hard to go wrong. Buy a 29er with 100-120mm and you're GTG. IMHO, HTA isn't nearly as important as STA and WB in central tx. My picks for bikes to ride here: Revel Ranger Kona Hei Hei Transition Spur

Can attest to the quality of their brake pads. Never any reason to overpay for OEM shimano again.

Orange seal seems to work well here so that's what I'm sticking with. Used muc off for a year or two and liked it but could do without their virtue signaling.

Betty is back and badass as ever!!

I my experience, the injector seems to clog with any sealant that's worth a damn. I just break the bead and pour it in. myself and my garage were sprayed with sealant for one too many times to ever touch that injector again.

Yep, just pushed a hose over the metal line on the gun. Slides snugly over the valve stem . The large amount of airflow volume seats tires instantly.

Ah, I've been using this air nozzle that I've had for 30+ years and piece of fuel line. Figured this white trash method has worked for over a decade, so why change it😁

Is this for seating tires or just inflation?

Watched this the other night. Wow this dude was pure hell. Great documentary even if you're not a hockey fan.

Forgot about Knoxville and windrock too. Good suggestion. We rode some stuff in north Georgia when we were in Chattanooga. The whole experience was great.