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Suunto 9 Baro here.  I use it because it does just about everything.  Wrist and strap heart rate, displays heart rate zones, altitude, temp, built in GPS, steps, sleep tracking, recovery time, etc.  I use a mount for the handlebars when riding and wear it all other times.  Battery life is great too. I have it sync'd up with Strava and trainingpeaks.  I do use a basic garmin 25 to load routes when I'm riding in a new location travelling or for things like gravel grinders to make sure I stay on track.  If I had to choose one it would be the watch as I use it every day.

8 hours ago, Big_papa_nuts said:

I rode The Back 40 and a good chunk of the Womble and came out wondering what the heck people were raving about. I'm going back in October because I must have missed something based on the way people talk. Plus I'll ride the Lovit.

Tent camping at the Bella Vista RV park is a bit lacking, as it's just a small feild next to an RV park you get to camp in, but the facilities are pretty nice. Camping near the Lovit and Womble are much nicer. Arkansas does have one of the nicest campgrounds I have been to, the Shady Lake state rec area. We got there a day after a tornado though so I didn't get to ride the nearby trails.

I rode their earlier in the year and for me a big piece of why I enjoyed riding Bentonville so much was the combination of the town and trails.  As far as the town is concerned there are lots of dining and drinking options, it's all walkable and the people were very friendly.  Add in the aspect of being able to drop into smooth flow trails with fun features and connect that into a variety of other trails depending on what you want to ride from a difficulty standpoint.  I think staying outside of the town would take away a big part of the enjoyment as you can only ride so many hours in a day.

I had a set just like that built XM481 w/ I9 Hydra, DT comp double butted spokes and black brass nipples.  I ended up ordering from Bicycle Wheel Warehouse because the price was too good to pass up.  Looking right now they have a 30% off coupon on orders of 899 or more.  I just built another set on their site and with the coupon the total price for the wheels would be 647.50.  Makes me tempted to order another set for the SS. 

The wheels I had built are still true after ~1k miles including a day at Keystone, Spider mtn and weekly rides on 1/4 and DD at brushy so I'd say they're bell built.

Same thing here.  Skied for years and years to get to where I'm at skill level wise.  Tried snowboarding and when I realized it was going to take a long time before I could ride the stuff I could ski easily that was the end of that. 

16 minutes ago, Kobra Kai MTB Guy said:

I don't know the best way to describe this spot.  If you're heading east from the toll, just before you get to an up ramp with a rail on the BCRT, right around the 0.75 mile marker.  You can stay to the right and it drops down and immediately back up into a small single track that will take you up to the "end" of double down. 

Anyway, the section where it drops down into the creek bed and goes immediately back up had a huge pile of sticks at the bottom.  Considering that section has been dry for over a month, I assume it was some asshole trying to send someone OTB, so I threw them all back into the woods.  It wasn't enough to really do much (about as much as the pile of stick you bunnyhop at the east entrance of picnic), but it certainly caught me off guard coming the opposite way.

Thank you for clearing those out. that's a bad place especially when heading west and catching a bit of air going down into that creek bed.  Major dick move by the person that put them there.

Peaks Trail Breckenridge yesterday.

In Colorado Springs there's always the USAFA Falcon Trail.  I rode it last Aug on my way up to Breck.  It's a fun ~13mi loop w/ 1,300 ft of elevation change that has a bit of everything.  

https://www.mtbproject.com/trail/269633/usafa-falcon-trail

35 minutes ago, Chongo Loco said:

Where? I’ll have to look next time I’m there.


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https://www.gobreck.com/experience-breckenridge/arts-and-culture/how-to-find-the-breckenridge-troll/

4 hours ago, Sluggo said:

It’s “hot” up here and the streams are full of snow melt. The higher elevations should be good to go by the end of the month. 

👍 thanks that's good news as I'd like to hit some of the trails on Baldy above Sally Barber.

1 hour ago, Sluggo said:

Breckenridge 

Nice. I'll be there at the end of the month but am worried about the amount of snow they got this year.  How are the trails looking?

28 minutes ago, RedRider3141 said:

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. 

Exactly that's the spot.  on an unrelated note I saw a hawk dive into my back yard this morning and haul off a snake so this is shaping up to be a snake filled summer.

56 minutes ago, 4fun said:

I've been starting at 9-10pm and it's been pretty comfortable! Last night didn't see a single other soul. With the heat and all was expecting some others!

Just be careful.  I rode right by this guy Wed night, didn't notice until I was right beside.  It startled me a bit.

1/4 I think it's more difficult east to west than the other direction.  DD I've only ridden east to west.

13 minutes ago, tomreece said:

I always try and fail the alt-line to the right of Spongebob.

After watching that video right up the middle I'm gonna try to learn that instead.

Ditto.  I can't believe I never considered the straight up approach but will try that next time.

Yes there was one flat turn just west of the new side walk that was loose but overall I thought the trail was in great shape.  FS 29er running 19psi front and rear, I pushed hard for me (mid 16's) all three laps and only had a couple of brief moments.  Overall it was a great event so a huge thank you to all involved before and during the event.

4 hours ago, HoneyBadger said:

Has anyone noticed their times decreasing following the machine building?

I've not noticed much difference but I've not pushed for a fast lap recently.  I do however think the heat/humidity has  impacted my exertion levels riding overall. 

7 hours ago, Yosmithy said:

I went through there yesterday, and it looks like tracks where someone has already used that as a "Feature" 🙂

LOL  That would be me and I'm sure there were others.  It's actually easier now than it was before.

3 minutes ago, ssorgs said:

Did they get you a halter or event monitor??? Otherwise, they're definitely NOT going to see it.  That can be the cardiologist/plumber approach.  Do a stress test, which isn't likely to pick up arrhythmias.  Nevertheless, if you're asymptomatic that should be a good thing, irrespective of why/how.

Nope neither but it was really random, only once or twice a year  and only for a few seconds at a time. The only time I picked it up I was getting ready for a run with my HR strap on and it happened.  When I looked at the graph it went from the 50's then jumped to around 200, back down to the 50's and the line from that point forward was normal during the run.  In the 4 years that I've been supplementing with Mg it has yet to happen again.

11 hours ago, ssorgs said:

) flopping feeling in your chest - this is more than the occasional thump, but can be like a flutter (like atrial flutter, which is very similar in treatment too), but mostly like there's an out-of-water little fish in your chest; and

I had the same thing happen randomly pretty much all of my life but was told not to worry about it unless it was prolonged or regular since the Dr's were never able to observe it.  Strangely the Dr's never considered magnesium deficiency.  As soon as I started supplementing Magnesium to help with sleep/dreams it completely went away. Only then did I learn the two can be linked.

I've come across several rat snakes on the Brushy path in the evenings and of course Mittens on 1/4 notch the summer before last.

What I've heard is that steel provides more flex than aluminum which is more brittle thus needs to be stiff.  Meaning steel takes the edge off of all of the small bumps and impacts you encounter out on the trails.  However I've also read that this is dependent on the grade of steel used (cheap vs quality butted) and how the frame is designed.  

Just to muddy the waters further but the Carver 420 looks great and will run 650B or 29er....

13 hours ago, AustinBike said:

Nice, I took the wife there last fall. If you need any recommendations on places to eat or things to do in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong or Shenzhen, ping me. Outside of those places you are on your own.

Thanks for the offer.  I'll be in Xiamen for work arriving Sunday and flying out on Friday so other than the normal dinner and bars in the evenings I'm not going to see much. 😞 

1 hour ago, AustinBike said:

Just landed in Toulouse, France a few hours ago. 3 of the 4 of us were in compression socks (only I, the mountain biker was in normal socks, actually pearl Izumi bike socks). Allegedly compression socks are the way to go.  

LOL that'll be me this weekend but unfortunately I'm headed to China

1 hour ago, notyal said:

As long as your heart BPM doesn't come back with a score of zero.

True my RHR is low but not zero that would be a bad day