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Is FRR the new 512 park near RPR?

All of Deception should be good to go.  I rode it last night through most of the light drizzle.  Rocks got a little slick, but I imagine the wind has taken care of that by now. 

Found glasses on mulligan tonight.   Let me know if they belong to you and you want them back.

Just finished riding 1/4 notch east to west.  Was pretty decent until I got to sponge bob then rocks became slippery.  Decided to take the bailout.   

Should have done some urban riding. 

I'm heading there in Jan for 2 days of riding.  Plan to do the 35 mile loop Barry did (I think it was Franklin Mountains) on day 1 and then find something else to ride on day 2.  Only question is if I ride the 29" HT or the 29" FS bike.  I'm leaning towards the HT with some 2.4 or 2.5 tires.

I'll take both bikes just in case.

Any ideas\suggests are much appreciated.

Damn.  Just when I thought I didn't have to worry about snakes.

Will keep it short since my ride was on Saturday.

I was worried about the weather on Sunday and decided to ride on Saturday instead.  Was expecting 3:30 lap 1 and 4 hour lap 2 times based on my previous lap times.   I've managed to get decent road biking miles in despite the weather so I  expected to pick up where I left on my last loop times.  

My effort was pretty high on lap 1, but the results weren't showing.  I finished with about a 3:50 lap 1.  My left arm was cramping up and my sometimes soar shoulder was now throbbing. 

I've never done more than one lap so took my time with lap 2 to make sure I didn't have a fatigue related crash.   Was not able to make all the climbs on lap 2 and had to take one or two breaks in the rock garden section between Russell and Hogg.  That section was the hardest part for me after riding for 40 miles.  

My overall 8:50 time was about 50 minutes slower than what I was aiming for.  But I've never done more than 1 loop before so getting in 2 laps is still a victory for me.

Even thought about going again Sunday for a single lap to see if I could get a 3:30 time, but I knew my legs were too sore for that.  So I went and bought a new bike instead.  I plan to take my new Fuel out there Sunday to see if I can get back to my 3:30 time and start improving from there. 

Next year, I'll be complaining that my 3 lap time was 50 minutes slower that I was expecting.

Not sure I'm good enough to give advice, but here is my routine for the week.

Light 2 hour rides on Thursday and Friday.  These will be on paved trail and just to keep my legs moving.   Not ideal, but I'll take what the weather gives me.  Upper body gym workout today or tomorrow which I usually do once a week. 

Will make a big pot of spaghetti for the family tomorrow and will eat that daily until Saturday.   Saturday will do chores and family activities to make up for being away all day Sunday. 

 I've put in 70-100 of road and/or urban miles per week for the last few months, but have only ridden my full suspension once since I busted the linkage on the dragon pre-ride in August.   

Really have no Idea how i will fare on three laps since I'm in 'bike' shape, but not necessarily 'mountain bike' shape.  But I'll get in 2 and see if I feel like doing a third. 

Last year there was a water stop at cedar breaks and there was some sort of electrolyte additive in the water.  Anyone remember what it was?  I want to buy some and put it in my water bottles.   Any other suggestions would be appreciated.  

Did it last year and did 2 partials over the last 3 weekends.  I won't be able to ride it this Saturday, but I'll give it a shot sometime after the Dragon Slayer ride.   Or maybe I'll do it next weekend if the Dragon Slayer rains out.  

The hill after hill after hill really sucks. 

With all the road biking due to wet trails, I almost upgraded my road bike.  But after one ride on the trails,  I'm back on track for a mountain bike upgrade  

Did the 5-borough ride with my non-rider wife on a crappy rented tandem rental a few years ago.  We waited too long to register and had to pay for the only remaining rider packages that were VIP packages at $400 a piece.  The good thing is that the VIP riders got to start towards the front so we avoided having to walk parts of the ride like some others had to do.

We probably averaged 10-12mph because of the constant shoulder to shoulder traffic and the 2 flats.  But my wife got to take some great pictures from the backseat of the crappy rented tandem.  

Back to the Bagel ride.  Rode it a few weeks ago and may ride it again this weekend if weather permits.   

I rode the paved trails last night and there is still water seeping down from the trails.  My opinion is that today is a no go. 

But you can still get 20+ miles riding the paved trails.

I'm 230 with riding gear.  Thanks for the info. 

I've never done a gravel grinder or ridden in this area.  What is the recommended tire pressure for a 29" ht mtb with 2.2 tires?

I'm signed up for 100k, but may have to bail out at 50k due to some other commitments. 

Start time for the bagel has moved to 8am.  I plan to ride it Saturday if weather permits.

I was the first one to bail.  My rear linkage snapped about 1 mile in.  Currently working through the warranty process, but plan to take a rental bike out there as soon as weather permits.   Either this Saturday or sometime next week.   Pretty bummed that I did not get to finish the loop.

Where are we starting from?

what are some good tires for this event if you have a 29" hardtail mtb?  

I should have never chimed in.  My loaner dropper just failed after riding down spongebob.   Had to low ride it to the bailout.

Looks like I'll be dropperless for the labor day weekend rides.  

I mostly ride Deception when mountain biking and split my time between my Fuel (dropper) and Procaliber (no dropper).  I usually ride all the trails west of Parmer and use the dropper maybe a handful of times when riding the Fuel.  It took a little time to get used to riding again without a dropper, but I am really appreciating the lighter and simpler Procaliber hardtail compared to the Fuel (Fuel dropper is actually in the shop getting warrantied). 

I still haven't rolled down Spongebob on the Procaliber yet.  I have no problem rolling down Spongebob on my Fuel and used to ride down this feature on my old 26" hardtail.  I'll probably give it a shot on the Procaliber the next time I take it out there.