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2 hours ago, gotdurt said:

Man, that statement is sooo 1995.

Just like my overall game.

22 hours ago, First-Blood said:

Bro... you need a dropper before you ever consider this

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Man. I’m just not comfortable or good at leaving the ground on my bike. Could I do it? F yeah. Do I want to? FFFFF no. 

21 hours ago, rugger said:

He's the only MFer I know to get a dropper and ain't it... SMH. 

Ha! Truth. Took it out of my Yeti when I bought it and sold it to First Blood at friend prices. Lightened my bike up a ton. 

Y’all are Nucking Futs, end of story. 

52 minutes ago, GreenMTBrider said:

Get with me before trimming anything on 1/4 Notch. I recently went through and trimmed it and purposely will be not trimming some areas that have widened to try to force people to use the original line. 
 

As far as B-lines go, I’ll be out there tomorrow morning again working to block off areas. If a specific problem area comes to mind let me know and I’ll check it out. I should add, feel free to help combat the “new” lines! 

I’m gonna be trimming things like Gumdrop and Caddyshack. Stuff out East. I rode quarter notch today and it was fine. 

Yes! A big, sincere thank you for doing some thankless work. Much appreciated. You’ve inspired me to maybe do a ride n trim tomorrow. There are a few spots I wanna clean up. Might just be a ride, but I can trim next weekend too. 

Awesome ride today. I was on Mulligan today and told an older guy (even older than I) about how FirstBlood saw a guy fall off of the ridge in an exposed spot at the beginning by the golf green and that the guy didn’t get hurt. He was like “I don’t believe that. What’s your name? What’s your friend’s name?” Haha I told him and proceeded to drop him. Even told him my friend Rugger built what he was currently  riding (using real names). 

He was oddly distrustful, and why would I make shit like that up. 

In the end, awesome temps, awesome ride. Lots of solid riders out this morning. 

Looove that beginner friendly line out at Snail. Usually I just do the climb up to the top of Snail, do the loop at the top, then back down the same line I came up, but the beginner one is badass for wussies like me who are really only into keeping wheels on the ground anymore. Saw the biggggg F’ing drop out there. Y’all are crazy AF. Just hitting this wood feature scared the crap out of me the first time. It gave me that feeling I haven’t had in quite some time since the old days of hitting things like Basket for the first time ever at night. Thanks for putting in a line for dweebs like me. 
 

13 hours ago, rugger said:

Your memory is right, 5-0 was open, were where working on the trail to Mike's Meadow and had already rough cut the trail back as well and started a 3rd line (saving the area below 5-0 for a later) - so there was bout 2 more miles of trail built that we had to block and reclaim beyond 5-0. I told him we were volunteers with the "trail foundation", LOL, and that he looked like he could use the trail 😉 for exercise. 

Lol!!! The Trail Foundation... that’s riiiight. I forgot about that. 

1 hour ago, rugger said:

I was kidding, but referring to that incident in general...which seem to coincide with Wilco P&R leave the original note to "talk". 

But, yes, the fact is, someone nearby did complaint to the County Commission which is why 5-0 was shut down (again).

My memory of that moment was that it was definitely a seemingly sedentary fat fuck that had a huge issue with trail being so close to his glamorous, cookie cutter spec build home.  Last time I rode about a week or two ago, 5-0/up n over was fully open. Good luck trying to stop anything out there. There is simply too much demand for trails and not enough of it. In my worthless opinion, the ones who complain need to create personal wealth and move to enough isolated private land where they will never have to “deal” with people using public land within their view. 
 

While I cannot stand multiple unsanctioned lines, I also would be a hypocrite to say that things should always be sanctioned. As a collective, trail users in this area are speaking loudly and clearly that we will not be denied. It’s now been 7ish? years since we finished Deception and how many miles of sanctioned trail have been created on public land in this area since then? Peddlers? Honest question...
 

Edit: it’s been interesting to see just how many and what types of people are enjoying the trails out there. pretty sick

On 10/27/2020 at 12:36 PM, rugger said:

Pretty much. County Commissioner's friend complained that I called him a fat fuck and that it would do him some good to USE the trails. 

Literal lol at this. Ole Rugger always making friends.  Was that the same guy from the 5-0 day? 

3 hours ago, gotdurt said:

Yea, got the tires installed a while back, but my "tennis elbow" has gotten worse and really doesn't like the throttle or brake,... 20 continuous minutes and my elbow is on fire. The other issue right now is time; between one of my busiest seasons in years (also not helping my tennis/golfers elbows) and trying to keep my new house moving, I'm in over my head.

Ah. Ok. I was having issues with my clutch  hand/wrist. Have you tried a TENS unit. My gf let me borrow hers and it helped heal the F out of a bad shoulder issue I was having. I ordered the same one for $30 off Amazon. As a dentist, I had always heard about them for jaw stuff but had never used one until now. I’m a believer. 

On 9/25/2020 at 6:18 PM, gotdurt said:

Probably won't even recognize some of it.

 

What I don’t recognize is you going fast on a mountain bike at Brushy! Kidding, broseph. I can say that because I’m fat AF right now since my Yeti shit the bed and it took 2.5 months to get a warranty repair. Fingers crossed it doesn’t disintegrate AGAIN for the third time. 
 

ONE DAY I’m going to get you out for a moto ride. You get that thing sorted yet or whut??

As I enter the next phase of aging (45 now) I can tell the heat bothers me more than it used to. I did 42+ cx miles yesterday and left too late(8am).... at the end I was light headed. I really don’t want to stop riding but my Yeti took a shit and is in need of warranty stuff (we’ll see how that goes) and I don’t love cx rides like I used to. 
 

But, yeah, as someone mentioned, with no water fountains it makes it tough for me to go beyond 3 hours. The ONLY good thing about riding CX is I can carry two large water bottles on the frame along with my 50oz Camelbak Palos. Can also throw a small bottle in jersey pocket, but ugh. 
 

6 years... and definitely counting, until I’m free to move to higher, drier elevation. I’m from Louisana, so Austin is in the right direction, I just undershot it 20 years ago when I moved here (but there are other reasons for that *eyeroll)

Guess I’ll keep trying to ride until I have a true scare or die. But overall I loathe these TX summers. 

Same battles, different day... assume the same in perpetuity. I appreciate y’all’s dedication. I finally gave up. 

5 hours ago, throet said:

Yes indeed. Took a pretty easy ride given the heat, and the light breezes made it better than just tolerable. 

I also partook of the hero conditions, but I found it pretty shittily humid and miserable. Still a good ride though! I’m missing those cold YMCA water fountains. 😓 

23 hours ago, RegisteredUser said:

Happen to come across this person today. It was a lady and she was proud to point out that the sign is there because of her and tell me what happened. And its really nothing dramatic. It was in 2017 and she was on her first night ride with a group riding W to E, as she went down the first step there at the top her handle bars hit a branch and knocked her off the bike and she fell and landed on a stump breaking her femur. 

To me that sounds dramatic! Thanks for the backstory though. Sounds like the trail has been responsible for a fair amount of carnage!

55 minutes ago, El Gringo said:

It's Freeride512 - get it right 😆 Yes, thanks to our church for letting us build out there and huge thanks to KOM. Brett has donated his time and resources personally. We wouldn't be where we are without him. There is much more to come . . . I've been swamped at work, but will get out tomorrow. I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

My bad! And thanks Brizzett! I was so stoked on that small drop, haha just grinning and doing it over and over. Landing buttery smooth is such a good feeling. And the feature felt so stable and trustable. All that stuff, to me, for what little I know about that stuff, is really legit and seems awesomely (being) done. 

2 hours ago, RedRider3141 said:

Just got back from SN, definitely started thick and humid but improved. Trails were dry but not dusty. 

Man, I finally am spending time out at the Ninja and learning my way around. Holy balls that stuff is fun when you kinda start knowing generally how to go. 
 

I must’ve ended up on the church stuff because I came upon the jump lines for the first time and let out a “Holy S***!”

I hit that small drop like 6 times. My fav run at it was the first one I did with loads of speed from the top of the run-in trail. But man, thank you to the church and that 512Freeride (I think/hope) crew. That stuff is, dare I say, real dope. Respect. The bad news is I've recently learned how to halfass jump. I can’t wait to at least clear the tables(?) for the first time, but those wooden booter deals look and feel awesome. Ugh.  

10 hours ago, jcarneytx said:

I have since conquered that feature. Still 50/50 on the giant slab that goes up just prior (where the orange rocks give warning that you'll soon be arriving at) 

Good to hear. Heat was oppressive and I was trying to go slow and pick my way through there. That strategy just doesn’t work well out there and takes so much more energy it seems. 

On 6/22/2020 at 10:14 AM, GreenMTBrider said:

It was originally going to be called Brokeback Mountain but that name was already taken on Peddlers Pass...

 

 

But did someone actually break their leg there? I need the juicy details. Stories like that give me life. 
 

Couple weeks ago was riding with a friend and we came up on a guy freshly crashed in The Trap on Deception East and my buddy was in front. He stopped suddenly and was like “whoa” and I rolled up. My first instinct (and what I did) was to bust out laughing and make fun of the guy since he didn’t seem to be hurt other than pride (his friends were just sitting there staring at him). He took it semi-well, and I later saw him at Swag and apologized, gotta love carnage. I crashed yesterday in the stupid spot above mooseknuckle that JCarney was having trouble with. 

Trails are boobs right now. Rode today 5:30-8:30pm. HOT AF. 
 

I’d love to know the story behind this new sign on Deception East (aka quarter notch *gag) just above Dub Step

2 hours ago, gotdurt said:

How was Ruidoso? Just driving through, that area seems like it would be ripe for some killer trails, but all I've been able to find are flow-type trails. Some time on Google and Youtube reveals that there used to be a couple of good ones, but a forest fire wiped them out years ago.

Ruidoso itself is a pretty cool place. The riding is ok. Grindstone Lake is a pretty ride, and there is a lot of fun, fast flow and the climbing is manageable and friendly. (The disc golf course at Grindstone Lake is AWESOME if you’re into that). 
 

There is also the Cedar Creek trail system there that is pretty sweet as well. It’s all worth riding if you want to do XC stuff. 
 

The Ski Apache gondola and downhill is so-so. I did it once and don’t really need to do it again, personally. 
 

I haven’t ever tried to see if there are some non-Trailforks trails around there, but I’d have to imagine there are. 
 

In my opinion, once you ride the Trailforks trails a couple times the riding is just ok. Being out of this humid summer butthole of a place, however, is always amazing. 

On 6/12/2020 at 11:55 AM, gotdurt said:

I rode yesterday and today (I know, right?!), and I was sweating a lot more at the end of my ride today even though I started earlier... the humidity is creeping back in...

Damn right it is. Wednesday morning was next level amazing (39% humidity at 7am) then yesterday was ooooh, 80% at 7am and today at 6pm was hot but nice. We’re entering 6pm roll out territory for me during the week and then 7am humidity suffer fests on the weekends. 

I was in Cloudcroft, NM riding the dirt bike (rode mtb in Ruidoso one day) a couple weeks ago. The humidity during the day was a whopping 5%. 

12 minutes ago, Kobra Kai MTB Guy said:

Finally hit it

My balls are the size of basketballs. 

*fixed*

Ha! This is a great idea for a thread. My 16yr old son is an absolute natural on the bike but just doesn’t love it. I remember several times at Walnut as a 7 year old I wouldn’t be able to finish saying, “maybe you shouldn’t....oooook” and he’s already down it. I just ordered and received for  my 12y.o. daughter a decent Raleigh 27.5” bike off bikesdirect. I did my normal ride the other day and then rode an additional 20mi with her hike n bike, peddlers, picnic, picnic x and she just sat in and didn’t complain or anything. I kept looking back and checking on her, but there she was, just keeping up. About mile 15 she was commenting how it didn’t feel like we had been riding for 1.5hr or so, and I responded that riding bikes is something she needs to do then when it doesn’t feel like work. Love teaching her shifting, obstacles, etc plus just all the wildlife we see. My son will ride if forced but he’s a pure tennis head. 

1 hour ago, horncpa said:

Quarter Notch is definitely not ready.  I just spent almost two hours working on drainage.   Still majority soft at crossings.    

Thanks for the heads up. At least the weather will be nice enough for a lame ass cx spin.

edit: and thanks a bunch for doing that drainage work!