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Everyone needs a "slow bike." I was going to keep this one but it's too pretty. Soon to be available for sale at Yellow Bike (after I reconnect the chain).

free Saris trainer with 700c trainer tire. also useful for fitting bikes. 29" tires larger than 2.4 are difficult to cram against the roller if you want to try that, but I was able to clamp some thru-axle bikes into it.

Dang, these rocks are slippery even when dry.

FYI, Yellow Bike Project has at least a dozen varieties of bike racks laying around in the yard, including nice hitch racks. NO ONE ever comes looking for stuff like that, so it just sits around.

Austin Ridge Riders and Austin Yellow Bike Project is hosting a class for mountain bikers on Saturday, Aug. 3. There are 12 slots for students available. All ages and abilities welcome. Bring your bike and learn basics to keep your bike running safely and smoothly. https://austinyellowbike.org/events/modern-mountain-bike-basics/ background: after a break-in and theft of about $10K in inventory at Yellow Bike earlier this year, Austin Ridge Riders stepped up and offered to help Yellow Bike with a fundraiser. ARR has been behind the scenes helping YBP set this up, so please thank them for their tireless work!

I'm shopping around for a smart trainer. I'm glad some people can ride in this heat, but after nearly 20 years of trying different things, nothing makes riding in a Texas summer fun, let alone safe for me. no amount of hydration helps when my brain is boiling inside my skull.

Sorry to hear someone is having more fun than you, mister grumpy-pants.

E-bike hate is still around but most people have gotten over it. It's mostly just weird old retrogrouches who don't like seeing other people having fun.

It's safe to say that any natural park is going to get hiking trails if it's open to the public. That's a given. We will need to advocate to mtb trails. A connection to Reimers would be AMAZING. I'll post here if I hear anything about public meetings.

Travis County is buying RGK Ranch, which is close to Reimers. Maybe another mtb trail system that close would be redundant, but has anyone here heard if that might be included in the plan? Too early to say? https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2024/05/15/rgk-ranch-austin-park.html

Who has navigated around Roy Guerrero Park lately? I rode down there on Sunday after all the rain, when singletrack was too wet, and found that much of the trails were fenced off. I gave up and crossed the river on Pleasant Valley and wiggled my way up to Walnut Creek South. It looks like there's currently no point in entering the park, but crossing into the main trail from Lakeshore Blvd. to get to the Montopolis Bridge is still doable.

I had a good time. What was the head count?

Forecast for Saturday looks wet.

when I worked at REI, every Diamondback bike we assembled came with a "fork direction" sticker, but it was not affixed to anything. I started collecting them and now I have a decent stack. I like to keep one in my pocket and stick it to forks at Target, Walmart, Academy, etc. There was a fat bike at Target with a backwards fork to which I adhered one of these stickers, and I came back to check on it every few months. it was still there, with the backwards fork, for several months.

Singlespeeds are stupid. I'm going to buy a FS e-mtb and be done with it. What should I get? See ya on the trails next week! Or rather, you'll see the back of me as a brap away. [Edit: happy April 2.]