mack_turtle

Not sure if this should be a "roadie" discussion. I always have fun with these rides. 100K on gravel roads is something I can do, but it sounds miserable in the heat. I might just do the 50k at chill pace. https://www.bikesignup.com/Race/TX/Lockhart/TheLockhartBreaker2018?rsus=100-200-a12dd788-0c54-426e-9c91-84078761db6b

Wot?

The market is ripe for e-ecumbant mountain bikes. Precludes all dropper posts.

Can someone clarify for me- where are horses allowed in the area? I know Slaughter Creek Nature Preserve is horse-friendly, but what about Circle C Metro and the other stuff along Slaughter Creek?

For some reason, I have this Platonic ideal in my head of what a mountain bike should be, and a dropper post feels like a betrayal. Some of you have a more Nietzsche-esque approach. that's fine, perhaps my thinking about bicycles should transcend the rigid/ suspension paradigm foisted upon us by Protestants and their sanctimonious work ethic. Buy a dropper and put it on your e-bike, then just sit in your living room with a VR headset and watch other people riding trails and be done with all that sweating and work.

I've been using a Fitbit Surge for rides, but it can't be charge while I am wearing it because the charging port is on the back, next to my skin. I'll have to use a phone+battery for a ride like that and maybe just use the watch to monitor my heart rate and that sort of thing. not that I am using that data, but it's interesting to have for when I regain consciousness.

I only see BSS listed as a local dealer. give them a ring and they might have something in the works. there are no demo events listed for Austin, but there's one coming up in Bentonville.

I got a dropper a few months ago and rode with it on WC and SATN. I made a point of finding everything technical that I could but I have not ridden Brushy or BCGB with it. I found that I didn't need it at all and fussing with it became a distraction that took away from the riding experience. I have enough skill and range of motion on my bike to move my body around the saddle, and even use it in climbs and descents, to put it in one place. I have my saddle at least one cm below "road height" to get it a little out of the way for bike wranglin'. I have ridden some trails around here with drops and jumps and just walk that stuff. even if I had a long-travel FS bike with plus tires and a dropper, I would not be riding like that. it's just not my thing. I'd rather climb the entire HOL than do that stuff even once. I'm also riding with one gear, a rigid fork, and flat pedals, so simplicity is kind of my MO. I've been riding with my trusty Thomson post in the meantime. I'll keep it around and try it again eventually, but I might end up liquidating it to buy something more useful to me.

I have done a few 100k gravel races. I am pretty wiped at the end of those. That's about 63 miles of "roads." 80+ miles that includes a lot of technical trail sounds like quite a task.

serious question- What GPS units are you using that last all of EB? the battery in my watch or my phone would die within 5-6 hours.

that site id dead to me! if you click that link, the terrorists win.

what's the best... yeah, I went there. it seems like everything I try dries up in a few days: Stan's, homebrew, Trucker... have not tried Orange Seal yet. they all seal the tire, but when I get a puncture, it does nothing because there's not enough liquid left. are my Schwalbe tires the problem?

EB could easily be 150 miles if a bunch of SATN was thrown in.

props to those who can fit more than 4 hours of weekly ride time into their schedule!

every year I say I am going to drag my ass out for this, and every year I don't convince me to go do it!

Nice loop! you hit a lot of it, but there is so much more. there's a loop or two in the middle of Circle C Metro and then a ton of stuff to the west along Slaughter Creek. and more beside that.

I still don't know why I have a trail named after "me".

Oh, snakes! I saw a coral snake on the gravel path behind ATX bikes on Tuesday night. We startled each other. I went back to take her portrait, but she took off.

You're going to attempt that when it's. 105+ degrees?

dusty as hell as of 8/22/18.

anyone going to use the "clubs" feature on there? I was thinking about making an ASS club or one for SATN.

you may not want to hear this, but you need a bike that fits you. riding a frame that's too small and doing weird stuff to make it fit is alike buying a pair of shoes that is a size too small and cutting a hole in the ends so your toes can stick out. talk to Seth about Guerrilla Gravity.

how tall are you? the Honzo is a looong frame already, so the XL probably fits like an XXXL. learn to ride with dropped heels.

shut your mouth.

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