larlev

Heck ya. Now just need to ride, ride, ride and get skills back up.

59 minutes ago, Mattlikesbikes said:

Also, unless you are using a digital shock pump, and even if you are, I find the pumps to be the source of much frustration. Every time you put a pump on or take it off you are losing some pressure, so when talking about 70 vs 84, I'd expect a few psi is tied up in gauge calibration and pressure loss from the pump.

In my "anal, have to have tools mind" I bought 2. Rock shox digital, and one that has a valve at end of hose that can be open or closed. It works really well. 

29 minutes ago, Skyyhorn said:

$50 was the default (which I chose), but $39 was just to the left. The buttons were a little odd to see as selections though. 

I saw that afterwards. Was wondering where the $39 came from. It makes it look like the $39 was monthly. 

Hahaha. Oh well. It's all good

24 minutes ago, 4fun said:

I just bought got mine a few days ago and it was $50! So I’m going to need some new math. I didn’t even see the $39 dollar option! Story of my life, they make me pay more to join the cool kids club😁

I did same thing.  

4 minutes ago, taco_junkie said:

Never heard of that before but damn that looks good.

Thanks, that was shoulder clod. Basically a smoked roast. Clod was the Texas meat before brisket came about in the 1960's. Hahaha, some useless info there

11 minutes ago, TheX said:

Little fire bombs waiting to go off. They only lose about 1% of their charge per year but they go bad just sitting if they have a full charge to begin with.

Yep, it's been so long forgot they were in there. They are out and in safe spot now.

On 12/27/2018 at 2:55 PM, AntonioGG said:

I wanted an x-cell in the late 90's as the next step up from fixed wing, but I ended moving to nitro on-road, first 1/10th touring but eventually going to 1/8th 4WD and 1/10th 2WD.  I still have a closetful of the stuff:  full car + spare car (I'd pre-assemble the corners for fast fixing between heats), spare engine, tire truer, setup board and fixtures, two painted bodies, 3 unpainted bodies.  I even dabbled in 1/12th scale (incredible amount of fun), 1/8th buggies and probably some other stuff I'm forgetting about.  I should get rid of it, but I can't, though I did sell my classic Associated RC10 (the gold tub with the white plastic pieces) to a French guy on e-bay years ago.  

I also have my airplane stuff.  That I'd like to get rid of.  I've tried donating it to the local club so they could maybe raffle it off to raise funds, but I got no responses.

On my bench for the last 4-5 years:  an Expobar Office Control espresso machine.  It worked but I was trying to figure out a delay in the operation between the button being pressed and the pump actuating.  I'll get it working again sometime..but now with kids and 7 bikes to maintain, I don't get too much tinker time.

You reminded me of all my 1/8 stuff, electric and nitro sitting in a bin wasting away.  I was into it yrs ago. We built a track at a VFW only to see it gone months later.

I'm glad I looked. Lipos were a little swollen. Damn

Was very skeptical about these, but DAMN. I've done 4 cooks on it now. Pork butt, Ribs, Chicken, Steaks/seafood. 

Pretty freakin nice to set the thing,  and go work our bikes, ride....whatever. We rode WC few weeks ago and had pork cooking. Wifi let's me control everything from wherever.

I've noticed you dont get quite as much smoke flavor compared to my kamado. Still not bad though

1 hour ago, Big_papa_nuts said:

As a pro mechanic I can say that manufacturer's air pressure recommendation are one of the more frustrating when it comes to helping customers with suspension tuning. Those charts don't take into account bike setup, riding style, a rider's proportions, ETC. I have been as much as 80psi off a manufacturer's recommendation to get the proper sag (then it obviously took some work to get the proper spring rate), but people will still argue when I tell them I recommend anything but what the sticker reads.

 

Bottom line, set your sag by taking measurements and then tune your fork/shock with that as your baseline.

Makes perfect sense.  What they are recommending isn't working. 

Was starting to get frustrated.

2 minutes ago, Ridenfool said:

I aim for a buttery smooth ride. When I'm out of shape, like now, I can run less pressure as I'm not hitting things as hard as I would were I in more optimal condition. Keeping an eye on the o-rings is a consistent feedback mechanism. As my physical conditioning improves I'll likely be adding air to keep me in that 90% or so travel use range.

I'm with you on conditioning. Being off the bike for 8yrs has been interesting. Everything is sore after a ride. I guess being 48 doesnt help either. 

I swear I could do some of those lines back then that I cringe looking at now. Sure did miss the hell out ofv riding 

16 minutes ago, Ridenfool said:

I always seem to end up using significantly lower fork air pressure than recommended for my weight. The shock recommendation is often enough pretty close, though the mfg spec may be for 20% sag and I prefer 25-30% for most of my riding.

As a general rule, after initial sag setting, I'll set the o-ring on fork and shock on each ride to monitor whether I've used most of the travel (90%?) at some point. If that is not the case, I'll lower the pressure some to dial it in to better make use of all that the suspension offers for my riding style/location.

I'm finding if I measure 3x's I get a damn different measurement each time. Ugh. I'm sure its rider error.

I'm setting at 82/212 and forgetting it for now. I'll ride and see where I'm at.

4 minutes ago, Ay Chihuahua said:

The manufacturer's recommendation is designed to get you close.  After that, you want to start measuring to dial it in.

Thanks, so is it weird to have 70 instead of 84? I'm guessing the 84 is for the 23mm firm setting. 

31 minutes ago, Ridenfool said:

Can a person join ARR, and/or get on an email notification list for club news/events/etc. without having a Facebook account?

I just joined and they do have a "meetup" account. I'm getting notifications for work days, etc.

I've been reading a lot on setting sag. I've set my stumpy per Specialized website.

I was messing around today with the bike. I'm 180lbs with riding gear, water, etc.

I've weighed myself with home scale....supposedly good scale, within .5lb accuracy 

Specialized says 84psi for fork, 217 for shock.

I'm wanting 26mm sag on fork, so I've had to lower pressure down to 70.  I'm basically splitting the difference with 23mm firm and 30mm plush. 

Shock is set and st 217 with gear on I'm not getting oring in the sag tool. Been very careful with getting on and off the bike.

Guess my question is how accurate are the manufs recommended air pressures? Seems I should ignore the numbers and just go by measuring. Is this how most of you do it, or are you using manufs info and calling it good?

GF bought these and realized after 2 rides they were too small. 

Anyone need size 40? Selling for $40, or make an offer. 

1 minute ago, Seths Pool said:

awesome man welcome to the club and thank you for your support! you have unlimited access to both locations, you also get a FR512 discount at the peddler bike shop, along with other perks and benefits of membership! 

 

let me know if/when you would like to go to cat if you would like for me to show you around or at least give you some guidance beforehand  

Sweet

Thanks, look forward to it.

11 minutes ago, Seths Pool said:

first and foremost go to freeride512.com and sign a liability waiver. once that's done, contact me, and I can either show you around, or tell you where to go if you wanna explore on your own

Cool, just joined and signed waiver.  

24 minutes ago, Anita Handle said:

You attend the Brah Mitzvah that crazyt is having for his son.

Never been to one.....should I bring a side dish? Haha

34 minutes ago, 4fun said:

I also wouldn’t try to pit ARR against 512! IMOP 512 is not taking anything from ARR. And the membership cost for both is so cheap relative to the cost of being involved in mountain biking in general, that if there is any debate in your mind you should just join both!!!!

Yep, exactly what I'm doing

38 minutes ago, crazyt said:

The city has explicitly said that cat cannot be "open to the public". Everyone who rides there is my personal friend or a friend of a friend. Also Freeride 512 has volunteered to help to patrol because of theft and other mischief on the trails. 

How does one go about being able to ride there? 

11 minutes ago, Seths Pool said:

there is apparently a common misconception about cat mtn where everybody seems to think the place is nothing but big drops, crazy jumps, or scary features.. while there are a few of those sprinkled about, cat mtn is a great trail system as a whole and offers a shit load of variety. raw, technical, rocky terrain, steep, berms, catch berms, jumps, drops or varying sizes, lumber features, challenging climbs, g-outs, fast flowing trails, off camber stuff, narrow single track with exposure, big gap jumps, jump trails, you name it, its pretty much all there. 

 

but as I have mentioned before, cat mtn is pretty good about weeding people out who don't belong there. but for those who do seem to belong, people absolutely love it. its my happy place 🙂 

I want to ride there really bad. From what I've seen on the tube, I need to get my skill level up like it used to be before even thinking about it.

I truly do appreciate the fact that you guys have spent countless hours doing the work. 

I spent A LOT of hours st Lake Granger yrs ago trying to make it rideable. I totally respect the time and effort it takes.

Looks like a badass place

Not "today" new, but few months. Gotta say loving this thing. I've always owned Stumpjumpers going back to '91. 

Was going to go carbon, but the price "guilt" told me this would be fine. 

Bought the GF a Fuse 27.5+. Her first MTB. Shes hooked like we all were when we started. Seeing her face when she cleans something after trying multiple times is the best.

19 hours ago, AustinBike said:

It’s just like riding a bike

It's been humbling. Crazy how much has changed. My 08 stumpy had 640mm bars, now mine has 780mm. I see the benefits, but it's taking a little bit to get used to.

Tire sizes are crazy too. These 2.6's are huge. Definitely liking the traction though. 

8 hours ago, Cafeend said:

Sounds like an amazing first date

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Better 5han a lot of mine have been. Haha

5 hours ago, Cafeend said:

Hey Throet,,thanks for reminding me of Candyland. Been riding that the last few rides over there. Merry Christmas all

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What is Candyland? I've heard a few of you guys mention it.