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I'm in the same boat - decided to fly into Salida this summer, and save myself the drive. I had my original 2011 Stumpjumper brought up from storage in the Springs. That has an early 1 x 11 on it, and it's gonna be interesting, since I'm so used to my Eagle setup!

I prefer to think of them as the 'Vienna Sausages'.

Never met the fellow, to my knowledge. No great loss.

You’d think after a million posts, he might have said farewell.

Nice shot of Absolute! Did you ride Chicken Dinner? I own a piece of land right across the river from the final descent.

Why is your time here done?

Columbine Mountain Bike Trail, Leadville North, Colorado (mtbproject.com)

Ouch! Those high-speed, unexpected wipeouts can be the worst. When I converted my Tallboy from 29 to 27.5 format - and in every respect it's a better bike - I had to go through a period of adjustment to stop having hard pedal strikes and bottom bracket impacts, often resulting in a sudden, unexpected dismount. I now ride with a higher tire pressure and a little more air in the rear shock, and all is good. There's a circular root out at Suburban Ninja at the perfect height to catch your bike shoe in - I have to remember it's there every time I take this innocent little turn, and one day it's gonna get me. Heal up, man.

That's exactly where I was yesterday morning - didn't spot any critters, though.

Ah - I assumed you rode to the ride! Way more convenient than shuttling!

I wouldn't call that abbreviated, unless you skipped the mandatory post-ride beer in town (I like to go to Benson's).

It's no wonder the BC thread has almost ten times the number of posts as the R&I thread 😞 This would never have happened back on Mojo!

I have a whole effen house to build ...

Sorry to miss you - we had gone over to COTA to see Beyond Van Gogh, and boy was I glad that big tent is decently air-conditioned.

Not all, but as 'European' fans go, they are kind of up there - principally the English and the Scots, just to be clear.