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It would be pretty easy for an experienced MTBer to rob a bank and disappear into SATN or some other spiderweb type of trail system with the heat on.

Depends where you work. If you happen to work at Robert Kraft's massage parlor, it's probably not too far off the everyday office chatter.

There is one more way to get something through customs.

My dad always sends me anything about bikes from the paper with a note like "you probably already know about this, but it sounds fun". He sent me this one yesterday. Good read. Made me want to go to Spider even more. One day.... https://epaper.statesman.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=b53f58c6-bb75-4a81-835f-f695df0b0b26&pbid=0bd3b62f-2574-4676-88da-58d1361460ab&utm_source=app.pagesuite&utm_medium=app-interaction&utm_campaign=pagesuite-epaper-html5_share-article

I heard a lot of actors go by their full names because the Screen Actors Guild requires every member to have a unique name. Even if nobody has ever heard of that name, if some dude with the same name made a commercial and became a member of the SAG, it's taken. One prime example, "Michael Fox" was taken so he added the J. Then tried to go back to the future to meet and kill the original Michael Fox. Fortunately for that original "MF"er, he turned into a werewolf and played a basketball game instead. True story.

I'm just jealous. I'd love to see that guy ride for the 2 seconds that I could keep up before he dropped me.

Name dropper.

I've read really good things about the Marin too, but damn is that thing ugly. I guess it's kind of like riding a lefty. If you like being randomly asked about your freak bike by strangers at the trailhead, this is the product for you.

It's not a single pivot. Looks like the same linkage as the Marin Wolf Ridge. https://www.marinbikes.com/bikes/family/wolf-ridge

No, just grab an electric scooter and hit the trails.

That is an awesome story. I wonder how many people have gotten to pet a wild owl?

He is probably low on blood sugar. I'd start him on a Tootsie Pop now. I hear it takes quite a few licks to get to the center.

My daughter spent the night at a friend's house this weekend, and she went for a bike ride on a borrowed bike. When she got home she wouldn't shut up about how crappy her friend's bike was. "It had a coaster brake and didn't even have gears!" I've created a tiny bike snob!

I'm concerned that y'all are grouping all these one-wheelers into one personality type. These are being ridden by individuals. It only takes one asshole dumbing down the trail for everyone and running old ladies into cacti. As this is a brand new form of trail users, they aren't going to have the "town elders" that we have to teach trail etiquette to the younger riders. I think it is a good idea for MTBers to maintain a healthy relationship.

Countless lives have just been saved.

If you want to ride like the greatest XC racer to ever live, you don't need a dropper. For us humans, super helpful.

I rode out at Big Bend this past weekend where the trail is not nearly as technical as around here. To conserve energy, I purposely descended some of the jeep roads seated with the post fully-extended. Inevitably, when I got to the bottom of the hill, I would still stand up and hit the dropper lever to raise the seat (even though it was extended the whole time). Just sayin', old dogs can learn new tricks. Congrats on the new bike and new dropper. Drop it on a fast, flowy section and pretend you are kid again.

When I first moved to Austin, I bought a kayak. Of course what followed was multiple years of drought and dry riverbeds, so I sold it. I guess I need to buy a new kayak, you know, for all of us. I'll update y'all with the gofundme link shortly. Your welcome.

I think the biggest misconception with droppers is that they are only useful on extended downs. There is no "fiddling". The lever is just a thumb swipe away and intuitive to use (if mounted under the bar). You can raise or lower the post way faster than a shift, and how often do you grab a fistfull of gears per ride without a second thought. In g-out whoop sections, I'll lower the post for the down hill part and pop it back up right a the bottom so I can immediately get back on the pedals. And not just downhills. Swoopy corners, jumps, drops, and even just getting on and off the bike. I basically drop the post anytime I'm not actively climbing. A lot of dropper deniers will say "I have no problem getting back behind the seat", but that is really not good form. It was just the only technique available at the time they learned. Think about it as getting your weight low, not back.

I just don't get these new fangled steam engines. I'll just keep on plowing my field with this ole mule. If you find yourself not using your dropper much, that's great news. It means you have that much more potential to get faster by better utilizing your equipment. Droppers allow you to lower your center of gravity. You can corner and descend faster with a lower center of gravity. It's science.

Well, it is the desert. Missed you, buddy!

Not in Austin, but I had a couple good rides this weekend.

Let's just hope they use this newfound income to make their community a better place to live. No more homeless children living on the mean the streets of River Place!

Buy it. Do it. Buy it. If you buy a new FS (even a pure XC bike) these days will have a slacker HTA than 68*. Why obsess over whether this trend lends itself to our geographic region or not? I was going to sum it up with the same words as Motopail. Confidence inspiring. Now, go buy a big, plush, slack bike, slam it into some rocks, and remember how much fun it is to ride a bike.

Just keep turning right.