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Yep it does, looking at the Subaru it’s 1,500 lbs except for a wilderness model that gets worse mileage. Would be looking for a bigger mpg difference if I am downsizing. Looking at popups and teardrops that are getting close to 1,500 lbs. Might just have to get used to city driving in the Passport

Will that is a great sell for the car. One of the things I like about the Passport is the perceived feeling of safety while driving on highways with all the bro-dozers. Feel less safe in the Forester but obviously it is safe.

Thanks! Drivetrain is definitely different. Don’t love the CVT transmission but gets decent mpg.

Any thoughts on a Subaru Forester? Have a Honda Passport but a little big for us and our city life. Looking at Forester for city driving and some trips with the MTB. Anyone have experience with this car?

Reveille Peak is having a festival for the eclipse, have heard they got a permit for 100k, who knows how many will show but dang. Going to be in Leakey for it, not looking forward to the craziness.

Awesome price, but would bin that drivetrain, nx is pretty bad. Leaves you with a hg freehub, so could go shimano linkglide or Microshift looks good as well!

Sorry to hear about the health troubles. This got me to schedule a doctors appointment and blood draws. Wishing everyone good health going forward!

Spoke to Fox, they said 2019 X2 is one of the most reliable shocks they have ever produced. Looks like 2021-2023 X2 had issues.

Thanks for the info, have a 2019, looking into this.

Were you out there today? Was wondering if it is rideable?

I had to look up the travel on Rockshox Indy and I found this, would also like to check out that trail again on modern suspension.

How are the conditions? Looked wet and foggy earlier in the week up top.

Forest Ridge was so good, might have heard about some “friends” that did some secret rides out there with a get away car, lol. I had that MTB booklet, well a photocopy of it, but as a kid that thing was amazing, can’t find it for the life of me. Remember it listing where to swim nearby after the rides. Good luck with that nowadays.

My first real MTB bike was a ‘94 rockhopper, lived by City Park and rode it rigid all the time (was a dumb teenager though). Was a big deal when at Christmas I got a Rockshox Indy fork. Made city park life so much better. Cantilever brakes were the weak link.

I live in Mueller and we got pummeled last night. Worst hail storm I have ever been through and I have been through a lot. Sounded and felt like mortars were hitting our building. It was like a heavy rain shower but baseball sized hail. Neighborhood is a mess. Both our cars are most likely total losses. Luckily our windows didn’t get destroyed like a lot of our neighbors. Gonna miss rides until car situation gets sorted and it will be slow, walking around and any car parked outside has massive damage.

My first real trail ride was at Forest Ridge as well! ‘94 on my Rockhopper. Rode up from bull creek. It was such a great trail and had good elevation. Crashed into barbed wired and got a cut on my stomach. Luckily had my tetanus shot before that. Loved that trail. RIP. Still ride once in a blue moon over at St. Ed’s.

I think on Shimano brakes you are supposed to open the reservoir whenever you push the pistons back in, but I usually never do that. Sounds like you had too much fluid for sure. I use the Park tools pad spreader (pp1.2 methinks)but not on the pistons themselves, can damage the pistons. Just keep pads in and keep the tool nice and clean. The new one the p2-1 I think is more to get the the brake pads spaced as to not rub.

Oh wow, great memories!

Brutal humidity, ladies would spend a lot of time on their hair for it to flop down as soon as they walked outside. I had a whole collection of VHS tapes that got ruined in the shipping container b/c of the humidity. I miss haggling on electronics prices, back when I lived there it was years ahead of the west on electronics.

Living in Singapore for my secondary school years it was hot and humid. Had lots of local friends who either didn’t have “aircon” or never used it (people that bought our house never used our amazing mini splits in every room setup). Just open window and fans, not a lot of wind unless there was a storm. We played sports like basketball in open air gyms, American football in full pads etc. Definitely took some acclimation but totally doable and you just stay hydrated and enjoy the daily rain. It was weird seeing the Chinese teams drinking hot water during games. When I visit Singapore I don’t suffer and my friends come here and say, “it’s almost as bad, lol.” So guess these brutal summers keep me honest and it makes sense why I prefer the muggy mornings!

Yep I fill my camelback about 40% full of water, blow some air inside, lay it flat in freezer with the tube on top so water will flow and cold side is backside. I do better in the humidity over the heat for some reason, sweating buckets is annoying but feels kind of good. Sometimes there is a breeze in the am. I just suffer in the late afternoon heat more and am afraid of the dark, so morning rides for me. I also don’t drink anything special, Gatorade powder so I can water it down and I make my own salt drinks. Seems to work just fine, I know there are better mixes that are healthier etc, but haven’t really seen an improvement and I am just a weekend warrior.

Beauty of a rig!

It’s time to replace my frame bearings. Looking for recommendations for a shop to do the work. Anyone have good experiences recently getting this done locally?

RIP Forest Ridge and cantilever brakes.