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I first arrived in Austin for an internship during college in the Fall of 2001. I drove over to ride a trail called Forrest Ridge. It was a great trail!

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I have seen this a number of times with shimanos latest crop of cranksets. Bikes that have had one installed for over a year and then if falls off. The Spec is 14Nm, but we started tightening higher to prevent them from falling off. I even notice the prebuilt bikes coming from the manufactuers torqued beyond that.

Steeper sta helps bikes climb really well! If you ride up a mtn and back down it would be good. The common complaint about steep seat tubes is more weight on the hands. I'm not a fan of the extreme modern geometry.

I have spondlesosis sp? When I was 13 discovered I had stress fractures in l4 l5. They don't ever go away. I've found if my saddle position is slightly too high my back will hurt. Look at how high the pros have their saddles. Most amatur riders have it too high. Especially short men. When it's too high your hips will rock back and forth. Stretching back muscles and calves before every ride helps. It also helps my hamstring pain that came about. I think connect to the stress fractures. Oval chainrings and more forward saddle position have helped that.

I had more people send me messages about 165mm cranks last week than I've had over the last dozen years thanks to this article.

Any shop that has a bti-usa.com account can use them for a complete service. They are reasonable and it's 2 week turnaround. Much better and lower cost than sending direct to Fox. Their guy there, Kane, is awesome!.

THe bikes I have in stock now are because I placed orders last July... 😉 Many of the bikes on the rack are demo bikes. I had been diligent about keeping orders in the queue so that I have bikes trickling in throughout this year.

My Ripley and Ripmo demos are my best sales tools for Revel Rascals and Orbea Occams. Many customers are on the fence about getting the Ripley or Ripmo. I say, "Here try these two bikes." They demo them and typically purchase a Revel or Occam. Those two bikes sit right in the middle of the two Ibises.

I have tried wider bars a few times. I installed some 760 bars on my personal bike. I ended up with hand fatigue and pain. I reinstalled my old 720 bars and my hands were glad. I couldn't figure it out. Both bars had the exact same sweep and were angled the same way.

Had some youtubers swing through town. They hit me up for a local ride. I had about an hour and a half to show them a ride. I probably should not have allowed certain trails to be filmed, but oh well. I kind of got caught up in the moment to show them a fun ride.

Fold it up and put it in a ziplock?

I remember years ago when DK ranch was bought by the bcccp. They put up the fence right in the middle of that bird's nesting season all the while clearing a large corridor through the trees. At the time I was able to find the email addresses for all of the city council people. I sent an email to all of them explaining the hypocrisy of the actions of the bcccp. The fence building stopped shortly after that, but eventually resumed.

Agreed +2. I've been saying the same thing for years.