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I had one of those as well. It worked on low volume tires only, so I stopped using it about 2 years ago. It was fun to build and use, but it got "lost in the move." I don't miss it.

Same here. My 3 gallon 100psi compressor is no more effective than my air blasting floor pump. If I can't seat it with the pump, I'm not going to get it seated with the compressor. Edit: this one, https://www.jensonusa.com/Foundation-Airblast-Tubeless-Floor-Pump-Alloy-Barrel-Twin-Valve-260-PSI?pt_source=googleads&pt_medium=cpc&pt_campaign=shopping_us&pt_keyword=&gclid=Cj0KCQiAnY_jBRDdARIsAIEqpJ1x07s2rcEsfR3Qdj8zQefQKfe3sqx_5ts4JTc8YUCb0JGmMTQdMBQaAipjEALw_wcB

Even dead, he still wins the derailer argument.

I've done this Harris Branch connection quite a few times now. And while it doesn't have a bike path, it isn't terrible. From Howard to Parmer is the worst part because it has no significant shoulder, and has bad traffic. But at lest it is very short, and you can even sidewalk some of it. The longest section between Parmer and 290 has variable shoulder widths and variable sidewalk availability. But the traffic along this section is always very light. Traffic picks up again between 290 and Lindell (Southern Walnut access), but the shoulders are wide and this section is short.

Ah. That makes sense. Twitter (you?) said it was raining at Brushy when it was raining at my house near WC. That lasted about 30 minutes, so I assumed the same was true just up the road.

Thanks for the feedback on SN all. That worked out great! The trails are in very good condition. Even east Peddlers and Mulligan. Brave the cold and get a ride in before that changes again.

One week certainly isn't too long. But you may also consider taking the day to make the fairly short drive (< 1.5 hour, I think) to Fruita for the Kokopelli Area's Horsethief Bench and other trails. And while in Moab, don't forget Bartlet's Wash. It'll be a short, but fun ride. Do it on a recovery day.

Good point that it's repairable. I've had 2 steel frames break. One I had a friend repair (an old Jenson house brand, Zion), and one was simply replaced by the manufacture (Motobecane/Bikes Direct) since it was during the 7 year warranty. Good call going with Reynolds 725 as well. Both my steel frames have been 4130.

This is crazy cheap for a custom frame. For a person who doesn't break frames this would be a good deal. But a 6 month warranty is a non starter for me, unfortunately.

So doing everything once yields me about 20-21 miles now. Maybe 22 miles when all of Peddlers Pass and Mulligan dries up. I think the only thing I've never bothered to add is The Peddler's bike shop out-n- back. For anyone who's ridden that bit, is it a worth while addition given the neighborhood spin to get to it? It looks like the trail portion is almost 2 miles, and the road spin is only about 1 miles. So my total ride would work out to be maybe 26 miles.

They're a little hard to come by for free, that's for sure. And even harder to come by if it's an obscure bike. Take the RM Thunderbolt for example. Bicycle World promised they'd get me one in at the start of the year for a demo, but I only heard crickets. And now the time for me to demo has come and gone.

It seems like the morning wetness comes and goes every day. If I'm able to, I'll get over there for an exploratory ride this evening. Worst case scenario is that turns into a connector trail and concrete spin.

Good call.

Trail Forks shows a little under 3 miles of singletrack that it says is for biking and describes as technical.

I think this has a decent shot at making GG huge in the industry. Hopefully the launch goes off without too many issues. Congrats to them for the innovation all the way around--I love the modular front triangle idea. Funny that this announcement came out the day after I picked up my new bike, but I'll have to retroactively add them to my big 2019 list to see if I missed out on the perfect geometry bike. Edit: And the biggest news?? They fixed their stoopid high stand-over!

Deception proper was in good shape last night other than a couple or so spots on 1/4 Notch. I don't recall any mud at all on Double Down. But damn that rock was slippery. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk

That's really good production value and a fun watch. No wonder my R37 wheels didn't ship with my 5010, their wheel builder department manager is too busy making videos. Here is a less singy/dancy videos from Bike Rumor that shows a detailed factory tour.

I live just north of WC, so when I do this loop I go all the way to Howard Ln. It isn't great getting there, but Howard has a decent bike path. https://www.strava.com/activities/2012876596

Certainly not "other-worldly," but more like..."post-apocalyptic." And I largely agree with your assessment. But I have made the special trip out there several times just to ride when the Austin local trails were getting rain and SA area was not.

Thanks for all the feedback. We are super excited about the trip! Dry lube and skinny tires it is. I may indeed need to check with those guys about Bear's Best. Trail Forks shows some trails as being closed. And the maps website that @GFisher posted, shows all of Bear's Best as being closed. It says:

@Hakalugi Thanks again for your help so far. We fly out Wednesday night, so I looking for some last minute advice. Tires: What's the sand trap situation? @Jessica has her 2.2" 29er tires and her 2.8" 27.5 Rekons as options. If there are lots of sandtraps, may be that the 2.8s are the way to go. Surely you just ran skinny 29ers as usual though. Chain Lube. I have used ProLink for 13 years, and it has served me well all but one situation. I've used it all over the country and all over Texas to good success, including Big Bend and El Paso. Only that red dirt in Palo Duro caused me problems. I only get about 5 miles in, and the grinding starts once the chain picks up the red dust. Next time I visit PD, I'm going to try a dry, waxy lube. I have some FinishLine Dry that may work out better. So for LV, should I expect Big Bend type of sand/dirt, or Palo Duro type of sand/dirt? Stick with my trusty wet lube, or go with a dry lube? It's hard to not consider world-class trails when you're so close. So indeed I think we're looking to spend one afternoon in the St. George area. Perhaps Goosberry. But it's all weather dependent. We don't want to go out there for a freezing cold ride, or find snow when we're planning on highs in the low 60s. The weather looks to be slightly colder than LV, but not terribly so. Are any of these trails high country/seasonal?

We also have no interest in gambling. We may spend $10 as a novelty one night. I drive a lot for biking. A lot. But I think I have a 13 hour hard limit. I plan to drive to Chattanooga next month, for example, but LV was out of the question too far. No package deals, but yes, we got direct flights through Frontier. I used Google flights to select the airline, but then actually got them on the Frontier site. If you plan far enough out, and are flexible, you could likely get tickets with Frontier for under $100 each way. Our flights to LV were only about $55 each. But our return flights were in the $170 range. One thing about Frontier is that the bike travel fee is $75 per bike per flight. And you can pack up to 99 pounds in the bike box for that price. Frontier is one of the better airlines in this regard, and priced the same as Southwest. At $50 per way, JetBlue is still the best for bikes, while Delta, United and American all have the GFYS pricing of $150 per bike per way. We got a minivan through Priceline, and a decent casino hotel right downtown through Groupon. One thing to be careful about with hotel pricing though...we kept finding decent deals, only to have an extra $50-100 placed on the daily rate at checkout--this happened over and over with Priceline. "Resort fees" or some such, it was calling it. Finally Groupon didn't seem to have those fees, at least for the hotel we found. And at $10/day, I don't see a reason to buy bike boxes with BSS renting them out so cheap. I think if you plan far enough out (which we didn't do), use Airbnb for a room (which we didn't do), pack your clothes in the bike box (we'll do some of that), and get a minivan, an individual could do a 4-5 night Vegas Vacation with rental boxes for about $650, and 2 folks could do it for about $900.

There have been a few very brief showers around the EB area, but now it looks like no persistent rain until very late... and maybe not at all if my radar-fu us working.

Given the very likely rain today and tonight, it does seem that Walnut will be out of the question. So as long as the rain doesn't get crazy, an EB(light) with a truncated GB and no Walnut would be the most prudent option, I suppose. @TAF, how late today do you think the call will be made? The real rain doesn't even start until 3 or 4, so it seems like a fairly late call.