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The Tip

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  1. Yes, locks don't stop dedicated bike thieves. They only prevent thefts by opportunity.
  2. I think all the warnings and disaster proclamations ("Buy extra food! Stores will run out!!" etc) are going to be another Y2K bust I do believe that traffic on 290 will be a nightmare though.
  3. sigh. I really didn't want to address this but, to protect what little reputation I have, I am compelled to do so. I am not sure why I am having to endure TAF's unrelenting wrath. It started with his suggestion for a cleanup of a particular spot in the SATN. I didn't immediately jump on it and make it happen. He has been very angry at me since. I'm not sure why he didn't organize this event himnself if it was so important to him. But I'm amazed that he accuses me of "doing nothing for the community." The irony being that I would be willing to bet that there are less than five people in town that have given as many hours to trail building, maintenance, organizing clean ups, putting on community building events, and participating in other's events too, (ARR etc), as I have. For example, I've used Strava to track my walking miles at trail work for eight years now. I average over a hundred miles a year. That includes just walking to do hours long projects at single spots. It would be fun if Strava tracked all time hours at each activity too. He wants The SATN Facebook page to be an open forum. Well, that is not why that page was created. It is only for information dissemintation. There are at least two other local mtbing Facebook pages that are designed for open discussions. So his ire about that perplexes me too. I have nothing against the man. This all just seems so strange to me.
  4. I was getting reverse snobbery about my almost bald rear tire. Astonished looks followed with a "man, you need a new tire" comments were frequent. I finally put a new one on when heading to Big Bend. So that's my philosophy.
  5. I was shocked by this reelection result. Not only that he won, but by the margin.
  6. It's such a pleasure to see the city cleaning up camps after so many years of doing nothing. Two big camps on the Big East Loop of the SATN have been cleared. One at the Bluff Springs entrance to Onion Creek Metro, and the other off of Brandt Rd. Now if they can just get the police to nip in the bud any new activities. Policeman, "Nope. Sorry buddy, move it right now. And pick up all your trash!" Much easier to get that single camper gone before it turns into another environmental diaster area.
  7. I think if you post your picture to the 311 app it automatically locates where the picture was taken.
  8. We're staying at Buescher SP Wednesday and Thursday night this week. What are the chances of the RHR trails being ok to ride either day?
  9. Install the Austin 311 app. Take a picture of every camp every time and send it in right then, The more reports the better. The city IS removing camps, They just don't move as quickly as we would like of course.
  10. Exactly. That is of course what it is for. Several people have observed what you have. The amazing thing to me is that the author of that article, that is merely reposting a viral video, is posting it in A BIKE MAGAZINE! Obviously that guy never does trail work. I give him a semi-pass though because lots more people watch "The Walking Dead" than do trail work.
  11. Rumor has it there is now a trail connection from the brewery to the Boggy Down trail. Pretty cool
  12. It is soon to be official. The stakeholders and the city officials have met and okayed the name to now be "Maxwell Trails". It will take awhile to be changed on all the different platforms.
  13. It's hard to miss the reroute and it is so minor it doesn't affect the recording of the Strava route. BTW, there are all sorts of sponsors for this. I don't know how much swag they are bringing but it's cool that Shimano, Giant, Santa Cruz, and Sram have all jumped on board. It's going to be fun
  14. Dang, that's not good. Thanks for the heads up. All social media and schedules were scoured for conflicts prior to this date being picked. Oh well, more coordination in the future hopefully. I guess folks will have to decide if they want a single track mountain biking experience or an interesting road-dirt hybrid ride. Either way, winners all!
  15. 67 miles. Free. Fun. Shirts available. yada yada yada Detailed info: https://www.mtbatx.com/satnsocial2023
  16. I tried another way. Posted another one from our hotel room in Biloxi too. Can these be seen? Expand the quote to see the new attempt
  17. Thanks for the feedback. I am so techtarded!
  18. I think other folks beat you to it. When did Mother Nature get so darn sensitive anyway? I still haven't found a really compelling reason why they are so bad. Even the individual National Parks themselves cannot agree on a policy.
  19. At the top of Cairn Me Up at Glorieta, NM (experimenting with a different way to post a picture. Hope it works) Trying yet ANOTHER way. We had to take our bikes to the room because the place we had to park was sketchy
  20. I can't remember exactly when it was. 20 years at least. But it was after reading about maybe the third road biker getting killed or injured on 360 by a car. "I'm not riding road anymore!" I bought a rigid Trek at a pawn shop and started exploring the trails starting in Dick Nichols Park. Still ride them of course. There's a little bit more trail than there was back then. 😉
  21. I drive to the ride when I a take the ice chest for post-ride dranking. I drive to the ride a lot. 😁 I also drive to the ride if I'm going somewhere far and exotic, like Walnut. But like Sluggo said, most of my SATN rides start about a block from my house.
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