The Tip

This made me laugh because I have the "impressed" reaction to guys that are talking too. Actually call it jealous. Here I am just trying to keep up and these guys are talking like they're sitting in a recliner watching a football game. What the hell?! But it doesn't bother me at all. I will also carry on a conversation sometimes during a ride. Group rides are social rides so I expect conversations. I also expect to ride slowly when I go out with my wife. And, like you, other times I enjoy getting lost in the wilderness, listening to nothing but the outdoors. Rides can be different things and I like that. I enjoy group rides because they force me to just ride. I have a maintenance problem. If I am riding by myself and a branch brushes my arm I will stop to cut it. This happens even when I tell myself at the start of that solo ride that, "I'm not stopping today!"

Hopefully not a new rainmaker. Giant Trance Advanced Pro 1.

Tonight's Crank and Drank: https://www.strava.com/activities/2249711587 15.5 miles of flowy fun. 6 pm behind ATX Bikes. Won't even need a dranking jacket tonight.

https://www.bartonspringsbikerental.com/ Across Barton Springs Rd from Baby Acapulco. They have a lovely video of them sending customers out into the street with no helmets. ps mcfly, your Barton Springs pool scenery discussion is worthless without pictures by the way.

More flowery than bikey: A speaking of the Veloway, LaCrosse was jammed packed with parked cars. The Wildflower Center is going gangbusters.

ATX Bikes will be starting it's new rental operation this coming week with all new Giant models. ATX Bikes is located on the South Austin Trail Network (SATN). It is literally at their back door. The SATN has 85 miles of flowy and fast trails with small sections of techy stuff scattered about.

Agree with your post. But 100 miles is a way too conservative estimate. Shoot, the SATN is now at least 85 miles all by itself. And I never include any of the BCGB in that mileage total. Not even the BCGB trails on our GOOD side of the creek.

There is a trail that connects Firehouse to that South Bay Lane crossover. That will allow you to get to LaCrosse on the east side of Mopac if you are northbound on Firehouse and wanting to get to the top of Terminus.

They should charge admission!

I imagine. Right behind Valero. I was looking at Sluggo's picture above, right above mine, trying to decide if his too was at that spot.

Where your bike is starting to go back up the other side of the ditch while gravity is still pushing your body downwards.

Edited to say that I took my medication and I think I can stop now.

Oops! It's not my fault that you lost because you reused a word. But I won't judge you on that. And that's not just some cheesy line either. I also apologize to you non-punners. You are all probably wondering what the deuce is going on here. Sorry.

Y'all have some balls punning about tennis. Don't string us along though, I'd love to have them all out in the Open right now. I'm dead set on that.

Yes, maybe not for competitive mountain biking. But if a man that was pretty good at tennis or golf thought that he could make millions by switching genders I would guess there would be someone that would do it. Not me of course. OK, probably not me. But the motive is not ATXZJ's concern. It's more about the results. Renee Richards sued and won to be able to compete in tennis as a woman. So there is already court precedence in this matter. Although, "Richards has since expressed ambivalence about her legacy, and came to believe her past as a man provided her with advantages over her competitors, saying "Having lived for the past 30 years, I know if I'd had surgery at the age of 22, and then at 24 went on the tour, no genetic woman in the world would have been able to come close to me. And so I've reconsidered my opinion."

THOSE guys are GREAT! lol

In Washington? Wow. Looking at the flora I kept expecting a monkey to jump out. Or maybe even a velociraptor. Very cool. And yes, it just demonstrates how easy the dual line concept is to accomplish.

I totally agree with Ridenfool. Also agree with the concept lachrimae spelled out. That one is not always so easy to accomplish though. Whenever we have the B line discussion I always use golf courses as an example, Golf courses have multiple tees to accommodate multiple skill groups. The golf course designer never just builds the course to only pro level abilities and says to the other 90% of the golfers, "Screw you losers. Get better." And I think that the golf course analogy works even better when remembering that there is only so much land available for both golf courses and our mountain bike trails. Sure you can say "get better so you can ride the TTF that's there," but impractical. How can somebody get good enough to clear a 3' ledge when there is no progressive learning opportunities? You know, like a 1' then a 2' ledge? It is a problem how often dumbing down happens though. I feel people are so strange that even if there is a B line right there they will end up "helping" by sanitizing the TTF.

I don't mind the "anybody have a..." requests. I'm assuming that the requests are coming from "givers" so their karma is not altered by asking. And by them asking for something that might enable somebody else to enjoy the pleasure of giving. "Hey, I've got one of those in the garage that I'll probably never use, so why not." Just my opinion.

I was confused by that too until I was taught that there is not one specific way to do it. The bonus bonus section is like a clover leaf. You do one section, that comes back to a point, where you then do the next section, etc. After doing the three short loops you return back to the regular bonus section. That part has a defined way to do it. Clockwise to take advantage of the features.

What the hell? I've been out of town. The last time I rode was Tuesday. I got out yesterday and apparently a vegetation bomb has gone off since then. Greenery everywhere! Sure it's pretty and all, but all I see is trail encroachment problems. Time to start ride the sides of the trail to knock that stuff back. It was already a problem starting to happen on the Inner Canterbury Loop. It no doubt needs a weed eating now. sigh. And so it begins.

Forget the what kind of bike do I need. Let's talk what kind of helmet do you need. Does everyone have a full face helmet in their closet too? Watching the videos it seems like most people have one on.

Bikes aren't fun?

REAL snow skiing people HIKE to the top of the mountain, like the old days, before lifts. How can those lift riding pussies enjoy a real skiing experience by using that modern technology?