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If you haven't been out on Sub Ninja in recent weeks, get out soon. The dirt was amazing today and bluebonnets have taken over the areas from the fires last August. It's beautiful.

How are the trails looking? Last update I saw from 2 days ago on Twitter was still miserable. Ridable this afternoon or are they still a swamp after all the rain?

This made me sad as I have a GG Smash I absolutely love. It's been indestructible for me so far and I've had some doozy crashes. I was able to get backup frame components from Canfield so at least I'm good from that perspective if/when things do start falling apart.

I've only done single laps a few times and I always start at Camp Tejas and go counter clockwise. I've been thinking that starting at Cedar Breaks and going clockwise might be a tad easier though. What's the route for the Dragon Slayer? Clockwise or CC? Is there a specific start point?

Anyone been riding Brushy recently? Seems the only days I'm able to make time to get out it's either raining or just finished raining. Are the trails rideable or too muddy?

The idea was mostly to keep grime out of the brake pads/rotors but it sounds like a bad idea. Thanks for the tips! I'll forgo the cover. We're driving to Bentonville to ride there for a week in early August and then on to Duluth to get some rides there and go fishing.

I kind of consider Brushy Creek and Suburban Ninja the same trail network because I frequently hit both and sometimes both in the same ride. But I guess they technically are not connected. I hit the regional trail from my house and run Brushy Creek(Peddlers, Mulligan, Deception, Picnic) and then run up through the neighborhood to Suburban Ninja and run that until I hit Redhorn for beers. Then a slow ride home back down SN along the creek, downhill through the neighborhood, back on the regional trail and home.

I don't think I've ever been bitten by a horse fly or at least I've never noticed. Then again I can walk through a wall of mosquitoes and not get bit either. My poor wife on the other hand... if there is a single mosquito within 10 miles it'll find her and she'll have welts all over. She curses me daily from April though October.

I have a Thule hitch rack for 2 bikes and would like to pick up a cover for longer trips. Anyone have any recommendations? I'm on a large frame slacked out enduro bike with 790mm bars and my wife's is a small frame trail bike with 740mm bars. Found this one on Amazon that I'm looking at but curious if anyone has any suggestions. Amazon.com: Formosa Covers Travel Bike Cover for Rear Hitch Mount Rack on Car, Truck, RV, SUV - Fully Encloses Bike for Safe Transport on Road Trip - Heavy Duty 600D Material Protection - Transparent Tail Light Reflectors (Dual (1-2 Bikes)) : Sports & Outdoors

Ah, the old 255 A/C. Two windows down at 55mph. I had my A/C in my 20 year old truck go out right before that heat wave in 2011 and drove it through that heat and four straight years without A/C until I finally gave in a bought a new one because of other mechanical issues. I do have to admit that air conditioned seats blowing cold air up your bum is pretty nice.

We have a trip to Bentonville coming up and my wife has been looking around for a new bike and fell in love with the 27.5" Trek Fuel EX 9.8 she test rode. Got a decent clearance deal since it's a 2021 Gen 5 so I pulled the trigger. Going to surprise her with it when she gets home today.

I've had CushCore for 3 years now and have the same experience. Since I've been running the inserts(I recently switched from CushCore to Rimpact) I've had exactly one unfixable flat and that was a sidewall tear at Walnut. Still have no idea how I managed that at Walnut but it happened. Rode back to the car basically just on the CushCore insert and had zero issues outside of a mushy rear tire with no air. All other flats were minor punctures where the sealant did its job and required no further work. Yes, inserts add quite a bit of rolling weight which is why I switched to Rimpact(nearly half the weight of CushCore) but it's well worth the peace of mind for me. Especially since a little extra weight just means I have to work a bit harder which is a good thing.

You are so right. Don't get me wrong, I still completely screw up shifts with a big ole "F***" right near the top of the short, steep climb/feature that I failed but that happens far less with the 1X. 🙂

The top still stays bald when I grow it out but I'm tall enough that most people can't see it! I just pretend it's a full head of hair as a last gasp to hold onto my youth. I tried the loose, long sleeve shirt this morning and you're spot on. Did an easy ride at Brushy from 7 to 8 this morning and it was just a heavy, sopping wet mess at the end. I'll be going back to the tighter, short sleeved BCG "moisture wicking" shirts from Academy that are around $10. They seem to do the best for me at a decent price. I'm with you. 97 degrees and 40% humidity at 5pm is better than 79 degrees and 80% humidity at 8am in my opinion. Those are yesterday's numbers at my house in Round Rock. I know what the heat index charts say but my body tells me a very different story. I have a personal weather station at my house in Round Rock if you're interested in seeing the chart data for temps and humidity in the area. Personal Weather Station Dashboard | Weather Underground (wunderground.com)

Nice. I love it when companies do things like that. Those probably cost them pennies and it's a nice gesture to keep customers happy. I had the opposite experience with Raceface. I was upgrading my brakes last week and over torqued my grips(torque wrench was still set to brake caliper bolts) when I was done. Then I subsequently stripped the grip hex bolts trying to get them off. No big deal but when I contacted Raceface support to ask what kind of bolts to get for my particular grips, their response was literally, "We don't know, go ask your local hardware store." I kid you not.