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  1. I've run into this a bit in the past. Try playing with the bars as your current handlebars are pretty much common spec for most offerings, and you'll need something kinda extreme otherwise. Grips like ergon and altering saddle position can help too. 
    Thankfully there's lots of vids on YT that break this down
    Thanks for the feedback..while riding today I tried to pay attention more on what could help with more adjustments.
    I'll say that moving my levers helped but could probably move them more...and being more aware of putting my weight on my feet instead of hands has helped a lot. My hands used to fall asleep on me a lot more than now.

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  2. I feel like my wrist are a little too inward or the bar is too straight..im assuming I need to change my backsweep..here's the specs of what I got know..

     

    Specialized Trail, 6061 alloy, 27mm rise, 780mm width, 8[degrees] backsweep, 6[degrees] upsweep, 31.8mm diameter

     

    I think about a 1/4" turn of my wrist outward would be good.. Let me know yalls thoughts thanks..

     

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  3. Rode cedar breaks to spring and back...the trail was in good condition, high grass by the lake of course so wear long sleeves and pull your socks up if you don't want to get itchy .. still haven't cleared the climb up to cliffs its a doosey...only saw a few teenagers there and back definitely better than the weekend traffic wise

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  4. Couple things I was thinking on ride today..

    YMCA has got to be one of the tougher greens.
    And on double down, at what point is it considered a passing grade ..would getting off your bike less than 10 times over the 3mile be considered a C- ...that was my goal and I dismounted 10 times with 2 dabs so I called it 11.

    I'll tuck my head and kick my bike back over to walnut creek...

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  5. Thanks again. Even though my time here is done, I will still point people this direction. This is a well run, amazing resource. 




    I'm confused. Did I miss something? Does someone need to go check on TheX?


    Any clarification on this..I didn't know theX personally but he was pretty active on here and thought it would be cool to ride with him sometime..
    I hadn't seen anything in other posts to suggest an exit..I figured with what he added to this forum people would ask more questions ..I haven't been here long but always liked his posts sorry to see you go X

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  6. Thanks for the ride report!  The climbing at altitude is no joke.  While it is true, I do enjoy a good climb- the higher altitude I get out of breath and my legs are fine.  Thanks for the time benchmarking for the climb- I don't expect to get much better timing.  Those photos are awesome!  Seriously thought about starting out in Telluride with the gondola assisted downhilling until I got adjusted a little, and then I recalled the million dollar highway.  Hard pass on driving that road.  Were there any sketchy drives?  


    No sketchy drives on our route but we flew in to Denver and just hit 70 over to Glenwood springs and stayed in Carbondale...both cool little towns by the way

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  7. Heres a pic of near the top of sky mountain ...you can tell the difference in dirt and plants...its wild how that area can have mountains of red, green and brown all next to each other. Carbondale looked to have some nice trails on a red mountain i didn't check those out though.

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  8. I just got back from there yesterday, rented a stumpy from aspen bikes downtown and with no way to tow bike we just rode the two mountains by rental...smugglers mountain and sky mountain.

    I know you like to climb since your with Barry and smugglers is a climbers dream..
    You can park at the base of smugglers and begin the 3mile accent to top, it was brutal for me and took an hour, I don't like climbing or cardio ha. Once at the top which is around 9k feet there is some sweet trails with nice techy flow and big aspen trees ..I liked tootsie roll and lollipop trails the best.
    Around the lake at top of smugglers its more open and grassy I didn't explore much on that side. There is a cool river crossing and an old mining house to check out.
    We took hunter creek trail on the way down, lots of hikers, and hit the only rock garden on whole trip. It was a fun downhill.

    After lunch we hit up sky mountain...you can park near base there too across from airport.
    It was about a 2mile climb up airline trail but smoother dirt and less crowded with tighter switchbacks on the way up. Easier climb than smugglers but still tough.
    At this point I was pretty smoked so just turned back and bombed down Airline..that was the best downhill..so damn fun.
    It was more brushy with sage and dusty on sky mountain and seemed like would be more flow trail from what I could see at the top. The two mountains had totally different scenery.

    Pics all from smugglers..










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  9. I'd ride an ebike..never have but rode with guys that did..seems fun..if your going fast still takes skill to maneuver the trail at speed..just cause your on an ebike still doesn't mean you're Barry or wlemke fast on a trail

     

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  10. I feel like we've beaten this topic to death already. can we discuss religion, flat pedals, or the national debt instead?


    Government and wokeness is the new religion, flat pedals are awesome.. bigger the better, national debt obviously does not mean anything...print it baby

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  11. Check out Blanco river, just need to find deep spots...lots of rivers around here but most get pretty shallow in spots..attach a rope so you can pull the yak behind you when hiking shallow spots

     

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