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I bought a Yakima roof rack a while back and the knob that tightens the wheel holder stopped working correctly, hit them up and thought they would send me a new part, but they ended up sending me a whole new rack.

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Agreed. Been here since '72 when I was 2.
For me .. I think the reactions to something like pollens is natural. It can suck sometimes . It is my body's reaction naturally that helps me more that swallowing pills. I expect my eyes to get irritated. I expect the scratchy throat or snot nose. That's how the body reacts to something like pollen. When I'd did take a pill to dry my runny nose for example I feel so much worse. I just roll with it and rarely have bad issues.
Blow my nose.. cough up junk a bit
Meds make me feel cloudy and worse off.

I am skeptical of the medical industry and think the so called allergy doctors stumbled on a gold mine and sell snake oil to people in the name of managing allergies.




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I know everyone throws CBD around for everything, but I forgot to mention that it does seem to help with allergy symptoms. Especially with drainage in my ears. YMMV...

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I feel your pain! A huge help, although only so effective, is to try a nasal rinse, doing that after riding/being outside and taking a shower (on top of, several allergy meds and nasal sprays [emoji2357]) usually is enough to keep me from getting sick.

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That does look fantastic!  But could you please reach out to someone and have them re-route the trail the other direction?  I wall ride much better to the left....
-CJB

Looks fun!

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I have heard some people complaining on the fakebook about scratches on their rides from the chairlift at Spider.  Anyone here experience this?

Okay, checked out Spider Mt with Ganderson today, and here's my take, for anyone interested:

We did the green (Itsy Bitsy) first; honestly I was wishing I could start over and do something else. Too much pedaling in order to make it fun at all... BUT... that's exactly what makes it ideal for kids and total newbs; some other parks I've been to had a lot of "greens" that I would hesitate taking kids or newbs on, so good on them for that. We hit it expecting it to be more of a fun warm up like big mountain greens tend to be, but it is a legit beginner trail.
The blue (Viper's Den) was pretty good at first but got boring after 5 or so runs (for us). It's a mild jumpy-bermy trail, so those that like that stuff will probably wear it out.
The double black, "Stinger" (AKA Rotor Smoke) was a blast; steep, fun features, and while sketchy, it was fun sketch. But, as a result of the consistent steepness, short. It also sucked when I started getting fatigued[emoji14]. It'll take me a few more runs down it though to find all the best lines and make the most of it.
The black... "Sticky Icky", was sketchier than Stinger, IMO, and not good sketch. I think there are better lines through the off-camber stuff, I just kept ending up in the bad lines, and due to its nature, you can't easily hop lines there. If Stinger is double black (and I'd say it is, compared to other parks), then I'd say this one qualifies as 1.75 black... so round up.
IMO, they need a legit black; something like "Viper's Den" in steepness (and thus length, too), but with the tech of "Stinger".
Unfortunately, we totally forgot about the 1/2 blue (Venom), which is accessible from the green... I'll go back and hit it when they get another trail or 2.
Everything was super dusty and slippery though; it would be a lot more fun a day after a rain.

Maybe heckling people riding down the trails?  [emoji1] 

I did find this on their site, hitting the alternate revenue stream angle.  https://www.spidermountain.com/
" Spider Mountain Bike Park offers a variety of trails for all abilities - with an aggressive plan to add more trails regularly. Once you've had your fill of gravity-fueled thrills, sample our lake resort amenities where you'll find lodging, camping, SUP and boat rentals at our private marina and more. "
After zooming in on GoogleMaps Satellite view I found a link to a resort with the same address as Spider Mountain website references. Thunderbird may be what they purchased, and the resort site provides some additional info on amenities that may be a part of the overall plan. If so, I'll say that their business plan may offer more elements than are shown on the SM website so far. It seems to be better thought out than the impression the SM site paints. EDIT: Same link is on the SM site as "LODGING" at the top of each page.
http://www.thunderbirdvacation.com/
 

Same. 

The OneUp Components dropper was on sale yesterday for $160 without a remote. I picked one up as a spare for when I'll need to have my Transfer serviced soon. Not sure if the coupon will still work, I found it on their Instagram page.

But they look very user friendly to service, come with a 2yr warranty, and a replacement cartage is $80 outside of warranty. Plus, you can adjust the height of them.

That's insane! Looks like the same "name brand" I have, glad to hear they're sending you a new one.

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In the subject of letting the air out, make sure you do it slowly and cycle the shock a few times, then let out more, repeat. If the shock sucks down and is hard to pull out, put air back in it and repeat the above.

I made this mistake the first time I took the air can off and I didn't realize that air got stuck in the negative chamber. Long story short, I ended up having to replace the seals. Not huge deal, but unnecessary at the time.

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Here's two of runs at Spider Mountain from the other weekend, super fun place!

Rotor Smoke:

It's much easier to over clamp the frame than it is the seat post. The thin walls of our hydro formed AL frames and Carbon tubes were not designed for clamping loads. I'd rather risk scuffing a replaceable seat post than crushing my frame.

Make sure you clean the post and the rubber on the clamp and you should be fine, Fox even specifies in their documentation for the Transfer that it is okay to clamp it in a stand. You should only have problems if the contact areas are dirty, then you could get scratches/scuffs.

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Haven't take it in yet.
I'm a bit embarrassed to take it in and say "It makes a lot of noise on the trail... but not right here on flat ground, just trust me though!"
I'll take it in some day this week though and will keep you guys updated.

dont use your coupon, just bring it in and say it has a problem

What would be the purpose of doing VR MTB trails if you can't move the bike around--which is the big differentiator as compared to road cycling?  Short of a full hydraulic setup in which you can move the bike, I don't see the point.  What am I missing?  (disclosure:  have never tried VR stuff)

It looks like that's probably the issue. This is what it says in my email header. You'll probably have to authenticate that atariage domain to send email from austinmountainbiking

ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.google.com;
       dkim=temperror (no key for signature) header.i=@austinmountainbiking.com header.s=default header.b=RRJ2DFf1;
       spf=neutral (google.com: 23.111.137.222 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of bike@warlords.atariage.com) smtp.mailfrom=bike@warlords.atariage.com
Return-Path: <bike@warlords.atariage.com>

5 minutes ago, Albert said:

Thanks for the feedback.  I haven't been able to figure out why Gmail will let most email from the forum through, but will periodically mark them as spam.  I've had the same problem with other servers in the past. 

 ..Al

Have you checked out the following?

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/180707?visit_id=636704755499081474-1919860246&p=email_auth&hl=en&rd=1

Emails from the admin@austinmountainbiking.com show up with the question mark next to them, implying they aren't being authenticated to the domain for reason? The update emails aren't showing this behavior.

Yes, mine went to spam in Gmail, I reported it as not spam.