gotdurt

48 minutes ago, Chief said:

Rode the new rig at Brushy Sunday. Haven't been in 1/4-DD in months. My god the whole trail system is pretty much a shit show. Multiple B lines and cut throughs everywhere not to mention the amount of erosion/deterioration in many spots.

I haven't ridden in a couple of months, but I started trail running again on D recently and noticed the same, seems like it got progressively worse in that short period... I thought maybe because I was running instead of riding, allowing me to see more of the problems from a different, slower perspective, but when I went on Saturday (unusual for me), I observed a lot of users that explained a lot...

E-W; when I do it W-E, my music plays backwards.

28 minutes ago, Morealice said:

Ah. Ok. I was having issues with my clutch  hand/wrist. Have you tried a TENS unit. My gf let me borrow hers and it helped heal the F out of a bad shoulder issue I was having. I ordered the same one for $30 off Amazon. As a dentist, I had always heard about them for jaw stuff but had never used one until now. I’m a believer. 

Yep, I have one and have been using it about a year, although I need to order new pads. With that said, it definitely feels a little better immediately after using it, but I can't say definitively that it has any effect on healing... but I use it just in case.

2 hours ago, Morealice said:

ONE DAY I’m going to get you out for a moto ride. You get that thing sorted yet or whut??

Yea, got the tires installed a while back, but my "tennis elbow" has gotten worse and really doesn't like the throttle or brake,... 20 continuous minutes and my elbow is on fire. The other issue right now is time; between one of my busiest seasons in years (also not helping my tennis/golfers elbows) and trying to keep my new house moving, I'm in over my head.

1 hour ago, Yosmithy said:

Dude. I saw this dude, riding a road bike on Suburban Ninja my first ride out. I think he was a hippie too. WTF?

Pfft, yeah, probably a transplant from the Pacific NW.

😁

8 hours ago, horncpa said:

 Does anyone have any pics or video of Quarter/Double Down back in the 2013 time frame?  I am curious how much it has changed over the years.

Probably won't even recognize some of it.

On 8/29/2020 at 8:14 AM, jcarneytx said:

 

That's so awesome... the sad thing is that these days, if one of those kids falls and gets hurt, the property owner could get sued... I just don't know that I'd invite that.

This line is what took my grin to a chuckle...

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While assembly of this factory direct bike is simple, it takes time and specialized tools. We highly recommend bringing it to a local shop for a safety check/tuning by a qualified bike mechanic prior to riding

4 hours ago, mack_turtle said:

how's this bike coming along? I've been on this page hitting "refresh" over and over again for months!

I sent a couple of email and fb messages since my last post and still haven't heard back. Still enjoying the frame I have, aside from the minor issues mentioned previously.

2 hours ago, Barry said:

If I went custom I'd dial in the HTA slightly. 64 or 65 instead of 63. And running 27.5 I'd also be able to get the CS even shorter presumably. Everything else I'd make to match the feel and fit of my 5010.

Keep in mind that his is a hardtail, so the static head angle changes with rider weight, depending on the amount of set sag and fork travel; the effective head angle becomes steeper (about 1.5* in my case). Likewise, the reach, seat tube angle and bottom bracket height change as well, so be careful not to compare to your 5010 (or any other FS for that matter), as it's a different beast. The online design software that he uses (www.bikecad.ca) allows you to account for this and to see the effects of different forks and sag.

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And I don't really buy bikes for my local trails. I get around quite a bit.

Same here, I optimize for the trails I *like* to ride most, not necessarily the ones I actually ride most... so when I go to AZ/NM/CO/UT, I'm not wishing for another bike. With that said, both of my bikes work pretty darned well for what and how I ride around here; I really wouldn't change anything.

4 minutes ago, GFisher said:

I am sure that whole area will be blocked off and access from one side to the other will be tough for quite an extended period though. ☹️

Construction gap jump!

FYI, I had to replace the PicnicX log again last night, and of course Snaggle had been knocked down again.... I'm really getting irritated with these idiots.

17 hours ago, First-Blood said:

If you're too lazy to take off a shrader valve adapter you are definitely gonna be lazy to bunny hop a snake.
 

That's the way I carry mine on each bike; one on the back, always there when I need it, mostly when tweaking pressures with the compressor before leaving the house.

Thought I would get in a ride before the rains, but apparently so did everyone else. Trails were packed this evening. I went OTB at the beginning of my ride; dropped into PX, went under the bridge, up the bank on the left to dip back across the creek, and on the downside met another guy coming in the opposite direction... went OTB trying to avoid the head-on dropping in. Banged up my thigh and bad wrist while taking a rock into my lower back... it's a Whiskey night, for sure. 

Then, on PX proper, passed never-ending group ride... everyone was pretty cool as we made room to pass each other, but shortly after that a newb came peddling as hard as he could toward me... I moved over make room expecting him to do the same... but he didn't... he held the center line and we came fist-to-fist... Didn't affect me much so I almost didn't even turn around, but when I did, I saw that it separated him from his bike  and sent both flying into the trees, lol. Poor kid was dazzed...

The rest was a sweatfest and an exercise in avoiding other riders; I think I'm done for the summer. Y'all have fun.

11 hours ago, Morealice said:

Trails are boobs right now. Rode today 5:30-8:30pm. HOT AF. 
 

I’d love to know the story behind this new sign on Deception East (aka quarter notch *gag) just above Dub Step

 

I've been meaning to ask the same...

So what can you buy these days with $1500? Apparently a 25 year old DBR Vertex with a clapped-out Manitou Comp... "one of the highest acclaimed Diamondbacks ever made"
https://austin.craigslist.org/bik/d/elgin-diamondback-racing-manitou/7143711936.html
It's "Super light, Superfast, Super smooth", and he guarantees "that you've never in your life riden a bicycle that feels like this. It's an amazing experience."

10 hours ago, Morealice said:

Damn right it is. Wednesday morning was next level amazing (39% humidity at 7am) then yesterday was ooooh, 80% at 7am and today at 6pm was hot but nice. We’re entering 6pm roll out territory for me during the week and then 7am humidity suffer fests on the weekends. 

I was in Cloudcroft, NM riding the dirt bike (rode mtb in Ruidoso one day) a couple weeks ago. The humidity during the day was a whopping 5%. 

How was Ruidoso? Just driving through, that area seems like it would be ripe for some killer trails, but all I've been able to find are flow-type trails. Some time on Google and Youtube reveals that there used to be a couple of good ones, but a forest fire wiped them out years ago.

1 hour ago, throet said:

Another GLORIOUS morning to be out on the trail! 

I rode yesterday and today (I know, right?!), and I was sweating a lot more at the end of my ride today even though I started earlier... the humidity is creeping back in...

27 minutes ago, Cafeend said:

Speaking of which,  for shits and giggles and change of pace I swapped from my clipless to flats yesterday ,, Rode up EBD  as normal,, I missed the clipless. Even that climb up the culvert next to the toll road to the east of Snail that goes to the top sucked. Normally no issues. 

 

Give it time and adjust your technique. I rode clipless for about 25 years, then experimented with flats on my FS bike, while keeping clipless on my singlspeed (because cheating makes SS easier). I almost switched back a couple of times in the beginning because of all of my long-ingrained lazy habits, but after a few months and some adjusting I realized I reached a point where could do everything on my flats that could on clipless, and then some, so I switched them on the SS too. That was about 5 years ago.

19 minutes ago, throet said:

Thank you so much for posting this. I actually had no intention of riding today knowing what the temps and humidity have been like lately. Been so busy too with work that I haven't even bothered with the weather reports. Then I saw this post this morning and luckily had a break between 11-1 to go ride. It was phenomenal for June late morning. Stayed mostly in the shade riding Snail, Rim, and DD and my t-shirt was nearly dry when I finished.   

Same here. I was pretty much ready to park the bike for the summer, but it looks like I'll get to squeeze out a couple more rides before the steam takes over.

7 minutes ago, HoneyBadger said:

What's happening at Snaggle rock?

It's going to be woodified.

45 minutes ago, quixoft said:

100% agree. I'll take Phoenix at 105 deg with 20% humidity vs Houston at 95 deg with 90% humidity.

Bingo. I lived in Mesa for a few years after growing up in Huntsville and Houston, then moved back to Austin in August... then visited my parents in Houston a couple weeks later... it was an eye-opener. Preheat your oven to about 200, then run your dishwasher to the dry cycle, then open each with your face near the opening... Feel the same? Nope, there's your difference.

Summer humidity in Phoenix is usually below 10%, and I've seen the "feels like" go backward below 5%... "real feel", lol.

8 minutes ago, WLemke said:

A perfect practice ride for when its 104 in a few months. 

I'd rather ride when it is actually 104, after the humidity has burned off. There's no such thing as "real feel" or "feels like"; only hot, gross, or hot and gross.

There have been several discussions here and on Mojo about "flow", usually started by people complaining that a trail or trail feature does not... I've always maintained that much flow comes from the rider and how they read and work the trail, and not necessarily from the trail builder, and if you are expecting the trail to provide the flow, you are doing it wrong and missing out. This video presents a profound analogy of reading a trail like reading music...

It's not on Youtube though, so not sure if this will embed

GMBN on fb

10 minutes ago, HoneyBadger said:

I was riding it W to E, how about you?

E>W, around 9. I also noticed that there seemed to be some new bigger, loose rocks on the descent after it (toward RDB), almost as if someone chucked some of the rocks from Snaggle down the trail...

15 minutes ago, HoneyBadger said:

To the person (that was probably just trying to help out) that put ths feature back together...please check it before leaving or if your not an experienced trail builder just leave it others that know what they're doing. Soon as I put my front wheel on this feature today it completely collapsed and sent me OTB.  After laying on the ground for several minutes i fixed it as best i could considering i jacked up my hand. (P.s. not saying it was gotdurt)

I did rebuild it at that time, and it was well engineered (I test and retest by both riding and jumping around on it to make sure nothing will move), but that was a couple of weeks ago and it has changed several times since. I went over it this morning and it was a bit scattered, I didn't go back to mess with it this time though.

On 4/11/2020 at 9:55 AM, Big_papa_nuts said:

Any updates?

21 minutes ago, June Bug said:

Ditto! 

The Website (in English) is still active: Marino Bikes. 

The prices are still insanely reasonable. 

 

I tried checking in a couple of times earlier in the year and stopped getting responses via email (he had an assistant or someone responding to emails for a little while), then I tried checking in via Facebook right after the virus hit and a few days later got this response:
"really so sorry , your new frame its ready, only need put cable guides and paint, but now all flight are cancell for 15 days, im working alone in house, but my 4 employees rest in houses"

So I'll try again this week and see if anything has changed.