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This bike has been ridden maybe 40 hours tops between me and my wife and is in great shape. It was primarily ridden at Walnut Creek. I'll add pictures soon, as I need to wash it. The color is scheme is eggplant and sunset according to SC. It's a stupid fast, stupid fun bike that weighs around 22 lbs. It comes set up tubeless with Orange Seal. Santa Cruz's website Bicycle Blue Book's valuation Asking $2,400 $2,300! Product Details Components Frame Highball Carbon C Fork FOX 32 Performance 100 Step-cast w/ remote Headset Cane Creek 40 IS integrated Axles Front: 110 x 15mm Rear: 148 x 12mm Rims/Wheels Race Face AR 24 Hubs DT 370 Spokes DT Competition (32) Tires Maxxis Aspen 29x2.25 TR Crankset SRAM Stylo 7k DUB S: 170mm M–XL: 175mm Chainrings 34T Chain SRAM GX Eagle Rear Derailleur SRAM GX Eagle Cassette/Rear Cogs SRAM XG1275 Eagle 10-50T Shifters SRAM GX Eagle Handlebars Race Face Evolve Flat bar 31.8x720 Tape/Grips ESI Chunky Stem Race Face Ride Brakes SRAM Level TL w/ Avid Centerline 160mm rotors Saddle WTB Silverado Road NiCro Seat Post Easton EC70 Carbon Zero 27.2 Accessories & Extras Stan's Sealant 2oz Factory Description Nothing beats the acceleration of a hardtail mountain bike and the Santa Cruz Highball C is purpose-built for high-intensity XC pursuits. On this iteration, Santa Cruz shaved half a pound from the weight of the frame and redesigned the seat stay/top tube junction to give you more comfort over the long haul without sacrificing speed. With three water bottle mounts, threaded BB reliability, and internally routed cables, the only thing you'll be concerned about is when to make the turn back home. The Highball S/C build ups the ante with SRAM's GX Eagle drivetrain and level TL brakes to give you a great mix of performance and value. A remote-actuated Fox 32 Rhythm fork guides you through rough terrain while the Race Face/DT Swiss wheelset and Maxxis Aspen tires do their part when it's time to grip and rip. Saddle up and experience the rocket-like feel only a carbon hardtail can deliver.

I am sorry you got hurt. I didn't mean to come off as dismissive of your injury. I have worked on a resort building trails for a summer (Tamarack Resort; RIP,) and they did not post signs indicating changes because the signs would be permanent. Also, they had a big sign at stating that it is the rider's responsibility to pre-ride reach trail. With a full time crew at Spider Mountain, there is always work being done for drainage, rider flow, feature enhancement, feature additions, etc. In my experience as a professional trail builder since 2004, people don't read signs. I'm guilty of that. I didn't stop to read the huge signs at the bottom or the top of the lift; I just rode, understanding that I was unfamiliar with the trails the first time; the second time I went out there, I took my first ride on each trail easy to scope it out. The feedback is appreciated, as we definitely want to make this a destination park that makes people want to come often. (My opinions and statements are mine and not in any capacity those of Spider Mountain or MCP.)

I know this will not satisfy most people, but a sign at the top of the mountain specifically states to "Be aware of changing conditions on trails and features. Inspect features before use and throughout the day."

Here's a video of a test ride of a small change we made on Sticky Icky at Spider Mountain. The trail rose up quite a bit at this point and led to a small root drop and was sloughing off the downhill side, so we gave it a full bench with a slight rise leading to a boot-able roller. We also touched up the catch berm below this, re-cut the bench after this, and built up the LH berm. This trail crosses a small doubletrack a little later after a hard left turn to a steep descent down the embankment. After that, you had to make a hard right turn back onto the trail. The embankment and turn was on privately owned land, and the owner asked us to move it, so we back the trail up a bit and built this, which lines up nicely with the trail across the road. We even armored the trail below and built up the catch berm. There are multiple lines down this new section. Here's a video of a rider testing that next exit to the road. Here are a before and after picture of the bermed turn. If you ride it this weekend, look out for more changes, as we have done some bench and flow work from top to bottom. The work will be completed by the race!

FTFY.

In with banana bread I made last night. I'll be there for an early lap, too.

I missed volunteering last year because BSS's spring sale was happening, and the same goes for this year. 😕 I wish we could be there.

One thing to take into account is that the trails being referenced here were mostly designed and built by people who, at the time, probably did not know or understand what goes into building a technical trail, e.g. qualifiers/filters, B-lines, not building trail that can be seen and easily accessed from another trail or even from the same trail later on, as people will short cut. Experience goes a long way in many things, trail building included. And I agree that alternate lines should be an option in many cases, be longer, and maybe even challenging.

Is this the post an angry MoJo, er, poster was ranting about? Regardless, I'm in for the ride!

Self call out @ 0:41 #nottooproud The group I was with at 1:08. Also #notooproud Chuck is not in the video but rode down it ahead of me. I saw him clear the last ledge as I was riding to the first ledge about to dismount.

Jesse, izzat you?

What local Austin trail feature intimidates you but you still attempt it/ride it? What local Austin trail feature do you no longer ride and why? What's your favorite local Austin trail feature?

I've been mountain biking for over 26 years and in the industry for about 15 years. The more I learn about e-bikes, the more I accept them. My experience includes riding them, which most people here have not. That doesn't mean one cannot have an opinion about the subject; it just means one might not be as informed about their stance. Granted, the article I'm linking here is more about e-bikes as transportation and it's in Europe, I see e-bikes gaining traction (no pun intended) world wide, especially as the become more affordable. Check it out. When Will E-Bike Sales Overtake Sales Of Bicycles? For The Netherlands, That's Now

I've been using the old name since I fist got on MoJo in 2001 and wanted something new for the new forum. I'm not trying to hide who I am; I just wanted something different and am not very original when it comes to things like this. I don't remember who was leading the work day I mentioned, and it does not matter to me anymore. I'm still happy to help if my help is wanted. I'd love to meet to see what you're proposing and to see if I can help at all. BC is my favorite local trail, (Yeah, I said it) and I want to give back. D

Good ride. Sorry I had to bail early.

I would love to help at Brushy Creek. So many of the work days are not announced and done by a small group of people. I'm not in that group. I'd love to help with designing new trail, troubleshooting existing trail, drainage issues, flow issues, etc. The workdays I hear about are calls for people to help build berms; my skills are not necessarily needed for that, though many of us on a Tuesday evening earlier this month worked on berms on the Windy Trail at WC. I showed up once for a workday at BC several years ago when Randy Bell was coming out to look at some issues. Before he came, I mentioned that some of the tree branches were not cut at the shoulder and are a risk for riders so I started trimming them back. I was told it wasn't a priority. Then Randy showed up and mentioned the same thing. I felt like my help was not wanted due to this and other things that day.

That was a good ride, Chuck.

Looks like it's on.

I'll bite; here's some of my resume. My first volunteer trail building was at the Nantahala Outdoor Center on the Flint Ridge Trail in 1995. I started my trail building company in 2004. I've worked on almost every trail that can legally be biked in Austin and many that are hiking only among others. I've designed, built, and maintained cross country, flow, and downhill trails in 14 states, Canada, and Puerto Rico. I designed and built over 10 miles of the trails Trek Bicycle Corporation uses to test some of their bikes and product. I have over 1K hours in an excavator, 500 hours in a skid steer, and about 1K hours running a walk-behind skid steer building and maintaining trails. Nah, I don't know shit about trails. What's your experience? As far as my statement about the trail immediately west of Parmer, I stand by it. It's not an attack on the designer(s); I just don't like that style of trail. I'm more of a quality over quantity kind of guy...maintained flow over stilted flow. But you do you.

Starting at the skate park, ride Mulligan, Picnic Loop, Deception east to west crossing over to the trail that leads to Rim Trail up to Dave's Ditch and down. Maybe Snail Trail, maybe not. The flow there seems to be getting better. Ride back to Picnic X taking the big drop and then finishing on the upper part of Picnic back to the parking lot. The other stuff is not worth it at all. Well, maybe the trail just east of and below Parmer but not the trail on the west. Repetitive AF.

Larry, what did she get?

I spend four months building and maintaining trails in Durango in 2015. Horse Gulch has some great riding and can be accessed without having to drive to the main trail head. Admittedly, the jeep road climb up sucks but is a good warm up. I like the South Rim trails for good flow and the trails on the mountains for tech. Overend Park is one I would hit if I had more than three or four days to ride but wouldn't choose it as my only ride. I'd put Twin Buttes before Overend.

Looks like tomorrow might be good to go for another Tuesday night ride.

Of course, hit up Ska Brewery among others in Durango. And as others have said, yes, Phil's World is worth the trip.

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