attaboy

Anyone interested in riding this route on Sunday? I’ve done it multiple times solo but would welcome company. I ride a rigid 29er with 2.2 light CX tires and will probably avg about 12mph. I usually take a short break at city park and watch the sunrise and usually have to walk the very top of Courtyard as well as the beginning of Jester. My availability is either very early or mid morning.

Wife ran the main trail from Zilker this morning and said it was bone dry including the creek crossings.  I'd say it's good to go.

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I ride down SB every time I go through, full rigid karate monkey w/o dropper, 29+ hardtail with dropper, whatever I'm riding. I usually just take it  r e a l l y  slow, slower than in the video above. I've never video'd for confirmation, but I'd be real surprised if both wheels are ever off the ground at the same time, and I'm not lifting the front wheel much if at all. Basically pure rolling the drop, with a TON of weight transfer to keep me from endoing. Get your butt way back and your belly button on the saddle and you'll be surprised at how steep/big of a drop you can roll down without incident. I take basket on picnic pretty much the same way. It doesn't look as cool as hucking it like the youtube guys, but I haven't broken myself yet either...
Of course, Spongebob probably shouldn't be the first drop you try using that technique, start with some of the smaller ones out there and get comfortable with it first.

And here's how not to ride it on a Karate Monkey.  With a dropper.  This is the first time SB got me.  No real damage except for my ego [emoji846] (The elbow/eye was the second time.)  FWIW I have managed to make it over SB without incident, believe it or not.  3-4 times on the day this video was taken even. -cls  

 

 

Ya, confirms my apprehension. It’s that second little drop that stops me from trying. I’m leary of exactly what happens in this vid- that i’d be off balance regarding weight shift front/back and get tossed. Lack of suspension no doubt made this harder. Also, having a longish wheel base seems like it gives more stability but it also means less space to complete the first drop entirely before the second. What size frame was that? Any advice from those who ride this regularly without incident? I ride FS XL frame with dropper btw.

 
Thats the idea, but it would go at the beginning.
The plan would be to begin around midnight before the EB at LGT.  Make a lap of LGT, then ride down Parmer to Deception, then continue on along Parmer to WC.  The goal would be to arrive for the start of the EB just before 6:30am.  
-CJB

Not sure if you're serious, but that certainly is not the case. 

just my experience but year i rode it, my group of three finished dead last. we had passed one group of 4 (we went in Thumper and they were behind) saw them next at finish line already there for a while. there were also several individuals we passed that were at finish line before us. another year i cheered from HOL and saw group in lead that didn’t look like elite riders. i asked and they had skipped Rudy’s loop - let them know but they were non concerned. checked later on strava and saw they skipped another mile in City Park.