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Hey that abandoned boat launch at Madrone was pretty useful for mojofest! Kind of a tease to have a water fountain in the woods with no water. 😉

Lock it down. Then deflate the tire, you’ll see the extra wiggle room. Found this out on my T2 when my front wheel went flat while I was driving home once. Bike almost wobbled off the rack. I slap a cable on mine in transit as backup for it falling off. 15 years locking a bike downtown I’ve seen ever type of hitch rack defeated. Saw where they cut thru the aluminum tray on a roof rack to defeat a locking head. Stole this sweet colonago. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

That’s still a 1 minute theft, they’ve cut cables on both thefts lately. Snip, 5 seconds. Once you unthread the axle from both wheels, which is 15-20 seconds each, then just yank up on the frame leaving wheels still attached to the rack. Go buy a big fucking chain and good lock. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

The problem with wheel locks is you pull out the axle and just walk away with the frame and components. That backup cable takes less time to cut then unthreading the thru axles. All quick and quiet. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

My inlaws did a hiking trip across Scotland for their 50th anniversary where they hiked pub to pub across all sorts of private/public land. There’s a smattering of shelters on some paths to get out of the weather. Whole different deal when the pissing match over land was settled centuries earlier. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ha! Seen that lots in CO front range especially on trails shared with big dumb animals and the horses they were riding. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

On taco mans route, Ditto coldwater east of Birmingham. Also ridden Oak Mtn SP and tannehill SP south side of bham, chewcla near Montgomery/Auburn, ridgeland near Jackson, and mt Zion south of Jackson in Brookhaven, Lincoln Parish Park in Ruston, Tyler SP. All better than the few things I’ve ridden in FL or lower Alabama. Too sandy. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I'm a Great Raft's Reasonably Corrupt fan. Pick up a sixer every time I'm in La.

And in the interest of diversity I look forward to numbnuts submitting his idea's to AustinBike. That'll be entertaining. 😂

Traditional holiday cheer! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Any time in La. with family involves a good deal of booze. Well any time with MY family in La. requires some booze. 😉 I travel heavy JIC!

How was the Pecan ale? I missed out on them when I was in La. last month. There's a really good one from a brewery called Lazy Magnolia in MS near Biloxi. Seen them at Total Wine a few times.

Only thing a snapping turtle concerns me about is hitting it and going down in that festering stew. Not like they want to reach out and bite you. A moccasin would be a much greater concern, but that tunnel is a long way from where they typically like to hide. too much traffic and long section of open ground on both ends. Brushy tunnel is close to cover where mice/lizards hang on both sides, but the lighting is much better. Now that sunken grate in the middle I’ve forgotten about in the dark when my eyes didn’t adjust and nailed while on my road bike. Got a little squirrelly ONCE now I wheelie it every time. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I could see it on a lot of front range or SW Colorado open country. Moab or Fruita/Grand junction techie stuff where you don’t want to fry trying to setup the perfect angle to film might be good too. You see those early one used in clear corridor bike park stuff. East and NW or in the scrub country that we have is tough. It would take some serious tech to process and would probably price it beyond the consumer or youtuber budget. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

An old boss lives in Gtown Sun City. They have no kids and few family members so it works for them. Otherwise it’s way too restrictive. I call it grumpy old fartsville. 2 week limit on visiting family (no grandkids for the summer), no guests allowed at any amenities except with the homeowner present. So grandma can’t play bridge in clubhouse while kid and grandkids use pool. Plus the usual gated community bullshit. No cars outside garage, can’t work on your own landscaping or cut your grass, only “approved” landscapers allowed. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Crossing by fiesta gardens seemed more logical to me than designing around the swirling currents at the base of the dam, but I’ll definitely use it. Two related things I liked: 1-The dingy tunnel under pleasant valley being made into a nice wide more inviting access to Guerrero park. I’m never sure I’m not going to end up with Andromeda’s Strain after riding thru that thing. 2-they’re building a crosswalk on the North side. I like to do a loop starting on the NWC Trail and cross the montopolis bridge on the way out and up pleasant valley to 5th on the way back. Crossing Pleasant Valley at the bridge is crazy. It would be awesome if they’d extend the north trail to shady lane but this helps. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Town I went to HS in was situated on a 10ish mi oxbow of the Mississippi. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

The one he does riding a dh course on a townie is nuts. Ate it tons and kept going back for more. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

In a work truck, HELL YES, shatterproof glass would be a hell of an improvement on the rear glass. A shifting load or some yahoo not tying down a piece of equipment has broken many rear windows. A common one around where I grew up was someone loading a 4 wheeler backwards and having the rack slam into the glass and shatter it. On a nancy boi truck it may not be as common, but then again that user group may not know enough to tie stuff down properly to keep it from moving around and shattering the rear window.

Ditto this setup. I look for light with the most rubber to rock for the wheel I'm spinning, reliable/predictable in drops/dust/scree in a front tire. The Rekon is near a semi-slick like an Ikon for sticking to rocks on climbs but has a decent amount of side lugs for turns. The DHF is heavy AF but it bites great on drops/turns so I'll pay the penalty and in a plus tire its a heavy penalty!

I've had mine since 2016 too. It's a great Brushy/BCGB bike, bit of overkill for the R&I though. I got the 27.5+ configuration initially for the 150 Pike, the 29 had a 140 Pike. Ended up loving the plus tires, and never did get around to buying a backup set of 29 wheels. Big tires eat up the rocks and they've done well when I hit the front range and the Appalachians in the SE in the roots/rock. Now the Hightowers only come with 29 wheels but 27.5 plus wheels still fit. The Hightower LT and Megatower are 29 only. I've been pretty impressed with SC's warranty. Broke a piece on the chainstay of a 5 y.o. Tallboy and they sent me a brand new gen 3 frame. And they still send bearings free of charge if you have proof of purchase. They've tucked the VPP link above the BB now on most models so it's a lot easier on the bearings than my Gen 1 Tallboy, but still nice to have. Wish I had gone to the SC demo last weekend. Wanted to try the Gen 4 Tallboy. It's shorter travel, but has a headtube angle closer to my Gen 1 Hightower. And almost forgot. I wish I had a later generation Hightower with the link down low on the seat tube. Mine's a PITA to fit a large bottle.

sort of lends credibility to the doing a whole lot of blow rumors, eh!

I was looking at AB's starting place down by the zoo. I was just thinking the only times I've ridden there we started at the big lot by lover's leap on the other end and it was freshly marked for the race. That last climb back out was always a real SOB since it was at the end!

Anita must be otherwise occupied, so I'll have step in on this one. IT'S A TANKLESS JOB, BUT SOMEBODY'S GOTTA DO IT! 💋

Ha, I'm the same with scully year round. Savior of the follically challenged! I've ridden in dress socks, gloveless lots, and once shirtless with a camelbak when I've forgotten stuff in the past. I've amassed quite the pile of backups in my truck now. Socks are less an issue now that I go corporate casual and usually just wear bike socks to work and can get away with a club ride jersey if I have no meetings. Lately I've forgotten my damn ice chest twice, but luckily just filled a backup bottle at work to ride. Now the challenge will be to remember to charge my lights!