usually get out earlier than now but i'm about to start and i'll ride till Thanksgiving. even fat bike after that . we have our own trail system that we have built and maintained for 27 years. we have some good shit. 

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11 hours ago, racinfarmer said:

I went from a Trek Session DH bike to a Cannondale XC bike of somekind to nothing.

I think anything semi-modern is a big improvement from either of those for riding in western MN. 

even though i ride rugged , jagged shit i sill ride the bike path with my old lady. air up and go. santa cruz has an awesome riding position. i rode all my friends shit and felt that santa cruz has the best angles for me. climbs anything but totally fine dropping stuff , down hill, corners, it does it all . very quiet as well , no clanking or chain noise, or creaking. i did have thr=e reverb seat post fail on my first ride, but i took it apart and fixed the design flaw. will be good forever. tubeless tires added a lot to the riding experience and no flats. supple as hell over roots, which we have tons of. 

 

Edited April 27, 20241 yr by sleepybrew

 

i'm hittin' that shit tomorrow , gonna be sweet. tick central but i have bug spray for that

Was hoping to get out this weekend but the rain has other plans apparently.

Maybe a little bit more then I was planning on spending on a used bike, but I'm considering this one if the seller will work on the price a bit.  

Anyone know the reason for the Push ACS3 Coil "upgrade" to the fork?  

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1394382064484093/

Not familiar with that upgrade.  If he had One on One do the work on it though, you could trust it is setup well.

Tomorrow night is looking good so far. Got some nice pork loins for the grille. Old lady gonna make potatoes of some sort. My first ride with the boys of the year .Ass whooping  cometh. These guys rode all winter while I was trying to ride sled. Sadly the fatbike shit gets good the same time as sledding and I miss it. Late 50s /60s  guys that can climb , and hammer down hill. Probably an 8-10 mile night. I’ll be hurtin’ but Thursday night is fishing in the creek. Stripers are up and my buddy is chomping at the bit. I hit the Smallies, take a striper if it comes. I’m gonna be shot Friday, lol

Sounds glorious

55 minutes ago, Deephaven said:

Sounds glorious

hardly describes it. we kayak upstream , becomes paradise, bald eagles, osprey , and our favorite , the river otters. fishing is awesome , though it's tidal waters . that can play part. my buddy here was so excited he had to jump out on land to get this thing. small by striper standards, but in the keeper range , and he was gonna have some good eating. i rode some of the trails sunday , pretty nice. some need cleaning but we'll get to it. ridiculous pine cones this year 

 

 

 

 

 

real nice night last night. we call it "hero dirt" . damp enough to have traction and no dust but not slick. i'm still a little rusty but rode decent. tonight is fishing

great night on the creek last night. 10 fish. a largemouth, 2 yellow perch, a bullhead (hit a trolled mepps spinner) , 2 fat bluegills, and 4 fat ass smallies. 2 were hard to handle , super strong and fat. had to get a hook cut out of my finger a few years ago so i'm cautious. my buddy has the fish picture but i got some of the creek. got the train just as it came in to the sun. my buddy tipped over in the rapids, lost some shit but we found his shoe and phone. the otter was swimming with us for a while, and a huge blue herron was gorging himself on herring

 

i'm gonna start a fishing thread in the ce to keep the bike thread alive

Finally got this up and going.  I'm out of shape...

Sweet.

 

 

 

...on the bike that is, not the out of shape

With all this rain, might be the road bike for a while 

17 hours ago, Deephaven said:

Sweet.

 

 

 

...on the bike that is, not the out of shape

Well, for sure out of shape for biking.  Need to work on some of that stuff again.

Did abut 9.5-10 miles this morning.

Bikes are filthy.  Yuge mud puddle at the bottom on a run surrounded by trees.  No where to go but through it.

Getting the itch to maybe pick up a hardtail too.

Was able to get out and do some riding in Marquette, MI this weekend. Marquette has an incredible mountain bike scene and trail network if anyone ever gets a chance to ride that area, I highly recommend it. Great snowmobiling too.

Grrr, I hate roots up climbs.

Well, I hate roots in the trails in general.

If you hate roots you would be pissed at the number of roots we have. I just blow right through them. Unless they are wet , then it takes a little getting the feeling, and more planning the approach. We have little in the way of smooth or even beginners trails. Catskill mountains are unforgiving. 
 

4 hours ago, sleepybrew said:

If you hate roots you would be pissed at the number of roots we have. I just blow right through them. Unless they are wet , then it takes a little getting the feeling, and more planning the approach. We have little in the way of smooth or even beginners trails. Catskill mountains are unforgiving. 
 

It is more the roots on the climbs.  Ate shit today when I was trying to power my way up a smallish hill from flat.

I like roots and rocks in the trail.  Heck even ruts although those usually get repaired.  If you want to be efficient you need to be creative and I find that rewarding.  Smooth trail is boring in comparison.

More crashes.

Add another $110 to the parts bill on my bike and a sprained wrist for the eldest responsibility.  

4 minutes ago, racinfarmer said:

More crashes.

Add another $110 to the parts bill on my bike and a sprained wrist for the eldest responsibility.  

oof.

What happened!??

4 minutes ago, Premium said:

oof.

What happened!??

I ate it off a narrow bridge crossing a wet spot and the boy ate it on some elevated log feature thing.  Maybe should have gave it another hour or two to dry out.