I've been riding a Trek Slash 9.8 at the bike park and that has been fantastic. I just don't want to ride a carbon bike on upper fireswamp and thieves forest because I broke my last carbon bike up...

Yes, I know, I need to upgrade my DH Bike (I am eyeing one of the new Canfield Jedi's).
But I absolutely love this thing, plus I have it well dialed in for me.

I have a 2009 Yeti 303 R DH that...

No, these boots have been a nightmare (and WAY too much money) to make work and still aren't right. If I could find a Scott NTN Tele boot engineer to slap, I would.
And before you say anything,...

Just stored my NTN boots and bindings for the Summer.
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Got any tips?
I found I had to step on the back of my ski to be able to get the boot into the front bale and compress the brakes well enough to get the binding to close and even then it would be an...

Getting into my OutlawX's with the brakes is such a PITA I pulled them off, threw them in the bushes, and then threw a bunch of rocks at them... I then installed some 22 Designs coil leashes and all...

Decided to go the full monty this year and get a brand new setup. Skis (Bishop Chedi 184s drilled for inserts) , boots (Scott Voodoos), bindings (OutlawX), Skins, and a lurk.

Skied the NTN setup...

Anybody else not impressed with NTN?

A guy in the lift line, riding some clapped out Bro 179s on a free heel said: "Load up, the gnar isn't going to schralp itself." Of course, that jerk off newbie gaper was me.... ;)

Bro model 188

PM Gear Bro 188cm stiff
Marker Duke A/T bindings long
Black Diamond Ascension climbing skins trimmed to fit.

No core shots to the ski's
No edge damage.
Skis were PM Gear...

I took my Transition Dirtbag in to the shop I have been going to for years for a fork rebuild and tune up.
I even took the time to clean the bike, and make it sparkly for the guys to work on.
...

I know it's been a while since I posted.
I guess I am a JONG again...

So, I've got 5 bikes right now and I am thinking about selling 2 of them...

The two I am thinking of selling are as...

How 'bout someone post up some questions to th USFS, laminate them and staple them to those signs?

IE how does a winter of road salting affect the watershed, etc?

I have a Medium Astrix Havoc frame for sale if you're interested in building up a bike.

The laundry list is:

2009 Yeti 303 R-DH
Fox 40 w/ risse racing stem and triple clamp.
Juicy7's
Hussefeldt crank
DMR hubs rear w/ Azonic rim
Transition front wheel
Sram X.9 shifter and...

AS Shmoe said, I got the RDH last week.

I would post up about how it rides, and the like, but I haven't been able to ride it because the weather in SLC was CRAP this weekend :mad: :mad: :mad:

Heres a crappy cell phone pic of the new 303 R-DH

Trigger = pulled.

Got the Yeti 303 R-DH
Go-Ride is building it up now.

The Astrix frame will be for sale shortly.

I talked to Go-Ride about these bikes. Unfortunatly, they don't have demo bikes available (can't say I blame them) but I did get to ride each of them around their parking lot. I also talked to one of...

I am running Juicy 5's on my Dirtbag and Juicy 7s on my DH bike.
I had nothing but problems with the Juicy 5s until I finally got them bled properly (I was even considering replacing them with...

Go-Ride is where I'd be buying the frame. I should ask them if they have any demo bikes available.

So I havne't been all that thrilled with my Astrix Havoc. Its certainly a smooth plow bike, but it doesn't corner as well as I'd like and it sucks in the air. Its got a number of similarities to the...

A guy in my 4x4 club has a large 04 Specialized Bighit frame he wants $250 for.

A good bike, lots of practice, and BALLS OF STEEL.

For a single bike quiver, I'd probably go with a Turner DW Link RFX (if one exists) built with all the best goodies.

But I am a fan of having multiple bikes. So heres what I would do...

1....

I've been running stans in Continentals, WTB's, and Maxxis tires.
So far no delam issues.

No oil sludge issue on the Toyota 3.0 V6 IIRC/

My 3.0 had spun a rod bearing almost exactly like what happened on yours. Mine was from a bad injector. The #3 injector on mine stopped working at...

Go Land Cruiser or Sequoia.

Rovers are good when they don't break.
But they break.

I work on my own junk. theres not much I won't do.

I've rebuilt the motor in both my 4Runner and my Land Cruiser (well, pulled the motor, spec'd the parts and had a machine shop do the machine...

Wait, Margarita Machine?
What?

The One True Margarita is as follows:

1 part fresh squeezed lime juice
1 part citrogne/triplesec/Cointreau
2 parts blue agave tequilla

Pour over crushed...

I'd be willing to buy the avid codes outright..
are they Codes or Code 5's?

I used to have some high end sunglasses, Maui Jims, Smith Sliders, Oakleys, a few others.

I am pretty hard on gear. Especially sunglasses. I got sick of shellingo ut alot of money for them as...

OK.

Any clues to if these bearings need to be pulled with a blind bearing puller or not?

There is a VERY slight gap between the 2 bearings inside the frame, though this gap is maybe 1.5mm

I am doing some PM and some upgrades to my astrix havoc DH bike.

I am pulling the DHX5 to send it to Push. There is some air in the system, and I don't really want to mess with bleeding it. I am...

Actually I DID ride it once this year.
With my friend Scott on the Jordan River Parkway.

Its just that the big bikes are more fun.

His is a Marin Alpine Trail 29er with a RS Dart 3 fork.

I bought a 29er to replace my too small Gary Fisher 26er that needed anew front fork.

I got a Raleigh XXiX+G (steel frame) that was a close out 2007 model (in 2008).
Totally love my 29er. Its...

I jsut made 2 batches this weekend.

First batch is a hard cider.

5 gallons of TreeTop apple Juice (yup)
2.5 tsp of Yeast Nutrient
4 oz wild flower honey (starter)
1/2 cup of Dextrose...

Have HER ride both bikes and find out what SHE likes.
She might not like either!

You need a tattoo on your leg that says 'I went to whistler bike park and all I got was this scar'

ITs the ROOM MATES dog, and if the Roommate had anything to do with it, the dog would have been put down now.

I am trying to keep a good dog from being put down.
If my friend wasn't moving to...

I agree.
Its a male. Not sure on age. They think hes 1-2 years old is all.

A friend of mine has a room mate that does not want the dog because the dog will lay down when walking. Apparently this person has no patience, and has no business owning a dog. Furthermore, this...

My concern, though not a very big one, with hanging a bike by the wheels would be with throwing the wheels out of true. Sure, when I ride it, there is more weight on the wheel, but the weight is...

I've started becoming a Gueze aficionado.
Unfortunately, all I can get is whatever the Bayou brings in.
I've had the Cantillion Iris, and the smaller bottle of the Oude Gueze shown above.
I...

None of the issues you are reporting with the bike I would consider out of the ordinary.

YOU broke the front deraileurs.
The bike was a used bike, so pivots, bearings, fork, stuff like that is...

Took the dirtbag.

Did all of the lift accessed trails except for WildFlower.
it was FKNA!

Next time I go I am DEFINITLY going to either get a shuttle, or self shuttle and hit up Dark Hollow.

Looks like I am heading to Brian Head this weekend.
I can only take one bike.
Which should it be?
The Astrix Havoc DH bike
or the Transition Dirtbag FR bike?

clean the battery contacts.
My 4runner wouldn't start the other day (again with no warning). I took a day off from work to swap the starter. I cleaned the battery contacts and battery terminals....

135 or 150 mm spacing?