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Did a real quick recon mission at LDTF the other night. Decided to search for the area referred to here as the downhill area. Was not expecting that many "drainage features" :D Must go back. I still...

Hey there. So I tore my left ACL a while back, reconstructed (patellar autograft) in october/november of 2009. Had a weird incident skiing in February of this year. sort of lost my balance and then...

More info on this?

Took a short walk in LDTF earlier this evening. Very rideable, at leasdt the sections near the main entrance where I poked around were. Almost all the snow is gone (95+%) and the trails were mostly...

I have the same fork with a straight steerer. Its fucking sweet and a steal at this price.

Hey james, you wanna come by and fix the creak somewhere in my seatpost/saddle? Be my guest, I've given up.

Exactly. Nothing too difficult, really. Just extreme consequences for a VERY small mistake. No thanks.

Two phrases that seem strange together no? haha

Unlike you all I somehow forgot to ride this winter. Rode all last winter but just couldn't get it going this year. Better late than never though....

Are you running studs or is it rideable without?

Me as well. Bigger than anything I've hit by a few feet. My cousin dropped it but he lugged an SX Trail out there just to hit it. Not exactly the best bike for the 'dale other than that drop.

Good effort. Lose the brakes and flip and cut your bars for the bullhorn look to complete the costume though.

Goddamnit how have I not ridden Highland yet? I just feel dumb at this point.

Haha I kinda thought the same thing. It's one thing when hes 5 but what happens when hes twelve and can already beat dad down the hill?

Awesome vid though. Highlands FB page says he's 4 and not 5....

Look at that fork! That's one slacked out road bike (track bike)

Marshal wrote a long write up about and was a big fan of the Vengeance HLR, not sure what the differences are between it and the DLA. Tough to find anyone with many bad things to say about X Fusion...

So like a moron I've taken my shifter apart and I can't figure out where to seat one end of the coil like spring. There is a little hole over by where the barrel adjuster would be that seems like it...

Good advice being doled out here. FOMBA sucks, Lowell Dracut is pretty sweet, as is Ft Rock. Not sure what maps you've got but the ones from the town of Exeters website are pretty good.
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No personal experience but buttah has talked of some nice riding in the Franconia area. Shoot him a PM or ask the guys at and LBS up there for some knowledge

Definitely a good place to start. Pretty much what i did when i bought my bike in spring 2011 (Marin mount vision). Still beating the snot out of it and still smiling. The other great thing about...

I think you'd be hard pressed to tell much of a difference at that height. My bike came with a 120 fork and I have a 150 revelation on it lowered to 130. I've noticed no ill effects and will probably...

I think the owners of newer reverbs and ks posts would disagree with you on that

Haven't listened to much of his stuff but I caught a verse of his on this track off Phonte's newest solo album. I'll check him out

eKLShWay69s

Seriously though, how about the guy in the gorilla suit on the Commencal?
http://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/users/109/photos/41013/s1600_BT_20120815_untitled_shoot_034_16.jpg?1345102755

WTF?

There are quite a few 7 inch bikes in the gallery, and a couple 6 inch bikes, even a 5 inch bike or two. Most of them are 8-10 inches of travel though so you gotta recalculate a little on that. And...

The guys name seems to be Adolfo Almarza. He's actually a double amputee, so prosthetics plural. Pretty fuckin badass.
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Saw this gallery and thought it was pretty neat.

http://www.vitalmtb.com/photos/features/The-G-Out-Project-Crankworx-Air-DH-2012,4178/The-G-Out-Project-Specialized-Demo-8,41002/bturman,109
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Simple really, you try to pump as hard as they do with a top tube 6 inches under your nuts and see how it goes. To work the bike as much as they do, you need some clearance. The frames are still much...

^ beats the hell out of tire discussions. Purrdy view at the end there. Thanks for posting

Not the LEV but my i950 has performed flawlessly since I bought it in February. I've stripped it down and cleaned/greased it once since then (it probably didn't even need it). Other than that I just...

I can't decide if your use of the wrong "you're" was supposed to be ironic...

It may help, but it won't stop it. My chain still rattles against the cage sometimes. If I wanted zero noise from my bike, I'd ride a road bike...

Yeah but isn't that e13 for a single ring? Even if it does work on doubles, it must cost 3 times as much as a Stinger or chainstay-mounted loop. That ISCG adaptor alone costs the same as the stinger....

I run a blackspire stinger (shimano LX cranks 22-32, blackspire C4 bash) and it works as it should. I don't think I've ever dropped a chain since I've had it. I think the Stinger probably holds the...

I don't get that scared on my bike running from lightning. On a chairlift during some thundersnow though? Terrifying.

http://www.universalcycles.com/shopping/product_details.php?id=15710

http://www.treefortbikes.com/product/333222344224/438/Avid-BB7-Pad-Adjuster-Knob.html

These seem to be what you're looking...

By far the best shop I've found in the Boston area for in-stock bike selection is JRA in Medford. They have literally 2-3 times (at least) as many mountain bikes assembled on their showroom floor...

Cable/housing is more likely to be the culprit that the shifters themselves I would think. Replace the housing and cable, or try dropping a little lube down in the housing. Also might want to lube...

Im interested in how we're defining that in this thread. I seem to recall reading that the OPs brakes can be set up to brake perfectly well, but then they might rub a bit. What's the problem exactly?...

I'd blame summer, but this is sprockets. So shouldn't summer be like winter?

Holy shit that was impressive. Obviously Wiggins and Froome were going to TT well, but 1-2? With Wiggins taking Froome by 90 seconds! Phil and Paul just can't help but gush over the state of British...

That is sweeet. I love the riding around here, but damn I wish we had more (any) vistas like that on my local trails.

I know, right? Damn things are a plague out there right now. HP, Willowdale, greenwood, I haven't found anywhere free of them. I'm pretty sure the same half dozen flies followed me for my whole ride...

This is by far the best response to this thread tangent. I seem to remember a Sheldon Brown article where he jokingly disassembled a chain entirely arguing that its the only proper method of cleaning...

SLX 9 spd rear only, from Tree Fort. 45 bucks and should ship a bit quicker to the dirty jers than some of the west coast shops. http://www.treefortbikes.com/#navbar=pro___333222375196___96

And...

If you've got an XT derailleur and a Deore shifter, it is likely the shifter that makes it shift like garbage. Better to have a quality shifter and a crappy mech than vice versa. But yeah a shimano...

At first I agreed with advres, but you make a good point here.

Haha. When I was a kid my cousin and I would catch little perch off the dock with nightcrawlers and often have a bass snatch them once they were close to the dock. Biggest fish I ever caught in that...

Tomorrow's a no-go for me. Gotta work. Friday too. Would love to ride Lynn with ya either this weekend or next week. I've been there a handful of times but I'm sure I'm missing some of the goods and...

No need to target them really right? I've caught many 4 inch sunfish on big spinners and big minnows. Those things are like the honey badgers of fish. They fight like crazy too, the bigger ones...

Took a quick trip up to NH last week and figured I'd throw up a few shots here.

This guy was pretty big, maybe 17 inches or so

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