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07-27-2016, 09:28 AM #2376
Went for a ride through berry bushes and downed trees last weekend on a trail that usually has the best views in a hundred miles (Trail 120), if you can gain the ridge. There's a trail in there somewhere. Maybe the huckleberries will be ripe in a few weeks, at least.
After the 60th tree we decided to call it and went off to have a look at Tr 67--a bit easier going on the ridges!
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07-27-2016, 09:41 AM #2377pura vida
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07-27-2016, 03:06 PM #2378?
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I rode down to the store and bought a bottle of cheap wine.
Hump Day!!
Own your fail. ~Jer~
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07-27-2016, 05:36 PM #2379Hudge
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07-27-2016, 09:24 PM #2380Banned
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07-28-2016, 09:06 AM #2381
have you done the endo where you walk over the bars and keep walking pretending like you didn't just fall off your bike?
that's one of my favorites
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07-28-2016, 12:45 PM #2382
That's a fun looking little rig you got yourself there mtngirl79. As someone mentioned, get yourself a dropper post and I would maybe get rid of that heavy set up you have around your front chain rings by dumping the front derailleur and going with a single 34 toothed ring. It's nice to get rid of that extra rotation weight and simplify a little.
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07-28-2016, 01:44 PM #2383
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07-28-2016, 02:42 PM #2384User
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07-28-2016, 06:15 PM #2385Registered User
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Just enjoy the bike as-is mntgirl. What people are recommending would cost more than what you paid for your bike. Reducing gears is free, but what beginner ever said, man I wish I had less gears on all these hills?
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07-28-2016, 07:02 PM #2386skid luxury
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07-28-2016, 08:07 PM #2387Banned
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dropper post in on the list as is doing something with the gearing. I do not go to the small chain ring often.
Joe says we could put some awesome parts on this bike with the intention of switching them to a better bike.. I will probably get a full suspension next spring, and as long as I still have Joe, we can piece together which is fun, especially because he doesn't do it for me, he teaches me.
I put the new handlebars and stem and changed the seat to the new seat post myself and then got help with getting the headset right and stuff.
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07-28-2016, 08:24 PM #2388
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07-28-2016, 09:28 PM #2389pura vida
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07-28-2016, 11:01 PM #2390
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07-29-2016, 10:25 AM #2391
Go forth and ride, then bring back pics
Dropper post is the game changer.
One from today in Stowe VT
crab in my shoe mouth
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07-29-2016, 10:40 AM #2392Registered User
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Saw a bunch of moose last night up Millcreek. The trails could certainly use a little rain one of these days.
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07-29-2016, 03:52 PM #2393Hudge
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07-29-2016, 03:59 PM #2394
Really? Maybe mine is actually a 32, I'm terrible at tech speak and mostly clueless. I do know that I used to have a 36 with a little ring and I hardly used the front derailleur. I did have to stand up and work sometimes.
As far as spending money if you have some friends it's not that hard to find hand me downs, people that ride a lot often have parts that just sit around. Just keep your eyes open mtngirl79. Other than those two easy upgrades that bike looks like a lot of fun. I've been riding for 30 years now and the idea of a simplified hard tail bike becomes more and more attractive every year. The sport has become so expensive I'm tempted to fully rebel and become that weirdo wearing cut off jean shorts, western pearl button shirts and rock a funky mustache while riding around on my fully rigid single speed bike killing beers out in the forest.dirtbag, not a dentist
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07-29-2016, 04:17 PM #2395
Y'all must have really strong legs or not very steep hills or much different rear gearing. 36T is my big ring... with 24T as the small. 11-36T in the back. I use granny all the damn time.
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07-29-2016, 05:26 PM #2396
Trying not to melt at South Mountain in Phoenix last night:
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07-29-2016, 06:44 PM #2397
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07-29-2016, 07:24 PM #2398Banned
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07-29-2016, 09:53 PM #2399Registered User
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I rode my fatty full rigid for a year and a half and loved it BUT it was beating me up, put a good fork on it late spring and now it's nearly perfect. It's become a point and shoot machine and I love the simplicity of a hardtail after all those years of riding full squish.
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07-29-2016, 09:55 PM #2400
That guy is KIR for sure! Some of the most impressive riders I have known over the years are like that. I've seen guys on fully rigid bikes kill some really steep nasty stuff too, stuff that there is no way in hell I would attempt on a rig like that.
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