Caves up to point lookout will be thin at best. That face gets baked and some years I've seen it pretty much dry most of the season. There is a reason it's a wintering ground for big game up there....

not to mention the raggeds, collegiate peaks, west elk, and fossil ridge wildernesses...basically the whole valley is surrounded by wilderness.

it is just money. Too many beaters are doing the 9-5 suburban lifestyle, sitting in traffic everyday, drinking themselves to death on the weekends. They make good money but are miserable as fuck....

What are you smoking? Cavs just got a small taste of what Curry/Thompson should be doing. They just buried Cavs at home by 20 points. The games that GS did lose were by 5 points or less + an OT and...

wow, that's dedication right there. I usually just replace my chain every season due to stretch but the chain is definitely gunked up by that time.

yea still 2 weeks away, wtf? I have a friend riding it, his goal is sub 19 days...crazy man.

+1 ride fruita/grand junction on your way there. If you want something closer to T-ride without going any further south check out the riding around Montrose (sidewinder, lower spring creek, Dry...

This is why I'm coming back the 3rd year in a row in a week or two. The riding truly is world class. I've seen a lot of people compare it to Moab, but I don't really think there is much comparison...

chunk...it sounds like something someone from england would say, fuck that. Never heard of people using that.

pretty spot on. I can see people getting turned off by the vibe there since some of the trails are pretty busy, especially the ones not far off the road. The mansions and $$ there kinda feel like...

Sigma BC 16.12 - has temp + cadence but no altitude
Sigmas BC 14.12 alti - has temp + altitude but no cadence

Both are available wired for reliability and under $75
I think the big difference is...

Paonia is legit. Jumbo is way underrated in my opinion, then again most people don't even know those trails exist.
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ahh just saw the date as mid June and not late June, yea a lot of high stuff above 11k could be dicey snow wise...and yea usually 401/crest aren't good to go until last week in June or early July. ...

not sure how much you've ridden not far outside of CB or other rides nearby?

If you do decide to go to gunny/CB, here is what my ideal 6ish day trip would look like for June. I would hit...

looks like you had a great time. This is pretty much my standard 2-3 week loop in the spring off seasons. Grand Junction/Fruita > Moab > Sedona > St. George/Hurricane/Zion. There's also some great...

any bike can break...does it really matter when you have a 5yr warranty? Most manufacturers have a 5yr warranty nowadays, but still doesn't cover abuse and crashes which a lot of people pass off as a...

Material flaws, abuse, ect...both will break aluminum or carbon. I've had carbon components and frames for a long time and have never had a problem. People bashing carbon are the same beaters riding...

Carbon is stronger/stiffer by far than aluminum. Any QC testing will show you this, but like any material flaws in manufacturing will cause it to break during use. It seems like aluminum is easier...

One good thing to come out of the yeti debacle is that the SB6c has a 5 year warranty at least, and yea like others have said Yeti admitted the first bikes weren't built to spec on the carbon...

I've never had problems with my Yetis that I've had over the years, used to have a 575 and now have a carbon SB66. They've had problems with rear triangles ever since the first carbon triangles came...

wish new MTBs weren't so damn expensive now. Been hitting the brown pow since February, should be an early season with the lower snowpack this year too, bring it!

not really for mtn biking, but if you go to maps.neotreks.com and use their "land use" map it shows a staggering number of trails with some not even listed on lat 40 maps, ect. It may not be 100%...

I realize that, but it seems like most of the trails that are mapped now came originally from skidmap. Skidmap had been around awhile and was awesome when there was nothing else out there that had...

definitely nice to have paper, especially in a place like Sedona since all of the trails connect and I find myself referencing the map several times to get a good idea of where I'm at. Have...

trailforks kind of sucks. They basically took everything that was on skidmap and re-branded it as trailforks. A lot of the names of trails in trailforks are named incorrectly and some trail paths...

if you're skiing breck all the time, you're doing it wrong :fmicon:

it sounds like the butthurt meter is at all time highs for the season. weather models are trending toward dry again out to the 20th or so...all aboard the butthurt express!

in other news, the mtn...

looks like a decent amt of moisture will make it up to us, but winds look to be from the SW where we don't do well usually. I'm still thinking wolf creek does 12+.

in the 50s on that weather station from 12pm to around 5pm yesterday, wtf?! Doesn't seem right, but who the hell knows. With how warm it is today I'm starting to believe it. Gold link station up on...

There's no way Taylor Park hit 59 yesterday. If anything the temp gauge was probably baking in the sun giving a false reading. There's usually a nasty inversion in the taylor park area which keeps...

sweet deal on a sweet bike. I love my SB66.

Good, I'm taking the bike out on Sunday maybe. Highs near 50 in the lower areas, gonna get some dirt time!

hordes of powder locusts!

yep, January dry as a bone. Time to get the bikes out if it warms up end of Jan?

All accessible by low clearance. Kebler and slate TH's would be your best bet. Another option is out Brush creek road to the brush creek trailhead.

more dust...well shit

curious to see if you guys think it lives up to the reviews? If so, I might just need to demo one.

http://www.bikemag.com/videos/2014-bible-of-bike-tests-roundtable-reels-kona-process-134-dl/

going to be in the Sedona area in a little over 3 weeks, can't wait!

I remember my first time in the area, got done with a really good ride on gooseberry with my wife and came rollin through Colorado City thinkin we'll find a really good place to buy booze since...

yea assuming you are hitting JEM/gooseberry which are the standards in that area. A couple other really great rides near kanab are the Rainbow Rim trail and the AZT that starts near the northern...

I feel like the whole 650b craze is a lot of hype. I've been on quite a few 650b bikes and didn't really notice much of a difference from my 26er, if anything some of them felt a lot more sluggish...

been busy in CB the last week or two, it's been a texan invasion here. We NEED snow bad too, at least you guys are getting it up north unlike us.

thanks for the replies. I think I'm sold, so I'm hoping I can find a Medium frame or full build to replace my current 575. Thanks all.

FWIW my wife has an ibis mojo HD, all XT components except for the brakes which are formula. They seem like pretty kick ass brakes and if Ibis is putting those on their bikes instead of shimano...

How do you like the bike? Thinking about pulling the trigger on a frame, but heard about some reliability issues with the bearings on the eccentric link. Do they wear out fast?

Has anybody had...

50-65mph gusts today in utah/western CO and 4 corners...could put a dust layer on the snow, something to watch.

^^^ nice Sedona pics, will be there in another month, can't wait!

thread name change request: "The Summit and Eagle County weather/bitching/traffic thread"

It's all about importing them, but on a side note I do know quite a few single women here.

100% open and N face/headwall all skiing really good even with the recent warm days we've been having. Should be prime again with the new snow coming this weekend. Coverage is probably the best...