I assume that, too, but presumably not all of it has coagulated yet, either. And if I'm adding more and more sealant I'm just making silicone animals as the liquid evaporates off. Seems like every...

Anyone add water (or antifreeze, I guess) periodically to top up just the evaporated liquid?

This just in: a shock that's not moving is just as efficient as a shock that's not moving. Someone should loan that guy a nice Ellsworth for his next test.

Sounds like SRAM's big step down to first should have you covered. Let us know how it goes.

Only partly kidding. 45 to 51 seems slightly more friendly than 52, but by the time I'm dropping into my...

Maguras can use 4 pads or 2 on the 4-piston calipers. If you don't find an advantage to 4 then that's your call, get the ones with a connected backing plate. If you find them squishy they need a...

FFS. Get some Maguras and end the bullshit already. Smells like Panaracer vs. Hutchinson in here.

Very interesting clip. Ridden past that almost 100 times and never even knew it was possible to be that close. Consciously, that is. Pretty sure my brain won't let me look 3 degrees from forward when...

I believe I know people who have trained their dogs not to shit on the trail by aiming for them any time they stop on the trail. Cruel but effective.

DC ++1/-1 PP (this needs an owner rating...

New bike is already old: Yeti finally started shortening the chainstays...model year after yours. I mean, you still gotta lean forward, but now it's the seat angle pushing you instead of the memory...

Ironical. I know my wife's exact gear ratios but not my own. Need 2 guesses as to why? This was all moot with 3x9, but she wanted 1x11...and didn't want to trade away the low gears. I love 1x more...

Power output doesn't decrease as pedal cadence rises so I have no qualms about running lower gears. The current DD has lower gears than anyone I ride with and I pull away from them noticeably when...

I'll have to check but I was thinking X01. Thanks for the tip!

Just curious, did you do this timing on a steep hill? Speed can be deceptive in this, since flat ground needs more than a steep climb, step length changes, etc.

Not that anyone should be pairing a...

I believe I have used the 1.5 mm and IMS, using it was even more irritating. Nothing should be that small.

The Frank Church Wilderness has a full compliment of mines to go with its air strips (planes are find but no rolling coolers!) Pity they aren't abandoned. But as we know, Wilderness only protects...

Don't be obtuse. Mountain bikes are much worse, that's why mining is allowed in Wilderness and mountain bikes are not.

Another awesome thread, this one a bit more upbeat:

https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php/328318-Bike-TR-2019-Arizona-Trail-Race-750?p=5684932#post5684932

Note the average speeds...

But the stated ideal is to offer opportunities for solitude. How do you offer the opportunity if doing so makes the area more populated? A lottery may seem fair, but then how do you privatize the...

Excellent. More reading less typing. Lots of links in the several Montana threads. Lots of bullshit to be discovered. One hint, though: when the scientist's opinion carries obvious bias but is still...

Certainly at least half of it. But at my local trail system the horse people (and a lot of the bikers) live close enough to ride to the trails and the sign of horse presence is way up on the first...

I believe some of them are specifically riding the trails then because you're not. Seems like it around here, anyway.

I mean, it's ok if you want to rant about that, but I think you really need to amp it up if you're gonna post that in this thread. PM Canada1, maybe he has a little angst to lend?

We've got similar examples--close to town trail (built by bikers) sees horses more than it should have to, and apparently since the trails aren't riddled with bikes after a rain that's the best time...

Let's calm down a bit. It's a rant thread. We can all be a little irritated by others' actions without becoming irrational and plowing into them.

That's a little too easy, isn't it? Are these multi-use trails, or bike-only trails you'd like to see gain directional marking?

So why aren't defacto DH trails official DH trails? What's stopping the signage?

When in doubt, just ride up it on a sunny weekend, that should clarify it.

Not here--at least not close to town. Plenty of options for riding up a road and descending on a trail and all the new stuff is more of the same. Get out the mini-excavator and lay in the...

I might have to do that. I've got some family that swears they are only staying back east temporarily, so maybe I should visit before they bolt. Riding might tip the scales. Thanks!

Hell with that. The mountains are the whole point. I want to go up and down and up and down and up and down...see the pattern? We have some great old ridge trails that do it nicely, but access is a...

Can we have some trails that ride both ways again sometime? Maybe with some rolling terrain and some actual distance? I like getting the "hard part" over and enjoying the down as much as the next...

Great bit of strategy in IMBA's continued efforts to reduce mountain bikers' access to backcountry and help the long term goals of the WS. Fuck IMBA.

And why isn't there a national alternative...

Sweet lesson in composites to be had there, though. Might have to save that pic.

Wow, no kidding, that's amazing! I guess it's lucky they told you to contain the shrapnel with that stretchy stuff.

I love me some homemade shit. But what is with the bandage wrap? Was that supposed to be duct tape or packaging tape or some such thing? Must have made a seriously sweet sound! What psi?

Heh...you should be so lucky--those sisters shred! :D

I just listened to this rant in person from a couple of Canadian sisters who bring their cash to Moab for a few weeks every year. Personally, I don't go to Moab for singletrack, but you're not alone.

And a 27.5 front/26 rear? What could possibly lead someone to want a 26" rear wheel when descending a kinda steepish hill and occasionally getting a little airborne? Unridable. Stupid pros.

Trolling in sprockets is frowned upon, jongy.

This spooks me a little. My trails are just empty enough to start thinking I'm alone when I'm not. Got on a 6" bike and lately I've been having a bit more fun, but mostly just at speed. Starting to...

^^ +1. I won't call the Haibikes "bicycles" but I hear mopeds are usually fun if your friends don't see you riding one so it seemed logical enough. They're too heavy to throw around in all the same...

Probably works, too, but I haven't tried one yet. Get a zip tie on tight and you could probably add tension by slipping a tool under and twisting it out.

I actually like having a twist tie for...

Real men always own some bailing wire, of course. That and duct tape can fix anything. I actually do have a piece of bailing wire that I've used for this with pliers in my garage, but I've only...

Bailing wire. Or if you go by Nancy or Betty or something, just add a twist tie to your tool kit. (Use it to keep the two halves of your spare link together.) Either way, wrap wire around...