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06-01-2023, 06:03 PM #4726
The Jeffco Apex model is working really really well, but the conditions are quite specific (insanely fast DH only trail every even day, hikers on odd days). We could use a system like that here on Snow King, but there isn’t really a high quality enough DH to warrant it.
It could help with one trail (Ferrins), but not enough people have gotten creamed (or nearly creamed) yet, I guess.Forum Cross Pollinator, gratuitously strident
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06-01-2023, 06:20 PM #4727
Oh for fucks sake. Entitled mountain bikers are the fucking worst. If you don’t want to yield (which usually just involves slowing, demonstrating control, allowing the other user to scoot out of the way) when on a multi-use trail- then ride directional mtb only trails or bike parks.
It’s just a fucking bike ride, quit taking your “flow” so seriously, lol.
The only change that should be made is downhill trail runners should yield to climbing Mtn bikers.
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06-01-2023, 06:49 PM #4728
The more expensive the equipment the more entitled it seems.
Equestrian>ebikers>modern mountain bikers>runners with earbuds>vintage mountain bikers>hikers>children who haven't been ruined by the world yet
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06-01-2023, 06:52 PM #4729
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06-01-2023, 06:56 PM #4730
Fuck the jeffco methods also. We lose trails in those deal and certain directions never get ridden again. We sacrifice because asshole mountain bikers can't play nice with entitled hikers. The endurbro mountain bikers are like "we never climbed that trail anyway". Fuck you pussy bitches. I rode my singlespeed up that shit before you even started truck shuttling trails.
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06-01-2023, 06:56 PM #4731
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06-01-2023, 07:05 PM #4732mental projection
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06-01-2023, 07:16 PM #4733
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06-01-2023, 07:23 PM #4734
Understood. (I think I first rode Apex in ‘87?)
The rest of Jeffco management sucks, but hauling ass down Apex without fear of creaming a hiker is pretty fucking awesome for being next to a massive city. Besides, going up and down Chimney rocks as well if you don’t like it.Forum Cross Pollinator, gratuitously strident
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06-01-2023, 07:24 PM #4735
4 real. Still basically one climbing trail at multiple trail systems at Jeffco parks. All those climbing trails are 10 feet wide and getting wider every year.
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06-02-2023, 10:31 AM #4736www.dpsskis.com
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formerly an ambassador for a few others, but the ski industry is... interesting.
Fukt: a very small amount of snow.
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06-02-2023, 10:32 AM #4737www.dpsskis.com
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formerly an ambassador for a few others, but the ski industry is... interesting.
Fukt: a very small amount of snow.
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06-02-2023, 11:01 AM #4738
I know! I’m with ya!
It’s the others squawkin about putting Mtn Bikers at the top of the pyramid that I was ranting about
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06-02-2023, 11:08 AM #4739Registered User
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Just saw this, and not to beat a dead horse, but I don't disagree. While counting clicks from closed is pretty counterintuitive, it does provide a solid baseline when trying to convey the settings.
Personally, I have to think about rebound as slow/fast and compression as firm/light.
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06-02-2023, 11:31 AM #4740
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06-02-2023, 02:43 PM #4741
The trail mrsjm2e and I built over the last 2 winters was finally discovered by the shuttle crew. Now we find out how sustainable or build is. Hoping to build another trail next winter instead of doing a bunch of maintenance on this one.
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06-03-2023, 02:03 PM #4742Registered User
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Why do I keep seeing people riding techy mtb trails on gravel bikes? I ran into 4 different people awkwardly picking their way down some gravity trails today on drop bar bikes today. One lady was on a touring bike with panniers and was freaking out trying to riding a skinny bridge.
Is this a thing now?
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06-03-2023, 02:11 PM #4743
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06-03-2023, 02:17 PM #4744Registered User
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06-03-2023, 03:12 PM #4745Registered User
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I heard and saw from above riders throwing rocks off of a techy section of trail today. Making a scene.
Caught up to them, dude and his lady on nice xc bikes, nice kits, etc. Lady was walking her bike, sees me coming and decides to get on and try to ride ahead of me. So I gotta stop because I don’t want to ride my brakes behind her.
My riding partner and I made fun of them the rest of our ride.
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06-03-2023, 04:09 PM #4746
Nearly killed two people hiking up a designated downhill-only trail.
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06-03-2023, 04:54 PM #4747Registered User
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Shimano Fucking Cassettes. Specifically 12-speed mountain.
FIRST- they don't have a cohesive sprocket spider that holds all the cogs, ok I get it, but could you sell the cogs individually? NOPE The tiny cogs are the ones that wear the fastest along with the big aluminum one. I recently bent several of my small cog teeth being an ape, and now I have to buy a new cassette even though its got tons of life left in it.
SECOND-- they make them have 2 different sized loose spacers? which is idiotic. Every time I take a cassette off to clean the cogs I have to look up a YouTube video that explains which spacer goes where.
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06-03-2023, 07:13 PM #4748Registered User
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Regarding the second point--you can figure it out by looking at them. Spacing between each cog is supposed to be the same, so the thick spacer goes between the two flat sides, the thin spacer goes next to the cog with a little bit of a flange (flange+thin spacer = thick spacer)
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06-03-2023, 08:18 PM #4749
It's a fun alternative to mtb on relatively boring "flow" trails. Swell>Bitter Route>Evo1/2>Rev and back. Really helps with hand/eye coordination and I have never impeded anyones ride, head on a swivel watching for followers. Always ask nicely if I can pass slow climbers.
I like a nice rate of climb per mile, keeps me honest
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06-03-2023, 08:32 PM #4750
It's also a great built in excuse for taking the chicken-lines when out with friends (self handicapping).
"I would drop that, and have many times, but...this 120 bike, you know...and man, this 67 degree HTA is sketchy…”
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