Go forth and ride, then bring back pics

[The SnowShow]

Welcome to the world of mountain biking! You are about to spend all of your money on this if you get hooked but the investment is for health and happiness so it's worth it.

No kidding. Love that 2-3k mtn bikes are considered “budget”.

[Dantheman]

Hiking is less boring if you run the descents. RunDowns are fun.

Today was fun.

[SchralphMacchio]

Good point on the ski pass savings. I guess it just feels like more gear since I’m buying most of it all at once. I’ve accumulated ski gear over 35 years of skiing so just feels like less.

Both are pretty bad depending how deep you go down the rabbit hole. Having great shops with solid technicians for each - bike and ski - definitely helps reduce the gear burden if you can tolerate some downtime - then you get to outsource a lot of repair tools, bench space, and most importantly time spent fucking around debugging / tuning. Of course even if you outsource everything except for basic maintenance, you are still looking at a decent set of gear …
-shoes, gloves and eyewear every couple of seasons,
-pads and helmet every 4-5 years,
-shock pump, tire pump, ideally a tubeless inflator canister if you don’t already have an air compressor
-basic set of metric allen wrenches and torx if necessary
-chain lube, tire sealant, valve core removal tool, sealant injector, spare valve cores
-tire levers and a tube
-spare chain quick link and a chain breaker tool
-spare derailleur hanger, shift cable, and brake pads are really really nice to have too, can often be the difference between walking or riding home

That’s basically my minimum list for being able to ride and get home and not have downtime over really simple things. Welcome to the club! Oh yeah, don’t be afraid to take lessons or clinics at a bike park, even if you have very little interest in the gravity/Freeride aspect of the sport, it’s just like skiing in that some lessons and observations on form go a long way!

[AK47bp]

Whelp, I’ve got none of that ^ except helmet and gloves.

[plugboots]

Great pics. Wow RA13.
Flowers:

[panchosdad]

Love that last one.

[VTskibum]

My riding crew all took our kids to our favorite spot. Definitely step up in terrain from what they’re all used to. 7m/1000’ of fun rocks and foley singletrack




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[VTskibum]

My riding crew all took our kids to our favorite spot. Definitely step up in terrain from what they’re all used to. 7m/1000’ of fun rocks and fun singletrack











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[LeeLau]

A friend of mine who passed too early and we had his memorial ride. One of our gang showed up on Severed Dick with this classic 1996 Rocky Mountain Hammer with working Mag 21, LX cantis and Gripshift

[SkiLyft]

Today was so good!


Dirt of the hero variety


Wet roots were sporty

[Dantheman]

[skinipenem]

Whelp, I’ve got none of that ^ except helmet and gloves.

Your first mtb is a gateway drug... next comes dh bike, dj, moto enduro, mototrials, ebike, additional garage bay, etc... this is where the real cost lies

You can get away from them for years, but they will always claw you back in.

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[Gnar_Shralp406]

You can always count on afternoon thunderstorms in MT

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[hick]

Nice to have some local dry dirt finally!!


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[LeeLau]

Forest bathing

[The SnowShow]

Dakota Ridge, looking over at Red Rocks

[Iowagriz]

Above Missoula today. The flowers were firing off today.

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[basinbeater]

I've been out visiting my 99yo grandmother who is not long for the world. I borrowed a road bike from my uncle and tuned it up and got three rides in. Really nice road biking here. nw Pennsylvania.

[SkiLyft]

Today was all time with NWSkiier and and OG maggot.










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[evdog]

One of our gang showed up on Severed Dick with this classic 1996 Rocky Mountain Hammer with working Mag 21, LX cantis and Gripshift

Nice, I still have my 1992 Rocky Mtn Stratos. It's had a few iterations but currently back to rigid fork with Hayes mag disc up front and XT v-brake rear. I think 9 sp drive train. I re-laced the original and perfectly true Wolber AT-18 front rim to the back after the rear finally imploded partway down a 5k descent during the bike's brief stint as a bikepacking rig. It's been a commuter and bar crawl bike for the last 20 yrs aside from a handful of bikepacking trips.

[LeeLau]

Nice, I still have my 1992 Rocky Mtn Stratos. It's had a few iterations but currently back to rigid fork with Hayes mag disc up front and XT v-brake rear. I think 9 sp drive train. I re-laced the original and perfectly true Wolber AT-18 front rim to the back after the rear finally imploded partway down a 5k descent during the bike's brief stint as a bikepacking rig. It's been a commuter and bar crawl bike for the last 20 yrs aside from a handful of bikepacking trips.

It's definitely a different mindset riding such a bike. Got one that vintage for a commuter.

Tried out some new rock slabs today

[ironhippy]

When I came back to biking (time off due to injury) in 2015, I rode my rigid Giant 26er on everything we have around here

[toast2266]

Is his handlebar mounted upside down?

(Also, I'm fairly envious of your slabby loamy goodness right now)

[homemadesalsa]

Perfect today up above Pocatello

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[panchosdad]