Austin Area TW Chapter (all gens welcome, even T4Rs; heck, just make it a Toyota and we're good)

Both look awesome!

Ive got a Santa Cruz Tallboy 29er that ive ridden for about 5 years now and I love it! Im going to need a new rear hub soon, but its held up quite well for the near 500 miles ive got on that bike. Before that was a Trek Fuel 90 XC bike, also fully suspended

https://www.instagram.com/p/BVoIEBaAj0_/?taken-by=atx_riz

 

Well if we're sharing... this is my 2016 Specialized Stumpjumper Comp 6Fattie

 

Thanks! My brother in law works at a bike shop in Ontario, and pinged me about the bike. It was a raffle prize, and the gal that won it didn't want it; in fact never rode it, as she said she wasn't going to buy pedals for a bike she wasn't going to ride. I scored a pretty sweet deal, which got less sweet when my bro-in-law declared the full MSRP in the export docs. Dumbass. I got a quick lesson in what NAFTA covers, and what it doesn't, after talking to a guy at DeVinci, who said they ship their bikes to the US separately, so they pay only pay duties on the stuff sourced from Asia, (drivetrain), and not on the stuff they actually build in Canada, (frame). Due to my bro-in-law's sudden interest in telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but, I got to pay duty on the whole price tag, which wasn't even close to what I paid for it. Family... you gotta love them, because you can't kill 'em.

I'm going to check this out soon, as soon as the temps drop to less than brain melting:



The far western edge of that is where I took a pic of that Taco I asked about here last week. The entry point is Tejas Park, which is only a couple of miles off Parmer/Ronald Reagan, about 6 miles north of the house. It's a 27 mile loop, which is a pretty good workout, at least for my ancient ass, on a mountain bike.

 

Yours is the only one that looks like it's been ridden!

 

that is a perfect bike for most of the stuff around here.

 

Haha! Ridden hard and put away wet.

 

that's a rough trail. but fun. i first rode it back in 2002 or 2001. it was a simple out and back from Jim Hogg. When we moved to Georgetown in 2014, I rode there from our house planning to do a loop, then ride home. Total would've been about 50mi. That didn't happen. Trail kicked my ass. but i was also on a cross bike...

 

@Tynan Are you an Instagram user?

 

Awesome video. Looks like a fun time. Definitely a couple sections in there that I would never touch with a DD.

 

Ha yeah and all of these trails/lines were considered "Medium" level. Our group was *required to have at least 32" tires, skids, sliders, rear locker. Some did it with only sliders.

Feel free to also check out my shorter Moab video from 2015 that's on my channel. First video I ever edited!

 

This looks pretty awesome! I think this would make a great saturday ride when the temps drop... coolers with beer in the truck for the post ride lake/beer time

 

I'm not.. I should start one though. Guess before I had the truck I never really had anything to post lol

 

Start one up!!! Shoot me your handle when you do

I need to properly introduce you to the @texastoyotacoalition

 

Pace Bend is one of my favorite rides in the area. We could always plan a group ride after C&C/TnT next month and chill by the water (actually by the water) afterwards. Or any other weekend really...

This is in regards to beer/chill after the ride, not the ride/map posted above.

 

You know you want these...

 

If only SCS made FS3's!! LOL

 

Just met a really nice young lady who moved into my rental 4Runner as I surrendered it because they were taking her Tacoma for the rear diff recall.

Gave her a card.

She's got a 3" lift, and needs advice on where to break it.

 

Oh, and THE AMERITRUCK IS FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

 

Well done Cap!

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