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Good work dude!

Fanatik bike has a pretty good wheel builder you can play around with for visuals.

https://www.fanatikbike.com/products/wheel-builder

If it’s just color combos you’re looking for you can use the I9 builder.

 

Aside from my LBS I've used universalcycles.

 

Have always used LBS and no disappointments thus far.

 

Yeah ballers................the wife didn't balk too much at $5K. I think she would have blown a budget gasket at $10K. Just sayin'

@ridge ? Stud! Wow......

 

Hey @honda50r What can you tell me about the Lula Lake 5 Points course? I'm seriously contemplating it but know nothing of the trails there.

 

Man I wish I could tell you more. I know very little about Chattanooga's trails and even less about their endurance scene. I wish I could help you. We're about two hours north so if you are ever in my neighborhood I can link you with some singlespeed distance guys like Chris Joice (https://www.strava.com/athletes/1098514). He's a gravel pioneer in the southeast and has bikepacked more fire roads than all the mall-crawling Tacomas on this website combined. Seriously, everyone needs to gawk at this man's historical data on Strava

Our big local normal-person race is Hill of Truth in October
https://www.hilloftruthfestival.com/

Followed by our enormous Fall Festival in November 5-7
https://fallfest.ambcknox.org/
https://ambcknox.org/event/ambc-fall-festival-2/

 

Yup, I've raced Chris in a number of Pisgah events... dude is a beast and can ride circles around me in them hills!

 

@ridge

Damn! That’s intense elevation for a gravel race! Just roll with it! Ha.

Congrats on the podium finish! That’s a cool trophy as well!

 

did that guy do a 120 mile ride on the 21st?

 

Something to take the edge off…. “Honey you bought this bike,” I tell her when it shows up at the door, “that night you drank wine.”

 

Coloradocyclist.com started off as wheel builders and still build them to order even though they are mainly into online retail.

 

i bought the 5010 from them, and it was cheap and quick shipping. However they are very pricey wheel builders.

 

Looks pretty unterrible up there.... if this was your ride " super fun and couldnt stop smiling." does it matter the speed ?

 

in a sense, no.

in another sense, yes.

not clearing the jumps isn't as fun as clearing them, thats for sure

 

I gotcha. Looks like you'll have to go again and again...

Where in CO you at?

 

Looks like we're gonna spend 5 days up in Jackson next month. I've ridden most of the stuff off of Teton pass and around Grand Targhee, but never around JHMR or the town of Jackson. Looks like the bike park will be closed but I'm guessing we could pedal up somehow? Any other trail recommendations?

 

rock on, munky man.

 

I'm down in Colorado Springs. If I can get outta work right now I'll squeeze another lap in tonight.

 

Never mind on the wheelset for the Firebird. She sold tonight right after a buddy sold his shuttle and passed me on some moola.

Took the AXS off and transferred it to my brothers Slash 8, took his GX off and put it on the Firebird. The Firebird sold for the exact same thing I paid for it a year ago with a lower tier drivetrain.

I did let him keep my wolf tooth seat post lever and cushcores, but he said he’d give front cushcore back when he changed tires since it’s not needed.

 

I've only ridden those Pass trails but they're a hoot - especially if you've got the skills for the jumps

You don't ever seem content