Northeast TW mountain bike meetup at Kingdom Trails (VT) - June 25-26

Yeah it is! Depending on how the legs are feeling, I may skip over Moose Deuce and go right over to Butter Tubs like you did. Going to keep in mind the jump over to skydive while working your way back into Town - most of the time the group is starting to get jelly legs while running Flower Brook and New School means the cold beer at the tiki bar is closer LOL.

 

There are a ton of bail out points and ways to get back into Town along the whole ride - we will make sure everyone is taken care of

 

Whelp just got the news that my front carbon wheel needs to be completely rebuilt - the spoke nipples are more or less welded onto the spokes and they can't be adjusted. Guess this is just a PSA to make sure you service your bikes and maintain them on a regular basis! My assumption is at some point the sealant had made itself into the rim well and solidified on the threads of the spoke nipples.

Going to make it a point to retape the rims everytime I put a new set of wheels on there going forward. At least the Fezzari came with a quality set of Stans rims and tires so no major loss - just wont have the Wu-Tang Killer Bees behind me from the i9 hub.

 

Which flavor I9? I've got a Torch on my Bronson (which is what I'll likely be on) and a Hydra on my Timberjack. Both are great hubs, but I think the Torch is considerably louder.

 

It's the torch - and it is quite loud lol. I have used the oil instead of grease in the hub to keep it that way as well. While I love the sound, its amazing how quickly I became an engagement weenie and appreciate the i9 hub for that alone - the current hub is a Stans E Sync hub which isn't bad by any standard and still has a great engagement point, it's just not the same.

 

Have you ridden a Hydra yet? The Torch is nothing to sneeze at, as you know, but by comparison the Hydra is even crazier.

 

I haven't! the degree of engagement from them is out of this world and I'd imagine the Hydra is probably a noticeable upgrade

 

I'll have to bring my Timberjack over for one of the rides this weekend and let you check it out.

 

I love the Hydra`s sound. They were more than i wanted to spend when i upgraded. I ended up with the 1-1 and they also seem to be a great hub. Much quieter than the torch though.

 

My wife is going to kill you. The hub envy will be real.

 

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But… where’s the elevation?

 

Does the Timberjack come stock with Hydra hubs or was that an upgrade you made?

 

That looks like the E Providence bike path. There is no elevation on a bike path. Especially that one that skims the shore line.

 

Yup same one from the other day.

The elevation has gotta be the two bridges and from the parking lot.

 

In other news. The weather looks awesome for this weekend. Definitely warm for the ride but really nice!

 

There is that one spot where it climbs towards that off the street parking as soon as you get out of E Providence.

 

Oh. Look closer at the map .... That's where I turned around

 

LOL, that was all me. Stick a $3000 wheelset on a $1700 bike, what was I thinking...

 

For the sake of keep everyone informed (will use the text thread while up there), I will most likely be landing in Burke around noon on Friday. Going to get checked into the campsite and then am planning on doing a Friday afternoon ride. Loaded these courses into my Garmin for an anticipated ride schedule:

Friday Afternoon: https://www.trailforks.com/ridelog/planner/view/325760/

Saturday: https://www.trailforks.com/ridelog/planner/view/325436/

Sunday: https://www.trailforks.com/ridelog/planner/view/325773/

As always, very flexible on when and where to ride, and shuffle around as needed depending on both the weather and how everyone is doing. I have found most of the time if I don't have a basic game plan set up, it takes too long to figure out what to do for a ride and I start burning a lot of the day.