All Things Bikes and Tacos! (...and every vehicle imaginable)

LOLOL. I'm just like Dr Krieger's girlfriend from Archer. lolol. except the male version.

 

Do you have two identical bikes?

 

GET BACK IN THE SHUTTLE VAN!!!

 

LOLOLOL. i'm sorry. but your authority is not recognized in fort kickass-mud.

 

Pretty sure he has a fleet of Evil's stored in various sheds around the country.

 

Actually, I just threw it in a bike stand and tightened everything up to what visually looked OK, having no clue what I was doing. I went for a couple short rides, it seemed OK, but I went for a long ride and my wrists, elbows and shoulders were in pain! After doing some google-fu, I came across this video and decided I needed to actually pay attention to how my wrists were aligned. I have my next longer ride scheduled for tomorrow, so we'll see how it works out. I pushed the hoods in a bit and rotated the handlebars to match this guys video. Just sitting on the bike stationary, it feels much better already! I'm far from a pro, just a goober and computer but I have high hopes for this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9jq4WBrKOY

 

I view them as two distinct activities at this point. It's not really enjoyable for a riding group to consist of both electric and analog bikes. Different two wheeled vehicles for different purposes.

With being said, I am still very bitter how simps get to enjoy those backcountry trails I had to work my ass off to gain the fitness to enjoy.

Unless I missed something I would not assume his racing bikes are intended to become a production brand. Talking to a few folks in his posse he is very keen on maximum bike performance - not necessarily creating a new brand. Although I think a few of the young rippers at Windrock (with rich parents) are having custom DH bikes built for them now. Time will tell I guess

 

Thanks man, I'll have a watch and see what I can apply.

 

That's fair enough, a brand may not be his intention but he is creating it. With him not being able to ride the bike can't be developed further. I'd imagine that with how much he has put into it, if he could produce it, he would.

 

Agreed. The exception being when you put the slowpoke on an e-bike to keep up with the rest of the pack, like when me tossed my mom on a repeater when we all hit Bellingham a few weeks ago. Worked out perfectly!

 

I have a few identical bikes because I spend time in a few different places.

 

or so insanely poor.

 

I have an upTop bed rack and a Yakima High Roller. I was thinking about getting the upTOP Overland bike mount to use with it. Did you have to modify anything or were you able to bolt directly to the mount?

 

Big shout out to Osprey and their All Mighty Guarantee. I have been riding with an Osprey Raptor 10 for the last 12 or so years. Same pack with new bladders as needed. A few weeks back, the elastic straps that hold the drinking tube to the shoulder harness finally gave out. They had been holding on for dear life for a while, but finally broke. I also broke the buckle for the waist strap a couple of months ago. I tried fixing it myself with a Gear Aid buckle to no avail. I even cut the original Osprey strap and had to burn the end to keep it from unraveling to try to get the Gear Aid buckle to work. I decided to give the All Mighty Guarantee a shot. Filled out some basic questions on their online submittal form, along with a couple of pics. Received a return authorization email, boxed it up and sent it back for repair/replacement. I was quoted an 8-12 week return window for the repair/replacement. Three weeks later I got my Raptor 10 back. Repaired to working order. Great packs, great customer service. I did pick up a new Raptor 10 before sending in the old one so the OG is now on back up/friend duty.


New straps on the left.


New waist strap and buckle.

Neither repair was extensive, but they fixed both on a 12+ year old pack, no questions asked, at no charge.

 

Any front range CO folks on here that could help me find places to ride early spring out here? Ridden the table mountains so far, looking for something a bit more spicy!

 

How’s Floyd Hill looking? I saw some dudes on the you tubes riding it last weekend. Some snow up high, in the shady spots, but dry where it’s exposed. Snowy spots were rideable. Not sure how much snow the foothills got on Monday since I don’t live there anymore.

 

i haven't ridden much up in denver, just bear creek off c470 and those trails would be fine on a gravel bike.

most of colorado springs is dried out. there were a couple spots on north facing trails in cheyenne canon that were icy last week, but all the rowdy stuff is/should be clear now. there was a light dusting when i woke up on monday that is all melted now.

a new trail organization built up a "black" trail a couple weeks ago, black sheep, in pulpit open space pretty close to i25. in the same area about a mile east is one of the biggest drops i've seen in town. haven't done it yet but im eyeing it up once i dust off the cobwebs for the summer.

ute valley has some bike only downhill trails that are short and sweet. a couple optional lines to get that pucker factor.

palmer park to me feels more like xc trails with some stupid difficult optional features around. i haven't been there in a few years, but it kind of felt like a wild west where you can ride whatever you wanted.

red rocks open space is my normal go to, but i wouldn't say anything down there is too spicy, just tons of fun and flow. (upper codell can get chunky, but not high speed chunky).

if you wanted to drive farther, oil well flats is pretty much always dry. some fun stuff down there.

 

I'll give it a shot! Appreciate you. I've heard different reports between 2-5 inches. Looks like it's going to be warm and sunny though, just not familiar enough with the area to know how quickly things dry this time of year out here. Currently been doing the good ol 'drive out, check, and go home if muddy' thing.