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

Dang, sorry to see that. Warranty and negligence are two different things. Depends how aggressive the insurance co wants to get which likely will be determined by how pricey the repair ends up being. Good luck man.

 

I saw that too... I absolutely love my 36 with the PUSH ACS3 in it, but would give the Zeb a try at that price. Alas, it was out of stock by the time I made up my mind.

Dude, that sucks. Homes are expensive as shit, and a time suck. We just bought our new (to us) home three months ago now, and it's just constant... Currently it's landscaping and sprinklers, but we need to paint the outside, and inside.
That combined with the 8 mo. old, and my accounts and time have never looked so tight.

 

Welp we made it up to Idaho... 840 miles in the breaking bad mobile



So far only had time to ride Eagle bike park... so much fun though... place doesn't disappoint

Flow trail

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CfecsX3r5p0/

 

Enjoy bro. If it gets too hot in the valley, get yourself up to Bogus. Or even better, Stanley or Ketchum.

 

Thanks brother! It's been toasty in the afternoon. Hoping to make it up to bogus next week sometime... I'll report back

 

You've probably already heard it but the park tools one is really nice. The adjustment on it is nicer than any other I've owned and it has held up better than the tekton one I have at work

 

I’m doing it similar to you. OOS was the only remaining option when I finally remembered to sign up with a transport service. So they’ll carry my tent and everything from town to town and the initial ride across the state.
The weather in Sgt. Bluff looks brutal. The next 10 days shows a few in the 100* mark. I don’t like my odds of it cooling down there in the next 3 weeks either lol
So beer and ice cream will be mandatory hahah. otherwise sounds fun.

 

Speaking of that…I need a new 1/2” torque wrench. My craftsman handle w the port showing the value is loose, making it difficult to know what number I’m really on. Twist or raise/lower the handle and I could be at one of 5 different values without actually changing it lol

 

The Park Tool wrench is well worth the money. I use it and a Effeto Mariposa torque wrench but use the Park wrench most often.

 

Kinda old school here with a '94 Trek 930 Single Track in the back of my 2017 Tacoma.
Original owner of the bike, second owner of the truck
Looking forward to the trails this long weekend.

 

Anyone know any good sales going on?

 

Sales of what

 

Gear. Heading to mammoth mountain at the end of the month. Need some protection.

 

Whoa! Make sure you do a mold check while everything is torn down.

 

Every pool I ever tried on a skateboard. First time was magic and the second time I crashed and burned.

 

I put some slightly larger ape hangers on this bike to see how I would like it. I like it but I just don’t like the gooseneck on this bike.

So here’s a pic of a mongoose and a brown turd.

I also found a more adult sized saddle.


But I could not ride it comfortably until I reversed the gooseneck.

The coxcombing on the downtube & on the seat post is partly just for decoration, but also in case I have to tie some thing to the bike in an emergency. The one on the downtube seals the hole where the cable runs through the frame, secures the cable, and prevents the forks from banging into the bike.

With those forks you get these two huge ugly rubber bumpers that go on the fork tubes, and they are the most god awful clunky heavy black ugly boogers you could ever put on a bicycle.

I scored a heavy duty Schwinn bicycle rack for my receiver hitch. I got it for free, because a dog had chewed up the plastic straps.

This thing is heavy welded steel construction and I can’t imagine putting four bikes on this thing and hanging it on the back of a small car.

With a little cleanup and some bungee cords, I can be on the road.

 

The advice on Q1 is good, especially taking Flume south and then heading back on TRT. Another good route if you happen to be on the west side of the lake is up Stanford Rock trail which TAMBA has been rebuilding, and then down Ward Canyon TRT. There are a few other trail segments you can add on depending how you're feeling. If you like tech XMas Valley is an awesome trail in SLT. A good loop on that one is to climb up TRT toward Toads, then up the highway a little, Scotts Lake Connector/Trail, up TRT, down Xmas Valley. Lots of loop options you can do using TRT, Toads, Armstrong and other trails below Star Lake.

I wouldn't expect to find any available camping in the Lake Tahoe basin at all nevermind dispersed camping. Tahoe has always been bad but is a complete and utter shit show now from May til September, and not just on weekends. Maybe you can luck out and find some walk up camping but I wouldn't count on it. Once you leave the basin you don't have to go far before you can start finding dispersed spots. Traffic around the lake can be horrific. I saw miles long back ups a couple weeks ago. Fortunately not the direction I was going. It's construction season on top of the tourist clusterF.

Sorry to hear about that. I'd spend some time researching consumer protection laws for construction defects in your state. As someone else mentioned a warranty item is completely different from a construction defect or negligence. The latter often have more protections and a much longer period for recourse against the builder. It is a pretty big deal when there is water incursion because that can lead to mold and serious health issues.

It's Labor Day weekend. Every online retailer I know of is having a sale. Check out JensonUSA.com.

 

I find good deals year round.. just use google shopping.

 

Ready for another day on the trails with my son

 

Been away for a few weeks but wanted to comment on PP:

Do it! It's an awesome ride. The only similarity to Whole Enchilada is that it drops from a high elevation environment through a number of zones down to the desert. It is definitely a harder ride than TWE which gets most of the climbing out of the way going up Burro, then flows really well with just a few short climbs back to town. PP is more of a long XC point to point ride than a downhill shuttle. It has short punchy climbs throughout the "plunge" that will wear you down especially if you try and ride them all. On top of that there is a lot of embedded rock in the tread that you get hammered by including on said punchy climbs. Between that, the short climbs and constant switchbacks it's hard to carry momentum a lot of the time, which makes it a very pedally ride. It really feels like you're climbing most of the way, even though you only gain around 1200ft throughout the ride. I didn't think it was overly technical and didn't think the exposure was extreme except for a few spots. But it's definitely a lot of work. Add in lack of shade and the heat, and it's no surprise people get in trouble. Cooler weather would help some but is no magic bullet, it is a hard ride no matter what.

For me to recommend this to someone would come down to their fitness and their acclimation to harder rides. If you ride a lot in a hot desert environment or do a lot of big backcountry rides this one won't be a big deal as long as you are prepared. If your typical riding is 12-15 miles a couple times a week on front country trails you will probably have a hard time on PP. Once you cross Lands End Rd the second time at mile 15 and then cross the final creek a mile later you are just getting to the hardest part of the ride with no more water available, no bail outs, and rising temps with no shade.

I did the ride last August on a low 90s day in Palisade. It definitely got hot at the end but I didn't think it was that bad. If I did it again I'd do the opposite. Start later, like early afternoon. Bring lights and finish at sunset or just after dark. That's the only way to beat the heat on this ride. A lot of people say to start early. You can't start early enough to beat the heat on this one unless you ride half of it in the dark, which defeats the point as the upper meadows section is very nice too. Any later than that and you're descending on the hardest part of the trail during the hottest time of day. Start later and you'll hit that area as things are cooling off a bit, or at least not when the sun's glare is most intense.

You don't need to carry 2.5 gallons or whatever they're recommending from the start of the ride, that would be brutal. Just bring a water filter or iodine tabs/purification and fill up along the way. There is at least one stream between the two crossings of Lands End Rd that should flow year round and another, Whitewater Creek, just over a mile past the last road crossing. You'd definitely want to confirm with the shuttle company if those are still running of course. If you can't make it to those on a 3L hydration bladder I'd reconsider finishing the ride as it only gets harder and hotter from there down. And there are zero water sources past that last stream crossing. I'd carry as much as you can from the last stream crossing. If you're a camel like me 3L plus a bottle. If you drink a lot of water, bring a second bladder and fill that too. You won't regret it. And you won't be carrying that extra weight for long....