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

Welcome to the Seattle area! You must be new here...

*although most of the area by you is prob similar.

 

I've ridden worse. It was, in fact, steep!

 

Oh yea it's madness all over really...

 

LL!

 

"ran out of talent" is the summary here.

 

300% sucks to suck...

 

You can still do the notch, and it's definitely harder than the snotch.



Speaking of Moab, anyone been down there recently? Going down this weekend, and was hoping to do a half-childa lap, but it's not looking good from what I've read.

 

We did alright on snacks. Funny thing is, I rode Navajo Rocks two days before, then took my Jeep on Poison Spyder while the bike was on a bed rack. Got to camp, pulled the bike off for a pre-TWE inspection and my rear shock bolt was gone. My buddy said it was a sign not to do TWE. Chili Pepper bike shop hooked me up and I got a new shock bolt that night.

 

He’s on gears!!!

You’re an animal Cajun

 

Another day exploring the snow filled hills.
Lots of hike a bike for ok riding. I just needed something steep.

 

I got some intel from last weekend that it was actually pretty dry on most of the lower elevation trails, like ahab and Navajo rocks and Klondike. Don't think you can do much of a chilada though, everything above porcupine rim is closed due to snow and mud.

 

Back on the East Coast of Merka!

 

The LaSal’s are buried still. But lower elevation trails are dry. Fruita/GJ trails are running pretty good, some borderline dry & dusty if that’s an indicator others full of hoof prints. A wet spring didn’t work so well with the livestock.

 

How long you let your tires ride?

I need to replace a bent spoke on this wheel so it’s coming off anyways, just curious on others.

 

Jesus dude, that's way past its lifetime. Once the side knobs start peeling it's done for me. Sharp treads keep my ass on the bike and off the brakes.
Being the only contact point between the bike and the ground they need to be on point, otherwise all the best suspension and brakes in the world aren't going to perform anywhere near their potential.

 

tires like that early season? replace. tires like that late season? ehhh, theyre probably fine.

still holding air? you can still ride them.

if you start to lose traction more, let more air out

 

This convo reminds me that I have a set of Vittoria Mazza Enduro (29x2.6/2.4) casing tires from my Arrival that I have no intention of using. I put under 20 miles on them.

$60 shipped for the set. Can add pics later.

 

Wheel size? I need 27.5

 

Sorry, 29.
Minor detail I have now edited.

 

Side lugs have left the chat on that little guy.

I usually run rears into the ground and then swap out the fronts every other time I slap a new rear on..

Ended up with a few old front tire spare assegais laying around so I just decide to install that out back and run it for the wet winter we have been having. All the traction! 2.5 front and rear have the best rolling resistance.

Until I blew up a bearing in my i9 Hydra rear hub. Last month or so I've been running my old stock bottom-the-barrel Shimano rear wheel with a missing spoke a semi-clapped-out DHR2 that has a good size hole in it and sometimes will leak sealant...

Thanks for the reminder I just ordered bearings so I can put the i9 back together. oh and while I was diagnosing the hub apparently I didn't have the cassette just right when I put it back together. Lost part of a Micro Spline.