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

I just looked it up. It is in fact the post-bankruptcy second coming of that Iron Horse.

They had a good rep before they drove themselves into the ground on the business side. The Sunday still has street cred.

 

oh how the mighty have fallen.

 

Pretty sure that’s what is on my Diamondback hard tail I bought back in 2013. Not bad components for entry level.

 

Just got a new Rockshox fork set up on a new bike, stoked to get it from the shop tommorrow

 

Gonna need more details on this one!

 

If anyone is a large or XL frame and in the market for a Yeti, Backcountry.com had a few on ridiculous discount yesterday at the shop.

$3600 for a $5200 SB6 amongst some others.

Edit: They're listed on the Backcountry and Steep&Cheap websites too.

 

Same issues with my Fitbit versa and OnePlus 7pro. It looses sync with the phone for GPS data then it can't calculate anything about the ride when that happens.

 

Mine seems to track calories on pretty accurately, or at least I think. You can also run strava at the same time and get a comparison. I'm sure there's more but I just run those two every ride

 

I use Strava on my Apple Watch. I know it for sure shows I burn fewer calories on strava than if I use the Apple workout/health app

 

Yeah I actually don’t think I’ve used the workout app to track rides. Usually what happens is the activity tracker shows a calorie count, then I open strava and that calorie count is lower. Then I guess the tracker updates with the strava number. Kind of weird. I have no idea which one is more accurate though tbh.

 

I don't ever look at the calories function. It's always a guess unless you are running a heart tracker and a bunch of other stuff anyways. Even inside of MTB, there's a difference in doing 40 miles of DH runs, and taking an out and back up Northern Skyline.

 

Honestly, I think the best way to track your cals would be to get a power meter and do the math. I’m not sure if the Apple Watch supports that or it it’d be manual.

Also consider sometimes it’s acceptable to be wrong as long as your methodology is consistent. So what I’m saying is you don’t necessarily need to be right, but wrong in a consistent manner. You’ll still be able to track calories or progress over time.

 

Which details first?

 

Which bike? why a new fork? oh and

 

Yes sir, i know. Thing is, i don't have a pic. Sorry. I'll get one when i get it back. But the bike is an All-City single-speed mtb, with a carbon/steel frame. I ride a lot of street/ BMX style stuff, as well as regular off-road mountain biking. That's what i'm setting this bike up for. My buddy and i do a lot of wheeling in our home town, finding jumps and tricks to send.
The fork that was on it wasn't the stock fork, it was an Enve Carbon rigid mtb fork. (By the way, that fork is for sale. It's like new. If anybody's interested, let me know.) I wanted front suspension, so i got it swapped out for a Rockshox Silver RL (i think that's the right name) with 100mm travel. How's that for a start?

 

I didn't realize All-City made an MTB until just now. That will be a fun street ripper!

Used to live across the street from a local university and their campus taught me more bike skills in 6 months of screwing around than anything else. Really wish I had some sort of urban landscape nearby my house to screw around like that.

 

Yeah, i live way out in the Indiana woods. But i have two towns within a few miles that i go to.
Actually, this bike isn't made anymore, but all city does make a different mtb i believe. I can do some basic street tricks, not as much as i'd like. My buddy that i ride with, on the other hand, can wheelie. Indefinitely. For minutes straight. It's amazing.

 

This happens to me on a daily basis.

 

in fairness to your wife, you *are* a dork...

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPlizcUHXLc