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

How many pounds in bumper plates do you have?

 

There’s a place up here that has all the equipment you could want.
Carolina Fitness Equipment. That’s where I get all my stuff.

 

I’ll give them a look, thank you! Just wanting a barbell and bumper plates right now. Potentially a small squat stand.

but rogue has been sold out since this all started

 

#140 plus some steel plates. but now someone is coming to buy them.

 

I got my squat rack/pull-up bar combo at Walmart. It was a little over a $100 but it does the trick. Good for the small garage gym.

 

Here are some of the trails around the Rochester NY area. I do not have experience at all the trails but you can at least check them out if you are in the area.

https://www.mygroc.com/local-trails/

 

Here is another resource: http://www.cycle-cny.com/trails/

I've never ridden in the Finger Lakes, but if you were in the Syracuse area, I could give you some opinions on trails. I would imagine that trails near Ithaca should be good considering having two colleges and generally a good sized community of outdoor enthusiasts.

 

Glad they are selling so quick after reposting!

 

Thanks man! I did eventually find those two on Trailforks and what not but couldn’t really get any informative review so wanted to find someone who maybe had experience. If you had one day to ride out there which would you hit? Probably Shindagin?

 

Thank you for this link! Definitely helps and good to know Shindagin is a bike specific trail system. We won’t be up that way near Syracuse though. Gonna be staying just 20 mins west of Watkins Glen. Thinking Bike first day, hike the Glen the 2nd day, then paddle board and maybe hit a winery and disperse camp the last night (Taking my fiancé up there for her B-Day).

 

Erwin is quite a bit bigger, but is likely farther away from you. It's like 10 mins from work when I go up there, so it's my go to.

 

Oh, if you're in Watkins Glen, def Erwin then. Corning has a few good breweries there if they're open, like Liquid Shoes and Iron Flamingo

 

Haha yes it’s actually closer. However, we are hitting the trails along the way up there on our drive so both seem to be along the way. Erwin will be right off the main highway I have to take and is only 20mins away from where we’re staying. Think Erwin is more fun?

Thanks for the tip, maybe we’ll check out a brewery after if their open

 

I think you'll be happy with Erwin. But that part of NY, you just have to embrace what you have. It's a far cry from Utah riding level, but it was still fun to ride and goof around on it with some of my local buddies.

 

Standard 2 syringe process. Except the Dominions added a second port on the caliper, they call it the "two stroke." It's essentially a second port on the other side of the caliper, which you can use if they are being really tricky. I've never had to use it to get a perfect bleed. It would be useful if you did a seal replacement on the caliper though, which again, I've never had to do in over 2K miles on the enduro bike.
Here's a link to the bleed process.
They also slowly let you know when it's time for a bleed. The lever throw gets a hair longer here and there, and if you need to use the reach adjust, you know it's time. Even then, performance doesn't change, just lever throw.
They have a ton of extra features which you don't see on most brakes too; working bite adjustment, crosshair caliper adjustments, two stroke bleed option, etc..
Super predictable, tons of power, buttery lever feel, perfect modulation, simple bleed, hold bleeds longer them most, never fade. Don't know what else you can possible want.

Check out the rack options on Tires on Trails. It's a Yakima Bed rack, front loaders on top of that.

 

@2012TacomaGuy has a cool setup for his bike that I thought needed sharing.

 

Interesting, doesnt seem very stable front to back though, unless there is more support I am not seeing.

 

I'm hoping he chimes in, because I too have questions.

 

I mean, really cool use of space. Just with the bike being sideways, and the forks being turned, if he hits the brakes hard it seems like the bike would flop over into the bed. @2012TacomaGuy fellow Yeti brother, we need answers.

 

Give me a couple minutes and I’ll mount the bike up and take close up photos of the supports. I use two cam buckles. There are more photos in my build page. It was fabricated by @EatSleepTacos #randyfab