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

Dude WindRock is legit. Downhill isn't particularly my favorite (would recommend 180mm+ travel), I am more of a technical guy. If you are over this way I can show you around WindRock XC. I have helped build over there in the past and it is an absolute blast.

Another hidden gem at Windrock is wheeling up to the top and riding your bike around the OHV trails all day it's an absolute blast.

Should see you at Stanley Gap

 

Making progress have 8 rides on it now in the past 2 weeks. Cant wait to get a bit more confident and faster on some of the dh stuff..and hopefully build up my strength and endurance on the up hills..they still kick my ass..

 

When I lived in Ohio we'd come down to windrock a couple times a year. Snakerock and the section of trail after the creekgap immediately off to the left that rops back in are fun.

 

laughed my ass off at that guy, also I haven't done any DH yet but my gosh I would never be capable of that kind of riding..

 

Here is my set-up. It's an Undercover Ridgelander cover that came with the crossbars and I picked up the Rocky Mounts TomaHawk for the fatty tires. It takes about 30 seconds to throw the bike up and lock it down.

 

My evil with di2 and alloy bars, carbon / i9 wheelset and Conti barons with tubes weighted 28 even. Getting a evil south of 25 is tough but can be solved with a credit card

 

Camping with my wife last weekend.

 

Collar bone has 3 breaks and things don't line up. 4 broken ribs and a tiny pneumothorax puncture that I must keep an eye on if the breathing gets harder gonna need a chest tube. W00t! I suck on the MTB

 

Truck and bike and dog.

 

A sweet trail shot overview and some sunset pics. Shred safely friends.

Love all the pics and setups people share. Thanks and cheers!

 

Had me a bit of a bike wreck yesterday. Went down a stair step of rocks about 9mph and on the last rock it dropped more than expected (probably about a foot and a half) and my tire lodged on something and sent me flying over. Landed directly on my arm, see swollen knot on my arm, and rolled about 3 times. I had too much adrenaline going to think of getting a before pick of the tire but let's just say it looked light a slightly rolled up soft taco. We bent it back out so that I could ride the bike off the trail

https://youtu.be/hC04DTGORXw

Question is now: what's the best way to get this fixed? Do I replace it? Is there something that can make the wheel straight again? Recommendations please.

 

Dang! I am sorry to hear about your wreck but glad you are ok.

Sometimes, if the damage is small, a mechanic can true the wheel back to normal, but based on your video I don't think that would be an option.

At this point, your only option would be to replace the entire wheel =/

I would also look to see if any damange was done to the rotor and brake caliper.

 

thank you, I am lucky to have not broken my arm. I think the only reason I didn't is because 3 years ago I broke it in a car accident in the exact spot of that swollen knot so the bone is strong right there.

There didn't appear to be any damage to the rotor or brake caliper. I am not opposed to replacing it all completely, but I have no idea where to even look into getting a new wheel/tire. Should I go for a tubeless setup?

 

glad it wasn't worse!

that's good. If you have a local bike shop, a professionals eye on the eye and brakes would not hurt.

There are tons of websites out there that you can easily buy a new front wheel and tire on. I Am sure if you jsut google the brand of your wheel, you could probably find your set online.

Now - that being said, it is sometimes difficult finding individual wheels. When i taco'd my front wheel a few years back, I could not find a solo rear wheel and was forced to buy a new set. So, just be aware.

Now if you dont care if they dont match or not, ebay and other websites should have plenty of singles.

I switched tubeless about 6 years ago and have yet to look back. Have had maybe 1 flat since switching and it is an easy transition to make. lots of Youtube tutorials on how to do it. or your local bike shop can do it as well.

 

thanks for the help! I will run it to a bike shop that we have local, sadly I didn't even think of that haha!

 

Take the rim to your LBS where they have a truing stand. They will be able to tell you if they can fix it or not.

 

Standard, weekday trailhead shot. I'm pretty lucky to live near Fort Ord, it's a great little area. That's my 4Runner next to my buddy's taco.

 

Been a while since I've posted here, but I have been busy biking!

Here's a few pics from the Dirt Rag Dirt Fest in PA that I went to. Allegrippis trails are amazing and definitely should be a destination for people that are 4-6 hours away. I've never ridden trails like it before and it hardly felt like you were climbing. We rode 80 miles over 3 days!




Here's a few other random shots from biking at various places:

 

did your dog do 80 miles in 3 days too?!?!?!

 

Haha nooo way. He would never be able to keep up on those trails. Average speed was around 10 MPH and I had to switch my forward foot to the other side because you are coasting so much and my leg was cramping!