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Mountain biking 2019

blackke17

I'd rather be at Alta
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Erik, the trail in the last pic was DEVO . that was by far the worst trail we hit - power braking in a pedal deep trench in loose steep rocks
. most of the trails were much more manicured unless indicated by "technical" which meant rock city .

I hear ya Amy , I know alot of people who have been hurt at DV!!!! glad i escaped unscathed from my trip over the bars!
 

nay

dirt heel pusher
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Bikes have evolved so much.
In 2001 i had a blur, 71!! Degrees head angle. Lots of over to bars.
Then i bought a Turner 5 with a 69 head angle and i was in heaven.

Now i ride a 65 degree head angle and love it.

Two days ago, i saw guy with a stumpjumper Evo with a63 head angle. 63! He said it was the best bike he's ever had.

Climbed well, descended like a dream.

The Evo is a really interesting bike given it is pitched as a trail bike with that 63° head angle - makes sense with 150mm travel that is pretty short for that geometry. Steeper seat angles to compensate for a DH head angle seems to be the ongoing trend.

The Guerrilla Gravity Megatrail is a bike that really intrigues me. GG has come out with a new U.S. (Colorado) carbon manufacturing process and has vids of them sledgehammering the frame without breaking it. Apparently they can make a frame in about 8 hours with this process vs a more typical 40 hours, keeping costs down without going offshore.

There’s one bolt designed to be switched on your ride to go from trail mode to gravity mode, dropping head angle from 65° to 64.5° while increasing rear travel from 155 to 165mm along with a 3mm BB drop. The fork can be up to 180mm with 170mm standard.

I probably don’t need to tempt what that bike is for, but then, most of these arguments are like wide skis and more is usually more.
 
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dirt heel pusher
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Erik, the trail in the last pic was DEVO . that was by far the worst trail we hit - power braking in a pedal deep trench in loose steep rocks
. most of the trails were much more manicured unless indicated by "technical" which meant rock city .

I hear ya Amy , I know alot of people who have been hurt at DV!!!! glad i escaped unscathed from my trip over the bars!

Black diamond trails in the southern Rockies are often crap, because they add enough pitch to just be really loose rock falls. That means you have to stay off the brakes, which in turn means mistakes have consequences.

I guess because ratings are derivative of skiing that we need mtb trails that are really crappy to even hike, but if it’s not desert terrain there’s not much point IMO.

Poeple who ride in wetter climates without so much loose rockfall may rightfully disagree of course, but moon dust dry with high pitch is just crap unless the drops are short enough to point and shoot (and really, even then).
 

EricG

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Yeah that tires is really WAY more open than the dissector. It should do better on loose coonditions. Also the only negative if wider tire weight they tend to grip better and roll faster on actual mtb terrain

You know I like plus sized tires. 3.0 all the way.
 

nay

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Do you ride it?

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Josh Matta

Skiing the powder
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not sure hard to see all the info.
 

4ster

Just because you can doesn’t mean you should!
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New ride for me recently. Thunder Mountain above Kirkwood then down Horse Canyon to Silver Lake ...
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Bit of “hike a bike” toward the top...
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Ladies Pow Wow...
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Downhill was a mix of flow & techy rock gardens & drops with a few snowfields to cross...
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Only about a 10 mile loop but 2300’ of steep climbing makes it seem bigger...
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Not many photos on the Scott Lake/Christmas Valley ride but my first time there this year...
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MTB Adventure wit Mikey...

Tuesday old guy ride ...
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Big ride for me today...
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Thanks for looking :bikewheelie:
 

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Josh Matta

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that is the cutest little bike, its nice to see kids bike with actual low stand overs.
 

Josh Matta

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Had a fun ride with @Josh Matta today and his wife. I appreciated them waiting at the top of the climbs as my lungs just couldn’t crank out the pace I should be able to. We did some great descents and they showed me the trails here in our local backyard. That last trail was awesome! Now I just need to rebleed the brakes again when I’m not a few drinks deep (lesson learned).

Yeah the thing is you have to go back and be willing to get lost alittle there. The flow at Cady Falls IMO is basically un matched by anything I have ever rode, in the era of machine built flow trails that do not flow that well, its kinda of breath of fresh air.

Diane rolling down the crux of Man Down.

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@EricG in rooty corkscrew like corner
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The problem with the riding area is its so dark it hard to get pics. Diane on a little A frame ramp on Fallen Tree.

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I love this place because you never have to ride anything but the climb everytime you go there , so many trails and all are pretty banger in the flow department, with out being cookie cutter machine built trail. Oh yeah and the LOAM.
 

nay

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Hammered a good tech loop yesterday followed by some screwing around.

Axel.

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Friend of Axel.

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Nice of me to take one for the team as the photographer.

Tuned my suspension yesterday - front fork was about 10 PSI high with too much rebound and the shock was about 50 PSI low. Much better.
 

Smear

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Participated in my first mountain bike race this weekend.

I'm still a bit of a noob at trail biking. Started from scratch 2.5 years ago, only biked on forest roads before that. And with two small kids, a total house refurbishing during that time, mountain biking hasn't had top priority. So entering an enduro race was not the obvious thing to do.

Signed up a week before the race. Have been doing volunteer work on the trails for the race, and finally thought I'm going to regret it if I don't try.

At the time of signup the forecast was nice. Two days later it changed to 16 mm on practice day and 15 mm on race day. Fortunately it ended up with 33 mm on practice day and 0 on race day. At times it did hurt in the stomach that week before the race, what have I signed up for? Broke three ribs in a crash last year around this time, so have experience that side of it.

Practice day was a wild experience. Constantly raining on trails that was wet from all the rain in the week before. Did get through all of the 7 stages once.It was not cold so actually fine as long as one stayed in activity, even if soaking wet. I've tried to avoid biking in wet conditions so this was a new experience for me.

Video from practice day:

Pictures from practice day:
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http://www.jonborgersen.com/oslo-enduro-2019/#90

Then race day the day after. The forecast changed to no rain. And that was good cause racing involves a lot of waiting. But the trails didn't have any chance to dry up. And now hordes of people had passed over them the day before. Lots of black soil in this trails system, so not really terrain that handles moisture well.

Got stuck in the mud many many times. Had one crash over the bars when the front wheel got stuck in a deep mud hole. Didn't hurt a bit but broke the shapeshifter handle off the bike. Luckily it got stuck in downhill mode.

Had fun, met lots of nice people. Pushed my own limits. Got better at letting the bike go loose in the mud, and handle wet roots and slippery rocks. Now I'm ready for autumn and early winter.

Last stage got canceled after a bad crash that left a kid unconscious for a while. Helicopter landed but ended up in the ambulance. He got away with a concussion and some stitches. Hope he is spared of long term effects.

But my results? I ended up on last place in the masters category. Well someone has to be last ;-) And then it can only go better (or equally bad) next year :)

A whooping 67% behind the winner, a promising young guy who has been doing his first EWS races this season.

Added:
Picture of me on race day :)
http://www.jonborgersen.com/oslo-enduro-2019/#71
Half lid and goggles might not be stylish but I'm very glad that I panic purchased goggles in the week before.
 
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Josh Matta

Skiing the powder
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Anyone want to guess what I just did?

Hint I invented "ghetto" tubeless, this is "poor mans xxxxxx"
 

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