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Postby Lox » Sat Sep 12, 2020 1:37 am

26 ain't dead. Just a little slow maybe.

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Trail pics or gtfo wit yo garage queenz.
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Re: This thread is about bikes

Postby Lox » Mon Sep 14, 2020 2:44 am

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Ain't no cholla back y'all... fuckin' wall of cactus looming on my ride this morning. So smoky you can barely see the Catalinas.

Singletrack so good you just breathe that shit and go.

Where the trail pics at? I can just keep posting cactus. Nbd.
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Re: This thread is about bikes

Postby Lox » Sun Sep 27, 2020 10:57 pm

Another quick 11 miles this morning. I'd share a pic but it's just more desert and I was going too fast to pull out the phone. I did see a dang 1 m tall jackrabbit. Crazy.

Do y'all even ride?
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Re: This thread is about bikes

Postby Lox » Wed Sep 30, 2020 3:40 am

Look at that stubby little stem! Do you even have a stem?!? Do all modarn mtbs have this tiny stem?

That is a nice lookin' singletrack. I'd ride 8 miles of that.
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Re: This thread is about bikes

Postby Lox » Thu Oct 01, 2020 4:38 am

I am interested in this new school geometry but remain slightly unconvinced in the speed.

Would try it in my endless cactus garden.
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Re: This thread is about bikes

Postby RockPharmer » Thu Oct 01, 2020 8:51 pm

mountainz wrote:8 miles after work. Secret townie trails.

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Re: This thread is about bikes

Postby Lox » Mon Oct 05, 2020 1:44 am

mountainz wrote:I think of it as a 30% performance increase downhill at the cost of %3 performance decrease climbing, which is a trade-off your average mountain biker is happy to make.


Really? I feel like I'm more willing to slow down a little on the downhill if I could get a bit more power on the upside of the arroyo. I guess I get the advantages of bigger diameter wheels, wider tubeless tires and no front derailleur, but it seems like I always get stuck behind these slow guys on squishy newschool bikes when all I want to do is rip. I'd love to do a lap on a 29er Karate Monkey just to see if that 29er hardtail is the next evolution for me. Also... it is time I acquire a bicycle with disc brakes. That seems fun.
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Re: This thread is about bikes

Postby Lox » Thu Oct 08, 2020 4:37 am

I like faster, but also like the idea of smoothing out the bumps with a bigger diameter wheel.

Got out today for a quick six before class.

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Re: This thread is about bikes

Postby Lox » Mon Oct 12, 2020 2:09 am

Yeh I look at the lineup of Specialized bikes and the Fuse looks badass but jesus pushing 2.8s around the dirt seems like a bit much. The Chisel looks nimble.
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Re: This thread is about bikes

Postby joy » Tue Oct 13, 2020 2:50 pm

mountainz wrote: the joy of mountain biking

sup

mountainz wrote: I want to feel the trail. I want to get over obstacles with skills rather than suspension.

Skills and suspension aren't mutually exclusive, but I can see how you get there given the way most chuckleheads ride.

mountainz wrote:And I think this sentiment is also partly what is driving the industry away from enduro and into gravel. The pendulum is swinging back.

I beg to differ. Gravel bikes are for people who want to mountain bike but can't, which makes sense if you're in, like, Iowa and gravel roads are all you've got. I mostly see people get gravel bikes who are a) not really trail riding and maybe using them for mixed terrain rides or hella lowkey bike packing or b) just too big a pussy to actually ride trails.
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Re: This thread is about bikes

Postby Lox » Wed Oct 14, 2020 12:47 am

Oh man I thought gravel bikes were like for peeps who like to do distance but not on like tiny tiny tires because the roads are bad or they live in places with dirt roads. Now I see that these gravel bike piece of shit douchebags are totally ruining bicycles for everyone else by being total ASSHATS. Fuck these guys. Gravel bike PUSSIES.

Thanks joy for bringing that to my attention. Hope you're staying safe and well and riding trails. Ride all the trails.
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Re: This thread is about bikes

Postby Lox » Fri Oct 16, 2020 12:53 am

Tomorrow morning. Fantasy Island Tucson North Parking. 7:15 am.

I'll ride with anyone but you have to let me lead. No way I'm huffin your aerosols for 10 miles.
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Re: This thread is about bikes

Postby RockPharmer » Wed Oct 21, 2020 9:02 am

my bike with some cows.
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Re: This thread is about bikes

Postby Lox » Thu Oct 22, 2020 11:27 am

Fuck yesh. Hoping there's some ST lurkin' in them woods.
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Re: This thread is about bikes

Postby RockPharmer » Thu Oct 22, 2020 1:47 pm

ST and more cows
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Re: This thread is about bikes

Postby Lox » Thu Oct 22, 2020 4:07 pm

That's the sweet, sweet content I want.
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Re: This thread is about bikes

Postby Lox » Mon Oct 26, 2020 3:50 am

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More miles, more smiles. Right behind me in this pic, like no more than 100 feet back, is a row of new houses in a nice suburban subdivision. I wonder if you could make money on bike-in/bike-out airbnb in destination mtb zones. More likey the place gets trashed. Wheee!
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Re: This thread is about bikes

Postby Lox » Tue Oct 27, 2020 11:32 am

The time to ride 34 miles is a luxury. Hope there was some singletrack in there.
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Re: This thread is about bikes

Postby Lox » Tue Mar 02, 2021 10:07 pm

At some point, I decided I had to see for myself what stepping forward the full 20 years in bike tech feels like. And it feels weird man. Big balloony tires and crazy brakes. Dropper post wtf. I am lovin' the responsive 1x drivetrain and how the rear shock gets the bike in the air so easily. Only did a few miles this afternoon and the verdict is MOAR TESTING IN THE MORNING.

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New bike day so sweet. Had to share.
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Re: This thread is about bikes

Postby skav » Thu Mar 04, 2021 8:32 pm

THE FUTURE IS NOW, OLD MAN!

Full bounce has made a lot of trails that suck ass on a hardtail fun to ride again.
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