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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Mooch...62mph...? uphill..?
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Biotch...Nice fade paint job... You ever get any sweet air on that thing...? Naploean..
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Here's me and the new ride on it's first major shakedown. Good Water Rim. Bike is a Pivot Mach 429 Trail.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Here they are, nesting;
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Cragar
climber
MSLA - MT
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J-Bro,
Nice bovine frame bag! Is that a Fish gig? I put an order in for a micro frame satchel from Alpine Threadworks and there was no bovine, ocelot etc. type of Fish offerings, maybe b/c he's Canadian hehehe.
I've got 8 rides on the Mojo3 and learning something new just about very ride RE: technique, DWlink, etc. Been riding MTBs in all forms for 34 years and the DWlink, better geo and wide rims of today is pretty nice.
I'll try for a pic tonight...
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mooch
Trad climber
Tribal Base Camp (Kernville Annex)
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Reading Comprehension 101
Lightning fast on the descents......62 mph off of the east side of Townes Pass in Death Valley
How about making it sound "euro fast"........100 kph!!
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Jim Herrington
Mountain climber
New York, NY
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One speed, coaster brakes, I love every second on this bike.
Linus, $399. If it gets ripped off, like my $2000 Trek did, it's not the end of the world.
Fairly indestructible.
If you're looking for a workout, try going uphill with one gear.
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TwistedCrank
climber
Released into general population, Idaho
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Not mine, it's my wife's. She's selling it. You want to buy it, you know you do. Sure is purdy, just not being used enough.
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Cragar
climber
MSLA - MT
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If you're looking for a workout, try going uphill with one gear.
^^BoyHowdy, I hear that!^^
This isn't about a 1-up but you ever ride fixt? I do it for the funness of the consta-spin and early in the season for knee/hip health. Cyclists have fairly unbalanced lower bodies and I have to do PT to take of my knees/hips from past use. For me, the fixt is better at balancing out the legs due to all of the resistance spinning you do on the DH and how you mix it up in the rocks or technical terrain. Off road fixt amplifies this as well as all the new balance techniques you learn. I have a fixt X bike that I run 38-42c's on. I've learned more about how to ride efficiently on my fixt'r than any other bike..
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mooch
Trad climber
Tribal Base Camp (Kernville Annex)
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If you're looking for a workout, try going uphill with one gear.
What it should really says is, "If you're looking to blow out your meniscus, try going uphill with one gear"
As some of you may know, I used to road race. Many of those Omni's were torture-fests! Sherman Pass Omni comes to mind. The choice to spin at a higher gear or pony up and go big and out of the saddle. I found out several years later and soon to be scheduled MRI for my knee, that climbing big is a fast way to surgery.
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Jkruse
Trad climber
Las Cruces, NM
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As someone mentioned a little bit upthread, this is a cool time to be a cyclist. I could see how some could be frustrated by all the different wheel size standards being tossed around, but it is pretty amazing to be able to tune your ride via tire size, rim width and diameter to such fine degrees. I've always felt tires and wheels really define the ride quality of the bike and we are spoiled with being able to make pretty much any combo a reality these days.
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Cragar
climber
MSLA - MT
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Hey Mooch, I have to disagree with that. I've been SSing/fixting for over 20 years and 10 of that was exclusively SS. I have a compromised knee from HS football then another 5 years of Rugby.
On the SS, I've done 100 milers off road, all-day gigs on trails, etc. This is one of those things that people either 1. think without experience or 2. don't learn to do it right. Via climbing, I have always worked on myself to bring myself up to a challenge (and of course not always making it!) where I also get to work on my patience. SS teaches one that there are 10,000 ways to pedal a bike and it is a requirement to try and learn some if you want to do it and enjoy. I learned that simply sitting and spinning will not work, I also learned that smoothness instead of just raw strength will allow for longer more fun days on the bike. If you take the time to bring yourself up the horizon is limitless. My legs/joints feel as strong as they were in my 20s. Of course there is subjective matter in that statement! You don't chip holds to make a route do-able or less physically demanding eh?! Gears are like chipping! ;^)
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mooch
Trad climber
Tribal Base Camp (Kernville Annex)
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Fixed and 11-speed.....oranges and apples. In any regard, we'll have to agree to disagree. Years of racing and 3 big crashes taught me to slow down and enjoy.
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Cragar
climber
MSLA - MT
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Yeah, I shoulda said "I disagree for me...." Agree to disagree
Anyway, you ever ride Mill Ck in Kern Canyon?
When I lived in Bako, it was the closest and best singletrack up to Squirrel Meadow...It also has a little trailside bouldering. I never ventured far from the trail up the little side canyons, but I'd think there is more bouldering and maybe even a little 'sleeper' crag down deep in one of them gullies???
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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2.Don't learn to do it right.
Anyone ride Trials before might know of the power of a SS.
Just Saying .Ride on.
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TwistedCrank
climber
Released into general population, Idaho
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Surly bikes are bikes distilled down to their purest essence.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Cragar, that's a Crater packs frame bag. Made by Rich Shoup in Telluride. A small domestic manufacturer very similar to Fish. Back in the day I introduced Russ and Rich.
Look up craterpacks on Instagram for all kinds of cool stuff!
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