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I ride Lippman about once a month. Its a great concept and set of trails, but its tight. Great place for the kiddos. My 10 y/o daughter loves it. I’m riding a FS 29er Stumpy, and its just too big compared to my old HT Stumpy EVO for Lippman. Onteora Lake and Jockey Hill have longer lines, but the trails are pretty chunky, not groomed MTB specific like Lippman. Try Lippman for sure, but outside of Devil’s Drop, there really isn’t anything more than Blue trails.
You need to replace the bearings. Get a new headset and you’ll be good to go.
deja vu all over again?
I don’t care if its MTBers or 3 headed aliens. If you don’t respect the land you use, it WILL go away.
I wouldn’t mind a better UI for the forum. I think many more would be willing to post/spend more time on the site if you branched the forum into general topic subsections. Heck, at the very least I’d like to see the forums broken up by locale.
On that topic, you guys should update the app to include the option to show other users local to you and a way to contact them through the app.
I suffered for a long time with devastating PTSD after getting out of the Marines. When I finally got back into biking, and running, my MTB literally helped save my life. I battle my demons with every crank stroke.
I respectfully disagree Ridethestash. I am a biker with a running problem…or a runner with a biking problem…er…anyways, as always it is all about your own state of fitness, but for me, I hit VO2 max much quicker on an MTB than on my roadie or during a race-pace run. My 5k pace is roughly 22 flat, not bad for a 38 y/o dad-bod beer snob IMO, but I know there’s better out there. The only time I’ve hit VO2 max quicker on my roadie than on my MTB was doing KOMs on a 17* grade during a charity ride/race. Otherwise, I’ve found MTB to be the best all around HIIT for me. I’m sure its quite different for others though.
OP, I got out of the Marines in 2009, weighed 235ish, benched 300 consistently, and was squatting 600. After I got out I forgot how to eat and train, and blew up to 250+ (stopped getting on the scale at 250) and lost a ton of muscle mass. In the last 5 years I made it down to 175 (marathon training) and am now a comfortable 190-but I’d like to drop a few off the belly. 230 bench on a good day now, but endurance is great. MTB played the biggest part of that, but beyond that, riding helped save me from devastating, and suicidal, PTSD. I thank God every day for my bikes.
-Matt
