About Me
Recovering slow Clydesdale racer who likes riding Imba Epics and getting up to 3 feet of air!
My Bikes
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Cannondale Flash 3
Santa Cruz Santa Cruz Highball Aluminum (29er)
Cannondale Trigger 29 Carbon 1
How often do you change and swap cranks? The Dub system is nice in principle but I wouldn't wait for it to come out. FSA has had a similar system (modular) for...
Blackhawk in Madison, WI has done this before. They're full on XC skiers and ski jumpers with mountain bike trails in the summer so they hosted a summer biathlon. I never did...
One of my favorite places I've ever ridden. I love the amazing variety of trails, you can do any kind of mountain bike riding you want, sometimes with in the same day...
Ha, I feel qualified to give an opinion. I just rented a Trance 2 last week and I thought it was awesome (I ride a few different bikes each year and wouldn't...
My wife gets pretty nice incentives for commuting through her employer (of course she works in the bike industry so not a huge surprise.) In Madison (Dane County even) you can get...
He's riding the same frame as me...definitely going to give this one a watch! Subscribed!
Yep. I've been twice and have been pretty much on my own. He'll want shuttle gift certificates (Whole Enchilada & Mag 7) Trails don't really need a guide, a buddy would be...
I use 3M 2228 Scotch Moisture Sealing Electrical Tape if anything that's stock isn't present or not doing the job. I read about it once in some forum so I gave it...
Check out envelo at Outdoor Demo. We've got a couple Polygon Square Ones you can have fun with.
Ours are reasonably loud...probably in the middle of the spectrum. I believe the ones with Sram Drivers are quieter however.
Polygon Square One Ride Test via Strava
You say early October...Outerbike is Oct 6th-8th. They have shuttles to 3 popular trails over the course of the weekend and you can hit two others from the venue. You'd just need...
Alafia got hit pretty hard. Here are a few damage photos from the SWAMP club.
Late for work (A whole lotta Blue Mound) via Strava
GT was big in Performance stores but when ASI bought them (Fuji, etc) they got fazed out...so now they're at a crossroads. They've always (in semi recent history) sold bikes to Dick's...
Since it sounds like you're going to fully jump into being a mountain biker and have a BMX background, definitely get as much bike as you can! The Marin Hawk Hill won...
In all honesty there's probably not much difference. I've never even seen a Nukeproof in the wild (beyond a pro DH race I watched) but I would definitely go for whatever one...
Thorough riding of Emma! via Strava
Family Bike Path time! via Strava
I've got a bunch of used for 1 season Marin Demo bikes in your price range. All are custom builds and would retail for around $6000. Used for one season on our...
I'll second Navajo Rocks. That place is great! Good XC riding and lots of Moab flavor with some slickrock, some optional exposure, lots of rocks! You can also take Mag 7 down...
I work for the SR Suntour distributor in the US. We have a nice trade in program, basically you get 25% off of a new fork. The most popular upgrade is to...
My 2 cents:
I'm seeing (actually hearing) speakers more and more. Most of the time it's at cycling venues that are more extreme (lift parks, jump parks, etc.) and sometimes they trickle onto...
Where are you at? Copper Harbor Mi has a mountain bike festival that weekend! Also a good time for Crested Butte (anywhere in Colorado in the mountains are perfect that time of...
Basically what StumpyFSR said. I'd add in Bentonville and/or the IMBA epics in Arkansas, North Carolina and the Kingdom Trails in VT. Florida if you need a winter getaway in addition to...
I always use after work or lunch and Strand Hill as an example of why eMountain Bikes aren't totally a bad thing (Crested Butte in general for some sweet self shuttling). It's...
Matthew Bonner beat me to the punch! The Kettles are one of the most ridden systems here and Blue Mound is a great technical trail that's been with very much cooperation between the local IMBA chapter (CORP) and the people in charge at the state park.
Yep, everything everyone else has said. Night, backwards, build and maintain, try to be Strava times on certain segments, etc. Try different bikes if you have them (or even a trail-run if...
Crested Butte? Try taking the bus up to Mt Crested Butte and riding one or two of the trails back down to town. Upper Loop to Upper Upper. Free city up and fun...
Just ride your bike. Buying it and riding it the first time takes the largest amount of depreciation for a used bike. So you could ride it the rest of the season...
www.envelo.cc is our up and coming shop. We're a distributor for SR Suntour, Novatec and Slickoleum and we've added a few more that we're working on and should be added in the...
Too long! I try to set ready to ride, rollout times if organizing a ride. Weeknight and lunch rides it should be expected to start on time. Long weekend rides there's more...
Bike shorts always. Usually full kit. My commute is 5 miles with an all bike path 7 mile option as well. On the way home I might just throw a t-shirt on...
I take mine on most of my more extreme excursions or bucket list trails or when I do a lift day. Occasionally I'll take it to my local trails if I'm riding...
I'd say the suspension fork. It changed how we could ride roots & rocks and opened up alot of trails for the commoner. It paved the way to producing full-suspension bikes...
I agree with Aaron. I own both drivetrains...the 32-11 is important!
Giant Fathom 1. Has the top of the line SR Suntour XC fork. Light, SLX 1x11 with crankset! Nice frame, maxxis folding tires, etc. $1450! A steal!
Marin Nail Trail 2 looks awesome...
Depends what you're looking for. Lots of boutique brands right now and many just getting started. Spawn Cycles seems to be the brand with some traction right now (https://spawncycles.com/bikes) but we've just...