https://www.commencalusa.com/meta-tr-29-origin-c2x29149170 Use the leftovers for a riding trip. Frame is sound, bike handles good, upgrade with min/maxed parts as necessary(including a dropper post right out the start?). I love my Commencal. (Which is ... more »

To eat in Monterey: Papa Chano's on Alvarado has good mexican food. Pizza My Heart at the Del Monte Center has GREAT pizza. The Chipotle just down from it isn't bad at all. The Myo frozen yogurt joint on Alvarado is really good. In-n-Out Burger in Salinas. ... more »

Steve Peat(if he's racing): 2:31:05 Rachel Atherton: 2:55:05

I'm getting a masters degree. I play rockband. Try to learn how to cook. The usual.

If it's somewhere I can actually ride, ie safe jumps/drops, I would ride an hour to get to it if the trails getting to it were fun, or the trails coming back were fun.

Pile rocks?

Good luck. Really. Maybe try ridemonkey? Fly out to whistler and meet people there?

What if you did downhill runs in a jam format? Something like have enough time for each person that qualified for the final to have a few runs and let the competitors jam it out. If someone gets knocked off the top spot then they might be able to cut ... more »

The thread title is hugely misleading. I was hoping I'd know how to set up suspension after I came in here. Oh well.

I hear dual slalom is the thing.

I just realized that I posted here and in the off the bike section. Must have done that when I was drugged up.

have you ridden both?