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Big Bird Liked a comment about video The Making of a Holiday Card With Transition Bikes
12/24/2021 12:37pm
I wanna work for you guys.
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iceman2058 Liked a comment about bike check Evil Calling Slopeduro Dream Build
12/24/2021 12:35pm
Bike of the Day December 24, 2021!
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Klopp's Tots Liked a comment about bike check Intense Tazer FS: Dreams do come true
12/12/2021 11:39am
Well done. Back in the day, Velociraptors were the only tires I would use, except for trips to Moab.
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Ride2day Added a comment about video From Injury to Rampage - Tyler McCaul in Settle Your Soul
10/5/2021 3:40pm
That was an outstanding listen. Thanks!
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krabo83 Liked a comment about Feature Why Isn't Aaron Gwin Racing Snowshoe?
9/14/2021 8:28pm
smart move, nothing to gain from racing these two at if you're not 100%. hope he can bounce back big time in 2022!
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blacker_canyons Liked a reply to forum topic Re: Spoomer ca 2017. Anyone gone from 29er back to 27.5?
8/10/2021 5:16pm
I went from a long, slack, long travel enduro 29er to a mid travel semi-slack 29er to a mid travel short reach, short wheelbase 27.5 bike. I've been on the 27.5 all summer and have prob done about 30 rides on it in a wide range of conditions, from mellow buff greens to super chunky, super steep double blacks. for easy to intermediate trails, I prefer the shorter 27.5 bike. It's lighter, it climbs better, it corners better on tight switchbacks and berms. for anything really fast, really rocky, or both, I prefer the 29ers by a wide margin. since...
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Ride2day Added a reply to Re: Spoomer ca 2017. Anyone gone from 29er back to 27.5?
8/10/2021 5:13pm Cushy and fun… I’m down with both. Regardless of wheel size.
Drunknride Liked a reply to forum topic Armour all on tires
8/10/2021 5:39am
If you've ever had a car wash put armor all on your steering wheel, you'd probably never want to have that product on anything you own again.
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larsmathiass Liked a reply to forum topic Re: Spoomer ca 2017. Anyone gone from 29er back to 27.5?
8/10/2021 5:36am
Yes I have. 7 years on various 29'ers (Fuel EX "LT", Slash, Sentinel, Foxy) and now on a Scout Carbon. Friends riding behind me says I'm way more playful on the bike now, but I do miss the confidence 29er give you going mach 10 into rockgardens etc. Flicking the 27,5 through corners and tight sections are way easier. But 27,5 with the right geo is insanely fun
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Ride2day Added a reply to Re: Spoomer ca 2017. Anyone gone from 29er back to 27.5?
8/10/2021 5:34am I rented a 29 V10 at Whistler in 2019. That bike was an absolute rocket. I’m 5’10” with 30” inseam (i.e. short legs) and rear tire has never hit my butt that many times in one week. One butt buzz was hard enough I thought I involuntarily became a eunuch. I prefer 27.5 wheels to 29 for the same reasons...
bizutch Liked a reply to forum topic Re: Spoomer ca 2017. Anyone gone from 29er back to 27.5?
8/10/2021 5:15am
Same here. I've got a full 29" Demo DH bike for racing. But I ride a 27.5" for trails. I don't look at my Strava times any more. I just try to use every single inch of trail on trail rides...whether it's a little root or rock to pop off of or weaving and cutting a straight section of trail to do cutties. 29" trail bike might clock a faster Strava, but it bores me to death to just have a shorter ride. On the DH bike, that 29" rear wheel eats my ass up when I try to tweak...
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Ride2day Added a reply to Re: Spoomer ca 2017. Anyone gone from 29er back to 27.5?
8/9/2021 12:13pm I dropped back down to 27.5 after being on a 29 (SB5.5) for 3 years. The primary reason was to maximize the fun factor during every ride. I’m 59, so outright speed isn’t as important to me any more.
sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic Snowshoe Double Header to Replace Cancelled Fort William World Cup
6/29/2021 8:31am
if warner and peaty spending a full week in the remote reaches of the Appalachians doesn't result in some new, epic, scandalous tale that can only be re-told through animation, i'll be sincerely disappointed.
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just6979 Liked a comment about Feature BRAKE JACK DOESN'T EXIST!! Advice!! with Team Robot, March 2021
3/23/2021 8:15am
Oh yeah, of course a 2017 bike is not that short. I was comparing to a 2006ish design, haha. I guess I forgot to say "yeah you're very right about a couple years old bike being fine", just corroborated it by jumping directly to "yo, even a 2006 bike is 'ok' in many ways". I think the comfort and fit can still apply across just a few model years, depending on the bikes at either end and the rider, and you nailed it with those examples. But often times just a 10 or 20 or 30mm larger window of "comfort...
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maximumradness Liked a comment about Feature BRAKE JACK DOESN'T EXIST!! Advice!! with Team Robot, March 2021
3/23/2021 8:08am
The real issue here isn’t the squat, the rise, the geo or the tune::: It’s all the hammfisted fucks grabbing handfuls of brake on any bike, all the time, anywhere. Skids? Yes. Braking while riding tech in any way? No. It’s literally bad bike riding. I did it. It sucked. I stopped. It’s rad.
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bizutch Liked a comment about Feature BRAKE JACK DOESN'T EXIST!! Advice!! with Team Robot, March 2021
3/22/2021 9:59am
Let's get something straight around here. Someone besides me had to get saddled with the name Butch?
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Suns_PSD Liked a reply to forum topic Overcoming Fear - How Do You Guys Do It?
3/2/2021 8:31am
Drink a beer before you ride. I did this once inadvertently and proceeded to set a KOM and a handful of top 10s and I'm pretty average, and 48 (and started at 43). I rode so loose and comfortably it was like an entirely different experience. Also seemed safer, just not being in my head but being in the moment instead. I weigh 180# and didn't even feel the beer otherwise.
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BetterRide Liked a reply to forum topic Overcoming Fear - How Do You Guys Do It?
3/2/2021 8:30am
Thought this article by BetterRide founder, Gene Hamilton on "Overcoming Fear When Mountain Biking (and using it to your advantage)" may be of use. https://betterride.net/blog/2018/overcoming-fear-when-mountain-biking-2/
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andrew.macnaughton Liked a reply to forum topic Overcoming Fear - How Do You Guys Do It?
3/2/2021 8:10am
I started when i was between 28-30 I think. Very late. Had maybe 5 years of snowboarding experience at that time. I live in Whistler so rode a lot of bike park and technical trail riding from the start. I was always very timid (and probably am more so now). I think coaching and bike parks are the best way for you to overcome your fears if you can afford it. Just the repetition of being on the bike so much without having to work for the climbs and being exhausted etc. Living in the PNW you have plenty of...
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jeff.brines Liked a reply to forum topic Overcoming Fear - How Do You Guys Do It?
3/2/2021 8:09am
Very cool. Thx for the reply. As Team Robot alluded to, there is a "golden window" to really get good at this sport. I picked it up when I was 12, and by today's standards, I'd say that is still too late to be *really* good. Case in point, with exception of a handful of riders, pretty much every pro MX guy started around FIVE! The modern crop of mountain bike pros, too, started silly early. I realize you aren't looking to be a pro, but this does go to show there is a development window that is really important...
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