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kimbo305 posted:Oh also, I'm guessing you have Shimano based on what I think is SLX on the RD in your pic. Yeah, it's an SLX derailleur and shifter, Sunrace 11-46 cassette and a 32t Race Face NW chainring bolted to ancient 175mm Deore 3x8 cranks. The cheapest option would be to get a 34 or 36t chainring and just suck up the loss of the low gears. The Deore 5100 derailleur and cassette would get me 11-51 but at that point I'm replacing almost the whole groupset and I might as well go 12 speed. The issue there is my rear wheel, which is an old DT Swiss 240s 10x135mm where I think my options are a 12 speed HG cassette, an expensive conversion kit to 10x135 XD, or a slightly less expensive conversion to 5x135 microspline (because for some reason DT don't do this in a 10mm).
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Scrapez posted:A "downcountry" bike might be the sweet spot you're looking for. Full suspension but shorter travel than a trail bike and longer travel than an XC bike. Thanks! I will look at the Scott spark and try it out at the shop. Specialized is apparently a no go here, nothing is in stock anywhere. It’s either Scott hardtails or Trek Fullsuspension I see on the trails.. or the e-bikes, sure love those here in Denmark.
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Riding bikes in the woods is so dang fun. I was thinking today on my ride how surprised I was that riding this trail near my house still felt so difficult to me, even though I've done it a few dozen times since I first started mountain biking last year. Then I check Strava after I got home and see I PR'd a couple climbs and downhill segments about 30% faster than my previous best. I guess it's really true when people say it doesn't get easier, you just get faster. Anyway here's my bike taking a rest in the creek on my ride. Hoping to spend a lot more time on the bike this year. Hopefully one day soon I'll actually ride this creek crossing instead of walking it...
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That bike looks very sexy.
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# ? Apr 25, 2024 16:16 |
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agreed, karate monkeys are so dope
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It feels great to ride through a creek crossing that is too wide to keep dry feet as a pedestrian.
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I had a really good ride today, can really feel muscle improvement since I started. Now that I'm wearing a helmet my confidence has gone way up and I am quickly outgrowing my Schwinn. Still only hitting up the small trail in my neighborhood, but it is still offering plenty of challenge and learning for me. I need to take a day and do some maintenance to my bike like tightening up some cables that have some slack. I have a water bottle and a little storage bag now which have both been great additions. I got the Trailforks app which shows me the bigger trails in my area which I am going to check out. This is a pretty good example of the terrain I will be riding around here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngGV__ok85o I am still practicing getting my front wheel off the ground which is going well. I have successfully gotten over some small branches that I could ride over, but I am just practicing form and timing. Still can't get my back wheel up, but I need to build up more confidence in my balance. I am realizing I am quickly outgrowing the bike that I have and I want to get a better bike. I've expanded my cost options up a bit and have found some bikes that I think would work great for me, however it's like nothing is available in stock anywhere. I keep going back to that Ozark Trail, which might not be the best, but its available today if I want it and I can upgrade it which I would love to tinker on. Browsing used markets daily have produced nothing yet, but I am better informed than I was a month ago or whenever I started this.
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# ? Apr 26, 2024 04:56 |
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Make sure you have a dropper post!
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# ? Apr 26, 2024 10:30 |
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Used markets are hosed as everyone wants covid prices for ten year old bikes when new models are on sale.
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Polish posted:I had a really good ride today, can really feel muscle improvement since I started. Now that I'm wearing a helmet my confidence has gone way up and I am quickly outgrowing my Schwinn. Still only hitting up the small trail in my neighborhood, but it is still offering plenty of challenge and learning for me. I need to take a day and do some maintenance to my bike like tightening up some cables that have some slack. I have a water bottle and a little storage bag now which have both been great additions. I got the Trailforks app which shows me the bigger trails in my area which I am going to check out. Where are you located?
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I'm in SE PA outside of Philly. Some helpful goons looked through some things for me when I first posted and found some bikes and such but I was still unsure about getting really in to this.
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Polish posted:Still can't get my back wheel up, but I need to build up more confidence in my balance. Practice pointing your toes down, pushing back into your pedals so your shoes are gripping tight (ly as they can), leaning forward a bit, and scooping the rear of the bike upwards by curling your legs up while your front wheel keeps rolling. Just roll along at 5mph and do that repeatedly. Once you have down, you can practice clearing small obstacles in distinct front wheel, back wheel phases. Ultimately, you wanna hop into the air before scooping to maximize rear clearance.
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Also just try bringing only your back wheel up without using the brakes (obviously).
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kimbo305 posted:Practice pointing your toes down, pushing back into your pedals so your shoes are gripping tight (ly as they can), leaning forward a bit, and scooping the rear of the bike upwards by curling your legs up while your front wheel keeps rolling. Yeah I have watched a bunch of different takes on it and I think I have the methodology down, but doing it in practice well.. just needs practice. I am confident I will get it fairly quickly. I really over-think things and don't tend to just let go and let things happen which really holds me back. I know that is a mental hurdle I need to overcome. I am still getting in to shape and the small area I ride in is like, always uphill. I have always been a more leg strength kinda person with playing hockey goalie for years and I've just been a lump of poo poo the last couple years as I stopped doing almost any physical activity. But I have been riding basically always uphill for the past few weeks, and it is a loving struggle but I enjoy that more than going down hill. Going down hill at speed I constantly keep over-thinking that I am going to crash and break a bone or something which holds me back. Where as I really enjoy the challenge of climbing uphill. I am guessing that isn't the norm because almost everyone looks like they are doing this to fly downhills and get adrenaline going, which is exciting. I dunno, I just gotta let go a bit to get better, and I am just ranting at this point.
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If you can, set up your phone beside your practice area and record what you're doing. Sometimes you think you're doing something but in reality it's way off. Comparing how you're executing it vs the demo videos you've watched could be revealing.
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kimbo305 posted:If you can, set up your phone beside your practice area and record what you're doing. Sometimes you think you're doing something but in reality it's way off. That is a great idea and my nephews would love to record it.
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in a well actually posted:Used markets are hosed as everyone wants covid prices for ten year old bikes when new models are on sale. always lowball. if they didnt want to get lowballed they should have been better at posting (a classified ad)
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