Nocheez posted:

I went for my first post-vasectomy ride last night, 5 weeks later. It was rough, but immediately after healing from that I caught a nasty cold that took 2 weeks to recover from.

It was a night ride, and although I definitely need to figure out why it takes 3 pumps to get brake pressure for my rear brake, everything else was great.

um excuse me posted:

I am bad at/scared of ledges. I've decided to wrap my hands around fear's neck.

Made it with 3 12 foot boards I had laying around, 4 pallets, and a box of deck screws. It is a 32 inch drop. Much more than I can handle so I've been bailing off the edge for now.

I have an itch to build some balance stuff like a log or teeter. But part of me just wants to start building fun BMX elements.

OMGVBFLOL posted:

after years of using it as a commuter and rain bike i repacked all the bearings on my Bridgestone branded 90s steel mountain bike, put some 26x2.0 knobbies on it and plan to yeet myself down some local trails with no guidance whatsoever. i have a little experience playing in the dirt from riding cyclocross. hopefully i survive

e.pilot posted:

Don’t worry about strava, ride bikes have fun.

spwrozek posted:

Good deal on Freerider Pros at Jenson USA right now ($88 w/ free shipping). Black/yellow and grey available in most sizes. https://www.jensonusa.com/Five-Ten-...RBoCEaMQAvD_BwE

jamal posted:

After work ride the other day

Frozen Pizza Party posted:

I'll try that next time, any brand you recommend?

Slavvy posted:

Wait so on mtb's it's normal to just drag the brake for ages and ages? Cause yeah I've spent years training myself to use the brakes relatively briefly but hard to avoid chronic overheating on motorbikes. If that's the case then it is definitely a different problem and I'm also even worse at mtb riding than I realized, if that's possible.

vikingstrike posted:

While this is true, there are many, many riders (myself included) that aren’t the best at doing this. Especially when things get technical and steep, I’ll keep the brakes on a good bit to not get more speed than I feel comfortable with. And, yes, I know this isn’t ideal. No, I don’t need a lecture, it’s something I work on.

And depending on where you live, downhills can be multiple miles long in the bigger mountains.

marshalljim posted:

That's got to be a felony of some kind, right?

Bottom Liner posted:

Bottom Liner posted:

Come ride in Florida!

oXDemosthenesXo posted:

Is Trailforks useless without the pay version?

I've been using it intermittently and finally ran out of the free trial. It seems like even basic features are locked out now.

stratdax posted:

Anybody else have an SDG Tellis dropper? The seat is coming up extremely slowly after sitting in storage all winter. I pulled it apart, cleaned and greased everything, put it all together, tensioned the cable, all to no change, so it's the cartridge itself. It's not serviceable, it has to be replaced. I only got this thing last summer, is that the expected lifespan of a dropper cartridge?? Seems extremely wasteful.

Bud Manstrong posted:

The Ibis Ripley AF seems like it would tick all the boxes for you.

Nohearum posted:

Hard to beat Canyon pricing but the Fezzari Delano Peak can be had with DVO front/rear suspension. SLX build is currently $2999.

COOKIE DELIGHT posted:

Sounds like you had a blast! Those days where you feel like you actively level up are so great, and I can absolutely relate to returning to the local XC spot and feeling underwhelmed.

I drove from Austin to Dallas yesterday to pick up this Banshee Paradox v3 build:




First pic is from the listing and the second is from this morning.

It's possibly a little overforked and I think I might prefer a Pike 130mm vs the current Fox 36 Rhythm. It's my first dropper post and also seems like it might take a few rides to get used to the modern geo.

The bars feel very close comparatively and it feels like it's harder to pull on the bars proper to sprint uphill, otherwise having an absolute blast and can't wait to hit up Spider Mountain.

prom candy posted:

Any recommendations for tire pressure on my Roscoe 7? Beginner rider, 145lbs, also using it for some gravel/trail riding and even some short paved rides just because it's my new shiny toy and I can get rides like that in on my lunch break

prom candy posted:

should I just be dropping the seat for the descending bits and then rising it back up for climbs?

Ropes4u posted:

AF or Carbon? did you happen to ride both?

spwrozek posted:

Can someone explain to me what a "nice dropper lever is"? I have only had the dropper lever from bontrager that came in my trek. I push and the seat goes up and down... What am I missing?