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KuЯdt

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  1. Good to know Spider is back open. But now that means I have to get back out there and redeem myself on Stinger. I wussed out on a couple sections the last (only) time I was there and walked them.
  2. I'm not really familiar with that Polygon brand and at first glance my thought was it's a bit too good to be true at that price. But as some have said here they seem to get decent reviews. There are some lower end parts on it but XT/SLX and 30lb full squish bike for $1300? Sheeit. My brother recently asked me about what he could get in the $1500 range, might just have him take a look at the Poly. He will be a more casual, occasional rider so it just might fit the bill.
  3. Behold, the new Shimano Deore: https://www.bikeradar.com/news/shimano-deore-m6100-12-speed/
  4. Lots of good advice here from Twice and wd. Your main takeaways should be to firstly, start with a good base - a good frame and fork (air, as Twice mentioned). Then make sure you get a component set that is high enough in the range...the lower end stuff will be difficult to dial in, will probably break sooner, and end up costing you more money in the end as you'll be replacing it all. For Shimano I'd look SLX, and SRAM I guess NX though I'm not as familiar with SRAM's offerings. Spend a little more now, to save more in the end. The Pinkbike recommendation is good, you might start taking a look some bikes there and see what catches your eye. If you post them here you'll probably get some more good advice about what people think of them. I dig Kona bikes as well. I have a Big Unit singlespeed which I've be considering converting to geared, because SS just isn't really for me. I'll probably just end up selling it though and getting a modern aggressive hardtail.
  5. I noticed the benefits of a slacker, longer bike pretty quickly on my new ride. It is much more composed than my Tallboy with the old school geo, narrow bars, and shorter wheelbase. It was also a size too small for me I think. I'm much more confident going down steep stuff now, and it is lots of fun. The wider bars finally got me though. I caught them on a tree 1 mile into a ride the other day and crashed into some brush. then did it again 2 miles later. It was one of those days where I just wasn't feeling it and lack of concentration got me.
  6. I think you mentioned earlier you tend to go hard on shorter rides and sometimes bonk. Warning: NSCSB ahead. Back in college, I raced XC for a few years. I started in cat 3 (though back then it was A, B, and C instead of Cat1, 2, and 3). The C races were usually 8-10 miles, and they were nothing more than a sprint. I always finished middle of the pack. Then I got sick the day before the A&M race and didn't think I would enter. Felt a little better the morning of, but I missed the start of my race. So I entered the B race, even though that meant I couldn't ever go back down to C. Those races were 16-20 miles, and were more about endurance...no one could sprint that distance. I didn't do well in that first one as I had bad calf cramps and had to stop a couple times to work those out. got passed by one of the Cat1 women who started 10 minutes after us too. she was fast. I got much better results after that, usually top 10, with a number of top 5's and even a couple of podiums. Point being, I realized that my strength was more in endurance riding. It always takes me a few miles to feel good on a ride. If you are a slow-twitch dude, you might want to do some longer rides and see how you feel on those.
  7. nah, was a chupacabra just off trail
  8. Went out to Flat rock Ranch last Thursday with a buddy. We rode both the upper and lower loops. I think I agree with what YourMom said somewhere upthread - the upper loop really isn't all that fun. I do like the lower one quite a bit and will probably stick with just that loop most of the time I'm there. I got some GoPro footage, and this time I recorded in 4k/30. The resulting file for the 4 1/2 minute video below was 7.7GB. Think I'll go back to 2.7k as that is gonna eat up disk space fast. I was pretty tired toward the end and the last few clips I had included the rookie mistake of having the camelback hose and strap in frame.
  9. I never realized that I also mutter (and cuss) to myself while riding, until I gopro'd a few solo rides. I always end up laughing at what a goober I sound like whenever I hear myself unexpectedly narrating. Must be the getting old thing. That's another fun looking trail you were bombing down.
  10. I used to use a Halo also, it worked well. I felt like it was giving me headaches though so I haven't used it in a long time.
  11. I do. Biggest advantage is weight savings. I like light bikes. The other thing is ride quality. Carbon rides much better than aluminum. With the latter, I felt like trail chatter and bumps got vibrated right into my bones. Not the case with carbon. I guess the obvious dislike is cost, but I tend to ride my bikes for many years so the investment is worth it to me. I've only had my current bike for a month, but the frame has a lifetime warranty. My previous bike, the Tallboy, is also carbon and I rode it for 8 years with no issues and it took lots of abuse.
  12. You got lost on a ~5 mile loop trail? 😃
  13. That brings back memories. After bending too many forks, my local shop guy hooked me up with an Original RockShox RS-1. I couldn't afford a Mag 21. It sucked, but at least I wasn't bending forks anymore. And btw, yours was the shit with that setup. Looked just like this, pink lettering and all.
  14. Wouldn't you know it, I made that post this morning and then promptly smacked by bars on trees twice today. Had a great ride out at Pace Bend. Entrance fees are waived if anyone was considering coming out here. There are a couple of new downhill lines off the top of Well Worth It. Also there are a lot of people hanging out by the lake, and mostly practicing good social distancing. Some great scenery, and I'm not talking about the lake.
  15. I thought I would end up cutting these bars down a bit on the new ride, but I'm getting used to them now. Probably won't cut them down, at least for now. They do make some tree gates a little more interesting.
  16. Got out today for the first time in over a week. My bum ankle flared up on me last weekend and I was barely able to walk all week. Felt good getting out this morning on what is probably the last cool temp, low humidity weekend we will have until mid October.
  17. Nice one, wd. Is that a public trail or a Freeride 512 thing? I've been getting a little bored riding only the southie trails lately, but it looks like some of the other trails are about to open up again. However, I might want to go explore some other trails like this one that I've never ridden before.
  18. Vids look good Braff! Beautiful scenery from those trails, and gettin steezy on that twisty one.
  19. Agreed, that's my favorite area as well. The way I usually get there is by going through Circle C Metro, then popping out the SW end and take Phoenix up to Spruce Canyon. Go through the neighborhood and take the trail from the back corner of Magenta Lane (takes you to those little jumps) and on over to Stroller Roller. After you pop out of SR, take the road into Grey Rock golf club. There is a trail on the right maybe 20 yards in. take that and then take the first left (and keep staying left) and you can then meander your way on over to Bear Lake. I don't like Boneyard either so I avoid that trail.
  20. I thought your videos looked like ass and you should feel bad about yourself! Kidding aside, i thought they looked ok but didn't really consider it much. What I do know is that your vids are usually high on the gnar factor but the videos don't convey that as much. I know it because I can recognize it but someone not familiar with that type of terrain may not. I'm not sure if a whole lot can be done to improve because a lot of it just has to do with the GoPro effect. I blame the youtubes for the 720 thing, 1080p works for me when I view it.
  21. @Braff Zacklin, I also mount the camera upside down on the chesty. As YourMom said, it's hard to get that angle right and a lot of times I have it pointed down too far resulting in the knee view. The correct angle does look like it would be pointed too high, but that's what works best. Just takes some time to get used to it. The file sizes are going to be pretty large. No getting around that especially for longer videos. I think the last one I did was 3GB, and it was around 4-5 minutes. But I'm also on Google Fiber so not an issue for me. You could record at 30fps instead of 60 and see if that reduces the size some, and perhaps improve battery life. I don't think 60 is really necessary unless you plan to do some slo-mo. As for FOV, I've always used SuperView. I took the Hero7 out yesterday and rode the same section using a different FOV each time (SuperView, Wide, and Linear). Still like SuperView the best. On the Linear setting, it seemed to dull it down and make it hard to really tell what's going on. I linked the video below and you can decide for yourself. One thing I liked about GoPro Studio, was it had a setting for removing fisheye. I haven't found how to do that in VideoPad yet.
  22. But it ain't too gat damn beaucoup.
  23. yeah yesterday was gross...90 and humid AF when i did a little afternoon ride. but more confirmation new bike is faaaast downhill.
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