Recent content by barleymashers

Allaire. Orange and Blue trails. Seems the state did a controlled burn there recently to keep down the brush.

Late morning ride today. Weather was fantastic and the trails I road ( Mostly Orange and Orange/White ) were very dry. The best part was that the parking lot was empty - always nice to beat the weekend crowds.

Understood. I won't go out and starting trailblazing on my own. :)

If I am going to load up and go somewhere, I will just go to Allaire like I normally do. Shark River Park is just so close to me and I was lamenting that fact that it doesn't seem to have lived up to it's potential for trails.

Road here yesterday after 2 years away, it has some damp spots. I spent most of my time looking to see if there were other trails I didn't know about around. I found a few that started out but quickly ended. A few spots that looked like they used to be trails, but have since been blocked off. I...

Road the Brisbane Area for the first time ever. I did not know there were so man trails over there. They aren't listed on trailforks. Anyway, some muddy areas but overall pretty good.

Filled my tires and took it out for a trail ride.

Road Orange, Orange/White and Blue today. Trails were in good shape. A few minor wet spots here and there, but overall dry. Parking lot was jam packed, not surprising given the weather.

With the weather I expected a packed parking lot, it was actually overflowing. Cars on the side of the road everywhere. Usually not a problem, even with a pack parking lot, I rarely see people on the trails themselves. That was not the case today. It was chaos on the trails today. Groups of...

Great day to ride today. 66°, low humidity and no wind. Parking lot was actually a little more crowded than I expect for late morning on a Thursday, but still way better than a weekend. Trails had a lot of leaves and pine needles on them, as to be expected, and just a few damp spots from last...

Rode Orange and Blue this afternoon. All dry and clear. Even better is the weekday parking, even if a little more crowded than I thought it would be.

Been making sure to put my axle back in after riding. Don't want to have to go through that process again.

Finally got this fixed. A friend suggestion I go to Belmar Bike. I did, the guy said he wasn't sure, but he had boxes of old hub parts and that he would search through them between helping customers to see if any fit. I got a call saying he found one that would work. $10 later and I am back in...

I thought I had a solution. Got the SRAM 15mm conversion caps. Wasn't sure if they would fit, the description only had the diameter. When I received them, and compared, I didn't think they would work as the sizes were off. Then I tested it on the bike to see, and it actually fit! It kept the...