Recent content by carvegybe

Wouldn't you agree that higher frequency of waxing due to mtb riding in the wet is better than dealing with the grease? The former is largely a passive activity where you can get stuff done while wax warms up and then you just dip. The latter requires active participation and possibly also...

Is canal rd parking accessible today? Maps gives me warning about canal rd closure...

I have learned that I dont retain the benefit of gym sessions unless I go to gym at least 2x week. This is has been problematic for setting a routine I can follow consistently given my full time job and already an existing routine based on riding outside and indoors...now I just need to find a way

I have been training fitness consistently and VO2max workouts have taught me to get over things that are unpleasant. This is about expanding routine so that I can tackle my MTB skills improvement areas correctly and also to establish a new exercise baseline into 50s and beyond.

Some good feedback here. Thanks all. For the record I got on the bike today and practiced.

I agree, but I think my base mobility, strength and resilience needs to be better than it is. This is why I am thinking about a few weeks to establish a reasonable base rather than many months of the same. And yes, I hurt my shoulder trying to do a manual front wheel lift, but that was me being...

Thought to gather some thoughts from this community on preparing my body to notch up my skills building. I feel I hit a glass ceiling with my MTB skills and, being in my 50s, I'd like to spend a few weeks improving my readiness for more explosive training moves, for example trying to get bunny...

Decided to pack the bike and head to Elm Ridge. Thanks everyone for your input!

What's round top?

We rented a house somewhere around here for next week: https://maps.app.goo.gl/NtzpwG86CAqSFxTB8 The Plattekill mountain is nearby which used to be a top DH spot, but I don't think they have this anymore. Does anyone know any rideable trails in the area? Trailforks shows this, but I'm not...

My LBS sells Scott bikes and they said the cable integration feature on these integrated bars requires frame and headset design elements that the Spark has but they don't have experience installing them on non-Scotts. If you had this on a Ranger did you have cables outside?

What do you want for it?

Which one do you have?

Does anyone have any experience with those?

Weird. My used chains come out sparking clean after a single prolonged dip in boiling water and wipe with cloth. The one thing that might explain this is that i never top-up wax via drip application. I ride fewer miles between rewaxing instead. I take the view that drip application is never as...