Pretty sure you can still bomb down, or try to climb, the ski hills at Snow Bowl. They were open for use back in '08. The JHS xc running team trains on them, and I used to incorporate them into a lot of my rides. Really fun, borderline out of control high speed downhilling. If you follow the...
This is a worthy cause folks! I helped Shaggz and Sparta Brad get the TM effort at Mahlon organized and legit. TFog took kinda took my place when I ran away to Alaska like a scared little girl. It took a lot of patience and hard work to correct the sustainability and trust issues that arose due...
Rogue Doubles
So far I've tried:
Double Dead Guy
Double Chocolate Stout
Double Mocha Porter
ALL 3 = excellent. I'm thinking Rogue would do well to just eliminate their 'singles', and stick to the doubles.
Also just had a Moylan's Hopsickle Imperial Ale that was delicious.
Oh...
It's on my old hard drive, which has yet to be ripped out of my old, busted computer. If you click on it, you can get a higher resolution version from my flickr account. The green tangle of trails are all from Mahlon to Berkshire Valley Rd, and the white lines connect that to Minisink Park...
Here are some of the northern trails I mapped out back when I lived there. You could easily make 250 mile +, 95% off road bikepacking trip out of these trails.
connections by anrothardonn, on Flickr
The route suggested above will take you to the same singletrack. That beaver dam is sketchy. Used to be much lower. Be careful there in the summer. Beaver dams make great homes for snakes.
I grew up with our own well, and drank the well water straight. It was delicious. Then I drank straight philly tap water, then straight NYC tap water, then Stanhope tap, and I've been drinking Alaska private well tap water since I got up here. Of the three different places I've lived here, only...
Thanks guys! It was a really fun race this year, and my NJ rock garden skills actually came in handy for part of the course. I've got my day 1 report on my blog now, and will have the rest up over the course of the week. Nome next year.:getsome:
SPD compatible crampons. They're the bindings and crampons from a pair of snowshoes drilled to take an SPD cleat. They strap onto whichever shoes/boots will be ideal for the day. Trails are icy right now.
Haha! I totally missed seeing that post, Ben. Obviously... That was just about the smoothest crash I've ever had.
Best part of living in Alaska:
Having a valid reason to make, own and use these:
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Glad you got your bike running again, joe. Specialized are a bunch of shady d-bags. I've heard almost nothing but good stuff about the way their bikes and equipment work, and my BG gloves fit better than any glove I've had before, but they definitely come off as a really shifty company.
Dragging up and old post, but just FYI: The only reason they're called "chemical" warmers is because it's technically a chemical reaction(I think, I'm no scientist) that generates the heat. The ingredients are just finely ground minerals, and the packets are fairly safe for the environment as...
Just a way to facilitate people getting together for night rides. Most night rides are put together off the board. This'll allow people to find others in their area who want to ride at night and contact them to get something going. I don't know if anyone is actually using the list of names. I...
I prefer schrader as well. I've had several of the nubs on presta valves break off in my many years, and don't recall ever having a valve malfunction with schrader. They're simple and durable. All you need to do is remove the valve cap to pump them up. Presta, you have to remove the valve cap...
I *think* it's because your body pushes more moisture to your skin to stave off frost bite, where that water then evaporates more quickly. It's a great theory if you're walking around in shorts and a t-shirt in winter. If you're fully clothed though, there is very little skin exposed to the cold...
That's all well and good, but I haven't frozen to death yet. I'll stick with whiskey. If your bottles are freezing, do something to keep them from freezing(ie: whiskey, vodka, salt, drink mixes). If you are freezing, pedal harder.