Going Long and Hard.

[Steve Vai]

It's dope. I didn't think they'd be able to top the SL6, but they did.

 

[Steve Vai]

Rode Fatty McStretchy Balls today. Takes quite a bit more effort to get going than the SL7.

I have about 200 real-life miles to hit Ruby. We're leaving Friday afternoon so it might not happen until I get back.

 

[one piece crank]

Rode Fatty McStretchy Balls today. Takes quite a bit more effort to get going than the SL7.

I’m interested on your impression of the longer rear-end for general riding conditions like the Thomas photo above.

 

[thegock]

Rode Fatty McStretchy Balls today. Takes quite a bit more effort to get going than the SL7.

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Up TSBM FWYK. Good test.

 

[Steve Vai]

I’m interested on your impression of the longer rear-end for general riding conditions like the Thomas photo above.

It's not as nimble as my Spearfish, but with how dumbed-down most of our trails are, I hardly notice.

 

[JimN]

It's not as nimble as my Spearfish, but with how dumbed-down most of our trails are, I hardly notice.

Hit me up if you want to see some trails that haven't been dumbed down.

 

[Steve Vai]

Hit me up if you want to see some trails that haven't been dumbed down.

I want to go on your all the north jersey parks loop when I get back from Maine.

 

[stb222]

It's not as nimble as my Spearfish, but with how dumbed-down most of our trails are, I hardly notice.

The rear end is like 1' longer. How is this not noticed.

 

[JimN]

I want to go on your all the north jersey parks loop when I get back from Maine.

You definitely should, and it's a great loop on awesome trails, but very little on that ride would meet my definition of "not dumbed down."

 

[Steve Vai]

The rear end is like 1' longer. How is this not noticed.

It looks weird, but it's only about 5 inches longer than my Spearfish. It's the same wheelbase as an XL Fat Bike. I measured it against an XL Muk we have in the shop yesterday.

 

[Steve Vai]

Still not in Ruby, it's far away. Getting a pretty good idea on how to prep for this section in real life.

800 real miles in, 150 from the halfway point. Legit.

Mike should overtake me while I'm in Maine. Will have to hustle in September.

 

[Steve Vai]

Not in Ruby. Rode home with MikeG and he broke my legs.

Bionic Mike is coming for me. As a little background, Mike is missing a leg and is doing this in a Wheelchair. He's an absolute MONSTER. Imagine doing that mileage in 2ish weeks pushing yourself around. Holy shit.

 

[Steve Vai]

Shhhhhh. Secret grease, because? IDK. The less glamorous side of product development, like when I Tested NX Eagle and Apex1.

 

[Steve Vai]

Gear pile for YakPackin' Trip. Going pretty light because weather looks great. I'll bring some rain gear just in case but we'll be doing a series of overnighters instead of 1 long slog so we'll be able to refuel and swap gear is needed.

 

[Steve Vai]

 

[Steve Vai]

This is my life now. I can't post photos anymore, even stuff saved from IG is too big.

 

[Patrick]

This is my life now. I can't post photos anymore, even stuff saved from IG is too big.

i'll see what i can do about the upload process resizing on the fly.

 

[Patrick]

This is my life now. I can't post photos anymore, even stuff saved from IG is too big.

try now.

 

[Steve Vai]

 

[Steve Vai]

It has to still get redone even as an IG reshare from my Phone. The one above is from the new iPhone, but from a Samsung S20, no dice, the file is too big...