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New Falconer frame being built as we speak. Picking up in 2 weeks in California.

Added a 270 Awning to the 200 for my upcoming trip to Wyoming. If you know about this brand (TopOak Overland), they are one of the more affordable suppliers of RTT's and awnings but the build quality of both the RTT and Awning surpassed my...

Exploring a few old logging roads today. Many end in dead end loading areas with some awesome views

There’s a new car wash in town for adventurous LC/LX owners. Uses pure rocky mtn water. Unfortunately it’s on Black Bear Road, and the town is Telluride. And they are already building a new car wash using higher water pressure so you can open...

On Prince Edward Island for my daughter’s softball tournament. Harmony Beach was a great spot for some downtime before the games start.

I run the Rhino Rack stuff on my LX. Pioneer platform in the summer and three 65" crossbars in the winter. Best of both worlds in my opinion. I had two issues with the platform in the winter. 1, the skis had to be in the rack as singles as the...

How did I miss that?! thanks!

Probably the same way that I read T connectors as T nuts. Trying to multitask at work doesn't always go as planned. This project really isn't that difficult. The hardest part was building it in my head. Once the aluminum and brackets came in...

@eatSleepWoof is correct. They are usually T shaped, hence the name, but I thought these would be a bit stronger. It’s most likely overkill but it didn’t add much to the cost so I used them to prevent any flexing of the joint.

I actually LOVE it. Sorry, I wasn't clear, my question was in reference these parts: "3 - T connectors for 8020"... where did you need/use those? Sorry, trying to visualize. Thanks!

That probably refers to this flat plate (with 5 bolts in it): First image in comment #2 in this thread.

Thanks! I'm still very happy with it. As for the T nuts, they were installed in the plywood from the top down but before the foam or carpet was put on. You can see them in post #5...

Over 6.5 years of ownership, still turn around to check out the LX when walking away. Wouldn't trade it for anything, except maybe another 200 series!

First ride was great but it's going to take a bit to get used to it. Other than a couple rides a year on my wife's Tallboy 3, my primary mountain bike is a single speed Ti hardtail. Not much overlap in the Venn diagram between the SS and the...

I really loved my first gen smuggler-still would like to get a newer one. Such a sweet ride.

I think my favorite day of the week definitely has to be new bike day.

Extra dusty this weekend.

New frame day….

Buildin' Edit: it's tensioned, dished and trued now and on the bike. Excellent wheel. I used the old hub (from a cheap Kooser chinesium wheelset -- hub is 15g heavier than the Hope Pro 5 they copied) but went from aluminum rim to a wider...

Bikes, friends, and well other things…. 😂😂

Did a bike-packing trip with my kids and a few of their college friends. Got in ~200-miles and +12,000-feet climbing over four days on portions of the Tour Divide and in Glacier NP.