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Currently have a Kuat Sherpa mounted to my cooler rack (so it swings away). Looking pretty hard at a 1-up or Kuat Piston to eliminate ANY frame/fork contact.

No. "prevents your car from looping out when you wheelie it" It was a so-much-junk-hanging-behind-the-trunk joke

??? your bikes will be crushed before the rubber stopper on the back prevents your car from looping out when you wheelie it. Not very well thought out. Not at all.

I have an SD Rack and one I upgraded to a heavier e bike I was able to upgrade my rack by installing this to handle the extra lbs. https://1up-usa.com/product/heavy-duty-bar

Installed a Brooks saddle on the gravel bike. Super comfy.

my chain is quite worn and here’s the cassette. missing teeth and pretty beat up. it got me through the summer but now its time to replace. i got an xx1 for the price of xo so went with some bling!!

New Frame day….

:meh: There is nothing I don't like about that bike.

Let us know how it goes. I'm now full on hot wax and can't believe I didn't do it sooner. But I went through and tried just about every popular lube first. But no vegetable oil.

20 miles of singletrack plus 6-7 miles connector pavement. And the first day of my experimental use of vegetable oil as chain lube.

Did a quick ~25 miler on the coast with the gravel bike. Beautiful summer weather going now...

Today marks one month since my crash/injuries, so NO I DID NOT RIDE TODAY. I still check this thread daily and really enjoy seeing all of your adventures! My hip is healing up nicely and yesterday I was cleared to go up stairs - so excited to...

20 technical rocky root-y miles last night, followed by parking lot shenanigans. Including this guy "This is my mountain bike. There are many like it but this one is mine. My mountain bike is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I...

Got out a little later then I wanted today, so it was getting hot. Haven't been on the hardtail for quite awhile. And was really wanting to ride her, felt great to put some miles in.

Got 21 miles in this weekend. Lots of construction nearby, unfortunately. Though, I couldn't help getting a pic of my bike in front of this gigantic John Deere.

After 13 stressful days off, I rode a little under 20 miles of trails this evening. 2 wrecks (both otb), 2 near wrecks, lots of slow to go with all the no skills, and all I wanted to do the whole ride was get off and lay down in the grass with...

Drove to the dirt pile a few miles away and rode out back on the rocks again. Some more vertical.

Rode 15.5 miles today. Rode one of my normal loops, but tacked on a couple old trails, too. A couple I probably hadn’t been on since 2019. A good, hard ride, all in. Tired legs from the ride and yesterday’s spin. Worth it!

just got back from a road trip through the canadian rockies. i got to do some excellent trials and got to do some fishing too rode some trails in bragg creek (which i posted earlier) and then some on revelstoke BC and one ride on rock creek BC...

That’s awesome. 💪💪 I’m stoked that the city of Tucson is building a velodrome for riding. Round and round we go!

Hit a trail south of Breckenridge after work. Uphill started pretty meh, lots of old mines and the last bit of downhill was pretty fun. I do need more rocks tho.

They finally reopened the F1 track. Sundays and Tuesdays 6-8pm are for cycling. Just the nudge I needed to get back on the bike. Knocked out 5 laps. It was 38c and a 12knot breeze coming in from the north.

2 days of riding over the weekend, 1st ride somehow didn't record. Decided to go for a little elevation gain at a local trail ( Bobcat ridge) for a early ride in the morning smoke. Riding over and down this boulder field for on the back side...

On the trail at 0445 this morning to beat the heat. Have only been back on the bike for 3 weeks after having heart surgery mid May. Having had to deal with a collapsed lung, pneumonia and a lung infection post op slowed me down a bit but feeling...