We're going to need some good spring skiing stoke to flush this out - we can't end the season thread on a low note!

Yeah, the left is the parties slide path, the right is from the control work. You can see the hole right below the trees. We were kind of 2nd guessing waiting for control work to go in, but it was...

View from the ground:
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Yeah, ascending. I believe they were boot packing the headwall, so sitting ducks....

Upper Big Willow. Party of 3, all caught and carried, survivor was able to call 911 and partially dig his partners out. We were able to get the survivor out pretty quickly with lifeflight....

I've bought a ton of stuff from bike closet and returned a few things. The 'I'm cheap section'/open box page is pretty rad (but you can't return open box stuff. My son just got a Poc Otocon Race...

Big mountain skiing, but with bikes?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87leVeAIRAk

Disk brakes = more modern rim/wheels choices that easily take wide tires... Canti's can be fickle to get around wide tires/narrow rims too. Kind of like the QR hubs. But not the end of the world.
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As a fellow dentist, I recommend you just buy one of these: https://moots.com/bikes/gravel/express/
I got the matching Rapha kit to go with it of course.

Can you do the rebuild or will you have to pay someone? If you can do the work there's something nice about keeping older bikes going, but that's just me.. I got an old S-Works cyclocross bike for...

Ok, I went down a large outdoor retailer and tried on a bunch of full face helmets in size Medium in the name of science. I have a oval head and fit Smith, Scott, Fox, and Giro mediums. POC feels...

Post it up over here: vhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/utahstolenbicycles

I shop fleabay in the fall/winter for new in the bag /last years team wear. I got 2 new pairs of Louis Garneau Yeti/Shimano team bibs for $30 each a few months ago. The logos are black and white and...

Has anyone played around with the 100% full face helmets? I'm tempted to buy one for the few lift days I year I might ride a year with the kid. I fit Giro/Scott/Smith helmets pretty well (Oval head)...

MTBR thread with codez: https://www.mtbr.com/threads/100-50-off-code.1229371/

I've ridden most of the Nica courses in Utah, most of the climbs are going to be relatively short and not super steep. The Snow Basin probably has the steepest climbing in it off the start line...

What is the Rapha market play? It looked like the Assos/Castelli/$$$$ dentist market segment?

Well, I just picked the set up for $150, and it has a XD freehub body on it, so I just need to lace on the new rim and I have a cheap carbon wheelset.
The rear rim is pretty much cracked 50% of the...

How about a cracked carbon rim:
https://classifieds.ksl.com/listing/75273885

I have not swapped the sic[rim] yet since the cracked wheel rides fine....

Skis are a lot simpler/cheaper to make and the supply chain is nowhere near as complex as bikes - edges, base material, wood. etc. that can be used on a new model (within reason) vs. what are we...

Might list your Kona over here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/470754845098353/

Something like this:
https://www.rei.com/product/215831/cannondale-trail-6-womens-mountain-bike
or this...

Small man, big mouth.

Well, I went thru there last month and rode, I didn't think it was sketchy, just a rural blue collar area in the vain of Butte,Mt. , etc.
People at the TH and on the trail were friendly.
RA13 said...

I had a piston that was slowly leaking on a long descent and the rotor got all glazed and f'd up. I took an orbital sander with 80 grit to the rotors. They worked ok for a ride or two but 'glazed'...

Levitate and Vertigo are G2G. There are a few small dried rutted spots nut they were pretty obvious.

https://classifieds.ksl.com/listing/75142500

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Found a used Zeb down the street from me for $200 so I grabbed it for now.

Does anyone have a 27.5 boost rear wheel they want to get rid of/trade for a 29" wheel/tires/etc.?

If you make it down to the South end of the valley let me know....

When I rode up Mount Evans I dug thru the garbage can at the summit and pulled out enough newspapers to keep me warm on the down.

Well, I picked up a Revel Rail 27 frame yesterday for $350. Guess I need to build it up.
Was kind of thinking a mullet build. I'm old and set in my XC ways, so it's going to be more of a screw...

I've been running GC front/Slaughter in the rear this season and have been happy with it so far.
If you need a Spec tire guide: https://www.jensonusa.com/blog/specialized-tire-guide

Hmmmm, I might be interested.

You can park/camp on the Mineral road.

A concentric BB is an insert that goes in an oversized BB shell that has an insert that is drilled off center that the BB is mounted in and lets you tension the chain by rotating the insert around in...

I think the CF9 had the MSRP of $6300 -- A new 2024 Lux Trail CF8 is only $4800.
I've been following the used bike market pretty closely in Utah and its pretty saturated right now. Anything north...

I was just down in Cedar City and Hurricane last weekend. Pretty much good as it gets right now (The higher stuff in Cedar will still have some snow) .... I would post some pics but...

You could...

On the old 3x that granny gear loved to suck the chain in when it got muddy or dirty. But the really problem was there was so little clearance between the ring and the frame when it did get sucked in...

Front derailleurs on mountain bikes sucked ass. The wrong orbit of the planets would cause chain suck. Not planning your shifting the day before the ride would result in dropped chains.

Yeah, did a similar recently on a much cheaper front DT wheel. I didn't realize how fragile that lock ring mount....

This thread doesn't work very well without pictures.
But went down South to get out of the rain/snow.
Didn't see another rider on the trails all weekend.
Hit Little Creek in Hurricane Friday....

I've been watching the market out here, but it seems like everything is a medium or XL that is reasonably priced. Lots of used bikes priced about the same as what new ones are going for. Might have...

With component prices at an all time low I'm just considering putting back some parts in anticipation of building up a 'downcountry' type bike.
Spur, Tallboy, Ripley, etc. I'm keeping my eye out...

If your ready to toss that rear triangle, have you tired hitting it with some heat? If that was an auto, I would have had the blow torch on it right away.... not that it would recommend that on CF,...

But that TruCoat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2LLB9CGfLs

2 S-works for $120. There's a brand new Paul Chain Tensioner hanging on the stripped frame.....

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Oh, and the Cannondale Scalpel SE, they have them marked down right now.
And the Revel Ranger

I've been looking around for a new 'down country' bike too, I like my XC bike, but the steep headtube gets annoying because when I can't let my guard down...
I've been looking at the Cervelo ZFS-5...

Is he doing NICA? I've ridden most of the courses in Utah which I imagine is similar to the front range and a fast rolling tire with good puncture resistance is what you are after...

Just measured my 2.3 Slaughter @ 2.34 and a 2.25 GC at 2.26