Go forth and ride, then bring back pics

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Xanandu

it's balsam root season

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I don't really mind bad music, sometimes I even put ridiculous music to an edit because I think it's funny. I am pretty harsh on POV, but it can be done well, I still will only watch about 10 seconds normally though. At the end of the chestcam(?) segment I felt like the whole scene was frame and handlebars bouncing up and down. Like I was riding my bike stiff armed with my ass over the back or something. The follow cam part was tough to watch because the rider wasn't even in the frame sometimes, I was just looking at blown out sky or underexposed woods. And always, no matter what, watching any little bit of uphill or slow section with POV makes it seem 10x more slow and lame.

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yah it was a pretty crappy video

Some pics from the pnw

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Things started out pretty epic for around here. Hero dirt......

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Did some of that enduroing I think. The trail went up and down a few times. That is a hardtail though, so kiss of enduro cred right there

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Drank a beer in the sun. Must be SoCal since it always rains in Washington

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Got a flat tire driving out of the parking lot. Must have shredded the bike onto the tailgate too hard

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If you ever mistake hop for a tele chick don't feel bad since he also wears girl shorts and makes the ducky face

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Thought we went enduroing again, but everyone had 26" wheels and no one wore goggles. Fail

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This was definitely in squamish

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Really? Maybe its grass is greener syndrome. All we have is techy gnar so when we find smooth bermed stuff we go apeshit. I forget you guys have lots of smooth trails.

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Maybe it has changed but that is not what I would call a good "smooth" trail. I remember it being a ton of unflowy up and down with weird turns and berms that didn't make sense. Who knows, maybe it was just me. Although I got to the bottom right behind a group of guys from Transition (including Lars) and they were as disappointed as I was.

Della Creek

Cleared out blowdown and fixed some spots 2 weeks ago. Didnt have time to ride it so went back yesterday and banged out laps

Trailwork

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Must have rained a bit. Berms set up well but getting powdery to the end of day

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^^^ Comprehensive stoke! Nice!

Trying to not finish last this AM.

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13 - 15 min downhill - 7 laps

Talked my friend into doing the air bag at Highland yesterday, didn't take long until he was doing 360s!

Whip!
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Starting to dry out here in JH, a few shots from this weekend ride around Snow King & Cache Creek:

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Still some snow in places...
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A few from last night... I went over to some new trails in my old neighborhood to take pictures for the local bike group. Not the most gnar singletrack, but the views are killer and it's fun for them to have something close-by.

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^^^ Such a pleasure to have trails right next to where you live especially of quality like that

Yep. Plus, my friend (in shot #3) can ride with his 6-yr old without worrying about clogging up the trails or having people run him over.

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Yeah, really digging what they've done up there. Its less than a 5 minute ride from my house, so I'm out riding most mornings and any afternoon I don't ride elsewhere. Can get about 5-7 miles in a half hour door-to-door. Can't beat that! The tall grass is really making things a ton of fun. They need to work on some of the rollers though. If you like to catch air, there's a ton of them where they're spaced just a little too far apart to create transitions, so it really gives your suspension a workout in all the wrong ways. The berms are pretty well built though.

Took this Shot of Spats on Monday in between riding Tyrolian and Chimney, both are riding great. Chimney still had a handful of unridable drifts at the top and a couple trees down

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Took this Shot of Spats on Monday in between riding Tyrolian and Chimney, both are riding great. Chimney still had a handful of unridable drifts at the top and a couple trees down

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Do you find that trail rides better north to south? Only rode it once, south to north, when I lived in Tahoe. healthy climb, interesting although not exhilarating ride along the side of the lake, then a pretty fun and fast fire road descent. Had some great rides when I lived in North Lake!

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The tall grass is really making things a ton of fun. They need to work on some of the rollers though. If you like to catch air, there's a ton of them where they're spaced just a little too far apart to create transitions, so it really gives your suspension a workout in all the wrong ways. The berms are pretty well built though.

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Rode it a few weeks ago and agree on all points. Even think I enjoy the west side trails better than the newer stuff on the east side. But as was already said, can't beat having those right there.

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Rode it a few weeks ago and agree on all points. Even think I enjoy the west side trails better than the newer stuff on the east side. But as was already said, can't beat having those right there.

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Agreed. Westside flows better than eastside.

Standard issue Whistler bike porn from last weekend.

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Rode HiLine today in Sedona. These were taken during the ride, no action shots though.

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Throwin in a little kid stoke for the collective from last week.
Town Loops, Stowe.
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Some trailwork - dealing with a muddy spot that's been a problem for a while

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off to Campbell River to ride. Haven't been back there in over 10 years. 100kms+ of trails for a town of 30,000 people!

Thanks to Martin for showing us around and Les for the drive. Thanks to Dolphins Resort for such a nice place to stay and the huge breakfasts.

Last but not least shout out to Tourism Vancouver Island and BC Ferries for the support

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That dude has intense face.

Solid amount of fun riding to be had in Jackson Hole right now, upper trails still buried in snow, though. Here's a quick shot from Hagen trail over by Snow King.

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Been wanting one of those but it looks like its upside down? Looks like you're pouring beer all over your chain and bottom bracket.

buddy giving some fresh work a little testing
wheeeeee!
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Been wanting one of those but it looks like its upside down? Looks like you're pouring beer all over your chain and bottom bracket.

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Trust me, it was user error.

Campbell River trails are ridiculously lush and green. Not enough people riding them to displace loam and pine needles

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Its also got its share of old school tech

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you take a flask of liquor when you ride?
is this a photo op for yer shiny new flask?
or do you have a problem with the sauce?

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you take a flask of liquor when you ride?
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