Go forth and ride, then bring back pics

[jamal]

Nice ride last night

[dfinn]

New'ish stuff in Pemberton

[buttahflake]

From today in Walpole, NH.

[JayPowHound]

Isn't braaaap the sound of a 2-stroke?

Where's that thread for shit that annoys you...

#bicyclesdontbraap

[gravitylover]

From today in Walpole, NH.

Those gloves are way to clean, you obviously don't really ride

[buttahflake]

Those gloves are way to clean, you obviously don't really ride

i have OCD about clean gloves!
for real, i rotate through, 4 pair a week, i never wear them, unless they're fresh out of the dryer.
i sweat like Patrick Ewing

[Vt-Freeheel]

Keep it clean Butta, have fun at the ride tomorrow.

Out today rolling miles of empty old school single track Central VT.

[Flea]

Isn't braaaap the sound of a 2-stroke?

Where's that thread for shit that annoys you...

#bicyclesdontbraap

Heh, some of us don't need a motor.

[Flea]

Homegrown build your own

[buttahflake]

From today in Lempster, NH

[buttahflake]

[dfinn]

[Flea]

Knobby!^^^^^

[grskier]

They'll all be that color soon.



Always good views





Scrub oak is starting to encroach

[Flea]

Archive shot. Goes back a ways. NH xc race where they had us wear our number plate on back of jersey, WTF? That old custom vicious cycles chromo fork was the best fork evar. PINK! The Independent Fabrications Ti frame was sweet till i broke it . Rollin 1X almost a decade before 1X was teh koolaid. 2nd overall on the day was a good day.

[forty]

idk how to imbed this... but we now have a full slopestyle course at cgbp
https://www.facebook.com/cottagegrov...7768693918830/

kids are progressing too damn fast... gonna have to build some even bigger shit i guess
9yr old sending it

[mtngirl79]

flea kinda looks like rog...

[jamal]

Got in some good adventure riding yesterday

The beginning of trail after a 10mi/2500ft road climb



At the start there were a good amount of downed trees, which I did not expect so soon after the "gran fondo" that was up there.



Hey, we're riding!



Then the trail got very steep



Fuck



Cha-paa-qn (sleeping woman), renamed from squaw peak out of political correctness:



Turns out a few friends of mine were up there at the time.

Finally done with the first climb, seems like it won't be as bad from now on?



Descent from there was good, although my fork was not working right. The fitting for the lockout has started leaking, which means it can't open the compression damper and is basically rigid. It does move a bit and blow open on harder hits. Still a little painful.

Trail was pretty freshly built in some places:



In others you're pushing across a scree field



we came from over there



The flathead valley and mission mountains to the NE



Looking down the ninemile valley toward town, bitterroot mountains back there in the center/right



Riding





The trail continues along the ridge but that was enough for us and we descended back to the valley. Trail down was pretty good but steep and had lots of big log waterbars- hard on the brakes. I hear it was pretty much impassable not too long ago and my friend described his last attempt down there as his worst day ever on a bike.



Back to the car on the road. We pretty much rode across all those mountains back there



The FS, MTB missoula guys, and the backcountry horsemen all did a ton of work getting that trail back into shape. Lot of hike a bike but definitely worth the effort and I'd like to try the rest of the trail.

https://www.strava.com/activities/707761083

[Flea]

flea kinda looks like rog...

Bite your tongue.

Sick adventure Jamal!!!

[Whiteroom_Guardian]

Nice ride Jamal!

[scharny]

What year honzo frame do you have and where did it fail?

2016 ALDL frame size large. Cracked both seat stay welds at the seat tube/seat stay junctions. Frame failed in May. No new ones available till winter. Kona offered up some nice options but I don't want full suss and I don't want ti version as I don't want to break another ti frame. The spesh Fatboy is just as fun and in some situations more fun so I'm not really missing it too much. What are you riding?

2016 Honzo Steel frame. That's why I asked. Heavy frame but I'm enjoying the ride. I believe that the 2017 batch will have a boost rear axle, which, despite modular sliding dropouts, may not be compatible with even 12x142 spacing (upshot means a new rear wheel may be needed to use warranty replacement frame)

[alfajores]

Mile 1 and negative 100' of 20+ and 3800' gained. We were naive.

I am not in these, but picture me rollin'

[Dantheman]

idk how to imbed this... but we now have a full slopestyle course at cgbp
https://www.facebook.com/cottagegrov...7768693918830/

fkna man!

[joetron]

Got back on the bike this weekend after 6 weeks healing a cracked radius. Theres no substitute for post-ride parking lot beer.

[forty]

fkna man!

big ups to the city of cottage grove, morc, flowride concepts, and the federal govy for the $$$, not to mention all the volys and kiddos throwing dirt

ever find yourself in msp im sure your little ripper would have some fun out here