Anyone have anything they'd like to rant about?

[El Chupacabra]

$90 for 2 pairs of 4 pot XT brake pads.


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https://www.truckerco.com/product-pa...lic-sintered-1

[homemadesalsa]

@Bunion 2020 can I come play?

My rant is all about strava. Really? If it's not on the internet it didn't happen. If you weren't faster than someone else, it doesn't count. Enough already.

[HankScorpio]

https://www.truckerco.com/product-pa...lic-sintered-1

I haven’t had the best experiences with non-Shimano pads. Are these legit?


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[El Chupacabra]

I haven’t had the best experiences with non-Shimano pads. Are these legit?


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I've been satisfied with their semi metallic pads for awhile. I bought some of the metallic ones (linked) as spares for some Zee 4-piston brakes I have now, but haven't tried those exact ones yet.

[HankScorpio]

I've been satisfied with their semi metallic pads for awhile. I bought some of the metallic ones (linked) as spares for some Zee 4-piston brakes I have now, but haven't tried those exact ones yet.

It’s worth a shot for $30. Thanks for the rec


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[Bunion 2020]

@Bunion 2020 can I come play?

My rant is all about strava. Really? If it's not on the internet it didn't happen. If you weren't faster than someone else, it doesn't count. Enough already.

Sorry dear, this is the rave thread now.

And another thing. HMS not withstanding, when I was a young whipper and snapper there were not really many women mtn bikers. These days I see groups of up to 5 as well as solo riders. Bozeman really does have a lot of beautiful women. Sssssh I said that.

Way to get out there and keep the undergrowth pushed back ladies!

[Canada1]

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https://www.truckerco.com/product-pa...lic-sintered-1

I’m 1500 miles into my first pair of the shimano’s and still don’t need to switch. So yes expensive, but my old xt’s Would be through three sets in that mileage.

[rideit]

Way to get out there and keep the undergrowth pushed back ladies!

Is this a euphemism of some sort?

[evdog]

I've used trucker co before. Never had a problem with them. I'd be buying them too if the new XT pads were $45. I can usually find a deal on the single piston pads and I stock up when I do.

[gravitylover]

L8apx and Peruvian - The shop in Bennington doesn't count? What about the ones up at Mt Snow and the one in Brattleboro? West Hill is pretty great but I guess that's out of the way unless you're on a mission to go there. I've only been in most of them but not really had any experience with them other than some short visits.

[Bunion 2020]

Is this a euphemism of some sort?

After I posted that I wondered the same thing. Freudian slip perhaps.

[grskier]

I did that last summer.
Totally sucks, I'll probably never play baseball or tennis again.


Who's our doc?

Pevney saw me and ordered the MRI. I'll see him again and go to Kazemi if I need a second opinion.

[panchosdad]

After I posted that I wondered the same thing. Freudian slip perhaps.

I read pretty much everything on TGR as a euphemism for something, makes it far more entertaining.

[Dantheman]

The othropedic community has more or less figured out how to repair and return an atheletic patient to full function after an ACL tear, and most other complicated but fairly common sports injuries.

However, its still a total crapshoot with shoulder injuries. There is just soooo much going on in and around the shoulder joint, and such a fine line between tightening things up too much, and leaving things too loose that the amount of people that return to previous form is shockingly low (even amongst professional athletes).

Then again, you might get lucky and have an easy go of it, and/or work your ass off and get it back to 90-100%. Shoulder truly do suck, and they start sucking infinitely more when they are loose- Nothing like waking up to both shoulders out of joint and having to get your partner to flip you over so you can slip them back in.

The shoulder is just a ridiculous joint. No other joint comes close to the amount of ROM, and the only hard connection to the rest of your body is the sternoclavicular joint. It's amazing that it's as durable as it is.

The cost of group health insurance is crazy. My Job offered me a plan for my family and it was north of $1500 and Me and my wife only have 1 child. I was able to find a company called My Private Health Insurance and get a private plan for half the cost. How do they expect anyone to pay $1500 a month for health insurance for a family of 3?

Impressively coherent bot post.

[rideit]

I read pretty much everything on TGR as a euphemism for something, makes it far more entertaining.

[evasive_MT]

The people who complain about “industrial recreation” never seem to have an issue with commercial guides horsepacking clients into the Wilderness. And their complaints about the impacts of mountain bikes to trails never acknowledge what a pack string does to a wet trail (or how it becomes unwalkable once it dries out).



https://helenair.com/opinion/columni...e9cd076bf.html

[Dantheman]

Horses are a natural part of the landscape, asshole.

[skaredshtles]

Horses are a natural part of the landscape, asshole.

[evdog]

A hiker group and enviro groups in the Sierras tried to sue the forest service to put limits on commercial guide access to local wilderness areas, arguing the forest service wasn't doing proper analysis on the impacts of increasing pack train use. If I recall equestrian groups freaked out claiming this was meant to kick them out of all wilderness areas and congress ended up intervening, saying horses were a historic and acceptable use in wilderness. Which still doesn't account for why commercial pack trains are acceptable IMO. So they are still out there pummeling trails all over the place. You can take 25 horses into wilderness, but I can't take one bike. This hiker group was the same one who wanted all trail signs removed from wilderness areas.

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal...90/630/506649/

I tried doing a hike in the Golden Trout wilderness one year. The loop closed coming back in to the Golden Trout Pack station. The trail coming out of that pack station was 15 feet wide of solid, foot deep sand. It was miserable hiking, like walking on a beach with soft fluffy sand, but with horse shit mixed in.

[teledad]

Mountain bikers are out to challenge the resource. It’s about how fast you can go and how many miles you can put on.

Yeah, because hikers/runners/climbers never do that. They're all out there appreciating nature and finding inner peace.

https://fastestknowntime.com/route/p...trail-ca-or-wa
https://www.rei.com/blog/news/karel-...alachian-trail
https://www.jhnewsandguide.com/sport...c3e1d6661.html
https://www.planetmountain.com/en/ne...ime-lapse.html

[spanghew]

A hiker group and enviro groups in the Sierras tried to sue the forest service to put limits on commercial guide access to local wilderness areas, arguing the forest service wasn't doing proper analysis on the impacts of increasing pack train use. If I recall equestrian groups freaked out claiming this was meant to kick them out of all wilderness areas and congress ended up intervening, saying horses were a historic and acceptable use in wilderness. Which still doesn't account for why commercial pack trains are acceptable IMO. So they are still out there pummeling trails all over the place. You can take 25 horses into wilderness, but I can't take one bike. This hiker group was the same one who wanted all trail signs removed from wilderness areas.

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal...90/630/506649/

I tried doing a hike in the Golden Trout wilderness one year. The loop closed coming back in to the Golden Trout Pack station. The trail coming out of that pack station was 15 feet wide of solid, foot deep sand. It was miserable hiking, like walking on a beach with soft fluffy sand, but with horse shit mixed in.

The trail was 15’ wide sand near the pack station (sandy there anyway) and for a hundred yards just below golden trout camp, if that’s the way you were headed (toward cottonwood lakes, not cottonwood pass). It’s really not that heavily used by commercial packers, but is popular for horsey people who camp by the corrals.

Wander up the Hilton Lakes trails if you want to see actual devastation.


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[zion zig zag]

83 degrees at 530 am in Ogden this morning.

[Boissal]

83 degrees at 530 am in Ogden this morning.

This morning was ridiculous. There was 0 cooldown in SLC overnight, I walked out at 6ish to let the chickens loose and it was as sweltering as when I went to bed. 20% chance of thunderstorms though, and 0% chance any of the water hits the ground, it will evaporate before it gets close.

[ASmileyFace]

Hottest summer on record. With the smoke and heat I can't even ride in the morning anymore without being stupidly uncomfortable and getting a COVID like cough.

[evdog]

Yeah, because hikers/runners/climbers never do that. They're all out there appreciating nature and finding inner peace.

https://fastestknowntime.com/route/p...trail-ca-or-wa
https://www.rei.com/blog/news/karel-...alachian-trail
https://www.jhnewsandguide.com/sport...c3e1d6661.html
https://www.planetmountain.com/en/ne...ime-lapse.html

You'll be happy to know the PCT association is working hard to get all competitive events banned from the PCT. These events ruin their sense of solitude and isolation, after all!

The trail was 15’ wide sand near the pack station (sandy there anyway) and for a hundred yards just below golden trout camp, if that’s the way you were headed (toward cottonwood lakes, not cottonwood pass).

This was on the west side of the Sierras near Camp Nelson. If you headed NE for a week I guess you'd end up at Cottonwood lakes or pass.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ca...4d-118.6092561