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deet is a wonderful thing. Kept the wood ticks from biting when I was riding in the U.P. last summer. Still had them crawling all over me though.

Yeah I donno if it matters how fast you are with it. The times I've crashed, I was crashing before I even knew what was happening. I've rebuilt many pairs of motorcycle and bicycle shocks. Allballz is probably going to be a good place to start. Use http://cmsnl.com/ and see if they have a microfiche blowout of your bike, if so you can pull part numbers from that.

Yeah same here, amazingly I've never hit my head, I tend to roll onto my shoulders or upper back as I'm coming down. Road rash, and a few banged up elbows but nothing serious (knock on wood)

Most single track guys in this area that don't do much dh, or aggressive riding tend to stick with clippers, the ones (like my self) who value collar bones tend to go with platforms so you can escape the bike as badness is happening. If I were riding a road bike I would probably stick with clippers, but in general, when you get more aggressive, your desire to throw the bike away when things to pear shaped tends to increase, and being attached to the bike, other than with your hands isn't a good thing.

Shoes - depends, lately I've been rocking a few old pairs of Vasque Velocity GTX because I can hike them, and I don't care if I tear them up. Padels - always platforms, current set I've had a few years is Easton Flatboys. They seem to hold up really well (and I've thrashed them pretty bad) though they're a bit heavy. I actually need to run over to the HW store and pick up some new set pins for them as I've run out (they rattle out and / or get dull)

if I can remember. I use my tracks, but j also have a wireless cateye which j use to track amph and distance

no riding for me this weekend. just snow, wet wet snow.

Thanks, I'll check it out

Breathing easier is a good start.

Yeah bike slid away from me while I had the cable in my hands, just as I snipped it the cable pushed further into my palm, next thing I know lower palm near thumb is bleeding =) Seems to be healing up pretty good.

Cable cutters are cable cutters =) What I really needed was to lock the bike into a stand and hold it steady =)

got the dropper. installed it today however I cut my palm pretty good while slicing the cable, so it'll be a few days before I can really evaluate how much I like it.

I actually already wonder that. My ride yesterday I was was thinking Really excited to get it.

Still waiting for some the dropper, but snapped some pics of the bike after the ride tonight

Yeah will do. I suspect I'll enjoy it a lot.

I ordered one of these. I found a few listed on CL locally, however the price wasn't all that great and at least with the new one I have warranty for when the air spring fails =) http://kssuspension.com/products/seatposts/lev-3 I'll have to shoot a picture of the bike all finished, it's a pretty aggressive setup, which is great for the kind of riding I do =)

I also gotta say, I'm pretty damn impressed with the sram x-o shifters, I've never had a pick just snap into gear so quick with almost no effort.

Had a bit of time today so I did some work on the new whip. Put my easton flats back on it. Replaced the s-works CF bar with my deity dirty 30. replaced the easton stem, which looked like a 90mm with a raceface 50mm stubby and swapped out the seat for my trek seat which I like a lot more. I'm going to be picking up a giant dropper post for the seat tonight which should be a lot better on the dh and dirt tracks around here. After all that work I took it out for a ride. It was interesting... I need to dial in the suspension more (I did a little bit already) but for the most part it was nice. The `brain' technology is trippy, one minute you're hitting bumps and the next on a steady pedal the bike feels like a stiffy with no suspension at all. I found that going up big rocks, then onto a steep climb from the flats it was pretty amazing, out of no where all power to the wheel and easily fly up the hill

Picked up this last night

Yeah around here most of my riding is dh and single track valley riding, very little flat, mostly up hill =)

Going to pick up a almost new 2011 FSR CF PRO to replace my aging, but still fun as hell to ride '06 FSR Comp. Any one have any thoughts about the FACT CF frames from Specialized? Also, should I continue to ride the 26ers or think about moving on to 29ners?

whoo, Love that sectional, it would look great in my living room =)

That's more 40's era stuff, and actually some what unique and cool, the right paint and flooring, and getting rid of those god awful drapes and that room might look good =) Oh, and the brick fireplace needs to go as well. =)

Ah yes, it never amazes me how ugly the 70's were.