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Old 01-21-19, 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Esthetic
thanks IchbinJay! was happy to get a nice rip on it before these freezing temps landed.
Biking in the Northeast can be such a curse because it's absolutely unbearable for 3-4 months out of the year.
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Old 01-22-19, 12:30 AM
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Old 01-22-19, 02:31 PM
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Incredible shot. Looks wonderful.
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Old 01-23-19, 08:31 AM
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@Esthetic those are great looking pictures! The family riding on the dirt is awesome and so is the information regarding the D& R. I added that to my list of trails to ride someday maybe.
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Old 01-26-19, 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by gregf83
Not me but a trail I'd like to ride between Squamish and Whistler:

Well, if this were FB, I would have clicked LIKE for this image! Really wonderful!
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Old 01-26-19, 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Fox Farm
Well, if this were FB, I would have clicked LIKE for this image! Really wonderful!
If this was me ... I'd be riding down the hill not up it
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Old 01-26-19, 10:03 PM
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Blue Ridge Mountains, North Georgia, USA

Some ice on north facing slopes at higher elevation.












The Appalachian Trail goes right over the top of the rock formation in this shot.




This waterfall was way up the side of a very steep slope. I ditched the bike and bushwhacked up. Sidi shoes are not good for rock climbing.



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Old 01-28-19, 12:59 PM
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Old 01-28-19, 06:17 PM
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AZ gravel sucks
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Old 01-28-19, 10:52 PM
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Old 01-29-19, 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by djkashuba
so the blue bike has to be a black mountain canti brake frame with the Pacenti PCB fork.
I can't figure out what the green bike is though and your long list of incredible bikes next to your name doesnt have anything that seems like a modern steel gravel bike.

what is the green frame?
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Old 01-30-19, 08:49 AM
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@mstateglfr my buddy's green bike is another Black Mountain Monstercross. Fine machines!

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Old 01-30-19, 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by djkashuba
@mstateglfr my buddy's green bike is another Black Mountain Monstercross. Fine machines!

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Ha, thats funny because I thought it was a Black Mountain frame based on the color and picture of him riding, but then didnt think it was based on the chainstay shape in the pic of the bike on the ground.

Again- you have a really awesome lineup of bikes listed. Zunow has always been a brand that I would love to have just based on aesthetics alone.
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Old 01-30-19, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by TimothyH

Look like good riding there. Soft landing? Where you riding drop bars?
My "gravel bike" is a XC FS MTB with flat bars and 2.25 in tires.
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Old 01-30-19, 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by trailangel
Look like good riding there. Soft landing? Where you riding drop bars?
My "gravel bike" is a XC FS MTB with flat bars and 2.25 in tires.
It was like landing on a feather pillow.

The bike is Niner RLT 9 RDO.

https://www.pedalroom.com/bike/niner-rlt-9-rdo-33084


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Old 01-30-19, 11:54 PM
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Old 01-31-19, 01:31 PM
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Man, Iowa likes to brag about having a ton of gravel to ride, which we do, but I the scenery is nothing compared to where some of you get to ride! I love this thread and pics!
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Old 02-10-19, 04:12 PM
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It's a little chilly at the moment but I just put a suspension fork on and wanted to take it for a ride anyway. Right from the front door I rode up to a local DH area and down the access road and even a little easy technical single track. We have had some big winds lately and lots of trees are down.


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Old 02-10-19, 04:17 PM
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Old 02-10-19, 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by DrIsotope

Nice Pic!
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Old 02-16-19, 05:11 PM
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Today I rode 47 miles gravel.

The route had about 50 feet of pavement. This was it.

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Old 02-16-19, 05:22 PM
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Daffodils! Spring is coming. Won’t see them for a few weeks up here.

Sounds like a nice ride.
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Old 02-17-19, 01:30 AM
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Did a century yesterday with a friend starting at the top of Ramon Crater (world's largest erosion crater) and ending in Eilat in the south of Israel

The bike is ready to go.


Tank practice


That's Jordan over there

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Old 02-18-19, 08:26 AM
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Norway one more time





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Old 02-18-19, 07:16 PM
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Well, it's not Norway but the snows the same.

This was a 30 km ride that spanned gravel, icy hard snow on gravel and crusty sugar snow that felt like loose sand. I was in my granny gear on the horizontal for some of it and could feel the suspension fork bobbing up and down like an icebreaker. Good thing I had Foreigner and Boston on the IPOD!

The 26er is definitely not fast but so far delivers in all sorts of terrain.



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