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Good luck. I hope you do it but don't forget to enjoy yourself.
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Home and back out on country roads instead of terrible S. Florida highways to hell.
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Took on some beginner single track stuff today. Had to do hike-a-bike on a few sections where I didn't carry enough speed going into the climb.
I also happened upon a free range living room:
I also happened upon a free range living room:
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@Mumonkan I'll have to look into it. I'm down here in south Jersey. This was in Rancocas woods which is super close to home, so it's easy to come home from work, grab the bike, and head over. I'm still trying to get used to ripping around in the woods, it's super fun but new to me. I hit a bunch of sandy spots that really sapped speed, too. By the end of my ride I was feeling more confident.
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@Mumonkan I'll have to look into it. I'm down here in south Jersey. This was in Rancocas woods which is super close to home, so it's easy to come home from work, grab the bike, and head over. I'm still trying to get used to ripping around in the woods, it's super fun but new to me. I hit a bunch of sandy spots that really sapped speed, too. By the end of my ride I was feeling more confident.
sounds like youre close to wharton which has a good flat 20 mile loop with no crazy ****. i havent been there myself but it sounds like it would be great on the cross bike, and being similar to allaire in terrain it should be a blast
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@Mumonkan I'll look into it for sure. Wharton State Forest is pretty close to me (like 30 mins or so). I really should look into a proper MTB, but this will suffice for now.
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you can get away with a hell of a lot on a cross bike, any knobs help tremendously. i rode my local singletrack for a year on a straight up road bike with slick 28s.
"character building"
"skills training"
these are terms i used to explain what i was doing to people on mtbs, lol.
"character building"
"skills training"
these are terms i used to explain what i was doing to people on mtbs, lol.
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Haha. I enjoyed all the slip'n slide action in the sand. Now that I know what the trails are like, I'm more inclined to give them hell on the next go. I rode the work frame fixed with 23s on some light duty single track stuff in Mercer County Park. I crashed once, mainly because the dust that was hiding that slick mud was deceiving.
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you can get away with a hell of a lot on a cross bike, any knobs help tremendously. i rode my local singletrack for a year on a straight up road bike with slick 28s.
"character building"
"skills training"
these are terms i used to explain what i was doing to people on mtbs, lol.
"character building"
"skills training"
these are terms i used to explain what i was doing to people on mtbs, lol.
Guy on the left with the All City Macho Man...he used to be big into bmx when he was younger. He rode that thing through some pretty gnarly singletrack, some stuff that I even opted to walk on my full suspension at the time.
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Guys riding street bikes and CX in the dirt might want to check out Gravel Cyclist, especially some of the videos.
Jom who runs the site posts in the Gravel forum here at BF, super nice guy. These guys are running some sick machines.
Sample...
If I wasn't budget constrained right now I'd have a CAADX with American Classic disk MTB wheels and be right there with them, in the senior citizens category LOL.
-Tim-
Jom who runs the site posts in the Gravel forum here at BF, super nice guy. These guys are running some sick machines.
Sample...
If I wasn't budget constrained right now I'd have a CAADX with American Classic disk MTB wheels and be right there with them, in the senior citizens category LOL.
-Tim-
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